Grants and Projects

To support the annual Conference on Taxation

To support the execution of Up to Us™, a nationwide nonpartisan initiative empowering college students to educate and engage their peers on America's fiscal challenges and the impact on their future.

To support nonpartisan research and analysis on global and domestic fiscal and economic policy

To support policy research and outreach relating to fiscal sustainability.

To support research on carbon tax policy

To update and support The Fiscal Ship, an online game that challenges players to put the federal budget on a sustainable course

To support the 2019 Jefferson-Lincoln Awards: An Evening to Honor Lives of Public Service

To produce and disseminate nonpartisan analyses by leading economists on timely fiscal and economic issues

To support Kids' Share, a project measuring spending on children in the federal budget

To develop and analyze fiscal measurements to improve the understanding of America’s fiscal outlook

To support the development of a youth curriculum to expand the teaching of financial literacy to middle and high school students across the country.

To support providing citizens with a greater opportunity for civic engagement around critical issues and deliberation over complex fiscal policy issues.

To support the ServiceNation Presidential Candidates Forum and Summit and a national Day of Action to increase national service opportunities and strengthen civic culture.

To support a comprehensive net assessment to help guide the new President in developing a strategic roadmap for addressing and confronting the nation's most urgent challenges.

To support the Fiscal Wake Up Tour, a series of town hall meetings conducted across the country designed to engage and educate the public on the nation's long-term fiscal outlook.

To support the enlistment of senior corporate executives and next generation business leaders in fiscal reform efforts, online outreach, and events focused on long-term fiscal challenges.

To support the creation of the Center for Entitlement Reform, a research center that analyzes factors responsible for increased federal entitlement spending and formulates new approaches for achieving better health care value.

To support the development of Budgetball, a "fiscal sport" for use in promoting financial and fiscal literacy among college students.

To support the implementation of Budgetball on college and university campuses across the United States and a 2009 "Budgetball on the Mall" event in Washington, D.C.

To support the Institute of Medicine's efforts to draw attention to opportunities to improve value and reduce the costs of health care in the United States through public meetings at the National Academies and a publication summarizing their discussion and findings.

To support a national conference to promote and facilitate improving social insurance programs and the health care financing system and encourage fiscal responsibility and economic growth.

To support the development of curricula for elementary and secondary school students in low-income areas to increase financial literacy.

To support the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget to evaluate and make recommendations to improve the federal budget process.

To support the establishment of the World Institute for Nuclear Security, a new international organization to help nuclear security practitioners implement more effective and efficient programs to secure nuclear materials.

To support a study and roundtable on the magnitude and impact of growing global public debts and identify possible implications for the world economy and the United States.