State Fiscal Analysis Initiative
Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center
- Program Education
- Program Area Expanding Economic Opportunity
- Grant Amount $100,000
- Grant Period January 1, 2009–December 31, 2010
- Location Boston, MA, United States
- Geographic Focus Massachusetts
About this grant
This is one of ten grants recommended to state organizations participating in the State Fiscal Analysis Initiative. The Ford, Annie E. Casey, and Mott Foundations created the initiative in 1992 in order to build state capacity for timely, credible, and accessible tax and budget analysis on behalf of low- and middle-income families. The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center joined this effort in 1994 and is recognized throughout Massachusetts as an authoritative source of information and analysis. During this grant period, the grantee will prepare and disseminate analyses on a range of state fiscal issues, with a particular emphasis on state and local tax policies and income support programs. Other activities planned for the grant period include community outreach, strategic communications, and coalition building. Related to this project is a grant to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which provides technical assistance to all 36 organizations participating in this initiative.