Ploughshares Fund Announces $1,345,000 in Grants to Support Work Toward a Safe, Secure, and Nuclear-Threat-Free World

February 15, 2023

For immediate release

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 15, 2023) – Ploughshares Fund is proud to have awarded 18 grants totaling $1,345,000.00 in its most recent round of grants to support individuals and organizations working to build a safe, secure, nuclear-threat-free world.

Our most recent list of grantees are:

  • Arms Control Association
  • Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Federation of American Scientists
  • Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
  • Inkstick Media
  • Nuclear Watch New Mexico
  • President and Fellows of Middlebury College
  • ReThink Media
  • International Crisis Group
  • Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
  • National Committee on North Korea
  • National Iranian American Council
  • National Iranian American Council Action
  • Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility
  • Common Defense Civic Engagement
  • Win Without War Education Fund

“We’re proud to provide support to these 18 deserving grant recipients,” said Dr. Emma Belcher, President of Ploughshares Fund. “They are each an estimable example of the kinds of organizations doing the work toward our goal to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons.”

Ploughshares Fund prioritizes its investments to those proposals that support the following framework:

  • Strengthened Community: Create a stronger, more resilient nuclear field
  • Near-term Steps: Drive policies and activities that help eliminate nuclear threats or address regional conflicts
  • Shared Purpose: Build new partnerships with intersecting issues
  • Bold Futures: Support transformational thinking and activities 

 

Contact:

Lauren Billet
Communications & Marketing Manager
Ploughshares Fund
LBillet@Ploughshares.org  (link sends e-mail)(link sends e-mail)
(202) 783-4401