How a Year of Funding Whiplash Reshaped the Nonprofit Work Force

Chronicle of Philanthropy | February 13, 2026

After years of rebuilding their staffs from COVID-era cuts, nonprofits entered 2025 expecting to keep hiring. Instead, many found themselves cutting back.

Federal grants were paused or clawed back; contracts once thought secure fell through, and organizations that spent years stabilizing their work forces were suddenly forced to downsize, freeze hiring, or eliminate entire programs. The result was a nonprofit job market that tightened abruptly.

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