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2025 Budget and Tax Policy Debates: Part 3 of 3

PART 3: 2025 Children, Youth and Families Budget Deep-Dive

Join us for this in-depth discussion about how budget changes at the federal and state level will impact children, youth and families.

Past Event

DATE

April 2, 2025

TIME

noon-1p ET / 9-10a PT

LOCATION

Virtual

PART 3.

Our series will wrap with a deep dive into the budget specifically focused on children, youth and families at the federal and state levels. We will explore how child and youth-focused philanthropy can work in alignment with the broader philanthropic field and field leaders on key defensive and proactive strategies to meet the critical challenges ahead.

Speakers:

  • Bruce Lesley, President, First Focus on Children
  • Marquita Little NuMan, Executive Director, Partnership for America’s Children

Two other sessions in this series:

PART 1: Leveraging the Tax Code to Advance Thriving Children, Youth and Families

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

FUNDER-ONLY BRIEFING SERIES.

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 2

This program is free and open to grantmakers only.

GTY’s webinars and funder learning opportunities are made possible through the time and expertise of presenters from the field.

In the spirit of transparency, GTY will make available the list of webinar participants to presenters upon request, unless the registrant requests to remain anonymous (please indicate your preference via the registration form).

Speakers

  • Bruce Lesley, President, First Focus on Children
  • Marquita Little NuMan, Executive Director, Partnership for America’s Children

Madhav Schroff

Equity Officer, Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation

A native Arkansan, Madhav Shroff started his career as an attorney at Mitchell Williams Law Firm in Little Rock, advising start-ups, emerging businesses, and venture capital funds, while also maintaining a pro bono practice. He uses these skills at the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation to advocate for equity for all Arkansans through public policy and public affairs.

Before becoming a lawyer, Madhav was an Americorps Member and Team Leader at City Year Little Rock where he taught, tutored, and mentored 9th-graders in the Little Rock School District. He continued his public service as a law clerk for the Arkansas Division of Information Systems and Center for Arkansas Legal Services, in addition to providing program planning for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Arkansas, the Asia Foundation-Sri Lanka, and the Little Rock Age-Friendly Commission.

He currently serves on the Boards of City Year Little Rock, Central Arkansas Library System, Information Network of Arkansas, and Bowen School of Law Young Alumni. He is also Chair of the Arkansas Bar Association Public Service Academy and a member of the Arkansas Bar Association Governance Committee.

Madhav has a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences from Carnegie Mellon University, a Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, a Master of Public Service from the Clinton School of Public Service, and his Juris Doctor from the UA-Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law.

Michael Cassidy

Director of Policy Reform and Advocacy, The Annie E. Casey Foundation

As the director of Policy Reform and Advocacy, Michael Cassidy advances Casey’s efforts to inform, guide and influence public policy at the local, state and federal levels. He is responsible for the Foundation’s KIDS COUNT® Network and State Priorities Partnership, as well as grant-making portfolios in poverty reduction and in budget and fiscal issues.

Before joining the Foundation, Cassidy served as founder and president of The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis (TCI), where he provided the vision, inspiration and strategic management to achieve the organization’s goals of greater economic opportunity for all Virginians. Under his leadership, TCI grew from a small startup into the state’s leading independent voice on state fiscal and economic policy issues.

Prior to founding TCI, Cassidy worked as an analyst at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget and the Virginia Department of Planning and Budget.

Cassidy has a master’s degree in public policy from the College of William and Mary and a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University.

Ami Nagle

Tax Equity Funders Network and Children, Youth and Family Funders Roundtable

Ami Nagle is President of Nagle & Associates, a national consulting firm focusing on three areas: consultation and support to innovative charitable foundations, public policy analysis and field research for non-profits and government agencies, and evaluation of community programs. She is also Co-Director of Economic Opportunity Funders, and the Children Youth and Family Funders Roundtable, and Director of the Tax Equity Funders Network.

Throughout her career, Ms. Nagle has conducted strategic planning and initiative development, authored numerous research and policy reports, implemented surveys, conducted focus groups, designed public information campaigns, and gathered data for a variety of private- and public-sector sponsored studies of human service, economic security, civic engagement, and education issues.

Deneisha Thompson

Senior Associate, Tax Equity Funders Network

Maddie Register is a first-year student at Harvard University currently planning to concentrate in Sociology and Government with a secondary focus in Education Studies. Maddie became involved with SANE through the A+ Student Voices Team through A+ Education Partnership in Montgomery, AL. Through Student Voices and SANE, she developed a passion for education and organizing. At Harvard, she is involved in a few music groups, including Harvard Band, as well as the Harvard Political Union. After finishing her bachelors degree, Maddie plans to pursue both her JD and PhD and eventually work in educational policy!

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