For more than four decades, the Ploughshares Fund has supported the world’s most effective advocates and organizations to reduce and eventually eliminate the danger posed by nuclear weapons.
The organization invites applications from organizations and individuals working to build a safe, secure, nuclear weapons-free world. In line with the fund’s organizational goals and priorities, grantmaking and programmatic activities are focused on the following areas:
Near-term Steps: Drive policies and activities that help eliminate nuclear threats or address regional conflicts. This portfolio supports essential near-term steps to counter nuclear policy regression, advance arms control and diplomacy, and resolve nuclear-related regional conflicts.
Strengthened Community: Create a stronger, more resilient nuclear field. This portfolio supports core organizations in the nuclear field and targeted projects that aim for a more dynamic, inclusive, and effective community.
Shared Purpose: Build new partnerships with intersecting issues. This portfolio develops a broad power base by aligning with social justice movements and exploring intersections between nuclear topics and other issues.
Bold Futures: Support transformational thinking and activities. This portfolio creates favorable terrain for long-term policy change by investing in transformational approaches that fundamentally challenge the nuclear status quo.
The fund places few restrictions on grantmaking, does not impose geographical limitations on its awards, and can fund direct lobbying programs; it does make grants to individuals. The fund encourages women and people from diverse communities to apply.
The next funding cycle will be for summer 2025. The application will be open from March 1, 2025, until March 31, 2025.