Philanthropy’s Push to Stop Gun Violence

With community organizing and savvy advocacy, grassroots nonprofits in Birmingham, Ala., Oakland, Calif., and other cities are gaining recognition and financing for the community-based programs to reduce shootings. See more from the Chronicle‘s coverage of nonprofit efforts to deter gun violence, part of a collaboration with the Associated Press.

The Biden administration had used the Community Violence Intervention Collaborative to get funding to 50 small grassroots groups to fight gun violence.

Ten years after Sandy Hook, it has fresh voices, more clout, and even a new name. Is that enough?

The former New York City mayor draws praise for his longtime advocacy, but critics wonder whether a billionaire can be at the center of a true movement. Plus, read our special report on the evolution of the gun-control movement.

Philanthropists are betting millions on community programs that focus on the young men most likely to take a life or be shot. Plus, see our special report on gun violence.

Privately funded grassroots programs are for the first time getting solid backing from the city, county, and state. Plus, see our entire special report on gun violence and nonprofits.

Indianapolis is trying programs including job skills, therapy, and violence interrupters to find out what works. See other coverage of nonprofit and foundation efforts to curb gun violence, including articles from the Chronicle, Associated Press, and the Conversation.

The nationwide call for stronger gun laws in the aftermath of mass shootings in Buffalo, Uvalde and the over 200 other places where such tragedies took place so far in 2022 is understandable.

Community violence intervention deploys people with personal connections — and credibility — with those most likely to be involved in gun violence. The approach isn’t new, but interest in it is growing.

How a decade between the two largest school shootings opened a new flow of grant dollars and ushered in a strategic rethinking of gun-control efforts.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle stand in the way of preventing tragedies like the mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Tex., says the founder of Guns Down America.

Millions of dollars are flowing to nonprofits that typically struggle to keep the lights on.

After years of policy research at the Joyce Foundation, Nina Vinik has started a nonprofit that aims to address young Americans’ embrace of gun ownership as protection.

March for Our Lives and other gun-control groups plan to mobilize supporters to push Congress to require universal background checks, pass red-flag laws allowing guns to be confiscated in certain cases, and raise the age limit to buy certain guns.