Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 03:13:07 -0700 From: Jeff Chan To: firearms-alert Subject: ANTIS: Joyce Foundation gives big bucks for "gun violence" research [Bounced due to Arthur not being on allow list. Fixed. Note that "treating gun violence as a public health issue" is codespeak for banning guns as a medical emergency. As to their having more money than us, that may or may not be. We definitely have a lot more votes than they do, as we proved in November 1994. I hope we continue to prove that until we start to get some of our rights back. -- Jeff C.] __ To: firearms-alert@shell.portal.com Subject: INFO: Joyce Foundation doles out big bucks for "gun violence" research Date: Fri, 14 Jul 1995 12:18:46 -0700 From: "Arthur A. Reyes" Dear Friends, I received the information below via the University of California, Irvine's Funding Opportunities listserver (UCI-FUNDOPP). All misspellings are theirs. To me, the purpose of the research sounds a little like the mission statement of the NRA's Eddie Eagle (R) program. Maybe we should all apply for grants to purchase Eddie Eagle (R) materials. :-) If you get nothing else from this post, realize that the anti-gunners have a lot more money than us. Arthur Reyes =========================================================================== To: UCI-FUNDOPP SUBSCRIBERS 95-256 Subject: Gun violence (Joyce Foundation) Information as of July 13, 1995 ************************************************** SCOPE: The Joyce Foundation aims to decrease gun injuries and deaths in America by funding projects that address gun violence as a public health issue. DEADLINE: Aubust 15, December 15, and April 15 for proposals. Before submitting proposals, applicants should submit a letter of inquiry outlining the proposed project and its goals, explaining how it relates to the foundation's interests, and describing plans for evaluation. FUNDS: $20.5 million in 1994, with $1.6 million set aside for projects addressing gun violence. Grants ranged from $15,000 to $150,000. AREAS: The foundation funds projects that foster broader public understanding of the health implications of fun violence and supports strategies that emphasize prevention, rather than relying solely on punishment. Projects should strengthen public policies; develop, coordinate and disseminate policy research and prevention strategies; encourage action on the part of medical professionals; and increase public awareness. CONTACT: Deborah Leff Program Officer Joyce Foundation 135 S. LaSalle St., Suite 4010 Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 782-2464 fax: (312) 782-4160 ************************************************** UCI-FUNDOPP is an electronic service of the UCI Office of Research Development. Subscribe to UCI-FUNDOPP by sending the following message : "subscribe uci-fundopp Your Name" to LISTSERV@UCI.EDU. No header or other information in the body of the message should be included. =========================================================================== __ Date: Fri, 21 Jul 95 21:51 EST From: Peter Nesbitt <0005111312@mcimail.com> To: Firearms Alert Subject: ANTIS: Joyce Foundation. This file prepared and uploaded by: Peter D. Nesbitt President NRA Members' Council of Fairfield/Suisun P.O. Box 1171 Suisun, CA 94585 [The following are excerpts from a 20-page pamphlet which was recently mailed to me. The gun control issues are towards the end of this file, and a listing of Directors and Staff are at the VERY end. -- PDN] The Joyce Foundation 135 South LaSalle Street Suite 4010 Chicago, IL 60603 Telephone 312-782-2464 Fax 312-782-4160 The May 1995 issue of "Work In Progress", the annual report and newsletter, lists the following grants towards fighting "gun violence": o American College of Physcians ($91,807). Philadelphia, PA. - To survey physicians and surgions regarding their experiences with and knowledge of gun violence issues and to disseminate the finding among physicians and the broad public. o NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. ($25,000). New York, NY. - To develop a strategy for participation in the effort to prevent gun violence. Program and Grant Application Guidelines 1995 THE JOYCE FOUNDATION The Joyce Foundation is committed to improving the quality of life for people in the Midewest, especially the disadvantaged. Our programs focus on policy change in conservation, culture, economic development, education, and gun violence. Teh Foundation also is pusuing a three-year special project on money and politics. We give priority to applications that are designed to o improve public policies; o help minorities and the disadvantaged; o recognize the interrelationships that exist among program areas; and o stress regional and interstate cooperation. Our guidelines define the Midewest as consisting of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. A limited number of conservation grants are made to organizations in Canada. Culture grants are limited to the Chicago metropolitan area. We do not generally support capital proposals, endowment campaigns, building construction, religious activities, or scholarships. Inquiries are accepted at any time, but formal proposals should be submitted in accordance with the schedule on page 17. Decisions are made three times a year at meetings of the Board of Directors, which are held in March, July and November. In addition to reviewing the following program descriptions, you are invited to read the Foundation's annual report and our newsletter, Work In Progress, which is issued after each Board meeting. Copies are available by contacting the Foundation. The Joyce Foundation was created in 1948 by Beatrice Joyce Kean of Chicago. The Joyce family wealth was based on lumber and sawmill interests and was left to the Foundation when Mrs. Kean died in 1972. Over the years, the Foundation has continued to respond to emerging and changing societal needs, contributing more than $200 million in grants. Conservation [deleted] Changing Public Policies [deleted] Implementing an Ecosystem Approach [deleted] Culture [deleted] Economic Developement [deleted] Workforce Preparation [deleted] Industrial Restructuring [deleted] Special Issues of Low-Income People [deleted] Education [deleted] Gun Violence Gun violence is a leading cause of death and injury in America, and it is steadily increasing. There are now 38,000 gun deaths a year in America, a number that continues to climb. Gun deaths of young people are increasing at an especially high rate. While the Surgion General of the United States and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have acknowledged gun violence as a public health epidemic, most laws and public policies treat gun violence as a purely criminal problem. The Foundation's focus is on reframing gun violence as a public health issue. The Joyce Foundation seeks to foster broader public understanding of the health implications of gun violence - an understanding that will lead to strategies that emphasize prevention and do not rely solely on punishment. In the interest of decreasing gun injuries and deaths in America, the Foundation will consider proposals directed toward the following goals: o strengthening public policies that deal with gun violence as apublic health issue; o developing, coordinating, and disseminating policy research that collects and analyzes gun violence data from a public health perspective and examines prevention strategies; o encouraging and strengthening the activity of medical professionals in addressing gun violence as a public health issue; o supporting coalitions that address gun violence as a public health issue and promote policies that reflect that view; and o increasing public awareness of gun violence as a public health issue. In general, we will limit our consideration to proposals focusing on gun violence rather than on broader violence issues. We seek proposals that place a priority on evaluating the impact of their work and that include an evaluation plan. Because of the Foundation's Midewest focus, locally oriented proposals from outside the Midwest region are unlikely to receive support. Special Projects [deleted] Money and Politics [deleted] Special Opportunities [deleted] President's Discretionary Fund [deleted] Grants to Individuals [deleted] Proposal Deadlines [deleted] Grant Application Information [delete] Letters of Inquiry [deleted] Formal Proposals [deleted] Board of Directors ------------------ John T. Anderson Chairman Cushman B. Bissell, Jr. Robert G. Bottoms Lewis H. Butler Carin A. Clauss Charles U. Daley Richard K. Donahue Vice Chairman Roger R. Fross Carlton L. Guthrie Marion T. Hall Deborah Leff Barack Obama Paula Wolff Staff ----- Ellen S. Alberding Program Officer Gloria G. Barrientos Staff Assistant Annette R. Borgetti Executive Assistant James E. Carlton Program Officer Warren K. Chapman Program Officer Carol A. Donahue Staff Assistant Lawrence N. Hansen Vice President Deborah Leff President Margaret H. O'Dell Program Officer Kristin L. Olson Communications Officer Linda K. Schelinski Vice President of Administration Unmi Song Program Officer Sherry A. Woolfolk Accountant [end]