Statement from Gian Carl Casa, President & CEO, CT Community Nonprofit Alliance, on nonprofit needs, projected state budget surplus and threatened federal funding cuts.
“Nonprofits who contract with the state to provide vital services to some of the state’s most vulnerable citizens, are underfunded and in crisis now, and Connecticut has the money to increase spending and address it.
“The latest report from the Office of Policy and Management shows the surplus for FY25 at $1.8 billion. This will be the eighth year in row that Connecticut is raising significantly more than budget constraints allow to be used for appropriations, with surplus set aside for debt and savings.
“Federal funding is under threat and it may be months before we know how that will be resolved. In the meantime, we ask the legislature and the governor to raise funding in FY26 by $264 million to address inflation and continued underfunding.
“Federal cuts could have a devastating impact on many nonprofit services. But we must not acquiesce in advance, and instead meet the challenge and stand by those who need our help. It makes no sense, when we have the money, for Connecticut to go into the federal budget battle having already underfunded vital services.”
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