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131: 27: 238:, and to prevent conflicts that could lead to their use. Ploughshares Fund is a 501(c)(3) foundation that pools contributions from individuals, families and foundations. Ploughshares Fund enables individual contributors to pool resources and provide support for initiatives to prevent the spread and use of 258:
founded the organization in 1981. Since it was founded, Ploughshares has made grants totaling nearly $ 100 million to hundreds of people and organizations around the world. Lilienthal died in October 2006, at the age of 87, while still serving as Ploughshares Fund's president.
513: 242:. With over $ 100 million awarded in grants since its founding in 1981, Ploughshares Fund is the largest US philanthropic foundation focused exclusively on nuclear weapons. 503: 498: 434: 406: 508: 493: 379: 91: 63: 366: 420: 70: 44: 110: 77: 349: 48: 59: 270:. Cirincione stepped down as president in July 2020 and was succeeded by Dr. Emma Belcher, formerly of the 392: 37: 231: 84: 478: 302: 473: 271: 407:"Q&A: JOSEPH CIRINCIONE, President of PLOUGHSHARES FUND and Author – Terrence McNally" 266:
as Ploughshares Fund's president, the same year that the organization opened an office in
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Concerned about the world's burgeoning nuclear arsenals, San Francisco
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Ploughshares Fund's grantmaking is focused on the following issues:
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Promoting the reduction and eventual elimination of nuclear weapons
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Political and economic research foundations in the United States
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Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late
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that supports initiatives to prevent the spread and use of
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