Issues & Solutions | Peter G. Peterson Foundation | Our America. Our Future.

PGPF MISSION

Our mission is to increase public awareness of the nature and urgency of key fiscal challenges threatening America's future and to accelerate action on them. To address these challenges successfully, we work to bring Americans together to find and implement sensible, long-term solutions that transcend age, party lines and ideological divides in order to achieve real results.

PGPF Highlights

February 2008. Pete Peterson announces the launch of The Peter G. Peterson Foundation to target “undeniable, unsustainable and untouchable” threats to America’s future.

Peter G. Peterson

Founder and Chairman

The establishment of his Foundation marries two storylines of Pete's life: his work in philanthropy and his advocacy for securing America's future. Devoting $1 billion of his wealth to tackle some of the critical challenges threatening the nation's well-being might be his single biggest foray into giving, but it is hardly his first. Nearly 30 years ago, he chaired the commission that recommended that foundations be required to give away at least 5% of their assets annually, a rule the government adopted and which still holds today.
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Michael A. Peterson

Vice Chairman

As Vice Chairman, Michael combines his extensive private sector experience with his dedication to public service and the common good. He oversees the strategic direction of the Foundation, guiding policy and shaping strategy for its major initiatives, key partnerships and long-term objectives.
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