Grants & Foundation Support
FOUNDER
Bernard L. Schwartz
“I have been lucky to be engaged in life, to have prospered, and to have obtained the economic security that allows me to pay back the society that has given me so much. Through my political activism and philanthropy I think I can, in a modest way, influence public debate and help America and the world become a better place.”
Bernard L. Schwartz
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The James Family Charitable Foundation
The James Family Charitable Foundation supports SCEPA’s Retirement Lab (RELAB) research and the new monthly policy note series,“Tracking the Retirement Crisis.”
2024 - 2026
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Social Security Administration
The SSA funded the establishment of the New York Retirement and Disability Research Center (NYRDRC) with CUNY Brookdale’s Center for Healthy Aging and CUNY’s Institute for Demographics Research.
2023 - 2025
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Retirement Research Foundation for Aging
The RRF funded the “Older Workers and Retirement Security Chartbook” study below with Economic Policy Institute showing the risks to retirement security and disparities in retirement preparedness
2021
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AARP Foundation
ReLab's proposal to create a Social Security "Catch-Up" program in, “The Impact of a Social Security Proposal for “Catch-Up” Contributions” would modestly reduce poverty and near poverty by allowing American workers to increase their Social Security benefits starting at age 50. — Winner of the AARP 2016 “Innovation Challenge.”
2016
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National Endowment for Financial Education
The National Endowment for Financial Education funded SCEPA’s, "Untangling the Determinants of Retirement Savings Balances" research study investigating how the reality of income shocks leads people, especially those with lower incomes, to make pre-retirement withdrawals from their 401(k) plans.
2014
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Borchard Foundation Center
The Borchard Foundation funded the, "Crisis of Jobs and Healthcare for Unemployed Americans Aged 55-64" study investigating how older unemployed Americans are living, the impact of the Affordable Care Act reform, and whether the unemployment faced by older Americans is cyclical or structural in nature.
2012
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W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
W.E Upjohn Institute funded the "Falling Through the Cracks: The Crisis of Jobs and Healthcare for Unemployed Americans Aged 55-64" study below.
2011
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The Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation’s Campaign for American Workers supported the, “Beyond the 401(k): Guaranteeing Retirement Security” study below.
2010