The Brookings Institution


Awarded Grants

2018
$151,967

To support the US 2050 project, which will explore demographic, fiscal, and socioeconomic trends that will shape the U.S. in the decades ahead

2017
$4,500

To support the 2017 Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Internship Program.

2016
$4,500

To support the 2016 Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Internship Program.

2016
$375,000

To support a new version of the budget game The Fiscal Ship, which challenges players to put the federal budget on a sustainable course.

2015
$4,500

To support the 2015 Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Internship Program.

2014
$4,500

To support the 2014 Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Internship Program.

2014
$100,000

To support a bipartisan paper on the impact of taxes on economic growth.

2009
$50,000

To support the Budget for National Priorities Project, an accessible analysis of the country's fiscal situation that documents the problem and features possible solutions.

Solutions Initiative 2024

Seven think tanks from across the ideological spectrum all agree that we are on an unsustainable fiscal path, and we need to change course.

National Debt Clock

See the latest numbers and learn more about the causes of our high and rising debt.