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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “weapons”
Where the money went
Largest: $259,000 to Northwestern University — for one-time funding for a project to analyze the role of cities in the politics of nuclear weapons as part of a request for proposals (rfp) on "understanding the politics of nucle…
Ploughshares FundSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
16 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $73,000 to NUCLEAR WATCH NEW MEXICO (FISCAL SPONSOR - SW RESEARCH INFORMATION CENTER) — 1. to support an event on the 78th trinity test anniversary highlighting frontline communities: trinity test downwinders, native american uranium miners, and san ildefonso pueblo m…
Largest: $354,750 to ASU FOUNDATION — study the rise in use of chemical biological weapons agents in assassinations
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
7 matching grants · $1.6M · through 2022Largest: $300,000 to Royal Institute of International Affairs — for its project to create an interactive model for experts and policymakers to visualize the complex international system in which nuclear weapons exist.
Largest: $310,000 to BIRKBECK COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON — to support research on the weaponization of antisemitism and challenging its politicization
Semper Fun OrganizationAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $25,493 · through 2025Largest: $11,111 to Weapons and Field Training BN — military community support grant
Open Society Action FundNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $250,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to JEWS FOR RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE ACTION — to support policy advocacy on countering the weaponization of antisemitism
Largest: $200,000 to CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION — new weapons to fight
Largest: $50,000 to JAMES MARTIN CENTER FOR NONPROLIFERATION STUDIES-MIDDLEBURY — cns strives to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction (wmd) by training the next generation of nonproliferation specialists and disseminating timely information and analy…
Largest: $5,000 to MINES ADVISORY GROUP (MAG) AMERICA — to aid in making the world safer from landmines and other explosive weapons
Largest: $75,000 to THE COUNCIL ON STRATEGIC RISKS — prevent nuclear weapons systems
Largest: $25,000 to UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS — reducing the role of nuclear weapons in us security policy
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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 →