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  As we communicated in August 2024, <a href="https://www.outreachy.org/blog/2024-08-14/outreachy-needs-your-help/#funding-loss">Outreachy is navigating significant financial challenges.</a>
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  <p>Donations for Outreachy program activities have significantly decreased, due to decreased corporate donations and grants. This reduction impacted Outreachy's general activities fund, which supports both paid staff and contractors running the Outreachy program and provides additional funding for 