Mercy Corps to sell Portland HQ, cut staff as Trump administration slashes funding

Mercy Corps to sell Portland HQ, cut staff as Trump administration slashes funding

Global aid nonprofit Mercy Corps is advertising its downtown Portland headquarters for sale for $17.6 million as it contemplates layoffs and other cuts amid a drop-off in federal funding.

Portland-based Mercy Corps reveals scope of humanitarian projects terminated by USAID cuts

Amid the flurry of executive orders President Trump signed on his first day in office was one that called for a 90-day pause and review of all foreign assistance programs. Three months later, that has resulted in the cancellation of thousands of contracts and grants distributed through the U.S. Agency for International Development, and the gutting of the agency’s workforce.Portland-based Mercy Corps is one of the many organizations that USAID ha…