National Priorities Project

{{Short description|American non-profit organization}}

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| formation = 1983

| founder = Greg Speeter

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| purpose = Make the US Federal Budget accessible for all

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| headquarters = 351 Pleasant Street, Suite B #442

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The National Priorities Project (NPP) is a non-profit, non-partisan federal budget research organization established in 1983 with the mission of educating the American public on the US federal budget, federal spending, and federal revenue. It was founded in 1983 by Greg Speeter with the initial goal of helping community groups understand and respond to federal budget cuts in Massachusetts communities.{{Cite web |last=Street |first=351 Pleasant |last2=MA |first2=Suite B. #442 Northampton |title=Our History |url=https://www.nationalpriorities.org/about/history/ |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=National Priorities Project |language=en-us}}{{Cite web |title=Greg Speeter {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/person/?39342/GregSpeeter |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=www.c-span.org}}{{Cite web |last=Street |first=351 Pleasant |last2=MA |first2=Suite B. #442 Northampton |title=Mission and Vision |url=https://www.nationalpriorities.org/about/mission/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=National Priorities Project |language=en-us}}

During the Reagan administration, Greg Speeter and his friends – Brenda Loew, Ricky Fogel, Alwin Schmidt – found that federal funding for their city Springfield among others had plummeted, adversely impacting their local economies, job opportunities, education, and healthcare. They were later able to successfully convince their district's representative, Silvio Conte, then the ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, to change his stance on federal spending, making him become a strong supporter of more federal spending for community-based programs with him coming out against a balanced budget amendment that slashed the federal safety net.{{cite web| url = http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2p3dme_national-priorities-project-25th-anniversary-tribute_news| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055627/http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2p3dme_national-priorities-project-25th-anniversary-tribute_news| archive-date = 2016-03-04| title = National Priorities Project 25th Anniversary Tribute - Video Dailymotion}}