Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Giffords
To address the issue of gun violence in communities across the country. GIFFORDS works to affect legislation, shape the national dialogue and reduce gun violence.
- $402k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 8
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $310k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 6
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 7
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Giffords funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $18k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 7 | $300k | 71% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $18k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $156k | 60% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $60k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $180k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $261k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smart Tech Challenges Foundation | $156,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Schools Safe Communities Oregon | $105,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arizona Democratic Party | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Smp | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Good Land Committee Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Latino Victory Project | $85,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Gun Violence Prevention Action Committee | $80,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Unrig Our Economy Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Major Cities Chiefs Association | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| All Together Colorado | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smart Tech Challenges Foundation | $156,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe Schools Safe Communities Oregon | $105,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Arizona Democratic Party | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Smp | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Good Land Committee Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Latino Victory Project | $85,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Gun Violence Prevention Action Committee | $80,000 | 2 | 17% |
| Unrig Our Economy Inc | $40,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Major Cities Chiefs Association | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| All Together Colorado | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Ceasefire Pennsylvania | $20,000 | 2 | 8% |
| End Gun Violence Michigan | $20,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Education Reform Now Advocacy Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Texas Gun Sense | $16,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Mending Roots Forest Project | $15,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Embolden Wi Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Democracy First Colorado | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Better Colorado Alliance | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Inc | $8,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Terrell Bosley Anti-Violence | $6,000 | 1 | 20% |
| St Sabina Church | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alianza Center Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Lujan Grisham Inaugural Committee | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Giffords supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Sixteen Thirty Fund · Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Inc · Education Reform Now Advocacy Inc · New Venture Fund · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Giffords
- How much does Giffords give?
- Giffords reported 8 itemized grants totaling $310,000, out of $401,501 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 6 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Giffords fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Public Benefit (37%), Science & Tech (16%), Civil Rights (14%).
- Who are Giffords's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Smart Tech Challenges Foundation ($156k), Safe Schools Safe Communities Oregon ($105k), Arizona Democratic Party ($100k).
- Does Giffords fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Giffords?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Sixteen Thirty Fund, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Inc, Education Reform Now Advocacy Inc.
- Where is Giffords based?
- Giffords is based in DC.
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