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Joyce Foundation funding for the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence (2004-2011)

-- as reported on their grants list webpage

 

$300,000.00 12mo 07/27/2004

$400,000.00 12mo 12/02/2004

$325,000.00 12mo 12/02/2005

$770,000.00 24mo 11/30/2006

$290,000.00 12mo 12/04/2008

$350,000.00 12mo 12/10/2009

$175,000.00 6mo 12/09/2010

TOTAL = $2,610,000.00

 

So if this list is complete, I figure

 

FY 2004 = $150,000.00 (partial year)

FY 2005 = $550,000.00

FY 2006 = $325,000.00

FY 2007 = $385,000.00

FY 2008 = $385,000.00

FY 2009 = $290,000.00

FY 2010 = $350,000.00

FY 2011 = $175,000.00 (partial year)

 

Looking at this, there is no general trend in declining Joyce funding for ICHV. If they award a July 2011 allotment similar to the last 6 month figure, they are right on track. I wonder if ICHV gets funding from others besides Joyce?

 

But know this ... anytime the ICHV cuts staffing and lobbyists, I get rather happy.

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I hadn't realized they were maintaining an office in Springfield. I don't know whether that means I haven't been paying enough attention or they've just been that irrelevant lately.

 

Garandfan, no clear trend, but if that was their sole source of funding, look how wildly it fluctuated from year to year. Doesn't sound very predictable.

 

2005-2006 -$225,000

2006-2007 +$60,000

2007-2008 +/-$0

2008-2009 -$95,000

2009-2010 +$60,000

 

I've never budgeted for anything bigger than a household, but yikes. And I'm sure all non-profits that run on donations have the same problem, even the ones with grassroots support.

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Interestingly, Joyce's president recently wrote an article encouraging "philanthropic" approaches to gun control funding ... it would be ironic that her group decreases their own funding for gun control while calling on others to contribute.

 

 

http://philanthropy.com/article/Philanthropys-Role-in/125967/

 

By Ellen S. Alberding

January 14, 2011

Philanthropy Must Challenge the Idea That Gun Violence Can’t Be Stopped

 

Over the past decade, I have watched gun-violence prevention fade from philanthropy’s agenda. Saturday’s events offer a startling example of what that trend means for all of us who work in philanthropy.

 

Foundations can play an important role in turning this issue around. Our resources can help reduce the financial imbalance that allows one side to overwhelm the debate on even the most modest policy changes. Putting our money into research on ways to prevent gun violence, analysis of the public policies that make the most difference, and advocacy efforts that mobilize the public can help ensure a balanced discussion about how our society should handle guns.

 

We’re ready to do our part and share our expertise after many years of focusing on this issue in our own grant making. Now we need more hands to take on this issue ...

 

[read more via link above]

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i'm going to go over to antiillinoiscarry.com where they have 2100 members that get together on their discussion forum to talk about, plan and lobby anti 2A legislation and give them my condolences.

 

EDIT: Hu such a website of grass roots illinoisans doesn't seem to exist. Wonder why that is whistle.png

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lol "As you know the economy continues to negatively affect not for profits and IHGVC is among them"

 

That's funny, we didn't seem to have trouble raising plenty of funds to put on our right to carry town halls last year.

 

 

SSSooo what you're saying is that hopie - changie stuff isn't working out so well for ya? Maybe you shouldn't have voted the way you did??

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