Our Grantees
Ploughshares funds organizations and individuals who are working to reduce nuclear threats and build a safer world. Our grantees are developing fresh ideas to tackle the nuclear threats of today—and tomorrow. Learn more about their work in our Annual Report.
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Arms Control Association
To fund continued research, public education, media outreach, policy advocacy, and congressional engagement on pressing nuclear policy issues.
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Arms Control Association
To support the Physicists Coalition for Nuclear Threat Reduction’s grassroots network of scientists as they educate and advocate for policy change.
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Back from the Brink
To expand Back from the Brink’s relationships with faith groups and promote their involvement in nuclear threat reduction efforts. Visit website
Black Sea Women in Nuclear Network
To support a Nuclear Futures Fellowship capstone project that will address the emerging threat of weaponization of civilian nuclear facilities in interstate conflicts. Visit website.
Bombshelltoe
To support a short film that will bring together a survivor and a downwinder to commemorate 80 years of the atomic age and offer lessons as the world enters a new nuclear era. Visit website.
Bombshelltoe
To support art workshops in the American Southwest highlighting nuclear harms to impacted communities.
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Bombshelltoe
To support a Nuclear Futures Fellowship capstone project that use artwork to promote awareness of the legacy of nuclear contamination within impacted communities. Visit website.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
To support an educational performance by artist-in-residence the Kronos Quartet as part of the 2026 Doomsday Clock announcement. Visit website.
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
To support efforts to grow, sustain, and connect a global network of experts and thought leaders with an expanding global audience.
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
To support Track II/1.5 dialogues and other efforts to advance regional stability and nuclear nonproliferation in the Middle East. Visit website
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
To support a Nuclear Futures Fellowship capstone project that will create a tool to promote awareness of the nuclear weapons issues facing everyday communities. Visit website.
Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
To support staff time dedicated to the involvement on the Core Team for the Stop the Nuclear Arms Race Roundtable. Visit website.
Center for International Policy
To support research, advocacy, and policymaker engagement that advances CIP’s goal of a more peaceful, just, and sustainable world, including through the reduction of nuclear threats. Visit website
Conciliation Resources
To increase understanding within local and national governments of Kashmiri perspectives and the challenges they face, create additional spaces for dialogue between Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control (LoC), and produce new research on peacebuilding opportunities in the region.
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Council on Strategic Risks
To support a pilot program examining the convergent risks of tactical nuclear weapons use. Visit website.
East Asian International Relations Caucus
To support a Nuclear Futures Fellowship capstone project that will address how to prevent “near-nuclear” states from weaponizing and motivate them to advance disarmament efforts. Visit website.
European Council on Foreign Relations
To support activities of the Women of Middle East Network on Peacebuilding, the inclusion of women experts in dialogue opportunities, and analysis in support of regional diplomacy.
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FCNL Education Fund
To support education of policymakers and the public about safer nuclear policies and diplomacy with relevant states.
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Federation of American Scientists
To support analysis of global nuclear arsenals, ongoing research into timely nuclear topics, and media outreach.
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Foreign Policy for America
To promote diplomacy-first approaches on key nuclear policy and regional security issues, and support a US-China working group.
Friends Committee on National Legislation
To support staff time dedicated to the involvement on the Core Team for the Stop the Nuclear Arms Race Roundtable Visit website
Friends Committee on National Legislation
To support advocacy efforts in Congress to promote safer nuclear policies and diplomacy with Iran, North Korea, Russia, and China.
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Geneva Graduate Institute
To support expert convenings and policy coordination in anticipation of upcoming Track II dialogues with Russia and China. Visit website.
Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
To support the placement of one to two fellows at a nuclear-focused non-governmental organization in Washington, DC.
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Horizon 2045 Foundation
To support the development of new legal strategies against nuclear weapons.
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Inkstick Media
To support Inkstick’s journalism and commentary about nuclear weapons, the military-industrial complex, and defense issues.
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International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
To support ICAN’s work to increase membership in and advocate for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), center the stories of impacted communities, and conduct activities and media outreach related to nuclear weapons issues and the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons.
