Grants
The David Bohnett Foundation has contributed more than $120 million in grants to socially active organizations.
When applying for a grant, please follow our stated grant guidelines as unsolicited grants that do not fall within those guidelines will not be accepted.
For more information about eligibility, please contact Paul Moore at paul@bohnett.com.
Gun Violence Prevention: all yearsTotal: $ 5,377,392
| Alliance for Justice | $25,000 |
| Apr 30, 2004 | Coaches Against Gun Violence | $25,000 |
| American Legislative And Issue Campaign | $25,000 |
| Sep 22, 2014 | National Convening | $25,000 |
| Americans For Responsible Solutions Foundation | $40,000 |
| Nov 15, 2015 | Changing the Conversation Around Gun Policy | $40,000 |
| Amnesty International USA | $25,000 |
| Dec 18, 2012 | Gun Violence Prevention | $25,000 |
| Association of Prosecuting Attorneys | $10,000 |
| May 25, 2010 | Gun Violence Prevention | $10,000 |
| Black Church Center for Justice & Equality | $15,000 |
| Aug 23, 2013 | Gun Violence Prevention Outreach | $15,000 |
| Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | $603,000 |
| May 24, 2022 | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| May 25, 2021 | 2021 Brady Action Awards | $25,000 |
| Feb 4, 2020 | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| Aug 20, 2019 | 2019 Brady Action Awards | $10,000 |
| Nov 26, 2018 | General Support | $1,000 |
| Apr 12, 2016 | General Support and LA Bear Awards | $100,000 |
| Oct 14, 2015 | NYC Gala | $2,000 |
| May 19, 2015 | LA Gala | $1,000 |
| Mar 31, 2015 | Bear Awards | $25,000 |
| Aug 21, 2014 | LA Gala Event Matching | $25,000 |
| Aug 21, 2014 | LA Gala Event Matching | $25,000 |
| Mar 25, 2014 | 2014 Los Angeles Benefit | $3,000 |
| Nov 15, 2013 | General Operating Request | $100,000 |
| Apr 17, 2013 | 2013 Los Angeles Benefit | $3,000 |
| Apr 5, 2012 | Strategic Planning Process 2012 | $35,000 |
| Dec 29, 2009 | Targeted Districts Initiative | $25,000 |
| Oct 15, 2009 | Target for a Safe America | $2,000 |
| Jun 9, 2008 | Target for a Safe America | $3,000 |
| Nov 15, 2007 | Bohnett Hispanic Fellowship | $25,000 |
| Aug 15, 2007 | Annual Benefit | $3,000 |
| Jun 19, 2007 | General Support | $5,000 |
| Sep 16, 2005 | Hispanic/Latino Gun Violence Education | $25,000 |
| Jun 21, 2004 | Event honoring Vicki Kennedy on 7/28/04 | $10,000 |
| Aug 24, 2000 | Support for Legal Action Project | $100,000 |
| Campaign to Unload | $20,000 |
| Jul 17, 2014 | Campus Divestment Campaign | $10,000 |
| Jul 17, 2014 | Campus Divestment Campaign | $10,000 |
| Campus Alliance to End Gun Violence | $30,000 |
| Jan 1, 2002 | Also known as Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence | $20,000 |
| May 12, 2000 | David Bohnett Summer Intern Program | $10,000 |
| Center for American Progress | $65,000 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| Sep 4, 2013 | Gun Violence Prevention State Strategy Summits | $40,000 |
| Center to Prevent Youth Violence (PAX) | $225,000 |
| Nov 20, 2009 | General Operating Support | $50,000 |
| May 15, 2008 | General Operating Support | $50,000 |
| May 17, 2007 | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| May 17, 2006 | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| Apr 29, 2005 | ASK Grassroots Program Manager | $50,000 |
| Aug 29, 2003 | Speak Up | $25,000 |
| Childrens Hospital Corporation | $50,000 |
| May 15, 2015 | Reducing Gun Violence: Real-time Data, Predictive Intelligence | $50,000 |
| Citizens For A Safer Minnesota | $30,000 |
| Sep 4, 2013 | Gun Violence Prevention / Changing the Conversation: A Proposal for Building on Minnesota's Assets | $30,000 |
| Common Sense about Kids and Guns | $50,000 |
| May 12, 2000 | General Operating Funds | $50,000 |
| Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence | $525,000 |
| Nov 12, 2021 | General Operating Support | $40,000 |
| Dec 21, 2020 | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| Dec 13, 2019 | General Operating Support | $20,000 |
| Nov 30, 2018 | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| Nov 15, 2014 | Support for Policy Advocacy Work in California | $80,000 |
| Aug 29, 2013 | Gun Violence Prevention in Virginia | $30,000 |
| Jan 29, 2013 | Education and Advocacy | $20,000 |
| Nov 15, 2012 | General Support for the Ed Fund's National Gun Violence Prevention Strategy | $50,000 |
| Jan 3, 2011 | Preventing Gun Violence | $70,000 |
| Nov 20, 2009 | Preventing Gun Violence | $40,000 |
| Nov 10, 2006 | Microstamping | $25,000 |
| Sep 16, 2005 | Improving Gun Policy in California and Nationwide | $25,000 |
| Aug 20, 2004 | Improving Gun Policy in California and Nationwide | $25,000 |
| Aug 29, 2003 | California Gun Policy | $25,000 |
| Jun 28, 2002 | Closing Illegal Gun Markets in California | $25,000 |
| Fund for a Safer Future (FSF) at the New Venture Fund | $175,000 |
| Nov 12, 2021 | General Operating Support for the Fund for a Safer Future | $50,000 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | Fund for a Safe Future's Gun Violence Prevention work | $50,000 |
| Feb 2, 2018 | Fund for a Safe Future's Gun Violence Prevention work | $50,000 |
| Jan 28, 2016 | To advance rational, evidence based, effective policies to reduce gun injuries and deaths. | $25,000 |
| Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence | $400,000 |
| Nov 30, 2018 | General Operating Support | $30,000 |
| Nov 15, 2016 | Law Center Programs | $40,000 |
| Nov 15, 2015 | Law Center Programs | $40,000 |
| Nov 15, 2014 | Law Center Programs | $40,000 |
| Nov 15, 2013 | Law Center Programs | $25,000 |
| Feb 4, 2013 | Brief Bank Project | $25,000 |
| Nov 15, 2011 | Brief Bank Project | $35,000 |
| May 15, 2009 | Gun Violence Prevention in Southern California and Support for Mayors Against Illegal Guns | $50,000 |
| Jun 17, 2008 | 15th Anniversary Dinner | $5,000 |
| May 15, 2008 | Introduction of Comprehensive Gun Violence Prevention Ordinances in Los Angeles | $40,000 |
| Feb 4, 2008 | For the communcations and educational outreach plan surrounding the Supreme Court Heller matter. | $20,000 |
| May 17, 2007 | Support for Gun Violence Prevention Policies in Southern California | $25,000 |
| May 17, 2006 | Legal Community Against Violence | $25,000 |
| May 4, 2017 | General Support | $500 |
| Gun Free Dining Tennessee | $7,500 |
| Oct 2, 2013 | General Support | $2,500 |
| Dec 6, 2011 | General Support | $2,500 |
| Nov 29, 2010 | General Support | $2,500 |
| Nov 15, 2014 | Adding the United States to the Global Knowledge Base for Gun Control | $37,500 |
| Guns Down / New Venture Fund | $115,000 |
| May 13, 2019 | General Operating Support | $40,000 |
| Dec 20, 2017 | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| Jan 5, 2017 | Guns Down General Operating Support | $50,000 |
| Mar 2, 2023 | General Operating Support | $1,500 |
| Feb 3, 2022 | General Operating Support | $1,992 |
| Sep 14, 2021 | General Operating Support | $30,000 |
| Jun 30, 2020 | General Operating Support | $30,000 |
| Handgun Control Inc. | $1,100 |
| May 3, 1999 | General | $1,000 |
| Dec 31, 1998 | Historical Data | $100 |
| Handgun Epidemic Lowering Plan (HELP) | $10,000 |
| May 11, 2001 | General Operating Support | $10,000 |
| Harvard Injury Control Research Center | $350,000 |
| May 15, 2015 | Partnering with the Gun-Owning Community to Prevent Suicide | $50,000 |
| May 15, 2012 | Means Matter, Phase 3: Reducing a Suicidal Person's Access to Firearms | $120,000 |
