Philanthropy

  • Ploughshares Fund President Emma Belcher announces first slate of special grants with roots in Washington state

    Ploughshares Fund President Emma Belcher announces first slate of special grants with roots in Washington state

    With the aim of convening partners who have a range of backgrounds and experiences to think big about transforming nuclear policy, new Ploughshares Fund President Emma Belcher announces today the first slate of special grants under her tenure. As part of the discretionary grants process and the...

    November 17, 2020 - By Ploughshares Fund
  • Betting on Global Security

    Betting on Global Security

    The way philanthropy operates in America needs to change, said Alexandra Toma, the executive director at the Peace and Security Funders Group, a network of funders who tackle international security issues. This is especially true now, as the coronavirus pandemic and nascent arms races...

    November 10, 2020 - By Zack Brown
  • The Ploughshares Fund Women’s Initiative

    The Ploughshares Fund Women’s Initiative

    The Ploughshares Fund Women’s Initiative works to increase the voices and roles of women in national security and to ensure their ability to craft and influence US nuclear policy. Today, 13,500 nuclear weapons rest in the hands of a few powerful men who have unchecked...

    March 3, 2020 - By Ploughshares Fund
  • Transforming Thinking, Advancing Policy

    Transforming Thinking, Advancing Policy

    Ploughshares Fund believes everyone deserves the right to a safe and secure future. For more than 36 years we have been working to reduce and eliminate nuclear weapons, to stop their spread and to reduce conflict in regions where nuclear weapons exist. From the brink of a new arms race, to...

    January 30, 2019 - By Elizabeth Warner
  • Will you help Ploughshares Fund?

    Will you help Ploughshares Fund?

    As we reach the end of another tumultuous year in US nuclear policy, the work and mission of Ploughshares Fund has never been more urgent. I'm writing to ask you to consider giving generously today. Last year at this time, North Korea tested its most powerful missile yet — one capable of...

    December 11, 2018 - By Philip Yun

  • Your Vote Supports Our Work

    Ploughshares Fund is honored to be on the ballot to receive funding from CREDO Mobile this year. CREDO is a progressive phone company that uses its business model to support charities like us. And we need your vote—the more votes we get, the more money we'll receive from CREDO.

    May 20, 2013 - By Samara Dun

  • Leave a Legacy of Peace

    Do you ever wonder who supports Ploughshares Fund; who are your partners in building a more peaceful and secure world? We raise more than $4 million annually from people just like you—people committed to a world where the threat of nuclear weapons is a thing of the past. Today, we introduce you to one of our longtime supporters and Nuclear-Free Legacy Society members, Mr. Edward Rawson.

    April 11, 2013 - By admin

  • A Giving Opportunity

    If you are 70½ or older and care about the work of Ploughshares Fund, we have good news for you. The fiscal-cliff bill, known as the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (ATRA), allows you to donate income of up to $100,000 from your IRA distributions to charitable organizations like Ploughshares Fund in 2013, and retroactively for 2012, for a savings on your 2012 taxes due this April.

    January 8, 2013 - By Samara Dun

  • Carrying on a Family Tradition

    Lisa Esherick is a painter, teacher, gardener and a person committed to a world where “everyone and everything thrives.” A resident of Berkeley, CA, Lisa is involved with many organizations, both local and international, that support the arts, education, health, food and housing, the

    November 13, 2012 - By admin

  • We are diminished. John Cowles, Jr. 1929-2012

    March 19, 2012 - By Megan Murphy