It is common practice for foundations to fund media coverage of under-reported stories and perspectives. For some, this might be global health, poverty or the impact of conflict on civilians. For Ploughshares Fund, this means bringing much-needed attention to the dangers of nuclear weapons.
Our support of independent media such as NPR and PRI does not influence the editorial content of their coverage in any way, nor would we want it to.
NPR has assets of almost $350 million. Last year, it received almost $95 million in support from a wide-range of corporations and foundations, including major defense contractors and conservative foundations, and, of course, “listeners like you.” The idea that a $100,000 grant could slant their news coverage is ludicrous.
So is the idea that we are somehow hiding our support for NPR. I guess having it announced every week on the radio is not enough. We also publish a full listing of our grants every year. And we detailed the key role played by civil society in securing the Iran Deal — the most significant national security victory in a generation — on our special web page, “How We Won.”
Ploughshares Fund has been making the world safer since the height of the Cold War.
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