Smoke, Mirrors, and Earmarks in the FY2010 Budget

It should come as no surprise to savvy nonprofit budget hawks that some of the appropriations for programs that would normally be distributed through competitive or formula processes have already been allocated through other means–as earmarks.  In the House Appropriations Committee budget recommendations, there are significant slices of program lines that have already been awarded to various state and municipal government agencies and to nonprofits of varying sizes and stripes.

House Appropriations for Nonprofits in President Obama’s FY2010 Budget

President Barack Obama’s proposed Fiscal Year 2010 budget just received the House Appropriations Committee treatment—with nonprofit interests among the winners and losers in the final tally.  The dynamic of note to the nonprofit sector revolves around 5 key factors cited by the Committee for its decisions at variance with President Obama’s budget recommendations.

An Immigration Agenda for ‘Regular Jane and Joe’ Nonprofits

Some people might think that a concern about documented and undocumented immigrants is sort of outside the ken of most “regular Jane and Joe” nonprofits, the groups that aren’t immigrant-founded or -run, the groups whose agendas ostensibly have little to do or nothing to do directly with immigration reform. That’s not true.

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