About Us

Ploughshares Fund is a global security foundation that believes nuclear weapons do very little to keep us safer from the real threats we face today. Every day, we work to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons, to stop their spread, and to build peace in regions of conflict where nuclear weapons exist. We support experts and advocates who implement smart strategies to secure a more peaceful world.

How do we do it? With your help. For more than thirty years, people like you—teachers, scientists, parents, and countless others—have helped provide more than $100 million to support the smartest people with the best ideas on global security.

Our approach to reducing nuclear weapons and other global security threats is unique and effective. We: 

• Identify and fund astute strategies for creating a more secure world.
• Amplify funding with our own issue expertise, lobbying, relationship building and media savvy.
• Fund quickly: our discretionary grants pay for last minute opportunities that escape others’ processes.
• Channel 100% of your donations to those making our world more safe.