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

Year Grantee Amount ($)
Peterson Foundation
2018
 Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation $250,000
Project Description:

To support the execution of Up to Us, a nationwide nonpartisan campus competition empowering university students to create campaigns that educate and engage their peers on America's fiscal challenges and their impact on economic opportunity, investment in the future, and other concerns of future generations.

Website:http://www.clintonfoundation.org
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Peterson Foundation
2016
 Economic Policy Institute $250,000
Project Description:

To support research on wage and employment gaps by race and gender

Website:http://www.epi.org
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Peterson Foundation
2016
 Foreign Policy Association $250,000
Project Description:

To support an annual lecture series exploring the fiscal and national security of the United States.

Website:http://www.fpa.org
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Peterson Foundation
2016
 George W. Bush Foundation $250,000
Project Description:

To support research and policy development to advance North America’s international competitiveness and long run fiscal sustainability.

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Peterson Foundation
2018
 Urban Institute $240,000
Project Description:

To support the development and analysis of new fiscal measurements to improve the understanding of America’s fiscal outlook

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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
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
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 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 Foundation
2016
 Ethics and Public Policy Center $133,107
Project Description:

For contracts supporting grant #15048.

Website:http://www.eppc.org
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Peterson Foundation
2016
 Teachers College Columbia University $108,500
Project Description:

To support updates and dissemination of the Understanding Fiscal Responsibility 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
2016
 The Aspen Institute $100,000
Project Description:

To support a research project on the future of work, which will identify the challenges for workers in the sharing economy and incentives for traditional businesses to invest more in their workers.

Website:http://www.aspeninstitute.org
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Peterson Foundation
2018
 The Aspen Institute $100,000
Project Description:

To support a research project on the future of work, which will identify the challenges for workers in the sharing economy and incentives for traditional businesses to invest more in their workers.

Website:http://www.aspeninstitute.org
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Peterson Foundation
2016
 Conference Board Inc. $50,000
Project Description:

to support education and outreach to employees on government policy and fiscal issues

Website:http://www.ced.org
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Peterson Foundation
2016
 Conference Board Inc. $50,000
Project Description:

To support the 2016 Distinguished Performance Awards Dinner, which recognizes business leaders who advocate for the nation's long-term interests.

Website:http://www.ced.org
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Peterson Foundation
2018
 Conference Board Inc. $50,000
Project Description:

To support the 2018 Distinguished Performance Awards Dinner, which recognizes business leaders who advocate for the nation's long-term interests.

Website:http://www.ced.org
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Peterson Foundation
2018
 Council for Economic Education $50,000
Project Description:

To support the 2017 Visionary Awards, which honors leaders in the economic and financial education field.

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Peterson Foundation
2018
 Manhattan Institute for Policy Research $50,000
Project Description:

To support the 2018 Alexander Hamilton Award Dinner.

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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 Foundation
2016
 Net Impact $45,000
Project Description:

To support the execution of Up to Us, a nationwide campus competition empowering university students to create campaigns that educate and engage their peers on America's fiscal challenges and their impact on economic opportunity, investment in the future, and other concerns of future generations.

Website:http://www.netimpact.org
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2018
 Institute for Healthcare Improvement $29,844
Project Description:

To support the development and design of strategies to spread and scale high-performance solutions in primary care

Website:http://www.ihi.org
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Peterson Foundation
2016
 American Enterprise Institute $25,000
Project Description:

To support the 2016 Annual Irving Kristol Award Dinner

Website:http://www.aei.org
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2018
 Brandeis University $25,000
Project Description:

To support the 25th Princeton Conference, which provides health care professionals the ability to discuss the most pressing issues in health policy.

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Peterson Foundation
2016
 Business Executives for National Security $25,000
Project Description:

To support the 2015 Eisenhower Award Dinner.

Website:http://www.bens.org
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