The International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) is an independent, non-profit educational foundation that develops and encourages the study and use of civilian-based, nonmilitary strategies aimed at establishing and defending human rights, democratic self-rule and justice worldwide.

ICNC Operating Guidelines

The purpose of the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict (ICNC) is to develop and disseminate knowledge related to nonviolent conflict and its practice, throughout the world. Recipients include citizens and activists living under conditions of repression, injustice and corruption, and also educators, nongovernmental organizations, media professionals and policy makers.

1. As one way to distribute knowledge about nonviolent conflict, ICNC can help in enabling seminars, workshops, and institutes on nonviolent conflict to be held, in response to contacts initiated by groups or people seeking to end oppression or injustice through nonviolent methods.
2. ICNC will not assist activists in planning, organizing or conducting any actions; it will not provide political or strategic advice to those contemplating or engaged in nonviolent conflict; and it will not furnish funds to subsidize their operations.
3. ICNC will support research and other educational projects by other nongovernmental organizations and individuals, if they are directly related to expanding understanding of the principles and skills involved in nonviolent conflict. It does not furnish philanthropic grants or gifts to individuals or organizations.
4. ICNC accepts no grants, contracts or funding of any kind from any government or government-related organization, or from any foundation, corporation or institution, public or private. It is funded entirely by the family philanthropy of the founding chair.
5. ICNC observes the right to privacy of those who contact it, for the protection of people who may face repression or intimidation for exercising their rights. Accordingly, ICNC abides by requests for confidentiality from individuals who communicate with it.