Grant funders

Ploughshares Foundation

Private foundation, Illinois

United States
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Given in 2024 $3.1m
Typical grant $9,975 Middle half $6,000 to $15k
New grantees in 2024 10% first grant from this funder

Giving by year

10% of 2024 grantees were new to this funder

Amount and number of grants we hold records for in each year, which can be less than everything the funder gave. The current year is incomplete.

Where it gives

Massachusetts 289 grants · typical $8,000
District of Columbia 72 grants · typical $10k
New York 71 grants · typical $10k
Maine 54 grants · typical $10k
California 46 grants · typical $7,000
Texas 17 grants · typical $6,000
Maryland 12 grants · typical $25k
Arizona 10 grants · typical $7,000

All years we hold. Grants with no recorded place are left out.

Latest grants made

Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence Grant to Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence $8,000 31 Dec 2024
Bma Ten Point Grant to Bma Ten Point $10k 31 Dec 2024
Knox Clinic Grant to Knox Clinic $15k 31 Dec 2024
Unidos Disaster Relief Fundhispanic Federation Grant to Unidos Disaster Relief Fundhispanic Federation $5,000 31 Dec 2024
Andrew Goodman Foundation Grant to Andrew Goodman Foundation $16k 31 Dec 2024
Partakers Inc Grant to Partakers Inc $5,000 31 Dec 2024
New England Conservatory of Music Grant to New England Conservatory of Music $20k 31 Dec 2024
Mills College Legacy Scholarship Fund Grant to Mills College Legacy Scholarship Fund $30k 31 Dec 2024
Conservatory Lab Charter School Foundation Grant to Conservatory Lab Charter School Foundation $8,000 31 Dec 2024
Farnsworth Art Museum Grant to Farnsworth Art Museum $5,000 31 Dec 2024

How to apply

How to apply
All applications must be in written form. They must include a description of the organization which is submitting the application, the grant amount(s) requested by such organization and the use which the submitting organization intends to make of any grant(s) that May be received from this foundation. All applications must, in addition, include a copy of the submitting organization's irs determination letter evidencing qualification as a section 501(C)(3) organization, together with a copy of the submitting organization's most recently filed irs form 990.
Contact
D M Ephraim
Address
2070 Green Bay Road 199, Highland Park, IL 60035
Phone
3123219700

From the funder's IRS Form 990-PF for the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Data: Source: Internal Revenue Service, Form 990-series e-file data. (Public IRS data); Source: Internal Revenue Service, Form 990-series e-file data (Public IRS data)