Expanding Research Fund for a Safer Future funds a portfolio of research projects seeking to answer the question: What works to prevent gun violence? Philanthropic support for research is critical because of limits on federal funding for gun violence prevention research. FSF-funded research projects have demonstrated the effectiveness of state firearm removal policies; quantified the … Continued
Communications & Messaging Fund for a Safer Future supports organizations working to amplify positive stories about national and state-based gun violence prevention work. Misinformation can play a dangerous role in shaping public attitudes and public policy. That's why FSF supports communication efforts to share timely, accurate research and common sense policy ideas to build broad … Continued
Legal Strategies Fund for a Safer Future supports legal scholarship and strategy to improve gun violence prevention law and policy. FSF supports organizations that help build an intellectual framework for impact litigation that would generate significant longer-term improvements in gun violence prevention law and policy. Goals Develop new scholarship on the Second Amendment. Seek opportunities … Continued
State Advocacy Fund for a Safer Future invests in advocacy and organizing in key states where effective advocates are poised to make progress. Based on the growing body of research that finds that state policies are effective at reducing gun violence, FSF targets the advancement of state-level policy reform through meaningful and timely investments in … Continued
Movement & Organizing Fund for a Safer Future funds groups that facilitate collaboration or develop new constituencies within the gun violence prevention movement. Coordination among states and national initiatives to build the gun violence prevention movement is critical to making progress on reducing gun violence. FSF directs funding in this area toward continued coordination among … Continued
Membership Information Grantmakers: Contact Us Membership in Fund for a Safer Future means becoming part of a pooled fund. The pooled fund enables our member organizations to contribute to a single fund that is distributed in grants (and sometimes contracts) according to an overarching strategy that the donors collectively understand and support. This allows members … Continued
Member Benefits Be a part of a growing donor community to develop smart policy, mobilize supporters, summon the best available research, and contend with opposition to common sense gun violence prevention policies. What Membership Means Membership in the Fund for a Safer Future means becoming part of a pooled fund. This approach encourages donor organizations … Continued
How We Work Fund for a Safer Future has a comprehensive philanthropic agenda to reduce gun injuries and deaths, and focuses on developing and advancing evidence-driven policies that can save lives. Coordinating the Gun Prevention MovementAdvocacy for Policy at State LevelProviding Legal Strategies to Improve GVP LawInvesting in Community SolutionsSupporting Positive Messaging & CommunicationExpanding Research … Continued
Who We Are Fund for a Safer Future pools resources to invest in targeted, practical, strategies to reduce gun injuries and deaths. FSF plays a strategic role in the gun violence prevention movement. We are a funder collaborative that helps reduce gun violence in the United States by supporting evidence-based policies at the local, state … Continued
Contact Us Attention Researchers: 2026 RFP for Research Proposals Now AvailableFund for a Safer Future is pleased to announce this year’s request for proposals to support research that will help answer the question: What works to prevent firearm-related death, injury, harm, or trauma, and promote healing? If you’re a firearm violence prevention researcher, we look … Continued