Win Without War Education Fund is the educational arm of left-leaning advocacy organization Win Without War, which promotes left-of-center and noninterventionist foreign policy. Win Without War was founded in 2002 and is a project of left leaning foreign policy think tank the Center for International Policy.
In 2019, the Center for International Policy founded the Win Without War Education Fund as an educational and research arm and distinct entity, while keeping Win Without War housed within the Center for International Policy. The Win Without War Education Fund generally supports left-leaning foreign policy and opposes U.S. actions taken against any foreign terrorist groups. 1 2
Background
Win Without War and the Win Without War Education Fund were founded by the Center for International Policy, a left-leaning research and advocacy organization that was founded in the 1970s in opposition to the Vietnam War. Other projects of the Center for International Policy include Mighty Earth, an environmentalist group, and the Security Assistance Monitor, a project tracking U.S. defense and security assistance and grant programs that calls for more oversight of the U.S. military. The Center for International Policy states that Win Without War is a coalition of many national advocacy groups to advance a shared foreign policy agenda, however no current list of such organizations in said coalition is publicly available. 3 4
Activity
The Win Without War Education Fund was founded in 2019 as a research arm of the organization, it focuses on publishing statements and research reports that support Win Without War’s left-leaning position on international policy. Issues publicized by the organization include support for the Obama administration’s Iran nuclear deal, ending U.S. defense support in countries such as Syria and Yemen, supporting cutting U.S. Department of Defense spending, and opposing drone strikes. 5
References
- “What We Do.” Win Without War Education Fund. Accessed October 20, 2021. https://www.winwithoutwaredfund.org/about/what-we-do/
- “Center for International Policy.” Britannica. Accessed October 21, 2021. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Center-for-International-Policy
- “IRS Form 990.” Center for International Policy. 2019. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/521446207/04_2021_prefixes_52-54%2F521446207_201912_990_2021040217860056
- “IRS Form 990.” 2019. Win Without War Education Fund. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/display_990/831345865/04_2021_prefixes_82-83%2F831345865_201912_990_2021040117848176
- “What We Do.” Win Without War Education Fund. Accessed October 20, 2021. https://www.winwithoutwaredfund.org/policy/