Peace Development Fund, More Than Grantmaking

Valley DAF

Local nonprofits are all facing the same challenge: sudden cuts in federal funding have left huge gaps in our budgets, threatening programs across Western Mass.
But there’s also a real opportunity. Right now, more than $251 billion is sitting in Donor Advised Funds (DAFs). What if we could unlock even a portion of that to keep our Valley’s communities, landscapes, and shared future thriving?
Join us Wed, Oct. 15 at 12:00pm for a virtual discussion about DAFs. We want your voice in the conversation.

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Join us for a discussion on Wednesday, March 20.

Introducing Our 2025 Grantees!

PDF announced grant awards to social justice organizations in every region of the United States, as well as Haiti and Mexico. Each organization received grants of varying amounts for a total of $170,000 granted this spring.

Read the Press Release

Thank you for attending our gala

Thank You for Your Support of our
Grassroots Gala!

Our gala recognized outstanding social justice organizers and organizations making a significant impact in our communities with the Truth Awards. Congratulations to Aramis Sundiata, Springfield No One Leaves, and Paul Haible; our award recipients!
Thank you to our sponsors:
Access Strategies Fund
Beveridge Family Foundation
Cypress Fund
Dean's Beans Organic Coffee
Greenfield Savings Bank
Krupp Family Foundation
Peoples Bank

spring '25 newsletter

Resisting Together: Check Out Our Spring Newsletter!

Discover how PDF is prioritizing vulnerable groups, shifting its rapid response fund, and building collaborations to support grassroots partners during these uncertain times. If you would like to be mailed a copy of the newsletter, email us at peacedevfund@gmail.com

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WFTEC Grantee

Grantee Testimonial

“With financial support from PDF, we organized large-scale teach-ins and demonstrations alongside labor unions, trade-displaced workers, diaspora communities, international solidarity activists, digital privacy activists, public health groups, and climate activists to halt a trade deal that would have had disastrous impacts on jobs, wages, labor rights, climate action, consumer privacy and monopoly power” -Julie Bouanna, Executive Director, Washington Fair Trade Education Coalition

The Peace Development Fund is more than a grantmaker: our model of philanthropy involves direct funding, advocacy where appropriate and partnerships built around mutual respect, sharing of resources, and transparency of planning and decision-making. We endeavor to be a key “go-to” foundation on issues of peace, human rights, social justice and environmental protection. We work to counter-balance dominant power structures by moving resources and sharing decision-making with activist groups and communities. Learn more…