Tom Zanol

Tom Zanol has primary responsibility for coordinating IBP’s compliance with the contractual terms of donor grants received, and for managing the administrative processes for IBP’s grant-making to international partners, as well as for IBP’s contracting with external consultants and researchers.  He joined IBP in 2004, first as Program Coordinator for the Civil Society Budget Initiative (CSBI), and subsequently for the Partnership Initiative (PI); two successive IBP initiatives that provided financial and technical assistance to build the capacity of civil society organizations to engage in applied budget work in low-income countries around the world. Previously, he spent several years in the Legislative Affairs Department of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), supporting policy and advocacy initiatives to benefit low-income populations in the United States.