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International Civil Society Action Network
To support organizations of the Women’s Alliance for Security Leadership in South Asia and the Middle East through the Innovative Peace Fund.
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International Crisis Group
To support the interactive Trigger List, which identifies risks of confrontation in the Middle East, and serves as a basis for policymaker and media outreach.
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J Street
To engage and mobilize J Street’s national network to support US efforts to peacefully prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and a return to a successful diplomacy-first approach to Iran.
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Jessica Marie Sleight
To support time dedicated to the involvement on the Core Team for the Stop the Nuclear Arms Race Roundtable.
Marshallese Educational Initiative
To educate the public and amplify the voices of the Pacific youth about nuclear legacies, nuclear-related policies including the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and the Compact of Free Association (COFA), and to promote nuclear and environmental justice. Visit website.
Middle East Research and Information Project
To support the Middle East Research and Information Project’s publications, events, podcasts, and other initiatives. Visit website.
Middlebury College / James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
To support Dr. Jeffrey Lewis’ work analyzing activities at key nuclear sites in Iran, China, North Korea, and beyond.
Middlebury College / James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
To support Jeffrey Lewis’ research, analysis, and media outreach on nuclear and missile activities in North Korea and China.
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Middlebury College / James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
To support the Middle East Next Generation of Arms Control Specialists (MENACS) network and related Track 1.5/II dialogues.
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National Committee on North Korea, Inc.
To support principled engagement with North Korea through government engagement, media outreach, policy publications, and other activities.
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Nautilus Institute
To support a credentialed virtual course on nuclear weapons and the law aimed at international civil society and other stakeholders. Visit website.
NIAC Action
To support advocacy to prevent war in the Middle East and advance diplomatic solutions.
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Nuclear Watch New Mexico
To support watchdog activities in New Mexico to bring greater transparency to the local nuclear laboratories.
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Physicians for Social Responsibility
To support a Nuclear Futures Fellowship capstone project that will identify how U.S. health professionals can effectively contribute to nuclear abolition strategies. Visit website.
President and Fellows of Middlebury College
To support the creation and distribution of videos and graphic stories about nuclear close calls.
President and Fellows of Middlebury College / Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation
To support a fellowship program for nuclear experts impacted by the invasion of Ukraine.
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Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft
To publicize the diversity of expert opinion about North Korean denuclearization through the creation of a US-South Korea working group and an edited volume of policy recommendations.
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RAND Corporation
To support research into nuclear aspects of the war in Ukraine and the production of policy recommendations to reduce future risks. Visit website
ReThink Media
To provide essential media and communications support for the nuclear threat reduction field.
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Reverse The Trend Pacific
To support a Nuclear Futures Fellowship capstone project that would work with local communities to address the legacy of nuclear weapons testing by establishing a nuclear justice center in Kiribati. Visit website.
Secure Families Foundation
To support the education of military partners and family members about nuclear weapons issues, as well as related policymaker engagement.
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The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System
To support research into the effects of nuclear war.
The Stimson Center
To support the National Security Reform Program’s bipartisan engagement on nuclear issues, pro-defense arguments for better policy, and critical analysis of nuclear weapons programs.
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Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment
To support Tri-Valley CAREs’ nationally relevant watchdog activities at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL).
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Union of Concerned Scientists
To support the Union of Concerned Scientists’ efforts to reduce the size and role of the US nuclear arsenal, lower the risk of nuclear war, and provide justice to impacted communities. Visit website.
Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility
To support the Nuclear Weapons Abolition Program and coordination of the Northwest Against Nuclear Weapons coalition.
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Whitman College Board of Trustees
To support dissemination of the Highly Nriched Decolonizing Nuclear Studies teaching modules and continued development of related content. Visit website.
Wilton Park
To support the annual Wilton Park conference as it assesses challenges and opportunities facing the Non-proliferation Treaty in anticipation of the 2026 Review Conference. Visit website.
Win Without War Education Fund
To support grassroots action, media outreach, and targeted congressional advocacy about nuclear weapons, as well as engagement with the progressive advocacy community.
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Women Cross DMZ
To support Women Cross DMZ’s work advocating for peace and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula in Congress and the public sphere.
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