Welcome to The Connect U.S. Fund. Promoting a network in support of responsible U.S. global engagement through grantmaking, policy advocacy and community-building.

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Current Priority Issues

 

U.S. Global Engagement

In today’s interdependent world, the U.S. confronts extraordinary international challenges, requiring cooperative, principled and farsighted leadership and a recognition of the strong connections between global issues.

Human Rights

We support efforts to restore American leadership in multilateral human rights instruments and institutions and to ensure U.S. capacity to address mass atrocities.

Security

The United States can and must do more to prevent the spread and use of deadly nuclear weapons, but this requires that we work in partnership with other countries.

Climate Change

Climate change is affecting our planet and the lives of people around the world – particularly the world’s poorest and most disenfranchised.

Development

We focus on reform of the international financial and trade architecture for sustainable development.  We also support increasing the civilian capacity of the U.S. government for diplomacy and development.

Advocacy Best Practices

Connect U.S. works to ensure that the whole of advocacy is greater than the sum of its parts and that advocates have the tools and skills they need to be most effective.

Blogs

The Close Calls: How False Alarms Triggered Fears of Nuclear War
May 15, 2012 at 11:59am by

The CIA’s discovery of the Soviet Union’s covert plan to transport intermediate-range nuclear missiles to Cuba spawned the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. U.S. President John F.

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The Plight of Women in Pakistan
May 1, 2012 at 11:31pm by

              According to the 2011 Thomas Reuters Foundation Poll, Pakistan is the world’s most dangerous country for women.

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The Deal that Went Boom
April 17, 2012 at 10:43am by

Since the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in December 2011, the international community has earnestly watched the political transition to successor and son Kim Jong Un. In January 2012, North Korea expressed that it was ready to negotiate a deal to halt its nuclear enrichment program, a promising step for the isolated nation.  The promise did not last long. On April 13th, North Korea made headlines yet again with its third failed missile rocket launch.   

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Tibet is Burning
April 3, 2012 at 5:44pm by

March 10, 2012 marked the 53rd anniversary of the Tibetan uprising against the Chinese invasion. Amid the chaos in 1959, the Dalai Lama was forced to flee to India; therefore, March has become the traditional month for protest by Tibetan activists to speak out against the plight of Tibetans in China. Since March 2011, in protest to Chinese rule and increasing tensions in ethnically Tibetan parts

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Resources

Program Internship with the Connect U.S. Fund

The Connect U.S. Fund is seeking a Program Intern to support our operational activities building a community of organizations working for more responsible U.S. global engagement. 

 
Please submit your application, including a cover letter, resume and writing sample (no longer than 1,200 words), and the names and numbers of two references, to Leah Yudin at jobs@connectusfund.org. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the positi...
Nuclear Nonproliferation Internship with the Connect U.S. Fund

The Connect U.S. Fund is seeking a summer Nuclear Nonproliferation Intern to support our operational activities building a community of organizations working for more responsible U.S. global engagement.

 
Please submit your application, including a cover letter, resume and writing sample (no longer than 1,200 words), and the names and numbers of two references, to Leah Yudin at jobs@connectusfund.org. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis...