The One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a sweeping law that reshapes the landscape of public funding and tax equity in the United States. It makes deep cuts to vital programs like healthcare, housing, food assistance, and education while giving huge tax breaks to billionaires and corporations. This legislation will likely increase the deficit, create a more complex and unfair tax system, and make it harder to fund the services people need most. It also shifts significant administrative and eligibility burdens onto states, forcing them to either cut spending, use up emergency funds, or raise local taxes.
Join Economic Opportunity Funders and the Tax Funders Equity Network for the 2026 Budget and Tax Briefing on March 26-27, 2026, in Arlington, VA. This year’s funder briefing will be a two-day event starting with dialogue around visionary approaches to revenue generation and public benefit access, followed by an analysis of the current budget and tax landscape and strategizing for what comes next. We will explore:
- The stakes: What’s happening at the federal and state levels and how it impacts workers, families, and communities.
- The response: Strategies underway to shape the budget and tax fights ahead.
- The solutions: Policy and program changes needed to create stronger and more equitable revenue and public benefits systems at every level of government now, and the visionary strategies to build a better set of policies and programs in the years to come.
- The opportunity: The critical role of funders in meeting the challenges of the moment and supporting bold solutions for a more equitable future.
This program is open to grantmakers who work for a qualifying philanthropy. The following do not qualify:
- Fundraising or development staff. Eligible participants must oversee or manage an organization’s giving programs.
- Staff from institutions whose primary function is not philanthropic, including those that regrant funds.
- Staff from grantmaking institutions that only make grants to their members or affiliates.