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
 Net Impact $571,669
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
2014
 Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics $1,000,000
Project Description:

To support the C. Fred Bergsten endowed chair to prepare analyses related to U.S. economic and fiscal issues.

Website:http://www.piie.com
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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics $38,500
Project Description:

To support a study on the impact of a U.S. debt default on capital markets, private sector investment, the dollar, trade, and interest costs

Website:http://www.piie.com
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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
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
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
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
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 Center on Healthcare
2022
 Advancing States Inc $25,000
Project Description:

To assist states in scaling effective home and community-based services

Website:http://www.advancingstates.org
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Peterson Foundation
2022
 Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management $11,000
Project Description:

2021 Fall Research Conference

Website:http://www.appam.org
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Peterson Foundation
2022
 Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton Foundation $250,000
Project Description:

To support the execution of Up to Us™, a nationwide nonpartisan initiative empowering college students to educate and engage their peers on America's fiscal challenges and the impact on their future

Website:http://www.clintonfoundation.org
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Peterson Foundation
2022
 Bipartisan Policy Center $5,000
Project Description:

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

Website:http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org
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Peterson Foundation
2022
 Bipartisan Policy Center $34,000
Project Description:

To develop a research paper examining how the burden of student debt in the U.S. impacts students and government finances, and policy options for the federal student loan program

Website:http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org
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Peterson Foundation
2022
 Business Executives for National Security $25,000
Project Description:

To support the 2021 Eisenhower Award Dinner (in NYC)

Website:http://www.bens.org
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2022
 Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers $25,000
Project Description:

To support the National Center for Complex Health and Social Needs' 2021 annual conference "Putting Care at the Center"

Website:http://www.camdenhealth.org
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Peterson Foundation
2022
 Cato Institute $5,000
Project Description:

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

Website:http://www.cato.org
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Peterson Foundation
2022
 Center for American Progress $5,000
Project Description:

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

Website:http://www.americanprogress.org
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Peterson Foundation
2022
 Citizens Budget Commission $26,000
Project Description:

To support the 2021 Annual Dinner

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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2022
 Coalition to Transform Advanced Care $25,000
Project Description:

To support the 2021 National Summit on Advance Illness Care

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Peterson Foundation
2022
 Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget $5,000
Project Description:

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

Website:http://www.crfb.org
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