Philanthropy’s Response to Our Nation’s High Stakes Budget and Tax Debates:
14th Annual Briefing and Strategy Discussion for Grantmakers
March 1, 2017 | Washington, DC
RELATED RESOURCES AND EVENTS
See below a list of related resources and events to help acquaint you with the issues that our meeting sessions and speakers will address around philanthropy’s response to pressing political developments and federal and state budget and tax issues.
Events:
- Making Philanthropy Count – Census 2020 Webinar,Funders’ Committee for Civic Participation and Forum for Regional Associations of Grantmakers’, February 27, 2017 from 2:00-3:00pm EST
- Taking Back the Narrative: How to Talk About Immigrants and Immigration, The Immigrant Learning Center Public Education Institute Webinar Summary February 23, 2017, 1:00-2:00pm EST
- Monthly Immigration Policy Calls: Perspectives on Sanctuary Policies, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees Webinar, February 16, 2017, 4:00-5:00pm EST
- How to Creatively Fund Social Movements, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy and Neighborhood Funders Group Webinar, February 15, 2017 at 1:30-2:45pm EST
- What You Need to Know About the Trump Child Care Plan, National Women’s Law Center, Thursday, February 15 at 2 pm EST
- How Will Tax Reform Affect Tax Credits for Low-Wage Workers? A Bipartisan BriefingTax Credits for Working Families Meeting, Dirksen Senate Office Building, SD-G50, Washington, DC 20510, February 13, 2017 10:00-11:30am EST
- Democracy in the Era of Trump: How Grantmakers Should Adapt, Funders’ Committee on Civic Participation Webinar, February 6, 2017 from 3:00-4:00pm EST
- Rapid Response Policy Call, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees Webinar, January 30, 2017 from 2:00-3:00pm EST
- State of the States: Budgeting in the Trump Era, Urban Institute Webcast, January 26, 2017 (recording available)
Resources:
- The left rallies to save Obamacare with passion but little cash, By Rachana Pradhan, Politico, February 24, 2017
- Trump: Budget proposal will focus on spending cuts, By Kevin Liptak, CNN White House Producer, CNN Politics, February 22, 2017
- The biggest beneficiaries of the government safety net: Working-class whites, By Tracy Jan, Washington Post Wonkblog, February 16, 2017.
- Federal Anti-Poverty Programs Primarily Help the GOP’s Base, By Ronald Brownstein, The Atlantic, February 16, 2017.
- Commentary: Signs Suggest Trump Budget Will Feature Unprecedented Cuts Plus Large Tax Cuts Favoring Wealthy by Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, January 31, 2017
- Moment of Truth: Will Foundations Come Together to Fight Trump? by David Callahan, Inside Philanthropy, January 30, 2017
- America’s concern for the poor is about to be tested by Robert Greenstein, Washington Post Opinions, December 26, 2016.
- Sleeping Giant: How the New Working Class Will Transform America by Tamara Draut. New York: Doubleday, 2016. See book trailer here.
- Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance. New York, NY: Harper, 2016.
- Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis by Robert D. Putnam. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. Print.
- Trump’s Cabinet Nominees, By CNN Staff (updated regularly)
- Post-Election Resources web page, Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (includes a list of resources for philanthropy, organizations serving immigrants and refugees, and immigrants and refugees)
- Post-Election Resources web page, Neighborhood Funders Group (includes a list of readings and tools)