Nonprofits Brace for Obama's 2012 Budget

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Nonprofits Brace for Obama's 2012 Budget

Many nonprofit advocates expect bad news when President Obama unveils his fiscal 2012 budget on Monday. The president has said he plans to propose a five-year spending freeze on some domestic spending and has already outlined some cuts that would affect programs for low-income people.

But if last year's White House budget plan is any guide, the new proposals will also provide some gains for certain types of nonprofits. For example, last year he sought extra money for Head Start and national-service programs.

The political pressure to slash spending is far greater this year, however, with Republicans now controlling the House and facing strong demands for deep cuts from lawmakers backed by the small-government Tea Party.

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Will the president renew his proposal to limit charitable deductions for the wealthy? <...>

Will he propose new money for AmeriCorps and other national-service programs? <...>

What will he propose to replace Community Service Block Grants? <...>

Will he propose a big increase in the Promise Neighborhoods program? <...>

The budget comes out on Monday, and it will likely include more funding for the President's Promise Neighborhoods program, which hasn't gotten sufficient attention.

While the focus is on social programs, there are reports of other interesting budget proposals:

Obama may limit tax breaks for rich

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1. Will what Washington does cause yes-wo/men do-nothing non-profit boards to put fat saintco salaries

on a forced diet?

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2. One has to wonder:

Does anyone really care about the poor or is this all about political games?

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3. Those boards have more power than they want to admit. They just don't like weirding their

relationships in their communities.

I'd be willing to bet that most of them are pretty mediocre fund-raisers too, nothing near what's needed to provide adequate services, so they rely on grants and, of course, state & federal tax dollars and fees. When all of that significantly declines, is it going to come out of services? Or overhead? and, if we're going to put teachers through hell privatizing education, why not subject non-profits to professional evaluations too? so we get the biggest bang for our buck, of course, out of private charity and tax dollars. All of which is THOROUGHLY justified by the effects of deficit reduction at all levels.