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
2016
Center for American Progress $25,000
Project Description:

To support the 2016 annual convening of leading policymakers and thought leaders.

Website:http://www.americanprogress.org
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Peterson Foundation
2016
Conference Board Inc. $25,000
Project Description:

To support the 2015 Fall Policy Conference.

Website:http://www.ced.org
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Peterson Foundation
2016
Council for Economic Education $25,000
Project Description:

To support the 2015 Visionary Awards, which honors leaders in the economic and financial education field.

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Peterson Foundation
2016
Council for Economic Education $25,000
Project Description:

To support the 2016 Visionary Awards, which honors leaders in the economic and financial education field.

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Peterson Foundation
2011
Rice University $25,000
Project Description:

To support a conference examining the historical economic effects of debt crises, the looming fiscal crisis in the United States, and potential solutions.

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Peterson Foundation
2011
American Society for Public Administration $30,000
Project Description:

To support the 2011 ASPA Annual Conference to provide participants an opportunity to learn about public administration and recent developments in federal, state and local fiscal affairs.

Website:http://www.aspanet.org
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Peterson Foundation
2011
NABE Foundation of the National Association for Business Economics $35,000
Project Description:

To support the NABE Foundation's work with NABE's 2011 Economic Policy Conference, a national event addressing the nexus of economics, business, and policymaking.

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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 Foundation
2011
Concord Coalition Corp. $47,000
Project Description:

To support the 2011 Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Internship Program.

Website:http://www.concordcoalition.org
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Peterson Foundation
2011
Hope Street Group $48,500
Project Description:

To support the Bipartisan Working Group on Health Care Reform to address health care policies and disseminate findings in an effort to engage thought leaders in the areas of health care policy and cost containment.

Website:http://www.hopestreetgroup.org/index.jspa
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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
2011
Project HOPE $50,000
Project Description:

To support a *Health Affairs* conference and publication of case studies on innovative projects addressing health care costs and quality.

Website:http://www.healthaffairs.org
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Peterson Foundation
2011
Concord Coalition Corp. $60,000
Project Description:

To support the creation of the Peter G. Peterson Fiscal Internship Program, to establish and support an internship program in 2010 for undergraduate and graduate students.

Website:http://www.concordcoalition.org
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Peterson Foundation
2011
Concord Coalition Corp. $75,000
Project Description:

To support the Fiscal Solutions Tour, a follow-up to the Fiscal Wake Up Tour that is designed to engage the public, the media, and policymakers in dialogue about our nation's future and potential solutions to the current fiscal challenges that we face.

Website:http://www.concordcoalition.org
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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
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
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
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
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
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
See all The Heritage Foundation grants

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