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12 funders with a record of paying for “militarism”
Where the money went
Largest: $340,000 to INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES — core support for the national priorities and the new internationalism projects, to build solidarity to address the interconnected injustices of poverty and inequality, climate chan…
Largest: $325,000 to Purdue University — as one-time funding for the research project, "understanding and reimagining us beliefs about militarism," as part of a request for proposals (rfp) on reimagining multilateralism a…
Largest: $35,000 to CODEPINK WOMEN FOR PEACE — end us wars & militarism
Largest: $3,606 to Darren Joel Rayo — scholarship program -tuition enrollment fees montly school payments books and uniforms or student beneficiary at colegio militar jose antonio galan. bogota colombia. payments were …
Largest: $6,500 to Fort William Henry Harrison Militar — computer system upgrade
Largest: $10,000 to INKSTICK MEDIA — confronting militarism, changing the world
Open Society Action FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $900,000 · through 2023Largest: $900,000 to NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION — to support policy advocacy to advance a non-militarized us foreign policy
Largest: $492,136 to Esposas Militares Hispanas USA Arme — i support the girls collects and distributes essential items, including bras, underwear, and menstrual hygiene products, allowing women and folx experiencing homelessness, impoveri…
Largest: $308,578 to CENTER FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES — to support the development of issue-based memos that promote democratic values and educate the public on a non-militarized us foreign policy in order to benefit the civilian popula…
Largest: $150,000 to The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts — mobilizing community knowledge to protect the sacred: confronting the militarization of hawaii and devastation of indige
Largest: $250,000 to BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF AMERICA — teen ambassador training and militar
Fund for Constitutional GovernmentWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $25,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY — this grant is to support the production of it's kairos time podcast series that connects militarism to other social injustices.
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →