Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    2020 WAS AN UNPRECEDENTED YEAR IN WHICH THE UNITED STATES WAS CHALLENGED BY THE DUAL PUBLIC HEALTH CRISES OF THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND THE GUN VIOLENCE EPIDEMIC. BUT THROUGH IT ALL, THE GUN SAFETY MOVEMENT MADE EXTRAORDINARY PROGRESS. EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND LED THAT PROGRESS BY SUPPORTING THE WORK OF STATE LEGISLATORS WHO FOUGHT HARD AND PASSED COMMON-SENSE GUN SAFETY LAWS IN UNLIKELY PLACES, WHILE ALSO SUCCESSFULLY URGING THE REJECTION OF DANGEROUS GUN LOBBY PRIORITY LEGISLATION, AND ADVOCATING FOR MEANINGFUL SUPPORT TO VITAL LOCAL GUN VIOLENCE INTERVENTION GROUPS. WE STOOD WITH RACIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES TO DEMAND POLICE REFORM AND EXPOSED HOW THE PANDEMIC HAS EXACERBATED DOMESTIC GUN VIOLENCE, GUN SUICIDE AND UNINTENTIONAL SHOOTINGS. IN THE MIDST OF THE PANDEMIC, GRASSROOTS VOLUNTEERS WITH MOMS DEMAND ACTION AND STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION PIVOTED TO DIGITAL ADVOCACY, TRADING THEIR USUAL RALLIES FOR VIRTUAL MEETINGS THAT WERE OFTEN EVEN BIGGER. IN AN EFFORT TO DEEPEN LOCAL RELATIONSHIPS, EVERYTOWN LAUNCHED MAIG U, A VIRTUAL TRAINING SERIES FOR MAYORS AND THEIR STAFF ON LOCAL GUN SAFETY AND GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION EFFORTS. OUR ANNUAL TRAINING CONFERENCE, GUN SENSE UNIVERSITY, WAS BIGGER THAN EVER BEFORE WITH MORE THAN 2,000 ATTENDEES WHO JOINED VIRTUALLY IN AUGUST. ADDITIONALLY, OUR VOLUNTEERS HELPED ELECT THE STRONGEST GUN SAFETY PRESIDENTIAL TICKET IN HISTORY, USHERED IN A GUN SENSE MAJORITY IN THE SENATE AND PRESERVED A GUN SENSE MAJORITY IN THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. EVERYTOWN AWARDED MORE THAN 3,000 CANDIDATES THE MOMS DEMAND ACTION GUN SENSE CANDIDATE DISTINCTION IN 2020, INCLUDING CANDIDATES IN 49 STATES AND WASHINGTON D.C. AND, A RECORD NUMBER OF MOMS DEMAND ACTION VOLUNTEERS RAN FOR OFFICE THEMSELVES AND WON, PROVING THAT OUR MOVEMENT ALSO SERVES AS A POLITICAL BOOT CAMP FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS. A SURGE IN GUN SALES DURING THE PANDEMIC, AN INCREASE IN CITY GUN VIOLENCE AND A SERIES OF MASS SHOOTINGS AS THE U.S. REOPENED GAVE THE ISSUE OF GUN SAFETY NEW URGENCY, AND EVERYTOWN SHOWED POLICYMAKERS, THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC THAT THE GUN SAFETY MOVEMENT IS STRONGER THAN EVER AND CAPABLE OF HELPING PASS COMMON-SENSE LAWS WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $42.3M

  • Gun Safety Advocacy and Mobilization

    2022 WAS A YEAR MARKED BY PROGRESS IN THE WAKE OF TRAGEDY WITH EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND LEADING THE WAY IN ACCOMPLISHING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FEDERAL PROGRESS IN A GENERATION. IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AFTER THE TRAGIC MASS SHOOTING IN UVALDE, TEXAS, EVERYTOWN, MOMS DEMAND ACTION AND STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION VOLUNTEERS ORGANIZED HUNDREDS OF MOBILIZATION AND PUBLIC AWARENESS EFFORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY URGING THE SENATE TO TAKE ACTION, FROM SCHOOL WALKOUTS, TO MAJOR RALLIES ON CAPITOL HILL, TO HYPER-LOCAL COMMUNITY ACTIVATIONS, AND MORE. THOSE EFFORTS CULMINATED IN THE PASSAGE OF THE BIPARTISAN SAFER COMMUNITIES ACT, THE FIRST MAJOR PIECE OF FEDERAL GUN SAFETY LEGISLATION TO BECOME LAW IN NEARLY 30 YEARS. THE BILL PASSED OVER THE OBJECTION OF THE NRA AND MARKED A HISTORIC VICTORY.THE MASSIVE VICTORY IN CONGRESS WAS MET WITH A HISTORIC YEAR AT THE BALLOT BOX AT ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING KEY VICTORIES IN ARIZONA, COLORADO, GEORGIA, MICHIGAN, NEVADA AND PENNSYLVANIA, ONCE AGAIN PROVING GUN SAFETY IS THE ISSUE TO RUN AND WIN ON AT THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL. EVERYTOWN ACTION FUND AWARDED A RECORD-BREAKING 5,000 GUN SENSE CANDIDATE DISTINCTIONS ACROSS ALL 50 STATES AND WASHINGTON, D.C. AND AS MOMS DEMAND ACTION VOLUNTEERS GO FROM ADVOCATING FOR GOOD POLICY TO WRITING IT, ALL TOLD, DURING THE 2021-2022 ELECTION CYCLE, MORE THAN 275 VOLUNTEERS RAN FOR OFFICE, AND A RECORD-BREAKING 158 VOLUNTEERS WON THEIR RACES. DURING AUGUST'S NINTH ANNUAL TRAINING CONFERENCE, GUN SENSE UNIVERSITY, WE HOSTED OUR LARGEST GATHERING EVER: MORE THAN 2,500 MOMS DEMAND ACTION AND STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION VOLUNTEERS AND GUN VIOLENCE SURVIVORS CAME TOGETHER VIRTUALLY AND IN PERSON TO LEARN, SHARE, CELEBRATE SUCCESSES AND PREPARE FOR THE WORK AHEAD. WE ALSO PRESENTED OUR ANNUAL GUN SENSE LAWMAKER OF THE YEAR AWARDS TO FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL GUN SENSE CHAMPIONS.ADDITIONALLY, THANKS TO HARD FOUGHT ADVOCACY OF EVERYTOWN, ALONGSIDE MOMS DEMAND ACTION AND STUDENTS DEMAND ACTION VOLUNTEERS, STATE LAWMAKERS AND GOVERNORS ENACTED AT LEAST 51 GUN SAFETY BILLS, INVESTED $860 MILLION IN GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND LOCAL VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION PROGRAMS, AND REJECTED DOZENS OF EXTREME GUN LOBBY-BACKED BILLS TO WEAKEN GUN LAWS.FIREARMS ARE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH FOR CHILDREN AND TEENS, AND GUN VIOLENCE CONTINUED TO SHATTER FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, BUT EVERY STEP OF THE WAY, EVERYTOWN WORKED WITH POLICYMAKERS, THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSCORE THE URGENCY OF ACTION ON GUN SAFETY.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $47.6M