Peace and Security Funders Group

The Peace and Security Funders Group was created in 1999 and according to its website, "is an association of private and public foundations, operating foundations, charitable trusts, grantmaking programs, and individual philanthropists who make grants or expenditures that contribute to peace and global security.  Our purpose is to enhance the effectiveness of philanthropic activity across this broad area of shared interests and commitments." 


 * Katherine Magraw has been the Director of the PSFG since February 2006.

The organization is composed of the following entities according to its website. 


 * Agape Foundation
 * Arca Foundation
 * Ben and Jerry's Foundation
 * CarEth Foundation
 * Carnegie Corporation of New York
 * Colombe Foundation
 * Compton Foundation
 * ConnectUS
 * Cypress Fund
 * Educational Foundation of America
 * Flora Family Foundation
 * Ford Foundation
 * Funding Exchange
 * German Marshall Fund
 * Global Resource Action Center for the Environment
 * Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation
 * William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
 * HKH Foundation
 * Hunt Alternatives Fund
 * Janelia Foundation
 * Steven and Michele Kirsch Foundation
 * Milton Lauenstein
 * Lippincott Foundation
 * Livingry Foundation
 * Lydia B. Stokes Foundation
 * John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
 * Mertz Gilmore Foundation
 * David and Katherine Moore Family Foundation
 * Stewart Mott Charitable Trust
 * A.J. Muste Memorial Institute
 * Network for Social Change
 * New-Land Foundation
 * Open Society Institute
 * Park Foundation
 * Peace Development Fund
 * Peace, Conflict and Development Program Initiative
 * Planethood Foundation
 * Ploughshares Fund
 * The Prospect Hill Foundation
 * Proteus Fund
 * Public Welfare Foundation
 * Rockefeller Brothers Fund
 * Rockefeller Financial Services
 * Rockefeller Foundation
 * Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
 * Samuel Rubin Foundation
 * Saga Foundation
 * Scherman Foundation
 * Schooner Foundation
 * Secure World Foundation
 * Simons Foundation
 * Alan B. Slifka Foundation
 * The Stanley Foundation
 * Threshold Foundation
 * Tides Foundation
 * Town Creek Foundation
 * Turner Foundation
 * United Nations Foundation
 * Working Assets

Steering Committee
Accessed August 2009:


 * Co-Chair - Naila Bolus, Executive Director, Ploughshares Fund
 * Co-Chair - Conrad Martin, Executive Director, Stewart Mott Charitable Trust
 * Edith Eddy, Executive Director, Compton Foundation
 * Nandini Merz, Executive Director, Colombe Foundation
 * Carl Robichaud, Program Officer, International Peace and Security, Carnegie Corporation of New York
 * George Vickers, Director of International Operations, Open Society Institute
 * Cora Weiss, President, Samuel Rubin Foundation

Contact Information and Website

 * Katherine Magraw, Director
 * Peace and Security Funders Group
 * 7 Elliewood Avenue
 * Third Floor
 * Charlottesville, VA 22903
 * Tel: (434) 989-1514
 * Email: kmagraw (at) peaceandsecurity.org
 * Website: http://www.peaceandsecurity.org

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