Fund for Peace

The Fund for Peace was founded in 1957 and is "a research and educational organization that works to prevent war and alleviate the conditions that cause war. The FfP specializes on the diagnosis and resolution of conflicts associated with weak and failing states and on foreign policy responses." [1] They note that:

"The objective of our work is to use our expertise on these issues to make this complex and volatile world a safer place. We do this by promoting sustainable security, the ability of societies to solve their own problems peacefully without an outside military or administrative presence." [2]

During the 1990s the Fund for Peace acted as a conduit for a handful of NED grants to groups based in Africa. [3]

• Nina Solarz - was (is) Executive Director

"Founded in 1967 by Randolph Parker Compton, a well-heeled liberal Republican investment banker and one worlder, the fund's mission has been not so much to finance organizations, as its name might imply, but to provide support services like bookkeeping, tax-exempt status and fiduciary management for fledgling groups. The fund, which had a budget of $3 million in 1989, has made a notable contribution by assisting the start-up and subsequent administration of some important groups in the left-liberal cosmos. While associated with the Fund for Peace, these groups are known as fund projects:' They include the Center for Defense Information, a major research center with a programs control slant that is now independent of the fund; the Center for National Security Studies, which monitors U.S. intelligence agencies; and the National Security Archive, which collects and organizes government documents on national security and foreign policy." (Corn, 1990)

Supporters

Corporations

• Adams National Bank
• American Petroleum Institute
• Applied Materials, Inc.
• BHP Billiton
• BP Amoco, Inc.
• Can You Imagine
• Enterprises, LLC
• Chevron Texaco
• CitiGroup
• Conferon
• ConocoPhillips
• ExxonMobil
• Freeport-McMoRan Foundation
• Koke Industrial Printing
• Newmont Mining Corporation
• Placer Dome
• Shell Oil Company
• Showgear
• Unocal Corporation

Foundations

• Arca Foundation
• The Asia Foundation
• The Carnegie Corporation
• The Compton Foundation
• The Danforth Foundation
• The Ford Foundation
• The Herman Support Fund
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
• Kirsch Foundation
• John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• Ploughshares Fund, Inc.
• Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund
• Rockefeller Brothers Fund
• Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA
• Skoll Community Fund
• Stanley Foundation

Government Agencies

• Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT)
• Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
• U. S. Department of State
• National Defense University
• NATO
• Peace Fund of The Netherlands

Other Organizations

• American Legion Roseland Post
• Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Charles V.W. Brooks
• Charitable Trust
• Clingendael Institute
• The Compumentor Project
• Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
• Follett High Education Group
• Institute of International Education
• International Center for Corporate Accountability
• International Society for Technology in Education
• James Lenox House Association, Inc.
• KQED, Inc.
• The National Educational Computing Association
• Open Society Institute
• PEO Sisterhood
• The Rydar Group
• Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving
• Stilwell Financial, Inc.
• Texas Computer Education Association
• United States Institute for Peace
• [[University of Oregon
• Continuation Center

2006 Annual Report

Core Staff

• Pauline H. Baker, President
• Isaac Borocz, Development & Intern Coordinator
• Joelle Burbank, Research Associate
• Krista Hendry, Senior Associate
• Jason Ladnier, Senior Associate
• Kim Nicely, Controller
• Sarah Osborn, Office Manager
• Shawn Rowley, Senior Software Engineer
• Jeffrey Stottlemyer, Research Assistant
• Patricia Taft, Senior Associate

Senior Fellows

• Anne C. Bader
• Col. Mark Kalber, USAF (retired)
• Thomas Tanner
• Karen Walker

2006 Trustees

• Pauline H. Baker President, The Fund for Peace, Washington, DC
• Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch Executive Vice President, American Studies Center (ASC), Peking University, China and Washington, DC
• Ralph Bunche, Jr. Chairman, International Committee on the Kyoto Protocol, London, UK
• Evelyn Foote, USA Ret. Consultant to The Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC
• John J. Greco FfP Board Secretary, Independent TV News and Documentary Producer, Washington, DC
• Russell Hemenway National Director, National Committee for an Effective Congress, New York, NY
• Lt. Gen. Nicholas B. Kehoe, USAF Ret., FfP Board Vice Chair, Chairman, Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, Washington, DC
• George A. Lehner FfP Board Vice Chair
• Pepper Hamilton LLP, Washington, DC
• Gerald D. Levy FfP Board Vice Chair, National Executive Service Corps (retired), New York, NY
• Ambassador Princeton N. Lyman Ralph Bunch Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC
• Susan H. Marcille FfP Board Treasurer, Partner, Ernst & Young, Washington, DC
• Mark L. Mawrence Consultant, Writer, Producer, Los Angeles, CA
• David E. Morey FfP Board Vice Chair, President, DMG, Inc., Washington, DC
• Frank B. Nairne Chief Financial Officer (retired), Securities Industry Automation Corporation, Nw York, NY
• Jeri Thomson Secretary of the United States Senate (retired), Washington, DC
• Richard N. Winfield FfP Board Chair, Clifford Chance, LLP, New York, NY

Sourced Nov 2006

• James R. Compton - Chair Emeritus [4]
• Barbara D. Finberg

Related SourceWatch

• Richard H. Nolte - Former Board member
• Nate Hower-Haken - Associate
• Jay Ulfelder 2011 fellow

External links

• David Corn, "Public Interest Power Games: Turf Wars at the Fund for Peace", The Nation, Vol. 250, March 12, 1990.

Contact

Web: http://www.fundforpeace.org