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
 Urban Institute $4,500
Project Description:

To support the 2018 Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Internship Program.

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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
 Urban Institute $252,938
Project Description:

To support research examining the relationship between tax rates and tax expenditures in proposals to reform individual and corporate income taxes

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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
2022
 Urban Institute $5,000
Project Description:

To support the 2021 Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Internship Program

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Peterson Foundation
2022
 Urban Institute $100,000
Project Description:

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

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Peterson Foundation
2022
 University of Southern California $1,000,000
Project Description:

To fund selected pandemic-related research projects through the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Pandemic Response Policy Research Fund

Website:http://www.usc.edu
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Peterson Foundation
2022
 University of Chicago $1,000,000
Project Description:

To fund selected pandemic-related research projects through the Peter G. Peterson Foundation Pandemic Response Policy Research Fund

Website:http://www.uchicago.edu
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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 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 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
2022
 The Volcker Alliance $1,075,000
Project Description:

To research and report on best practices in managing state and local budgets during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on New York State and New York City

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Peterson Foundation
2022
 The Rockefeller University $25,000
Project Description:

To support the 2021 Celebrating Science Virtual Benefit, honoring Pfizer and featuring CEO Dr. Albert Bourla

Website:http://www.rockefeller.edu
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Peterson Foundation
2022
 The Panetta Institute for Public Policy $15,000
Project Description:

To support the 2021 Jefferson-Lincoln Awards: An Evening to Honor Lives of Public Service

Website:http://www.panettainstitute.org
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Peterson Foundation
2018
 The Brookings Institution $4,500
Project Description:

To support the 2018 Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Internship Program.

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
2022
 The Brookings Institution $5,000
Project Description:

To support the 2021 Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Internship Program.

Website:http://www.brookings.org
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Peterson Foundation
2022
 The Brookings Institution $272,000
Project Description:

to develop and support The Alice Rivlin Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Fiscal Policy

Website:http://www.brookings.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
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
2022
 Protect Democracy Project $250,000
Project Description:

To support education and awareness about bipartisan reforms to the federal election certification process

Website:http://www.protectdemocracy.org
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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
2022
 Progressive Policy Institute $5,000
Project Description:

To support the 2021 Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Internship Program

Website:http://www.progressivepolicy.org
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Peterson Foundation
2018
 Posse Foundation $25,000
Project Description:

To support the Posse Foundation's core charitable activities

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Peterson Foundation
2022
 Posse Foundation $5,000
Project Description:

To be used to support the Charity's core activities

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