The Lugar Center
For General Operating Support
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Amount$150,000
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Program
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Date Awarded11/22/2013
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Overview
This grant to the Lugar Center will support the relatively new organization’s work on finding solutions to global problems that will define the 21st century. Over the next two years, the Lugar Center will focus in four main areas: 1) global food and energy security; 2) control of weapons of mass destruction; 3) foreign aid effectiveness; and 4) improving the quality of policy debate in Washington.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.thelugarcenter.org
Address
1455 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Suite 1125, Washington, DC, 20004, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
The Lugar Center, formed in 2013 and led by former U.S. senator Richard Lugar, is a new platform for informed debate and problem solving on global issues and bipartisan governance in the United States. The center brings together expert sources and sponsors research to improve the quality of debate and bridge ideological divides around these important issues. Committed to thoughtful analysis and civil dialogue, the center advocates for evidence-based approaches and policy options. It also is exploring ways to measure bipartisanship and to recognize senators and representatives who work to build greater bipartisanship in Congress.
for general operating support
The Lugar Center, formed in 2013 and led by former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, encourages informed debate and problem solving on global issues and bipartisan governance in the United States. Its governance work includes the Bipartisan Index, which ranks the level of bipartisan legislative co-sponsorships in Congress by member; programs to enhance congressional oversight; and promotion of bipartisanship through public events, training programs, speeches, social media, and other formats.
for a study of evaluation and learning practices at three U.S. foreign assistance agencies
This grant to the Lugar Center will support a study of lessons learned from implementation of three U.S. government agencies’ policies for evaluation and learning.
