In late January, the Trump Administration blocked the National Endowment for Democracy from accessing money administered by the Department of State in an account held by the Department of the Treasury. The National Endowment for Democracy's funding is separate from the foreign aid funding the Trump Administration has tried to pause by executive order. The inability of the National Endowment for Democracy to access its funding from Congress has forced it to stop funding millions of dollars of projects strengthening democratic institutions around the world. Its grantees have had to end their work building a free press, documenting human rights abuses, combatting corruption, and ensuring fair elections in dozens of countries. This funding pause will diminish efforts to protect and promote democracy worldwide.