Grants and Projects

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s mission is to increase awareness of the nature and urgency of key fiscal challenges threatening America’s future and to accelerate action on them. The Foundation works with leading policy experts, elected officials, and the public to build support for solutions to put America on a sustainable fiscal path. The Foundation supports innovative projects, through grants and partnerships to educate and engage Americans from a variety of perspectives.

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Grants

Awarding Organization Year Grantee Amount ($) Description
Peterson Center on Healthcare
2016
University of Washington Foundation $631,926
Project Description:

To support research on the drivers of US health expenditure, and the development of models to forecast future healthcare spending

Website:http://uwfoundation.org
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2021
University of Washington $2,250,000
Project Description:

To create the first nationwide dataset of U.S. healthcare expenditures and value at the county level

Website:https://www.washington.edu
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2018
Trustees of Dartmouth College $50,000
Project Description:

To support the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice to identify strategies that Accountable Care Organizations use to deliver high quality care at a lower cost for high-need patients

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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2018
Trustees of Dartmouth College $148,000
Project Description:

To support the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice to assemble healthcare data for research and analysis to improve the transparency of health information in the U.S.

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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2013
Stanford University $573,841
Project Description:

To support the Stanford Clinical Excellence Research Center’s efforts to identify and evaluate health care providers whose innovations deliver high quality health care at lower costs.

Website:http://www.stanford.edu
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2014
Stanford University $938,533
Project Description:

To support the Stanford Clinical Excellence Research Center’s efforts to identify and evaluate health care providers whose innovations deliver high quality health care at lower costs.

Website:http://www.stanford.edu
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2014
Stanford University $532,186
Project Description:

For grant-related contracts under grant #13019 accrued in FY14.

Website:http://www.stanford.edu
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2014
Stanford University $110,000
Project Description:

For grant-related contracts under grant #14022 accrued in FY14.

Website:http://www.stanford.edu
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2015
Stanford University $80,156
Project Description:

For grant-related contracts under grant #13019 accrued in FY15.

Website:http://www.stanford.edu
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2015
Stanford University $531,569
Project Description:

For grant-related contracts under grant #14022 accrued in FY15.

Website:http://www.stanford.edu
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2015
Stanford University $254,758
Project Description:

To support the Stanford Clinical Excellence Research Center’s efforts to disseminate research on best practices identified through the Most Valuable Care project.

Website:http://www.stanford.edu
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2016
Stanford University $255,000
Project Description:

To support the Stanford Clinical Excellence Research Center’s efforts to disseminate solutions from the Most Valuable Care project, which identified innovations that deliver high quality health care at lower costs.

Website:http://www.stanford.edu
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2016
Stanford University $284,559
Project Description:

For grant-related contracts under grant #14022 accrued in FY16.

Website:http://www.stanford.edu
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2017
Stanford University $1,590,000
Project Description:

To support the Stanford Clinical Excellence Research Center’s efforts to identify care delivery innovations that improve quality and reduce costs for high-need patients

Website:http://www.stanford.edu
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2017
Project HOPE $375,000
Project Description:

To support *Health Affairs* in publishing dedicated content on spreading and scaling value-improving healthcare practices

Website:http://www.healthaffairs.org
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2019
Northwestern University $2,225,000
Project Description:

To support the development of a shared decision making model for high-need patients

Website:http://www.northwestern.edu
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2015
National Quality Forum $90,000
Project Description:

To support research on healthcare data transparency and how to improve measures and access to data for systems improvement.

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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2015
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices $1,047,503
Project Description:

To support a series of state-based expert convenings to identify best practices on purchasing and regulating healthcare.

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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2019
National Association of Health Data Organizations $5,000
Project Description:

To support the 2018 Health Care Data Summit

Website:http://www.nahdo.org
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2020
National Association of Health Data Organizations $5,000
Project Description:

To support the 2019 Health Care Data Summit

Website:http://www.nahdo.org
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2021
National Association of Health Data Organizations $5,000
Project Description:

To support the 2020 Health Care Data Summit

Website:http://www.nahdo.org
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2022
National Association of Health Data Organizations $5,000
Project Description:

To support the 2021 Health Care Data Summit

Website:http://www.nahdo.org
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2015
National Academy of Sciences $800,000
Project Description:

To support healthcare research on high-need patients, in partnership with the Bipartisan Policy Center and Harvard School of Public Health.

Website:http://www.nationalacademies.org
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2021
Milbank Memorial Fund $2,721,000
Project Description:

To help states build capacity to set and track growth targets for total healthcare expenditures

Website:http://www.milbank.org
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2014
Kaiser Family Foundation $1,029,107
Project Description:

To support creation of the Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker, a resource on the cost and performance of the U.S. healthcare system.

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