Grants
David Bohnett and the David Bohnett Foundation have contributed more than $135 million in grants to socially active organizations.
| AAPI Victory Alliance / Tides Foundation | $5,000 |
| Jun 2, 2023 | 2nd Annual AAPI GVP Conference | $5,000 |
| Alliance for Justice | $25,000 |
| Apr 30, 2004 | Coaches Against Gun Violence | $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 | $640,500 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | General Operating Support | $10,000 |
| Apr 11, 2024 | 2024 Brady Action Awards NYC | $2,500 |
| 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 |
| May 15, 2017 | Cut Gun Deaths In Half by 2025: The First Five Years | $50,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 | $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 |
| Fund for a Safer Future (FSF) | $277,781 |
| Dec 10, 2024 | General Operating Support | $50,000 |
| Nov 1, 2024 | LA Meeting | $2,781 |
| Sep 5, 2023 | General Operating Support for the Fund for a Safer Future | $50,000 |
| 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 America | $264,492 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | General Operating Support | $30,000 |
| Jun 7, 2024 | General Operating Support | $30,000 |
| Jun 5, 2024 | General Support / Board Match | $1,000 |
| May 3, 2023 | The Deadliest Places to Grocery Shop In America | $25,000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Handgun Control Inc. | $1,100 |
| May 3, 1999 | | $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 | $110,000 |
| Jun 7, 2024 | Hope and Heal Fund General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| 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 Violence Solutions | $575,000 |
| Jun 7, 2024 | General Operating Support | $30,000 |
| 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 |
| Aug 29, 2003 | Protecting Litigation as a Public Health Tool for Gun Violence Prevention | $20,000 |
| Jun 28, 2002 | Closing Illegal Gun Markets in California | $25,000 |
| 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 |
| Nov 4, 2025 | Los Angeles Event | $8,391 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | General Operating Support | $30,000 |
| Sep 5, 2023 | General Operating Support | $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 | $240,000 |
| Sep 5, 2023 | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| Mar 4, 2022 | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| May 13, 2019 | General Operating Support | $35,000 |
| May 15, 2017 | Say Something Anonymous Reporting System (SSARS) | $50,000 |
| 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 |
| State Innovation Exchange - SiX | $25,000 |
| Sep 22, 2014 | National Convening | $25,000 |
| 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 |
| Teachers Unify To End Gun Violence | $55,000 |
| Jun 16, 2025 | General Operating Support | $30,000 |
| May 30, 2024 | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| The GRYD Foundation | $250,000 |
| Jun 23, 2020 | Summer Night Lights | $25,000 |
| May 13, 2019 | Summer Night Lights | $25,000 |
| May 15, 2016 | Summer Night Lights & Youth Squad 360 | $50,000 |
| 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 of 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 |
| Oct 11, 2024 | UCLA Center for Health Policy Research 30th Anniversary Gala | $2,500 |
| 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 | $2,500 |
| Jun 14, 2011 | One Summer Chicago | $2,500 |
| University of Chicago Crime Lab / University of Chicago | $25,000 |
| Nov 15, 2013 | Gun Violence in Urban America: Understanding Illegal Markets | $25,000 |
| Violence Policy Center | $535,000 |
| Jun 7, 2024 | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| 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 | | $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) | $115,000 |
| May 15, 2016 | Addressing Arms Trafficking in the Gun Violence Prevention Debate | $30,000 |
| May 15, 2015 | Addressing Arms Trafficking | $30,000 |
| May 15, 2014 | Addressing Arms Trafficking in the Gun Violence Prevention Debate | $25,000 |
| 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 (WAGV) | $226,250 |
| May 2, 2023 | 30th Anniversary Leadership Awards | $2,000 |
| 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 |
