Nonprofit Groups Receive Mixed Results in Obama's Budget
From the Chronicle of Philantropy
Among items in the president’s budget of particular interest to nonprofit organizations:
Arts and humanities: President Obama proposed that the National Endowment for the Humanities receive about $171-million, up $16-million, or more than 10 percent, from 2009. The administration proposed increasing the appropriation for the National Endowment for the Arts by about 3.9 percent to $161.3-million.
Housing: Mr. Obama asked that the Department of Housing and Urban Development receive nearly $48-billion next year, an increase of more than 18 percent. The Community Block Grants program would receive $550-million in new money, for a total of $4.5-billion. Programs to help the homeless would receive nearly $1.8-billion, an increase of $117-million.
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