Ploughshares Fund
For Promoting Innovation In The Nuclear Security Field
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Amount$400,000
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ProgramInitiatives
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Date Awarded11/17/2014
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Term12.0 Months
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Type of SupportProject
Overview
A supplemental project grant to Ploughshares Fund for the Nuclear Innovation Collaborative will give the new venture added resources for its initial investments. The Hewlett Foundation was an original member of the consortium of donors that conceived and created the Nuclear Innovation Collaborative—based on a shared assessment that significant revitalization of the nuclear security field is needed to achieve progress on these issues. With the project now going into operation, the grantee can use this grant to start functioning as a source of nuclear security venture capital, bringing new ideas and new actors into the nuclear security field.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.ploughshares.org
Address
1808 Wedemeyer Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA, 94129-5270, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
Hewlett has long recognized the Ploughshares Fund as a strategic partner in advancing nuclear security, particularly when it comes to working with opinion leaders in Washington. This renewal would allow Ploughshares to continue work toward its ultimate goal of achieving a safe, secure, nuclear weapon-free world. In the coming years, Ploughshares will focus on (1) using public and policymaker education to ensure that the administration and Congress understand the potential benefits of reduced spending on nuclear weapons and (2) generating and promoting ideas for diplomatic means to keep Iran from becoming a nuclear-armed country.
for executive team coaching
The Ploughshares Fund is the nuclear security initiative's core grantee on U.S. nuclear policy. Ploughshares is in the midst of a leadership transition and has modified and clarified its internal leadership structure. President Joe Cirincione is the organizational leader and the only direct report to the Ploughshares Board of Directors. Philip Yun, who knows the organization well as a board member and through his activities in complementary work, has just begun work as Ploughshares’ new Executive Director and COO, reports to the President. Philip was recruited to Ploughshares with the understanding that he will be a "full partner" with Joe. Philip’s hiring has been highly praised by the Ploughshares Board and by staff members alike. Funds through this organizational effectiveness grant would support coaching for Ploughshares' leadership team.
