THE FOCUS PROJECT, INC

Washington, DC	Total Award: $100,000
Estate Tax Research and Education Project	Program Contribution $24,000 – Interprogram Initiatives for Social and Economic Justice $24,000 – Arts & Culture $24,000 – Environment $24,000 – Health $4,000 – Jewish Life

To support the Estate Tax Research and Education Project, a partnership activity between Focus Project/OMB Watch and the Tax Policy Center (a joint project of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution), in their efforts to develop an estate tax model that can be used for distributional analysis, public opinion and policy research, and a public education effort. The project seeks to demonstrate and gain support for the positive value of an estate tax as well as develop reform options that will preserve the progressive nature of the tax, its fundamental role in curtailing the buildup of concentrated wealth, and its incentives for charitable giving.