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Nuclear Weapons

In order to promote the goal of eliminating nuclear weapons, Ploughshares Fund leads and invests in efforts to reorient the nuclear posture of the United States; promote deep reductions in the world’s nuclear stockpiles; achieve ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; and promote specific steps toward a nuclear weapon-free world.

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Recent Grants

For nuclear weapons

Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

Washington, DC

June 14, 2010
40,000.00
Center for International Security and Cooperation

Stanford, CA

February 28, 2010
90,000.00
Coalition for Peace Action

Princeton, NJ

February 28, 2010
50,000.00

Edith B. Wilkie Grant


For Conflict Prevention and Peacebuilding

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Featured Grant

For nuclear weapons

Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

The Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs has the fortune of being led by Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala, who is one of the world’s most respected and passionate leaders of nuclear disarmament. Ploughshares provides support for Dhanapala, who was personally asked for his assistance in this effort by the UN Secretary General, as he continues in the role of President of the Pugwash Conferences to garner support among global leaders for nuclear weapons elimination. Read more >>

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Generals Urge Senate Ratification of New START Treaty
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In an op-ed in New Hampshire's Nashua Telegraph, Lt. Gen. John Castellaw, Lt. Gen. Dirk Jameson and Brig. Gen. John Adams urged Senators to put national security above political partisanship and ratify the New START treaty.

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