For Jeanette Pai-Espinosa, the biggest crisis of her 45-year nonprofit career arrived via email on April 22, 2025. That’s when she learned that new leadership in Washington had abruptly canceled a federal grant agreement totaling $3 million. It was one of the biggest funding sources for her organization, Justice & Joy, which supports girls, young women, and gender-expansive young people of color. The government’s stated reason: Her organization’s work “no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities.”