| Mar 5, 2009 | Means Matter, Phase 2: Suicide & Firearms | $80,000 |
| May 17, 2006 | The Means Matter: Suicide & Firearms | $100,000 |
| Heeding God's Call | $20,000 |
| Nov 15, 2011 | Heeding God's Call Reaches Out | $20,000 |
| Hope and Heal Fund / New Venture Fund | $85,000 |
| May 24, 2022 | Hope and Heal Fund for General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| Dec 21, 2020 | General Operating Support | $30,000 |
| May 13, 2019 | Support for Gun Violence Prevention in California | $30,000 |
| Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research | $20,000 |
| Aug 29, 2003 | Protecting Litigation as a Public Health Tool for Gun Violence Prevention | $20,000 |
| Aug 29, 2003 | Join Together Online | $25,000 |
| Jun 28, 2002 | Join Together Gun Violence Prevention Project | $25,000 |
| Jan 12, 2001 | Gun Violence Prevention Project | $25,000 |
| Kevin Riley Foundation of Hope | $250 |
| Mar 1, 2022 | General Operating Support | $250 |
| Los Angeles Police Foundation | $10,000 |
| May 1, 2014 | Gun Violence Prevention | $10,000 |
| March for Our Lives Foundation | $10,000 |
| Sep 11, 2020 | General Operating Support | $10,000 |
| Mayor's Against Illegal Guns | $335,000 |
| Jan 3, 2011 | Mayors Against Illegal Guns | $150,000 |
| Apr 18, 2008 | Outreach to conservationists and sportsman. | $50,000 |
| Apr 14, 2008 | Mayors Against Illegal Guns | $100,000 |
| Jan 9, 2007 | Mayors Against Illegal Guns | $35,000 |
| Media Matters For America | $325,000 |
| Nov 15, 2013 | General Operations | $100,000 |
| Nov 15, 2012 | Violence and Public Safety Initiative | $75,000 |
| Nov 15, 2011 | Violence and Public Safety Initiative | $75,000 |
| Aug 31, 2010 | Gun Safety Issue Pod | $75,000 |
| Apr 28, 2000 | General Operating Support for the Million Mom March on Washington, May 14, 2000 | $2,500 |
| Movement of Mourning Mothers Association (M.O.M.M.A.) | $2,500 |
| Jun 30, 2021 | "I'll Rise Up!" Youth Camp | $2,500 |
| National Institute of Statistical Sciences | $2,500 |
| Apr 26, 2019 | Inaugural Olkin S3 Forum on "Gun Violence - The Statistical Issues" | $2,500 |
| National Physicians Alliance (DBA) | $20,000 |
| May 15, 2014 | Understanding Gun Violence as a Public Health Crisis | $20,000 |
| New Yorkers Against Gun Violence | $6,000 |
| Sep 30, 2015 | Annual Benefit | $1,000 |
| Jun 7, 2012 | Microstamping Support | $5,000 |
| Project Unloaded / New Venture Fund | $25,000 |
| Nov 12, 2021 | General Operating Support for Project Unloaded | $25,000 |
| Research Foundation Of The City University Of New York on behalf of John Jay College | $30,000 |
| May 10, 2010 | Gun Violence and the Media | $30,000 |
| Sandy Hook Promise Foundation | $165,000 |
| Mar 4, 2022 | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| May 13, 2019 | General Operating Support | $35,000 |
| Nov 15, 2015 | Sandy Hook Promise | $50,000 |
| Apr 1, 2015 | A Night Honoring Promise Champions | $5,000 |
| Feb 21, 2014 | General Operating Support | $50,000 |
| States United To Prevent Gun Violence | $170,000 |
| May 15, 2014 | Operational support and capacity building | $40,000 |
| May 15, 2013 | Operating Support | $25,000 |
| May 15, 2011 | Operating Support | $50,000 |
| May 10, 2010 | FSA: Strengthening State-Based Gun Violence Prevention Efforts | $25,000 |
| May 15, 2008 | FSA: Working to Reduce Gun Violence | $30,000 |
| The GRYD Foundation | $200,000 |
| Jun 23, 2020 | Summer Night Lights | $25,000 |
| May 13, 2019 | Summer Night Lights | $25,000 |
| May 15, 2015 | Summer Night Lights | $50,000 |
| May 15, 2014 | Summer Night Lights | $50,000 |
| Aug 1, 2013 | Summer Night Lights | $50,000 |
| The University Chicago Crime Lab | $25,000 |
| Nov 15, 2015 | Underground Gun Markets in LA | $25,000 |
| UCLA / Hammer Museum | $5,000 |
