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
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 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
 Council for Economic Education $25,000
Project Description:

To support the 2021 Visionary Awards, which honors leaders in the economic and financial education field.

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Peterson Foundation
2022
 Independent Sector $25,000
Project Description:

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

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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2022
 Institute for Healthcare Improvement $25,000
Project Description:

To support a 2021 national event convening healthcare professionals and thought leaders to discuss improvement of the U.S. healthcare system.

Website:http://www.ihi.org
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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
 Council for Economic Education $25,000
Project Description:

To support the 2022 Visionary Awards, which honors leaders in the economic and financial education field.

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Peterson Foundation
2023
 Independent Sector $25,000
Project Description:

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

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Peterson Foundation
2023
 Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Inc. $25,000
Project Description:

To support the 2022 Alexander Hamilton Award Dinner.

Website:http://www.manhattan-institute.org
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Peterson Foundation
2019
 Citizens Budget Commission $26,000
Project Description:

To support the 2019 Annual Dinner

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Peterson Foundation
2020
 Citizens Budget Commission $26,000
Project Description:

To support the 2020 Annual Dinner

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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 Foundation
2023
 Citizens Budget Commission $26,000
Project Description:

To support the 2022 Annual Dinner

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Peterson Foundation
2019
 Fiscal Challenge $28,474
Project Description:

To support a competition for college students to develop budget plans that stabilize federal debt as a share of the economy over the long term

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Peterson Foundation
2019
 The Regents of the University of California $28,671
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

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Peterson Center on Healthcare
2018
 Institute for Healthcare Improvement $29,844
Project Description:

To support the development and design of strategies to spread and scale high-performance solutions in primary care

Website:http://www.ihi.org
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Peterson Foundation
2010
 American Society for Public Administration $30,000
Project Description:

To support the 2010 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
 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
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
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
2019
 Rhodes College $34,549
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

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Peterson Foundation
2012
 Corporation for the Advancement of Policy Evaluation $35,000
Project Description:

To support the 15th Annual Wall Street Comes to Washington Conference, an event convening health policy experts from the public and private sectors to discuss the broad trends shaping the health care system and their impact on the nation's economic and fiscal outlook.

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Peterson Foundation
2013
 Corporation for the Advancement of Policy Evaluation $35,000
Project Description:

To support an event convening health policy experts from the public and private sectors to discuss the broad trends shaping the healthcare system and their impact on the nation's economic and fiscal outlook.

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Peterson Foundation
2017
 Mercatus Center $35,000
Project Description:

To support research on federal budget process reform

Website:http://www.mercatus.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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