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Ploughshares Foundation Grants

Private foundation · EIN 36-3739577 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025

Total grants paid
$7.1M
Grants reported
735
Typical grant
$5K
Future commitments

Reported commitments not yet paid.

Not reported

How to apply

This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.

Contact
D M Ephraim
Deadlines
No
Application materials
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.
Restrictions
No
Original filing text
Contact
D M EPHRAIM
Address
2070 GREEN BAY ROAD 199 HIGHLAND PARK, IL, 60035
Phone
3123219700
Deadlines
NO
Application materials
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.
Restrictions
NO

Reported organization name: PLOUGHSHARES FOUNDATION

Giving by tax year

Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.

Tax yearGrants paidAmount
2025368$3.6M
2024367$3.5M

Where Ploughshares Foundation gives

States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.

Largest reported grants

Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.

Partners in Health

BOSTON, MA

$85KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

$50,000 for work in haiti and mexico

Partners in Health

BOSTON, MA

$85KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

$50,000 for work in haiti and mexico

Lenny Zakim Fund

BOSTON, MA

$75KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

Youth violence prevention, social justice, human rights and alleviation of poverty and illness

Lenny Zakim Fund

BOSTON, MA

$75KTax year 2025

Grant purpose

Youth violence prevention, social justice, human rights and alleviation of poverty and illness

Doctors Without Borders

HAGERSTOWN, MD

$75KTax year 2024

Grant purpose

For aid to gaza, the west bank, and israel and for work along the us/mexico border

Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (735 reported in all).

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About this data

Figures are aggregated from Ploughshares Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.

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