The University of Missouri will cut off designated funding to five multicultural student organizations starting in July, according to Student Affairs, as it cites restrictions tied to federal guidance on DEI. The organizations affected—Asian American Association, Association of Latin American Students, Four Front, Legion of Black Collegians, and Queer Liberation Front—previously received allocated funds through Student Affairs’ umbrella structure. Mizzou said the groups will instead become recognized student organizations and must compete for funding through a resource pool shared by more than 600 campus groups. Mizzou’s statement frames the change as restructuring and cites a July 2025 Department of Justice memo that bars recipients of federal funding from supporting “discriminatory” DEI initiatives. Student leaders criticized the change as an effective de-funding, arguing that the new process undermines their ability to support marginalized communities. The decision follows the dissolution of Mizzou’s Department of Inclusion, Diversity and Equity in 2024 amid state pressure, reinforcing how campus funding structures for affinity groups are now being tested under federal and state compliance constraints.