The administration didn't just do this out of the goodness of their heart:
This development follows NED’s March 5 lawsuit resulting from the unlawful denial of access to congressionally appropriated funds, including $167 million in obligated funds and an additional $72 million already appropriated by Congress.
Nor is it a complete restoration:
The partial restoration of funding today allows NED to begin stabilizing operations and resume grantmaking. NED looks forward to ensuring that it will receive access to the full amount of its congressionally appropriated funds, and that its funding will not be similarly interrupted in the future.