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Department of State & International Programs

FY2026 enacted
$51.1B
FY2027 proposed
$35.6B
Change
$-15.5B
-30.3%
Budget reduction severity30.3% cut

Overview

The State Department's FY2027 budget would drop by about 30%, from $51.1 billion to $35.6 billion. The biggest cuts hit global health programs (46% less funding, affecting millions receiving HIV treatment and malaria prevention), humanitarian aid (33% cut), and international organizations like the UN and WHO (90% cut). Food for Peace and the National Endowment for Democracy would be eliminated entirely. Together these cuts would mainly affect refugees, disaster survivors, people with HIV/AIDS worldwide, and democracy programs in over 90 countries.

6 programs affected · $11.2B total proposed reduction

Program-level cuts

reductionBudget PDF p. 52

Global Health

Global Health Programs (including PEPFAR Restructure)

$4.3B
46.0% cut

20 million people on antiretroviral therapy; malaria prevention programs; 25-26 million lives saved by PEPFAR

reductionBudget PDF p. 53

International Organizations & UN

Contributions to International Organizations and UN

$2.7B
90.0% cut

UN Peacekeeping (13 missions); WHO (withdrawn); UNICEF; International Atomic Energy Agency

reductionBudget PDF p. 52

Humanitarian Assistance

International Humanitarian Assistance

$2.0B
33.0% cut

Refugees worldwide; disaster-affected populations; migration-affected communities

eliminationBudget PDF p. 52

Food for Peace

Food for Peace Title II Food Aid

$1.2B
100.0% cut

Millions in famine-affected countries; U.S. commodity shippers and producers

reductionBudget PDF p. 54

Treasury International

International Financial Institutions and Multilateral Development Banks

$642M

African Development Fund; Global Environment Facility; developing country programs

eliminationBudget PDF p. 54

NED

National Endowment for Democracy

$315M
100.0% cut

Democracy and human rights programs in 90+ countries; 1,900+ grants annually