Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
For General Operating Support
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Amount$500,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/15/2010
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Term36.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Overview
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is one of the nation’s premier policy organizations working at the federal and state levels on fiscal policy and public programs that affect low- and moderate-income families and individuals. It conducts nonpartisan research and analysis to help shape public debates and ensure that policymakers and the public consider the needs of those communities, whose voices are too often unheard. The Center also develops policy options to alleviate poverty in the United States, and it examines the short- and long-term impacts of proposed policies on the health of the economy and the soundness of federal and state budgets. The Foundation has funded the Center since 2004, and we see it serving a particularly important role during the current difficult economic times.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.cbpp.org
Address
1275 First Street NE, Suite 1200, Washington, DC, 20002, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan research and policy institute that advances policies to help build a nation where everyone — regardless of income, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, ZIP code, immigration status, or disability status — has the resources to thrive and share in the nation’s prosperity.
for general operating support
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities is a nonpartisan research and policy institute that advances policies to help build a nation where everyone — regardless of income, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, ZIP code, immigration status, or disability status — has the resources to thrive and share in the nation’s prosperity.
for general operating support
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) is a nonpartisan research and policy institute that pursues federal and state policies designed both to reduce poverty and inequality and to restore fiscal responsibility in equitable and effective ways. CBPP applies deep expertise in budget and tax issues and in programs and policies that help low-income people, in order to help inform debates and achieve better policy outcomes. Among CBPP’s current priorities, its Full Employment project offers a thorough re-evaluation of key macroeconomic assumptions, particularly those related to full employment, inflation, and the business cycle. For decades, empirically suspect assumptions in these areas led to policies that contributed to slack labor markets, with the costs falling largely on the most economically vulnerable people and their communities. There is growing recognition across the economics profession that these assumptions led policymakers to implement fiscal and monetary policies that reduced employment, incomes, and opportunities for millions of working families. CBPP will continue to develop, elevate, and disseminate research on the benefits of full employment, the costs and disparate impacts of slack, and the monetary and fiscal policy agenda necessary to get and keep the U.S. labor market at full employment.