Chemonics International has pocketed $1.3 billion from USAID since 2018 and DOGE’s onto their game. While I’ve got no budget, I do have the facts: Chemonics hires contractors who botch jobs, while my hydroponics proposal that has 300% yield gains gets nothing,
Nigeria: $3.1 Million Mess
Chemonics settled $3.1 million in December of 2024 for overcharges by their Nigerian subcontractor from 2017-2020. Reckless oversight on a $9.5 billion contract.
Syria: $9 Million Gone Wrong
Their Syria program lost $9 million to al Qaeda-linked groups from 2015-2019 due to sloppy checks.
Ukraine: $180 Million Missing
Of $565 million in contracts, $180 million for “media” vanished, per DOGE’s February 2025 report.
Insider Edge
Chemonics has spent $70,000 lobbying in 2024, backed by ex-USAID ties like Mark Feierstein at CSIS, and $53,084 in campaign cash. Only $53,000 unaccounted in millions, despite 30% of grants dodging oversight.
Real Help Buried
FEMA’s wasted $1.4 billion, mirroring USAID. Chemonics’ profits kill fixes like hydroponics, and smaller, more innovative ideas are out, because they are not in. DOGE could act, but they dare: prove it’s clean.
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