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Fund for a Safer Future
Fund for a Safer Future
OVERVIEW: Fund for a Safer Future seeks organizations advocating for stronger policies to reduce gun violence and those that are engaging new donors to become involved in the anti-gun violence movement. IP TAKE: FSF is not a traditional grantmaker … [Read more...] about Fund for a Safer Future
A ‘Game-Changing’ Gift for Gun Violence Prevention
The Just Trust Is Becoming a Justice Reform Funding Intermediary
Towards Greater Community Safety: The Case for Community-Based Violence Intervention
Every day, members of the Newark Community Street Team (NCST) walk the streets of Newark’s South Ward. They mentor students, ensure safe passage to and from schools, and listen to young people tell them about the loved ones they’ve lost to gun … [Read more...] about Towards Greater Community Safety: The Case for Community-Based Violence Intervention
Gun Violence Prevention Measures Are Working. Let’s Celebrate the Lives Preserved
"Daughter Goes to Prom, Has a ‘Pretty Good’ Time After Mental Health Crisis Averted.""Dallas-area Family Returns Home from Mall: Even Teenaged Son Reportedly Enjoyed the Family Time."Such headlines will never make the local paper or trend on Twitter. … [Read more...] about Gun Violence Prevention Measures Are Working. Let’s Celebrate the Lives Preserved
With a Broad Agenda and A-List Backers, Sandy Hook Promise Is a Fundraising Powerhouse
Nearly 500 guests gathered in the swanky, Art Deco-inspired Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City. As Secret Service clad in dark glasses surrounded the event, it was clear the leading man of the night was none other than President Barack Obama. He’d be … [Read more...] about With a Broad Agenda and A-List Backers, Sandy Hook Promise Is a Fundraising Powerhouse
How Public Health Funders Are Taking on the Epidemic of Gun Violence
Gun violence is often viewed as a matter of law enforcement, product regulation, or perhaps social work. But given the enormous human toll it’s taking in the United States, gun violence has clearly become a public health crisis, as well. In a country … [Read more...] about How Public Health Funders Are Taking on the Epidemic of Gun Violence
“Avenues for Hope” in Gun Violence Prevention — and a Major Role for Philanthropy
A recent New York Times piece captured the grinding hopelessness many Americans feel after the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas left 19 children and two teachers dead. “We witness the horrors of the present in which these massacres seem to happen every … [Read more...] about “Avenues for Hope” in Gun Violence Prevention — and a Major Role for Philanthropy
Why Philanthropy Has Made Little Progress on Gun Violence — and a Few Reasons for Hope
Thinking back to a piece I wrote on gun violence prevention philanthropy last spring after the two grisly mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, it’s saddening but unsurprising that another two horrific gun massacres have taken place within a short … [Read more...] about Why Philanthropy Has Made Little Progress on Gun Violence — and a Few Reasons for Hope
“An Epidemic Within the Pandemic.” How Eight Funders Back Gun Violence Prevention
Editor’s Note: This article originally ran March 29, 2021. We are republishing today in response to another devastating school shooting yesterday, in Uvalde, Texas.Two March mass shootings—the first in Atlanta, the second in Boulder—served as grisly … [Read more...] about “An Epidemic Within the Pandemic.” How Eight Funders Back Gun Violence Prevention
IP Briefing: What’s Going on With Philanthropy for Violence Prevention?
In a sentence: Violence is a massive problem in the United States, and though philanthropy supporting efforts to prevent it has long been scant, funding in this area is growing and evolving. What’s Going On “Whether we’re talking about gender-based … [Read more...] about IP Briefing: What’s Going on With Philanthropy for Violence Prevention?
