Lowell Sun: DOJ cancels $2 million in grants to UTEC mid-cycle, nonprofit says

April 23, 2025

LOWELL — Amid the Trump administration’s attempts to drastically cut government spending, a local nonprofit was informed by the Department of Justice this week it would be losing $2 million in grant funding in the middle of the grants’ cycles.

UTEC, a Lowell-based nonprofit aimed at community violence prevention and intervention, announced Wednesday the DOJ is cutting nearly $2 million in Community Violence Intervention Grants previously awarded to the organization.

In a statement from UTEC, the nonprofit said they were informed by the DOJ Tuesday of the termination of two grant contracts awarded in 2021 and 2023 for community violence intervention services. With the additional loss of DOJ awards to law enforcement and other nonprofits to which UTEC was a subgrantee, the nonprofit is losing $2 million in federal funding.