Funders for a Ceasefire Now is a coalition of individual donors, philanthropic organizations, and other foundations advocating for a ceasefire in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. 1 The conflict was started on October 7, 2023, when members of the terrorist group Hamas crossed into Israel from the Gaza Strip and killed over 1,400 Israelis while taking over 230 hostages back into Gaza, including Americans. 2
The Funders for a Ceasefire Now released a, “Philanthropy Open Letter for Humanity and Justice,” calling for a ceasefire in the conflict, passage of humanitarian aid into Gaza, demanding the U.S and Europe cease all funding to the Israeli military, and the safe release of all hostages. 1 The coalition also blames the events on October 7 on Israel, claiming it was due to, “the decades of systematic violence, military occupation and displacement that all Palestinians, especially in Gaza, have experienced at the hands of the Israeli government.” 1
Initiating Groups
- Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
- Black Feminist Fund
- CLIMA Fund
- Cultural Survival
- EDGE Funders Alliance
- Emergent Fund
- Farhad Ebrahimi
- Fund for Global Human Rights
- Global Fund for Women
- Global Greengrants Fund
- Grassroots International
- Human Rights Funders Network
- Jerrod MacFarlane
- Kolibri Foundation
- NDN Collective
- Prospera International Network of Women’s Funds
- Radical Imagination Family Foundation
- Resource Generation
- Sagner Family Foundation
- Social Justice Fund NW
- Solidaire Action
- Thousand Currents
- Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
- Urgent Action Fund For Feminist Activism
- We Are Purposeful
- Women Donors Network
Additional Organizational Signers
- A.J. Muste Memorial Institute
- Arab Foundations Forum
- Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
- Chinook Fund
- Collective Future Fund
- Common Counsel Foundation
- Communities for Just Schools Fund
- Corporate Accountability International
- Crossroads Fund
- Cultures of Resistance Network
- Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy
- FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund
- Front Line Defenders
- Funders for Justice
- Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing
- General Service Foundation
- Global Exchange
- Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees (GCIR)
- Groundswell Fund
- Guerrilla Foundation
- Headwaters Foundation for Justice
- Hill – Snowdon Foundation
- International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPFF)
- International Trans Fund
- Justice Funders
- Kataly Foundation
- Liberation Ventures
- Lynn Handleman Charitable Foundation (Left Tilt Fund)
- MADRE
- Mama Cash
- Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA)
- Movement Strategy Center
- Ms. Foundation for Women
- Nebula Fund
- New York Foundation
- North Star Fund
- Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity (PRE)
- Pop Culture Collaborative
- PRBB Foundation
- Southern Vision Alliance
- The Solutions Project
- Third Wave Fund
- Trans Justice Funding Project
- Women’s Foundation of California
- Woods Fund of Chicago
Individual Philanthropy Signers
References
- Funders for a Ceasefire Now, Accessed November 3, 2023. https://funders4ceasefire.org/index
- Pandolfo, Chris, Landon Mion and Andrea Vacchiano. “IDF: Hamas commander who ‘directed’ October 7 terror attack killed in airstrike.” Fox News, November 1, 2023. https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/october-31-israel-hamas-war