The Samaritan wallet, led by evangelist Franklin Graham, received a $19 million refund from the USAID Fund for humanitarian work in Sudan, despite President Donald Trump's 90-day suspension of all federal aid in January.
In early March, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration needed to release nearly $2 billion to cover humanitarian work already completed. According to Church leadersSamaritan's wallet reportedly received $19 million from the USAID Fund for his work in Sudan.
“If the US Department of State continues to provide emergency food and medicine funding, we will continue to consider working with them on a case-by-case basis, as we have done for over 30 years.” Christian Post In a statement.
“Of course, all of these are Samaritan wallets already It is done throughout Africa and other regions. Funding agreements with USAID are added to our ministry's work. ”
Graham, avid Trump supporter, said time He in February It is advantageous for Freezing foreign aid funds.
“I think that's good because there were no real reviews of policies, procedures and spending,” he explained. “I think it's really good to pause and shake things up and hold people accountable.”
But the evangelists expressed concern that Trump would take it too far.
“The pendulum was allowed to misuse billions of dollars, as USAID staff members were allowed to misuse billions of dollars. I'm going Swing to the point where the baby can It can be thrown away In the bath. And it's tragic, but that's because the USAID culture was so far away,” Graham said.
He said that Samaritan's wallets previously reported $13 million in freezing refunds from USAID.
“It won't change The work we do“Graham insisted. “We haven't stopped working We What we were doing for them in Sudan is because we might not be able to get the $13 million they owed us. ”
a Number of ministries and nonprofits facing Following the freeze on federal foreign aid –It relied on almost 45% of the annual income coming from federal grants, including its world vision. Meanwhile, Samaritan wallets relied on about 4% of its federal funds. Year income.
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It was originally published on March 25th, 2025.
