"My biggest fear? That we cause irreparable damage to the nonprofit delivery system — creating long-term problems by our short-term inability to pass a budget."

In this episode of Donors Forum Radio, Senator Heather Steans (D-7th) speaks with Doug Schenkelberg, Donors Forum's Vice President of Strategy and Policy, about the Illinois budget crisis.

Hear her two reasons why there hasn't been meaningful action on the budget, why philanthropy can't "fill the gaps," what it will take to get movement, and more.

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