| Mar 28, 2011 | Hammer Forum on Gun Control | $5,000 |
| Jan 16, 2023 | Addressing Gun Violence | $2,500 |
| UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs | $10,300 |
| Mar 24, 2008 | Pilot Case Study: The California Microstamping Law | $10,300 |
| University of Chicago Crime Lab | $25,000 |
| Nov 15, 2013 | Gun Violence in Urban America: Understanding Illegal Markets | $25,000 |
| University of Chicago Crime Lab | $2,500 |
| Jun 14, 2011 | One Summer Chicago | $2,500 |
| Violence Policy Center | $510,000 |
| Dec 2, 2022 | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| Dec 21, 2020 | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| Dec 13, 2019 | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| Nov 15, 2016 | Research, Policy, Public Education, Collaboration, and Advocacy to Reduce Gun Violence | $40,000 |
| May 15, 2012 | Research, Policy, Public Education, and Advocacy to Reduce Firearms Violence | $70,000 |
| Jan 3, 2011 | Research, Policy, and Public Education to Reduce Gun Death and Injury | $75,000 |
| May 11, 2010 | US / Mexico Gun Violence Project | $15,000 |
| May 15, 2009 | Research, Policy, and Public Education to Reduce Gun Death and Injury | $50,000 |
| May 4, 2009 | Briefing on the increasing violence along the US & Mexico border. | $10,000 |
| May 15, 2008 | Research, Policy, and Public Education in Support of Policies to Reduce Gun Death and Injury | $50,000 |
| Sep 16, 2005 | Research, Education, and Advocacy to Reduce Gun Death and Injury | $25,000 |
| Apr 30, 2004 | Research, Policy, Public Education, Litigation, and Advocacy to Stop Gun Death and Injury | $25,000 |
| Apr 25, 2003 | Research, Policy, Public Education, Litigation, and Advocacy to Stop Gun Death and Injury | $25,000 |
| Jan 31, 2002 | Request for continued funding to support their handgun research and policy development. | $25,000 |
| Jan 12, 2001 | General | $25,000 |
| Violence Prevention Coalition | $110,000 |
| Nov 15, 2013 | Ending the Epidemic of Gun Violence | $60,000 |
| Nov 15, 2012 | VPC Gun Safety Policy Action and Gun Summit Follow Up | $25,000 |
| Nov 15, 2011 | VPC Gun Safety Work Group & Summit | $25,000 |
| Washington Office On Latin America (WOLA) | $60,000 |
| May 15, 2015 | Addressing Arms Trafficking | $30,000 |
| May 15, 2013 | Addressing Arms Trafficking in the Gun Violence Prevention Debate | $30,000 |
| WheelChairs Against Guns | $1,000 |
| Feb 3, 2016 | General Support | $1,000 |
| Women Against Gun Violence | $224,250 |
| Mar 21, 2022 | 29th Annual Leadership Awards | $2,000 |
| Apr 15, 2021 | 28th Annual Leadership Awards | $2,000 |
| Feb 4, 2020 | Annual Leadership Awards Brunch | $2,000 |
| Mar 1, 2019 | Leadership Awards Brunch | $2,000 |
| Feb 27, 2018 | Leadership Awards Brunch | $2,000 |
| Feb 3, 2017 | Leadership Awards Brunch | $1,500 |
| Feb 11, 2016 | Leadership Awards Brunch | $2,500 |
| Mar 24, 2015 | Leadership Awards Brunch | $1,500 |
| Feb 21, 2014 | 20th Anniversary Leadership Awards Brunch | $2,000 |
| Feb 15, 2013 | 19th Annual Courageous Leadership Awards Brunch | $2,000 |
| Nov 15, 2012 | Program Coordinator | $25,000 |
| Apr 18, 2012 | 18th Annual Courageous Leadership Awards Brunch | $2,250 |
| Nov 15, 2011 | GunsSuck Initiative | $25,000 |
| Apr 26, 2011 | 17th Annual Courageous Leadership Awards Brunch | $7,500 |
| Mar 5, 2009 | Advocacy on Ammunition and Community Outreach on Gun Safety | $50,000 |
| May 17, 2007 | Advocating Community Togetherness (ACT Project) | $25,000 |
| Apr 29, 2005 | Victims Remembrance Project - Request for General Operating Support | $30,000 |
| Apr 25, 2003 | Victims Remembrance Project Enhancement | $20,000 |
| May 12, 2000 | Support for WAGV's Parents to Parent Public Education Campaign | $20,000 |
