The Federal Budget Process
and
Its Impact on the Nonprofit Sector
July 21st, 2011
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Kirk Fordham
CEO
Everglades
Foundation
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WEBINAR AGENDA
Welcome and Introduction
Kirk Fordham, CEO Everglades Foundation
The Federal Budget Process
Jim Horney, Vice President for Federal Fiscal Policy, Center for Budget
and Policy Priorities
Q&A
Effects on the Nonprofit Sector
Steve Taylor, Vice President of Public Policy, United Way Worldwide
Q&A
Closing
Jim Horney
Vice President for
Federal Fiscal
Policy
Center for Budget
and Policy
Priorities
Federal Budget Process
Federal Spending, FY 2010
cbpp.org
Federal Budget Process
Federal Spending, FY 2010
cbpp.org
Federal Budget Process
The Federal Budget
Calendar
Winter
The President sends his budget request to Congress
by the first week in February. Congress considers the
President’s proposal and then begins crafting its own
budget resolution.
Spring
Congress finalizes its budget resolution, which is like a
blueprint for the year.
Summer
Fall
Congress begins consideration of individual
appropriations, entitlement, and tax bills.
Congress finalizes appropriations and other bills, as
the President begins formulating his budget request for
the following year.
Federal Budget Process
Timeline for “Writing a Budget”
President’s
Budget
Request
Congressional
Budget
Resolution
Individual
budget laws
Federal Budget Process
How Funding is Allocated
Overall
funding
level
Discretionary
302(a) to
Appropriations
Committee
Mandatory
302(a) to
Committees with
jurisdiction over
mandatory
programs
Determined by
Budget Resolution
Appropriations
Committee
decides on 302(b)
allocations to
subcommittees
Appropriations
Subcommittees
decide how to
divide 302(b)
among programs
Determined by
Appropriations
Committee
Federal Budget Process
Federal Budget Process for FY12
Not according to plan
• No agreement on a budget resolution
• Appropriations are late
• The debt ceiling crisis
Federal Budget Process
The Road Ahead
• Will the debt ceiling agreement cap or determine FY12
appropriations?
• When could FY12 appropriations be enacted?
• Will there be a another “showdown” this year?
Federal Budget Process
Resources
• Primer on the Federal Budget Process
www.cbpp.org/policybasics
• Timely analysis on budget debates
www.offthechartsblog.org (blog)
@CenteronBudget (twitter)
• Analysis of state budget and tax debates
wwww.statefiscal.org
Steve Taylor
Vice President & Counsel
for Public Policy
United Way
Worldwide
Overview
• Inevitable Cuts?
• Short-term Impacts and can
United Way make it up?
• Long-term Impacts
– Changing social contract?
– Planning for future
• What is United Way Doing?
– Policy Agenda
– Deficit-Related Advocacy
– Sector Advocacy
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Are cuts to social service
programs inevitable?
Political Priorities?
– U.S. military salaries and retirement benefits;
– Social Security and Medicare benefits;
– Veterans benefits;
– Federal civil service salaries and retirement
benefits;
– Individual and corporate tax refunds;
– Unemployment benefits to states;
– Student loan payments; and
– Medicaid payments to states.
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Are cuts to social service
programs inevitable?
• For example, Gang of 6 proposal:
HELP Committee to identify $70 billion in
savings out of about $730 billion for Labor,
HHS and DoEd.
• States unable to make up difference.
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Short-Term/Immediate Impact on United
Way Agencies
• 37,000 Agencies receive United Way funding
• 40% funding from Government Sources
• 5% funding from United Way
• Largest privately funded public charity
• Largest non-government funder of human services
• $4 billion in annual revenue
• Compare to $165 billion in Labor, HHS bill.
• Midwest UW local example
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Long-term Impact
• Is the social contract fundamentally changing?
–Partnership between government, private
sector, charities
• What are the long-term implications?
–Cost of social services needed in the future
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What is United Way doing?
• National Public Policy Agenda
–Traditional (non-partisan) advocacy
–Stay out of political posturing
• Entering national discussion
–Internal discussion
–Providing information about impact
• Non-profits must engage in some way
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Resources
• State and local policy guide for United Way Staff
https://online.unitedway.org/file.cfm?fid=3098945
• United Way Worldwide call-to-action on Education,
Income, Health and Non-Profit strengthening funding
http://liveunited.org/take-action/advocate
• United Way Worldwide Public Policy Agenda
http://liveunited.org/pages/public-policy/
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Questions and Discussion
Additional Resources
Independent Sector: Connect with Lawmakers
http://www.independentsector.org/this_summer_conn
ect_with_lawmakers
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Nonprofit Guide to the Federal Budget from the
Cohen Report:
http://www.nonprofitquarterly.org/index.php?option=
com_content&view=article&id=13606:the-nonprofitguide-to-the-federal-budget-a-pre-budgetplaybook&catid=149:rick-cohen&Itemid=991
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