President Donald Trump’s administration has delivered a decisive blow to the University of Pennsylvania after the school defied his crackdown on male athletes competing in female sports.
As part of Trump’s efforts to protect women’s sports, the administration has frozen $175 million in federal funding to UPenn.
It comes after the college defiantly allowed male athletes to compete against females.
As The New York Post reported, this funding cut represents nearly 20% of UPenn’s federal funding last year.
The move underscores Trump’s firm stance against institutions that disregard his executive order titled “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports.”
According to reports from FOX Business, UPenn raked in approximately $1 billion in taxpayer money in 2024.
Substantial amounts of this funding came from the Department of Defense (DOD) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
However, UPenn’s promotion of radical gender ideology may cost the school even more as the Trump admin continues a broader investigation into potential Title IX violations at other institutions.
In a post on X, after the funding freeze was announced, the White House’s rapid response team declared:
“Promises made, promises kept.”
BREAKING: The Trump Administration has “paused $175 million in federal funding