{"id":1650,"date":"2026-08-24T09:08:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650"},"modified":"2026-08-24T09:08:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:08:49","slug":"report-taxpayers-funding-230-million-in-federal-grants-tied-to-intersectionality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650","title":{"rendered":"Report: Taxpayers Funding $230 Million in Federal Grants Tied to \u2018Intersectionality\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

The federal government has awarded about $230 million to programs referencing \u201cintersectionality,\u201d with much of the funding originating during the Biden administration, .<\/p>\n

Read more Newsom Signs \u2018Stop Nick Shirley Act\u2019 to Stop Investigations Into Immigration \u2018Service\u2019 Provider Fraud<\/a><\/p>\n

The Defense of Freedom Institute and Legal Insurrection Foundation identified 249 federal assistance records that used the term \u201cintersectionality,\u201d an ideological framework that examines race, sex, class and other characteristics in assessing discrimination and privilege.<\/p>\n

According to the report, about $140 million has been spent, while another $90 million remains obligated. Funding surged during former President Joe Biden\u2019s administration, peaking at $80.1 million in 2023, before declining under President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Some grants remain active through 2030, and roughly 100 of the 249 awards identified by researchers appear to be ongoing.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmazingly, we have discovered that the federal government has been funding the Intersectionality movement,\u201d William Jacobson, founder of the Legal Insurrection Foundation and a Cornell Law School professor, told the New York Post. \u201cThis has to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n

The grants encompass projects ranging from medical research to universities, museums and community programs. In some cases, intersectionality was one component of research receiving federal support rather than the primary purpose of the grant.<\/p>\n

Read more Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way<\/a><\/p>\n

Among the awards highlighted was nearly $11 million to the New Hampshire Department of Health for cancer prevention and control programs. The program targeted populations experiencing health disparities, including what it described as an \u201cintersectionality of gender and income inequality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other examples included $8.16 million to New York University for a diabetes equity research center and $14.25 million to Drexel University for a program intended to increase diversity among faculty studying health disparities.<\/p>\n

The report\u2019s authors warn that embedding intersectionality into federal programs could encourage recipients to make decisions based on race and other protected characteristics while disguising those practices in academic terminology.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis report shows just how deeply intersectional ideology has become embedded in the federal grant-making apparatus,\u201d Defense of Freedom Institute President Robert Eitel said.<\/p>\n

Read more A Teachers\u2019 Union Hits the Wrong Target<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The federal government has awarded about $230 million to programs referencing \u201cintersectionality,\u201d with much of the funding originating during the Biden\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nReport: Taxpayers Funding $230 Million in Federal Grants Tied to \u2018Intersectionality\u2019 - Urban Economy news<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Report: Taxpayers Funding $230 Million in Federal Grants Tied to \u2018Intersectionality\u2019 - Urban Economy news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The federal government has awarded about $230 million to programs referencing \u201cintersectionality,\u201d with much of the funding originating during the Biden\u2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Urban Economy news\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-24T09:08:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/?p=1650#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/?p=1650\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/be7753cb687f443815cc81e8407f68ad\"},\"headline\":\"Report: Taxpayers Funding $230 Million in Federal Grants Tied to \u2018Intersectionality\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-24T09:08:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/?p=1650\"},\"wordCount\":346,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/?p=1650#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/ff04789d6a2149b1770610a3e69137b9.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/?p=1650#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/?p=1650\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/?p=1650\",\"name\":\"Report: Taxpayers Funding $230 Million in Federal Grants Tied to \u2018Intersectionality\u2019 - Urban Economy news\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/?p=1650#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/?p=1650#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/ff04789d6a2149b1770610a3e69137b9.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-08-24T09:08:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/be7753cb687f443815cc81e8407f68ad\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/?p=1650#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/?p=1650\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/?p=1650#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/ff04789d6a2149b1770610a3e69137b9.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/ff04789d6a2149b1770610a3e69137b9.jpg\",\"width\":2499,\"height\":1520},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/?p=1650#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Report: Taxpayers Funding $230 Million in Federal Grants Tied to \u2018Intersectionality\u2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Urban Economy news\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/be7753cb687f443815cc81e8407f68ad\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/urbaneconomynews.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Report: Taxpayers Funding $230 Million in Federal Grants Tied to \u2018Intersectionality\u2019 - Urban Economy news","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Report: Taxpayers Funding $230 Million in Federal Grants Tied to \u2018Intersectionality\u2019 - Urban Economy news","og_description":"The federal government has awarded about $230 million to programs referencing \u201cintersectionality,\u201d with much of the funding originating during the Biden\u2026","og_url":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650","og_site_name":"Urban Economy news","article_published_time":"2026-08-24T09:08:49+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/be7753cb687f443815cc81e8407f68ad"},"headline":"Report: Taxpayers Funding $230 Million in Federal Grants Tied to \u2018Intersectionality\u2019","datePublished":"2026-08-24T09:08:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650"},"wordCount":346,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ff04789d6a2149b1770610a3e69137b9.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650","url":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650","name":"Report: Taxpayers Funding $230 Million in Federal Grants Tied to \u2018Intersectionality\u2019 - Urban Economy news","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ff04789d6a2149b1770610a3e69137b9.jpg","datePublished":"2026-08-24T09:08:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/be7753cb687f443815cc81e8407f68ad"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ff04789d6a2149b1770610a3e69137b9.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ff04789d6a2149b1770610a3e69137b9.jpg","width":2499,"height":1520},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?p=1650#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Report: Taxpayers Funding $230 Million in Federal Grants Tied to \u2018Intersectionality\u2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/","name":"Urban Economy news","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/be7753cb687f443815cc81e8407f68ad","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com"],"url":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbaneconomynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}