Ploughshares fund
<h4 style="font-size: small; background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span class="mw-headline" id="Public_debate">Public debate</span><span class="mw-editsection" style="user-select: none; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1em; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1em; white-space: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-right: 0.25em;">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action&action=edit§ion=21" title="Edit section: Public debate" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="margin-left: 0.25em;">]</span></span></font></h4><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; font-size: small; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">An intense public debate in the United States took place during the congressional review period.<sup id="cite_ref-Riechmann_213-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action#cite_note-Riechmann-213" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[205]</a></sup> "Some of the wealthiest and most powerful donors in American politics, those for and against the accord", became involved in the public debate,<sup id="cite_ref-DonorsNYT_214-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action#cite_note-DonorsNYT-214" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[206]</a></sup> although "mega-donors" opposing the agreement contributed substantially more money than those supporting it.<sup id="cite_ref-DonorsPost_215-0" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action#cite_note-DonorsPost-215" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[207]</a></sup> From 2010 to early August 2015 the foundations o<b>f <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Adelson" title="Sheldon Adelson" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Sheldon Adelson</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Singer(businessman)" title="Paul Singer (businessman)" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Paul Singer</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haim_Saban" title="Haim Saban" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Haim Saban</a> c</b>ontributed a total of $13 million (at least $7.5 million, at least $2.6 million, and at least $2.9 million, respectively) to advocacy groups opposing an agreement with Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-DonorsPost_215-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action#cite_note-DonorsPost-215" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[207]</a></sup><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> On the other side, three groups lobbying in support of the agreement received at least $803,000 from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ploughshares_Fund" title="Ploughshares Fund" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Ploughshares Fund</a>, at least $425,000 from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockefeller_Brothers_Fund" title="Rockefeller Brothers Fund" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Rockefeller Brothers Fund</a>, and at least $68,500 from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Soros" title="George Soros" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">George Soros</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Society_Foundations" title="Open Society Foundations" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">his foundation</a></span>.<sup id="cite_ref-DonorsPost_215-2" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action#cite_note-DonorsPost-215" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[207]</a></sup> Other philanthropists and donors supporting an agreement include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.Daniel_Abraham" title="S. Daniel Abraham" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">S. Daniel Abraham</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Gill" title="Tim Gill" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Tim Gill</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Lear" title="Norman Lear" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Norman Lear</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margery_Tabankin" title="Margery Tabankin" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Margery Tabankin</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnold_Hiatt" title="Arnold Hiatt" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">Arnold Hiatt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DonorsNYT_214-1" class="reference" style="line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Comprehensive_Plan_of_Action#cite_note-DonorsNYT-214" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background: none;">[206]</a></sup></font></p>