Everytown Survivor Network Grant Program
About the Program
In 2021, the Everytown Survivor Network launched a grant program to provide funding to community-based organizations that provide direct services to individuals that have been personally impacted by gun violence. To date, the Everytown Survivor Network has distributed $320,000 in grants to 38 organizations with a demonstrated track record of supporting survivors of gun violence in their local communities. These organizations address the intersectional nature of gun violence, with unique missions ranging from expanding access to victim services, delivering peer support and mentorship, providing workforce training, life-skills workshops and education, and preventing violence by providing dating partner and domestic violence awareness training, conflict mediation workshops, and law enforcement sensitivity training.
The Everytown Survivor Network refers to individuals that have been directly impacted by gun violence – whether because they or someone they love has been shot and wounded, or were threatened with a gun or witnessed an act of gun violence, or because someone they love has been killed as a result of gun homicide, gun suicide, or an intentional shooting, as “gun violence survivors.” Knowing that each person experiences trauma and healing differently, we use the word “survivor“ to acknowledge pain and resilience—and to recognize the unacceptable daily consequences of gun violence that are the reality for too many Americans. Learn more here
Meet the Everytown Survivor Network Grantees
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2023
Boss Not Bangers, Louisville, KY
Brother Let’s Talk, Birmingham, AL
Helping Out Our People (H.O.O.P.), Braddock, PA
Jesse Klump Memorial Fund, Berlin, MD
Journey4ward, Mansfield, TX
KEYZ 2 THE FUTURE, Vallejo, CA
LEFT HEARTS INC, Bridgeport, CT
Melquain Jatelle Anderson Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
Mothers Fighting 4 Justice Inc, Cutler Bay, FL
MOTIVATED 2 HELP OTHERS, Richmond, CA
Movement of Mourning Mother’s Association, Norwalk, CA
Nashville Peacemakers, Nashville, TN
One Family One Fight, Inc, Franklin Township, NJ
Oscar Grant Foundation, Castro Valley, CA
Stop The Violence Prayer Chain Foundation, Wilmington, DE
Strut Talk Runway Therapy, Columbia, SC
Voices From the Community, Bishopville, SC
What About Us, Birmingham, AL
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2022
Blessed Ministries, Easley, SC
Felix Snipes Foundation, Junction City, KS
Jennifer Ann’s Group, Atlanta, GA
Mothers Against Community Gun Violence (MACGV), Minneapolis, MN
Oklahoma Homicide Survivors Support Group, Oklahoma City, OK
Our 3 Memorial Foundation, Jackson, MS
Safer Communities for Justice, Providence, RI
Where Do We Go From Here, Queens, NY
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2021
2 Moms Bonded by Grief, Philadelphia, PA
A Hand Up to Success, Columbus, OH
Ace Project, Louisville, KY
Chicago Survivors, Chicago, IL
Jared’s Heart of Success, Atlanta, GA
Loving Hands, Los Angeles, CA
Open Doors, New York, NY
Q LatinX, Orlando, FL
The Center, Orlando, FL
The Fudge Foundation, Dayton, OH
We Are Their Voices, Charleston and Summerville, SC
How Our Grantees Used the Grants
“We held our First Annual Women Survivor Retreat, for women who lost loved ones due to gun violence. We provided mental health support, peer group support, meditation, yoga, facials, and empowered them with encouraging words of motivation. The women honored their loved ones with a closing candlelight memorial and remembrance ceremony. We also used it for stipends for our youth Academy of Child Entrepreneurship program and for items for our Ace Project Community Memorial Peace Garden, which recognizes individuals lost to gun violence. The garden is a place for survivors to reflect, nurture growth, and heal, and it serves as a peaceful place of unity for people from the community to come and relieve stress.”
Rose Smith, ACE Project
“FUDGE Foundation used this grant to hold peer support groups and host speakers. We also streamed a webinar about Trauma and Suicide. Being able to create a safe space for individuals that have been directly and indirectly affected by gun violence and allow them to share, but also be able to identify signs of trauma was very impactful.”
Dion Green, FUDGE Foundation
More About the Grantees
In addition to being survivor-focused, most grant recipients are survivors of gun violence themselves, leading change in their own communities. Learn more about the work of their organizations, as well as how gun violence has personally impacted the individuals leading these organizations.
Click on the images below to read more about each individual.
Our 3 Memorial Project
Where Do We Go From Here
ACE Project
QLatinx
Jennifer Ann’s Group
OPEN DOORS
Mothers Against Community Gun Violence (MACGV)
Oklahoma Homicide Survivors Support Group
Felix Snipes Foundation
We Are Their Voices
Melquain Jatelle Anderson Foundation
Blessed Ministries
Jared’s Heart of Success, Inc.
Safer Communities for Justice
A Hand Up to Success
Upcoming Events and Opportunities
Throughout the year, we offer various programs and events for survivor partner organizations and survivors of gun violence to be with and learn from one another.
FAQ
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How can the Everytown Survivor Network Grant funds be used?
These grant funds can be used by organizations to support program development and expansion of capacity to provide services to survivors.
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How can I apply for the Everytown Survivor Network Grant?
Proposals for the grants will be accepted by invitation only. If you run or work at a non-profit organization with an IRS designated 501c3 status that focuses on the prevention of gun violence and/or supporting survivors of gun violence and you are interested in being invited to apply for these grants, please contact us.
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I am not an Everytown Survivor Network grantee, but how do I learn more about the current grantees, how grassroot 501c3 organizations support survivors of gun violence, or starting my own 501c3 organization to support survivors of gun violence?
To learn more about the Everytown Survivor Network Grant and partner programming and upcoming opportunities, please contact us.
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How do I learn more about the Everytown Survivor Network?
Everytown Survivor Network, please click here and consider attending one of our upcoming information sessions! Please click here to join the Everytown Survivor Network and be invited to upcoming gun violence survivor events. If you have any additional questions, please contact [email protected] and we’ll be happy to get in touch with you.
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Does Everytown for Gun Safety offer any other grants?
While this page specifically highlights the Everytown Survivor Network Grant Program, Everytown for Gun Safety does have other grant programs and offerings.
The Everytown Community Safety Fund has several different grant offerings for 501(c)3 organizations implementing community-based violence intervention programs in cities nationwide. Find out more about those grants and which organizations are eligible by clicking here. Through Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund’s Domestic Violence Grant Program, organizations across the country can access funding related to addressing the intersection of domestic violence and gun violence. Find out more about this grant offering and the requirements here.
Contact Us
Tina Meins (she/her/hers), Senior Program Manager, Campaigns & Advocacy
The Everytown Survivor Network Grant Program is managed by Tina Meins. Tina is a dedicated gun violence prevention advocate, working closely with survivors of gun violence all across the country. She is also a gun violence survivor—her father, Damian Meins, was killed alongside several co-workers in the mass shooting that occurred in San Bernardino, California, on December 2nd, 2015.
Throughout her life, Tina has sought out opportunities to provide support to local communities by volunteering, working in public safety, leading fundraising campaigns and social impact projects, and by advocating and lifting the voices of those affected by trauma and inequality. In her role at the Everytown Survivor Network, she leads the partner engagement work, manages Moments That Survive, and works to elevate the stories of those that have been personally impacted by gun violence. She holds a Bachelor’s cum laude in Sociology from the University of California, Riverside, and a Master’s in Public Policy from the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University.
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The Everytown Survivor Network connects survivors to each other for support and community, amplifies the power of survivor voices, offers trauma-informed programs, provides information on direct services, and supports survivors who choose to become advocates to work towards ending gun violence.