Stanley Center for Peace and Security

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Stanley Center for Peace and Security

Formation	1956
Founder	C. Maxwell and Elizabeth M. Stanley
Type	Non-Governmental Organization
Legal status	Private Operating Foundation
Location	Muscatine, Iowa
Chair	Brian Hanson
President	Keith Porter
Website	stanleycenter.org
Formerly called	The Stanley Foundation

The Stanley Center for Peace and Security (formerly The Stanley Foundation) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, private operating foundation seeking to address "global challenges that present a profound threat to human survival and well-being," namely mitigating climate change, avoiding the use of nuclear weapons, and preventing mass violence and atrocities.^[1] The center's mission is to "catalyze just and sustainable solutions to critical issues of peace and security by driving policy progress, advancing effective global governance, and advocating for collective action."^[2] The organization was founded in 1956 by C. Maxwell and Elizabeth M. Stanley and is headquartered in Muscatine, IA.^[3]

The foundation is within the Partner Circle of the Foundations Platform F20, an international network of foundations and other philanthropic organizations.^[4]