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Funding crunch puts one in three French NGOs at risk, survey shows

Associations protested to raise alarm about their financial situation in Paris, on 11 October 2025. They rallied with the slogan: "In healthcare, solidarity and among the youth, it’s at breaking point!" © Aurore Lartigue/RFI

A budget crisis and shrinking public funding are squeezing France’s 1.4 million NGOs, and a new survey shows 30 percent of them lack sufficient cash flow, putting their work at risk.

The Mouvement associatif, which represents 700,000 French organisations, organised a protest on 11 October to deliver what it called “a wake-up call” to public authorities across France.

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