Grants
Eligibility Requirements for Peter G. Peterson Foundation Grant-making:
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation does:
- Considers grants requests with direct relevance to the foundation's top priorities
- Awards grants to U.S.-based, tax-exempt nonprofit organizations
- Prefers to support organizations with annual operating budgets of $1 million+
- Prefers to partner with organizations that have been in existence 2+ years
- Seek proposals from organizations that are regional or national in scope and have the ability to implement programming nationwide
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation does not participate in activities prohibited for private foundations, and does not generally engage in certain other practices, some of which are listed bellow:
- Providing general operating support, unrestricted grants or funding indirect expenses
- Providing grants to foreign organizations
- Providing contributions to other private grant-making foundations
- Donating to individuals or political, social or fraternal organizations
- Contributing to capital campaigns, annual appeals, or ongoing sponsorships
- Underwriting chairs, endowments or scholarships sponsored by academic or nonprofit institutions
- Funding political parties or election campaigns
- Supporting raffles, telethons, walk-a-thons or auctions
- Support of institutions that discriminate on the basis of race, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability or sexual orientation in policy or practice
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