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
2014
 Urban Institute $4,500
Project Description:

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

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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Urban Institute $450,000
Project Description:

To support expanded capacity of the Tax Policy Center to analyze tax reform policies

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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Urban Institute $38,949
Project Description:

To support a joint paper on corporate tax reform.

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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
2020
 Urban Institute $230,000
Project Description:

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

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Peterson Foundation
2021
 Urban Institute $5,000
Project Description:

To support the 2020 Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Internship Program.

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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 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
2014
 The Volcker Alliance $1,000,000
Project Description:

To support the State/Local Accountability and Improvement Program and the Public Sector Performance, Impact and Innovation Program

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Peterson Foundation
2020
 The Panetta Institute for Public Policy $15,000
Project Description:

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

Website:http://www.panettainstitute.org
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Peterson Foundation
2021
 The Panetta Institute for Public Policy $15,000
Project Description:

General support grant in lieu of the dinner sponsorship

Website:http://www.panettainstitute.org
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Peterson Foundation
2021
 The Institute for College Access & Success $112,000
Project Description:

To develop resources for the Student Debt Smarter program to provide young people with information about college financing

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Peterson Foundation
2014
 The Brookings Institution $4,500
Project Description:

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

Website:http://www.brookings.org
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Peterson Foundation
2014
 The Brookings Institution $100,000
Project Description:

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

Website:http://www.brookings.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
2021
 The Brookings Institution $5,000
Project Description:

To support the 2020 Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Internship Program.

Website:http://www.brookings.org
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Peterson Foundation
2021
 The Brookings Institution $150,000
Project Description:

To analyze the federal tax base and develop policy alternatives for the taxation of capital income

Website:http://www.brookings.org
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Peterson Foundation
2021
 The Brookings Institution $250,000
Project Description:

To honor Alice Rivlin’s legacy on fiscal issues by supporting the creation of the Alice M. Rivlin Chair in Economic Policy

Website:http://www.brookings.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 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 Foundation
2020
 Resources for the Future Inc. $500,000
Project Description:

To support research on carbon tax policy

Website:http://www.rff.org/
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Peterson Foundation
2020
 Progressive Policy Institute $500,000
Project Description:

To support policy research and outreach relating to fiscal sustainability.

Website:http://www.progressivepolicy.org
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Peterson Foundation
2021
 Progressive Policy Institute $5,000
Project Description:

To support the 2020 Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Internship Program.

Website:http://www.progressivepolicy.org
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