Removing Barriers
Results of Transformation
Since FY 2003, the Faith-Based and Community Initiative (FBCI) has captured and analyzed data on grants awarded by the Federal government. The scope and sophistication of the data have grown every year.
- In 2002, data were collected from the original five Federal agencies housing FBCI Centers (U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, Labor, and Education) for a set of grant programs for which nonprofit organizations were eligible applicants.
- By FY 2007, the data collection effort compiled and analyzed information on competitive grants from all 11 Federal agencies with FBCI Centers (adding U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, and Commerce as well as Corporation for National and Community Service, the Small Business Administration and U.S. Agency for International Development), encompassing 138 programs and 35 program areas.
This data collection effort on the Federal level provides firm evidence that government is welcoming both faith-based and community-based nonprofit organizations as full and equal partners.
- Based on an analysis of more than $20 billion awarded by 11 Federal agencies in FY 2007, the total Federal competitive award funding to faith-based and secular nonprofit organizations increased from $14.7 billion in FY 2006 to $15.3 billion in FY 2007, a 3.9 percent increase.
- This included competitive awards of more than $13.1 billion to secular nonprofits and more than $2.2 billion to faith-based nonprofits.
- The total number of grants to faith-based and secular nonprofit organizations increased as well -- from less than 19,000 awards in 2006 to 19,409 awards in FY 2007.
- In addition to these direct competitive awards, an estimated 7,000 grassroots faith-based and other community organizations received funding in 2007 through innovative funding mechanisms such as intermediary grants, vouchers, and beneficiary choice contracting that are designed to tap the unique strengths of small, community-based charities.
- In 2008—alongside many other important longstanding programs—President Bush’s signature initiatives for engaging faith-based and community nonprofits will invest more than $7.6 billion to address needs ranging from addiction, prisoner reentry, community healthcare and at-risk youth to global malaria and HIV/AIDS.1
Download reports on the data collection effort from
2004 through 2007
1This includes only new programs established by President Bush and one program, Community Health Centers Initiative (CHCI), greatly expanded by the President. CHCI totals count only the amount above FY 2000 levels. Signature programs in FY 2007 include the President’s Prisoner Reentry Initiative $31 M, Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood $150 M, Access to Recovery $98 M, Compassion Capital Fund $53 M, Mentoring Children of Prisoners $49 M, PEPFAR $5.97 B, the President’s Malaria Initiative $300 M, and Community Health Centers Initiative $969 million above FY 2000 levels(total of $1,988 M).
