Report Cites About $230 Million in Federal Grants Linked to Programs Using “Intersectionality” Terminology

A report highlighted by Zero Hedge on August 25 says the federal government has awarded about $230 million in grants to programs that reference “intersectionality,” and that much of the funding originated during the Biden administration. The report, according to the coverage, is authored by the Defense of Freedom Institute and Legal Insurrection, and is published through or discussed alongside American Greatness.

The report’s central claim is that grant programs using the term “intersectionality” received federal funding at an estimated scale of roughly $230 million. It frames the issue as a matter of how public dollars are distributed through program language that includes particular social or political concepts.

According to the same coverage, the report attributes a substantial portion of the $230 million figure to the period of the Biden administration. The coverage does not, in the provided item, include a breakdown by agency, program name, or year, nor does it quote a specific federal decision document or a compiled dataset as an attached exhibit.

The coverage characterizes the issue as taxpayer funding being directed toward programs connected to “intersectionality” terminology. It presents the report as a policy accounting rather than a judicial finding, and it does not describe any enforcement action, court ruling, or legislative response in the supplied material.

Because the provided packet includes only the summary described in the Zero Hedge item, key details that would normally be necessary to verify the figure are not established here, including which specific grant awards were counted, the statutory or agency authority for each award, and whether the term “intersectionality” appears in grant applications, award announcements, performance measures, or guidance documents.

Under federal grant practice, the practical stakes of this type of review generally include questions about program design and compliance, how agencies define grant eligibility criteria and project outcomes, and whether grant language reflects the priorities Congress appropriated or instead reflects later administrative policy choices.

The next step for any fact-check or policy response would be to identify the underlying grant list, verify award totals from agency grant systems or award documents, and determine whether the cited term appears in official grant scopes, statements of work, or internal reporting requirements, and whether any challenges have been filed or are under consideration.