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 Foundation
2011
Center for Practical Bioethics $220,000
Project Description:

To support the development of a business plan for the Coalition to Transform Advanced Care (C-TAC), a new organization focused on improving end-of-life care.

Website:http://www.practicalbioethics.org
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Peterson Foundation
2022
Research Foundation of the City University of New York $207,000
Project Description:

to develop and implement a series of sessions on the New York City budget and fiscal challenges with the incoming mayoral administration, led by the Institute for State and Local Governance

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Peterson Foundation
2011
American Enterprise Institute $200,000
Project Description:

To support the development of comprehensive and specific solutions to address the nation's long-term fiscal challenges, as part of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Solutions Initiative.

Website:http://www.aei.org
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Peterson Foundation
2011
Bipartisan Policy Center $200,000
Project Description:

To support the establishment of the Debt Reduction Task Force to develop a long-term budget plan to reduce projected federal debt and place the United States on a sustainable fiscal path, which was incorporated into the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Solutions Initiative.

Website:http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org
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Peterson Foundation
2011
Bipartisan Policy Center $200,000
Project Description:

To support post-launch activities of the Debt Reduction Task Force's development and dissemination of its long-term budget plan to reduce projected federal debt.

Website:http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org
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Peterson Foundation
2018
Bipartisan Policy Center $200,000
Project Description:

To support independent bipartisan analyses of the sustainability of Social Security and Medicare on behalf of the American public by two former public trustees

Website:http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org
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Peterson Foundation
2019
Bipartisan Policy Center $200,000
Project Description:

To support independent bipartisan analyses of the sustainability of Social Security and Medicare on behalf of the American public by two former public trustees

Website:http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org
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Peterson Foundation
2020
Bipartisan Policy Center $200,000
Project Description:

To produce independent, bipartisan analysis of the sustainability of Social Security and Medicare and highlight the need for Public Trustees

Website:http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org
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Peterson Foundation
2011
Center for American Progress $200,000
Project Description:

To support the development of comprehensive and specific solutions to address the nation's long-term fiscal challenges, as part of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Solutions Initiative.

Website:http://www.americanprogress.org
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Peterson Foundation
2013
Center for Strategic & International Studies $200,000
Project Description:

To support the Strengthening of America - Our Children's Future Forum, a series of public events that stimulated dialogue between leading current and former government officials on the impact of America's long-term fiscal challenges on its economic and national security.

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Peterson Foundation
2011
Economic Policy Institute $200,000
Project Description:

To support the development of comprehensive and specific solutions to address the nation's long-term fiscal challenges, as part of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Solutions Initiative.

Website:http://www.epi.org
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Peterson Foundation
2011
The Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute $200,000
Project Description:

To support the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network's development of comprehensive and specific solutions to address the nation's long-term fiscal challenges, as part of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Solutions Initiative.

Website:http://www.rooseveltcampusnetwork.org
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Peterson Foundation
2011
The Heritage Foundation $200,000
Project Description:

To support the development of comprehensive and specific solutions to address the nation's long-term fiscal challenges, as part of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Solutions Initiative.

Website:http://www.heritage.org
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Peterson Foundation
2014
Teachers College Columbia University $190,000
Project Description:

To support promotion, implementation and evaluation of a new curriculum to help high school students understand the facts, significance, and consequences of the nation's fiscal challenges

Website:http://www.tc.columbia.edu
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Peterson Foundation
2020
Urban Institute $190,000
Project Description:

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

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Peterson Foundation
2018
Urban Institute $186,395
Project Description:

To support the Kids' Share Project, which measures spending on children in the federal budget

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Peterson Foundation
2018
Progressive Policy Institute $185,000
Project Description:

To support policy research and outreach relating to fiscal sustainability.

Website:http://www.progressivepolicy.org
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Peterson Foundation
2020
Trustees of Tufts College $183,000
Project Description:

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

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Peterson Foundation
2021
Manhattan Institute for Policy Research $174,000
Project Description:

To develop policy research papers on fiscal issues and solutions

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Peterson Foundation
2022
Trustees of Tufts College $167,000
Project Description:

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

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Peterson Foundation
2015
Ethics and Public Policy Center $155,000
Project Description:

To support the development of a market-based healthcare reform plan

Website:http://www.eppc.org
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Peterson Foundation
2020
The Brookings Institution $155,000
Project Description:

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

Website:http://www.brookings.org
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Peterson Foundation
2018
The Brookings Institution $151,967
Project Description:

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

Website:http://www.brookings.org
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Peterson Foundation
2013
American Action Forum $150,000
Project Description:

Fiscal Solutions Phase II: Develop fiscal solutions proposals, including identification of top policy priorities for the new Administration and Congress, proposal implementation over the first ten years, and how the proposals address the "fiscal cliff."

Website:http://americanactionforum.org/
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Peterson Foundation
2017
American Action Forum $150,000
Project Description:

To support education and outreach on the impact of trade policy, including its effect on economic growth and fiscal sustainability.

Website:http://americanactionforum.org/
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