Funders

ON THE AGENDA

Will Too Much Debt Fuel A Double-Dip Recession?

Francie Grace
Nov 20, 2009

That was the question raised by President Obama during an interview in China (one of our biggest creditors), as cartoonists seized the opportunity to comment on America's looming national debt. "It is important," said Mr.

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Will a Delay on the Climate Treaty be Time Well-Spent?

Scott Bittle
Nov 16, 2009

World leaders flatly admitted this weekend what everyone pretty much knew: there won't be a major deal on climate change at the big conference in Copenhagen next month. Instead, leaders will try to keep the process going, in hopes of coming up with a deal next year.

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Public Agenda gratefully acknowledges the major organizations which have supported our work. Funders are also listed on the pages devoted to specific projects.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Promotes greater equity in global health, education, public libraries, and support for at-risk families in Washington state and Oregon.

Carnegie Corporation of New York

Created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote "the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding."

Charles F. Kettering Foundation

Research foundation that seeks ways to make fundamental changes in how democratic politics are practiced.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

Encourages entrepreneurship across America and seeks to improve the education of children and youth.

Learning Point Associates

Provides the evaluation, research, policy and practice that allows educators to find the learning point faster, more often, and for more students.

Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Dedicated to increasing public awareness of the nature and urgency of several key challenges threatening America's future, and to accelerating action on them.

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

Helping to build a more just, sustainable, and peaceful word

The Ford Foundation

Seeks to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation and advance human achievement.

The Lumina Foundation for Education

Strives to help people achieve their potential by expanding access and success in education beyond high school.

The Wallace Foundation

Seeks to support and share effective ideas and practices that expand learning and enrichment opportunities for all people.

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Concentrates its resources on activities in education, environment, global development, performing arts, and population.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Focuses on improving current and future communities' quality of life in the United States, Latin America, Caribbean, and southern Africa.