Five Funder Collaboratives—and a New Public-Private Partnership—Supporting Violence Prevention
Prompted by grassroots movements, funders are shifting from a punitive to a preventive approach to ending violence, looking at root causes and supporting community solutions. Funders are also coming together in collaborative efforts to leverage their … [Read more...] about Five Funder Collaboratives—and a New Public-Private Partnership—Supporting Violence Prevention
Seven Questions for Ellen Alberding, President and CEO of the Joyce Foundation
Ellen Alberding is president and CEO of the Joyce Foundation, the Chicago-based grantmaker that distributes $50 million annually and has assets totaling $1 billion. Under Alberding’s leadership, the foundation, which is active in fields like … [Read more...] about Seven Questions for Ellen Alberding, President and CEO of the Joyce Foundation
What We Learned from a Deep Dive into Violence Prevention Funding
This week, Inside Philanthropy published a report about funding for violence prevention as part of its State of American Philanthropy project that launched last year. Each report explores contemporary giving patterns, opportunities, and trends and … [Read more...] about What We Learned from a Deep Dive into Violence Prevention Funding
What Makes Funder Collaboratives Work? The Fund for a Safer Future Looks Back on Its First Decade
The impact and efficacy of funder collaboratives have received a lot of attention in recent years. CEP’s Phil Buchanan authored a Stanford Social Innovation Review article in 2017 reflecting on the challenges of funder collaboratives. Bridgespan … [Read more...] about What Makes Funder Collaboratives Work? The Fund for a Safer Future Looks Back on Its First Decade
Unprecedented: Why a Modest Health and Equity Funder is Digging Deep for Democracy
This article was originally published on June 17, 2020. “Today we march, tomorrow we vote.” Among the many impassioned messages protesters have brought to the streets following the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many others by police, … [Read more...] about Unprecedented: Why a Modest Health and Equity Funder is Digging Deep for Democracy
Up Against Wall Street: How This Little-Known Hedge Funder Backs Financial Reform
Equity issues have moved to the forefront of philanthropy in recent years. That’s no surprise, given increasingly stark divides between the haves and the have-nots of American society. Funders have employed a range of grantmaking strategies to tackle … [Read more...] about Up Against Wall Street: How This Little-Known Hedge Funder Backs Financial Reform
With Funding in Scant Supply, a Grantmaker Steps up Big Time for Gun Violence Research
As a major cause of death in the U.S., gun violence is chronically under-researched. When Congress passed the Dickey Amendment in 1996, federal funding for gun violence research all but dried up—not that it amounted to much before that. According to … [Read more...] about With Funding in Scant Supply, a Grantmaker Steps up Big Time for Gun Violence Research
Many Paths to Progress: A Funder-Backed Study Sets its Sights on Reducing Gun Violence
Sometimes it seems as if mass shootings—at schools, offices and even churches—have become the “new normal” in American life. What seemed outrageous in 1999, the year of the tragic shootings of 12 students and 1 teacher at Columbine High School in … [Read more...] about Many Paths to Progress: A Funder-Backed Study Sets its Sights on Reducing Gun Violence
Behind a Major Think Tank’s New Fund for Promising Problem Solvers
The Aspen Institute is a nonpartisan organization that’s been around since 1949, with a rather broad mission of supporting leadership and bringing people together to exchange ideas. It’s among the country’s leading think tanks and a lot of people of … [Read more...] about Behind a Major Think Tank’s New Fund for Promising Problem Solvers
Beyond the Ivory Tower: A Research Funder Aims for More Traction on Public Policy
We often talk about the “levers” philanthropy pulls—or tries to—to make an outsized impact with a modest outlay. Backing research and advocacy on public policy is among the most powerful of those levers. Plenty of funders work to influence … [Read more...] about Beyond the Ivory Tower: A Research Funder Aims for More Traction on Public Policy
Who’s Behind a New Reporting Initiative on Guns in America?
It’s one of the nation’s most polarizing issues. At least, that’s the impression conveyed by much media coverage on firearms. Some people are pro-gun, others against. Some support the Second Amendment, others want to abolish it. Some love the NRA, … [Read more...] about Who’s Behind a New Reporting Initiative on Guns in America?
Turning Point? Philanthropy vs. Gun Violence After the Parkland Shooting
When a mass shooting claimed the lives of 58 people in Las Vegas last fall, the national conversation turned once again to guns. But despite the usual flurry of internet arguments and talking heads, no concrete change occurred. Things may be … [Read more...] about Turning Point? Philanthropy vs. Gun Violence After the Parkland Shooting
Unrigging the Rules: How This Funder Is Taking on Inequality
Anna Lefer Kuhn began as executive director of the Arca Foundation in 2008, the week Lehman Brothers collapsed. During the crash and its aftermath, she says, it became clear that the financial sector’s concentrated economic and political power had … [Read more...] about Unrigging the Rules: How This Funder Is Taking on Inequality
Philanthropy vs. Gun Violence: Pay Attention to Chicago
This August, 45 people died from 249 incidents of gun violence in Chicago, according to reporting by DNAinfo. Those are tragic numbers, but they actually represent a drop in violence from last summer, when 369 August shootings claimed the lives of 79 … [Read more...] about Philanthropy vs. Gun Violence: Pay Attention to Chicago
Compromised? The Problem of Corporate Funding for Think Tanks
The reputation of think tanks took another hit this week, when the New York Times reported that Anne-Marie Slaughter, president of the New America Foundation, ousted a project from the organization that was critical of Google. The story, as … [Read more...] about Compromised? The Problem of Corporate Funding for Think Tanks
Amid Civic Fears, a Democracy Funders Network Is Going Strong
Questions about the health of U.S. democracy, and especially its electoral system, have been front and center in the wake of a presidential contest influenced by Russian hacking and fake news—and which was won by the candidate who received fewer … [Read more...] about Amid Civic Fears, a Democracy Funders Network Is Going Strong
Ending the Standoff: Who’s Trying To Change the Conversation on Guns?
For a long time now, advocates hoping to reduce gun violence have often been stymied by a deadlocked debate. It’s a familiar story these days: Two sides with conflicting ideologies look at the same news and come to entirely different conclusions. … [Read more...] about Ending the Standoff: Who’s Trying To Change the Conversation on Guns?
Boring? Hardly. Why At Least Some Funders Care About Government Budgets
If you've ever worked in an organization, you know how important budgets are. And that's even more true in government, where budget decisions embody the priorities set by policymakers, determine where tax dollars go, and can have profound effects on … [Read more...] about Boring? Hardly. Why At Least Some Funders Care About Government Budgets
