The President’s budget that was released on Feb. 7 is not just austere; it is also frighteningly bleak for nonprofit groups and the people and causes they serve. The President has manufactured a fiscal crisis with massive tax cuts, mainly targeted to the wealthy, that has resulted in federal revenues being reduced to the lowest levels since the 1950s as a percentage of our economy. Cutting revenue to that level means there is drastically less money to fund programs that address community and human need problems, a core function of many nonprofits. The Bush FY 2006 Budget from a Nonprofit Perspective (.pdf)