funder briefing — series

2025 Budget and Tax Policy Debates: Part 2 of 3

DATE

March 25, 2025

TIME

see below

LOCATION

In Person & Virtual

PART 2: Watch Party | Economic Opportunity Funders 2025 Budget and Tax Briefing

Join GTY & the Children, Youth and Family Funders Roundtable for a watch party featuring plenaries on the federal budget and tax outlook. Use the button below to register for the watch party. Scroll down for in-person registration.

PART 2. Watch Party

  • 11am – 12:30pm ETFederal Budget and Tax Outlook Watch Party
  • 2 – 3:15pm ETState Budget and Tax Outlook Watch Party

Economic Opportunity Funders organizes an annual day-long funder-only convening focused on budget and tax policy. This year, with a new President, Administration, and Congress, critical federal safety net programs that support children and families including Medicaid, SNAP, housing, early childhood, and youth development are likely to face serious cuts.

In addition, a high-stakes tax policy debate that includes $4 trillion in tax cuts from the expiring 2017 Tax Cuts and Job Act will set the stage for reductions in health and human service programs that will impact every community in America and touch every corner of philanthropic work. At the state level, budgets are shrinking without pandemic-era federal aid.

Join in person or virtually to learn about:

  • the new political environment and its implications for social policy,
  • what’s at stake and in play at the federal and state levels,
  • coordinated efforts underway to shape the budget and tax fights ahead,
  • implications for philanthropy in the short and long term, and
  • strategies for individual and collective action.

Join our Watch Party*
Attend Briefing in person* (Washington, DC)

*Open to funders only.

2025 Budget and Tax Policy Debates: What’s at Stake for Children, Youth and Families and What Can Grantmakers Do?

This 3-part series explores what’s at stake for children, youth and families as budget and tax policy debates play out in Washington, DC and state capitols this year.

Learn how tax and budget policies impact early childhood, health, mental health, housing, and educational outcomes and how funders are investing in tax policy advocacy as one strategy to protect and promote the wellbeing and economic security of children, youth and families.

Co-Sponsored by Grantmakers for Thriving Youth and Children, Youth & Family Funders Roundtable

DON’T MISS: Part 1 | Part 3


Speakers

Federal Budget and Tax Outlook Speakers:

  • Joan Alker, Executive Director, Center for Children and Families at the Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy
  • Carol Joyner, Executive Director, Family Values@Work Action
  • Sharon Parrott, President, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
  • Amber Wallin, Executive Director, State Revenue Alliance
  • Parita Patel, Senior Program Officer, Strategic Portfolios, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (moderator)

State Budget and Tax Outlook Speakers:

  • Marcia Egbert, Program Director for Thriving Families and Social Justice, The George Gunder Foundation 
  • Nathan Gusdorf, Executive Director, Fiscal Policy Institute
  • Hannah Halbert, Executive Director, Policy Matters Ohio
  • Kimberly Perry, Executive Director, DC Action
  • Michael Cassidy, Director of Policy Reform and Advocacy, The Annie E. Casey Foundation (moderator)

Visit EOF’s event webpage for full details and speaker bios.

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