NPPC Grant Application
Applications for NPPC’s 2026 Grant Program are now being accepted! This is your opportunity to secure funding to support initiatives that protect and promote public pensions across the country.
Application Deadline: October 10, 2025
Questions?
Contact Ariel McConnell, Communications & Operations Coordinator
📧 amcconnell@publicpensions.org
NPPC Pension Primer
One-Pagers
- Pension Primer One-Pager
- Defined Benefit vs Defined Contribution Plans
- Recruitment and Retention
- Cash Balance Plans
- Pensions Benefit State and Local Governments
- Plan Choice Undermines Retirement Security
- Women and Retirement Security
- Rate of Return Explained
- The Economic Benefit of Defined Benefit Pensions
Reports
- NPPC Report: Fiscal Responsibility and 401(K)S
- NPPC Report: Public Pensions Work- And These Three Systems Prove It
- NPPC Report: Why Pensions Matter
Other Resources
Pension Partners
National Conference On Public Employee Retirement Systems
- Founded in 1941, NCPERS is the principal trade association working to promote and protect pensions by focusing on advocacy, research and education for the benefit of public sector pension stakeholders.
National Council on Teacher Retirement
- NCTR membership includes 68 state, territorial, and local pension systems. These systems serve more than 18 million active and retired teachers, non– teaching personnel, and other public employees, and have combined assets of more than $1.8 trillion in their trust funds.
National Institute on Retirement Security
- The National Institute on Retirement Security is a non-profit research and education organization established to contribute to informed policymaking by fostering a deep understanding of the value of retirement security to employees, employers, and the economy as a whole.