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Since its founding in 1981, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has earned a reputation as the leading source of balanced, authoritative and accessible information in Washington on budget and tax issues. The Center’s principal focus is on promoting policies which reduce poverty and inequality in America and foster long-term fiscal responsibility. In December 2008, a columnist in the Washington Post described the Center as a "powerful advocate…for the poor."

By contributing to the Center, you show that you share our commitment to achieve the following goals:

Low-income families have a much better chance of escaping or avoiding poverty and taxes are shared equitably across income groups;
Government fiscal policies are responsible, and government can do its job without passing massive debt burdens to future generations;
Credible and accurate information is readily available to enable the democratic process to function effectively and citizens to participate in important policy debates.

When you donate to the Center, you can be assured your gift will be used wisely and responsibly.

The Center is highly regarded for producing balanced, authoritative, and accessible information on issues currently before the country. Your support enables us to continue producing analyses that are relied upon by policymakers across the political spectrum, other non-profit organizations, and journalists from a wide array of media outlets.

Among the Center’s most significant achievements are the following:

Playing a central role in designing and helping to enact every expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) over the past quarter-century, including the landmark 1993 expansion that represented the largest increase in any low-income program in two decades. The EITC now lifts more children out of poverty than any other federal benefit program.
Designing the 2001 conversion of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) from a nonrefundable credit to a partially refundable credit that benefits millions of low-income working families with children and securing further expansions, including one in 2009 that will provide an additional $5.5 billion for almost 13 million children.
Providing the impetus for major expansions of the Food Stamp program in 1993 and 2002 and drafting a majority of new food stamp provisions in the 2008 Farm Bill, resulting in an increase of $7.8 billion in benefits and helping 11 million additional low-income Americans put food on the table.
Working with our network of state policy organizations in 38 states to make state tax systems more fair and defeat the efforts of anti-government forces who would cripple states’ ability to deliver vital services by shrinking state revenues.

With your support, the Center on Budget and policy Priorities will continue serving as “the national conscience on issues having to do with income and poverty,” as described by a columnist for The Washington Post.

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What Others Say About Us

”Among the alphabet soup of think tanks and partisan advocacy groups covering tax and budget issues, the CBPP has carved out a niche as being socially liberal, fiscally conservative, and academically rigorous.“

- CQ Today

“[F]or more than 20 years [the Center] has established itself as the premier authority on budgetary issues … because its record for scrupulous accuracy is unblemished and because the Center’s work is as carefully consumed by the government officials it watches as by the activists it serves“

- Tom Oliphant of the Boston Globe

“[The Center’s] statistical work is absolutely impeccable. If you care about [fiscal issues], check CBPP’s site regularly for updates.“

- New York Times columnist Paul Krugman

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