Philanthropy and President Bush’s Budget: the Key Proposals
February 21, 2002 | Read Time: 2 minutes
| Spending in fiscal 2002 | Proposed for fiscal 2003 | |
| Arts and Culture | ||
| Corporation for Public Broadcasting 1 | $350,000,000 | $365,000,000 |
| Historic preservation | $74,500,000 | $67,000,000 |
| Institute of Museum and Library Services | $194,977,000 | $210,742,000 |
| National Endowment for the Arts | $115,000,000 | $117,000,000 |
| National Endowment for the Humanities | $125,679,000 | $126,893,000 |
| National Gallery of Art | $83,200,000 | $94,000,000 |
| Smithsonian Institution | $499,000,000 | $528,000,000 |
| Spending in fiscal 2002 | Proposed for fiscal 2003 | |
| Community Development and Housing | ||
| Community Development Block Grants | $5,000,000,000 | $4,732,000,000 |
| Grants to help low-income home buyers | $1,846,000,000 | $2,084,000,000 |
| Homelessness assistance grants | $1,123,000,000 | $1,130,000,000 |
| Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS | $277,000,000 | $292,000,000 |
| Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 2 | $1,700,000,000 | $1,400,000,000 |
| Public Housing Operating Fund | $3,495,000,000 | $3,530,000,000 |
| Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program | $22,000,000 | $65,000,000 |
| Spending in fiscal 2002 | Proposed for fiscal 2003 | |
| Education and Job Training | ||
| Adult education | $591,060,000 | $591,117,000 |
| Education for the handicapped | $8,335,533,000 | $9,355,533,000 |
| Elementary and secondary education for poor children | $10,350,000,000 | $11,352,930,000 |
| Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education | $180,922,000 | $39,138,000 |
| Head Start | $6,537,000,000 | $6,667,000,000 |
| Job training and employment services | $5,629,700,000 | $4,980,700,000 |
| Vocational education | $1,321,000,000 | $1,306,500,000 |
| Spending in fiscal 2002 | Proposed for fiscal 2003 | |
| Health | ||
| AIDS prevention and treatment | $1,911,000,000 | $1,911,000,000 |
| Community Service Block Grants | $650,000,000 | $570,000,000 |
| Family planning | $266,000,000 | $266,000,000 |
| Grants to local health-care centers | $1,345,000,000 | $1,459,000,000 |
| Health services for American Indians | $3,438,000,000 | $3,499,000,000 |
| Individual Development Accounts (savings plans for the poor) | $25,000,000 | $25,000,000 |
| Maternal and Child Health Services | $739,000,000 | $739,000,000 |
| Maternity group homes | 0 | $10,000,000 |
| Medicaid | $144,751,000,000 | $158,790,000,000 |
| Medicare | $223,775,000,000 | $231,784,000,000 |
| Promoting Safe and Stable Families | $375,000,000 | $505,000,000 |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration | $3,141,000,000 | $3,198,000,000 |
| Spending in fiscal 2002 | Proposed for fiscal 2003 | |
| National Service | ||
| Civilian Corps | 0 | $374,000,000 |
| Corporation for National Service: | $738,554,000 | $1,035,145,000 |
| AmeriCorps awards | $240,492,000 | $403,267,000 |
| AmeriCorps program administration | $32,275,000 | $36,368,000 |
| Learn and Serve America | $43,000,000 | $43,000,000 |
| National Civilian Community Corps | $25,000,000 | $35,000,000 |
| National Senior Service Corps | $206,379,000 | $212,547,000 |
| National Service Trust | 0 | $57,000,000 |
| Points of Light Foundation | $10,000,000 | $10,000,000 |
| VISTA | $85,287,000 | $94,287,000 |
| Peace Corps | $278,000,000 | $320,228,000 |
| Spending in fiscal 2002 | Proposed for fiscal 2003 | |
| Scientific Research | ||
| National Institutes of Health | $23,623,000,000 | $27,335,000,000 |
| National Science Foundation | $4,795,880,000 | $5,035,790,000 |
| Spending in fiscal 2002 | Proposed for fiscal 2003 | |
| Social Services | ||
| Aging | $1,350,000,000 | $1,342,000,000 |
| Center for Faith-Based/Community Initiatives | $2,000,000 | $2,000,000 |
| Child care | $2,535,000,000 | $2,737,000,000 |
| Child nutrition | $10,729,000,000 | $11,325,000,000 |
| Child-welfare and child-abuse services | $421,000,000 | $421,000,000 |
| Commodity Supplemental Food Program | $104,000,000 | $105,000,000 |
| Compassion Capital Fund | $30,000,000 | $100,000,000 |
| Developmental disabilities | $140,000,000 | $140,000,000 |
| Domestic violence–prevention grants | $184,737,000 | $184,537,000 |
| Education vouchers for foster children | 0 | $60,000,000 |
| Food Stamps | $22,824,000,000 | $24,326,000,000 |
| Foster care and adoption | $6,622,000,000 | $6,609,000,000 |
| Juvenile justice | $299,000,000 | $251,000,000 |
| Legal Services Corporation | $329,000,000 | $329,000,000 |
| Nutrition Services Incentives Program | $150,000,000 | $150,000,000 |
| Promoting marriage | 0 | $100,000,000 |
| Recruiting mentors for children of prisoners | 0 | $25,000,000 |
| Refugee and Entrant Assistance | $461,000,000 | $453,000,000 |
| Responsible Fatherhood Initiative | 0 | $20,000,000 |
| Runaways and homeless youth | $88,000,000 | $88,000,000 |
| Social Services Block Grants | $1,803,000,000 | $1,793,000,000 |
| Soup kitchens, food banks, and Emergency Food Assistance Program | $150,000,000 | $150,000,000 |
| Temporary Assistance for Needy Families | $16,700,000,000 | $16,700,000,000 |
| 1. Figures reflect amounts already approved because money is appropriated two years in advance. 2. Figures shown are for fiscal 2003 and 2004 because money is appropriated one year in advance. |
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