03/20/2017

Trump Administration's Draft Budget Plan Raises Alarm for Nonprofits

Many agencies non-profit organizations rely upon face deep budget cuts

The Trump administration’s draft budget plan deeply cuts funding for many agencies that nonprofits rely on. Independent Sector, the charitable community’s membership organization, is calling for a budget that maintains the partnership between government and the charitable sector.

Earlier this week, Independent Sector, the membership organization for charitable groups, released a statement of beliefs—something of a rules-of-the-road for federal spending from the perspective of the charitable nonprofit community.

The statement highlights several core beliefs, including that every person should have an opportunity prosper, that the relationship between government and charity is critical to the common good, and that budget cuts should not increase inequality.

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