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 Center on Healthcare
2015
 Stanford University $254,758
Project Description:

To support the Stanford Clinical Excellence Research Center’s efforts to disseminate research on best practices identified through the Most Valuable Care project.

Website:http://www.stanford.edu
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Peterson Foundation
2015
 Teachers College Columbia University $30,000
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
2015
 The Brookings Institution $4,500
Project Description:

To support the 2015 Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Internship Program.

Website:http://www.brookings.org
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Peterson Foundation
2015
 Urban Institute $4,500
Project Description:

To support the 2015 Peter G. Peterson Foundation Fiscal Internship Program.

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Peterson Foundation
2015
 Urban Institute $989,760
Project Description:

To support the development of an integrated research model of federal taxes and spending.

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Peterson Foundation
2014
 American Enterprise Institute $50,000
Project Description:

To support a joint paper on corporate tax reform.

Website:http://www.aei.org
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Peterson Foundation
2014
 American Enterprise Institute $25,000
Project Description:

To support the 2014 Annual Dinner.

Website:http://www.aei.org
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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Bipartisan Policy Center $330,000
Project Description:

To support a bipartisan effort to develop reforms to maintain or improve the quality of healthcare at lower costs, using Medicare claims data to increase understanding of the use of medical services and estimate the potential budgetary impact of proposed reforms.

Website:http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org
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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Bipartisan Policy Center $17,000
Project Description:

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

Website:http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org
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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Bipartisan Policy Center $4,500
Project Description:

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

Website:http://www.bipartisanpolicy.org
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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Business Executives for National Security $25,000
Project Description:

To support the 2014 Eisenhower Award Dinner.

Website:http://www.bens.org
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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Center for American Progress $25,000
Project Description:

To support the 2013 annual convening of leading policymakers and thought leaders.

Website:http://www.americanprogress.org
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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Center for Strategic & International Studies $50,000
Project Description:

To support the Global Aging Initiative, a project exploring the long-term economic, social, and geopolitical implications of demographic trends in the United States and around the world.

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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Clinton Global Initiative $500,000
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.clintonglobalinitiative.org
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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Clinton Global Initiative $250,000
Project Description:

To support CGI America's 2014 meeting and discussions on how to improve the nation's long-term economic competitiveness.

Website:http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org
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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget $4,500
Project Description:

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

Website:http://www.crfb.org
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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Conference Board Inc. $50,000
Project Description:

To support the 2013 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
2014
 Economic Policy Institute $4,500
Project Description:

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

Website:http://www.epi.org
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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Economic Policy Institute $250,000
Project Description:

To support research and analysis on long-term unemployment.

Website:http://www.epi.org
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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Ethics and Public Policy Center $4,500
Project Description:

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

Website:http://www.eppc.org
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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2014
 Harvard University $185,000
Project Description:

To support the evaluation of overuse of procedures identified through the Choosing Wisely initiative, proposing recommendations for reducing them, and estimating potential cost savings.

Website:http://www.harvard.edu
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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Henry L Stimson Center $288,507
Project Description:

To support continued dissemination and outreach for the report, A New US Defense Strategy for a New Era, and to develop specific recommendations to update and implement the strategy.

Website:http://www.stimson.org
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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Henry L Stimson Center $25,000
Project Description:

To support the Pragmatist + Idealist Awards, an annual event supporting Stimson's mission.

Website:http://www.stimson.org
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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Hudson Institute $4,500
Project Description:

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

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Peterson Foundation
2014
 Independent Sector $10,000
Project Description:

To support a conference convening nonprofit leaders to discuss public policy challenges and opportunities facing the nonprofit sector.

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