Weapons

Grants created to prevent the use and proliferation of weapons, including small arms, weapons of mass descruction (chemical, biological and radiological weapons), drones, landmines and cluster munitions. These grants also includes ones on preventing arms trafficking and conventional arms control. This category does not include nuclear weapons.

2%
$6.8 Million
out of $350.7 Million
for all peace and security
Median Grant Size: $50,000

Top Funders

Caerus Foundation
$2.7 M
Carnegie Corporation of New York
$900.0 K
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
$710.8 K
Sarah Scaife Foundation
$510.0 K
Colombe Foundation
$475.0 K
Foundation to Promote Open Society
$350.0 K
Smith Richardson Foundation
$225.0 K
Skoll Global Threats Fund
$215.0 K
Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program
$175.0 K
Sigrid Rausing Trust
$160.5 K
Seattle Foundation
$70.0 K
Compton Foundation
$50.0 K
Arca Foundation
$50.0 K
National Endowment for Democracy
$40.0 K
Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta
$25.0 K
Samuel Rubin Foundation
$25.0 K
MATCH International Women's Fund
$15.7 K
Tides Foundation
$11.0 K
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$10.0 K
Global Greengrants Fund
$7.0 K
Stewart R. Mott Foundation
$7.0 K
Urgent Action Fund for Women's Human Rights
$5.0 K

Starting in 2014, the Open Society Foundations’ grants data is reported by and attributed to the individual legal entities that constitute the Foundations. Prior to 2014, grantmaking from these funders are collectively attributed to ‘Open Society Foundations’.

Regional Focus

Strategy Focus

Funding for General Support

42% $2,839,738 8 Grants = 17%

Sample Grants

  • Stewart R. Mott Foundation
    awarded a grant for $2,000 to Herbert Scoville, Jr. Peace Fellowship

    For providing young people the opportunity to work with nonprofit organizations implementing arms control practices.

  • Foundation to Promote Open Society
    awarded a grant for $75,000 to Henry L. Stimson Center

    For the project "Toward Effective, Transparent, and Accountable U.S. Drone Policy."

  • Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
    awarded a grant for $112,267 to Saferworld

    For Playing by the Rules: Upholding EU Arms Transfer Controls.