{"id":2235,"date":"2013-06-09T16:59:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-09T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2013\/06\/09\/supported-by-individuals\/"},"modified":"2019-08-16T18:22:12","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T18:22:12","slug":"supported-by-individuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=2235","title":{"rendered":"Supported By Individuals?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:13409,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/foundationcenter.org\\\/pnd\\\/spotlight\\\/spotlight.jhtml;jsessionid=XOAZUNRYWC0RBLAQBQ4CGXD5AAAACI2F?id=424800002&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/foundationcenter.org\\\/pnd\\\/spotlight\\\/spotlight.jhtml;jsessionid=XOAZUNRYWC0RBLAQBQ4CGXD5AAAACI2F?id=424800002&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13410,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.joycefdn.org\\\/programs\\\/gun-violence-prevention\\\/gun-violence-prevention-grantees&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.joycefdn.org\\\/programs\\\/gun-violence-prevention\\\/gun-violence-prevention-grantees&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13411,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/990s.foundationcenter.org\\\/990_pdf_archive\\\/208\\\/208802884\\\/208802884_201112_990O.pdf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:13412,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/990s.foundationcenter.org\\\/990_pdf_archive\\\/521\\\/521106316\\\/521106316_201112_990O.pdf&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>\nOur old friends, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (sic), were featured in the <a href=\"http:\/\/foundationcenter.org\/pnd\/spotlight\/spotlight.jhtml;jsessionid=XOAZUNRYWC0RBLAQBQ4CGXD5AAAACI2F?id=424800002\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Philanthropy News Digest NPO Spotlight<\/a> this past week. The NPO Spotlight included the usual thumbnail sketch of any organization including their contact info, their leaders and key personnel, and a brief description of their so-called work.<\/p>\n<p>What really caught my eye was a description of their funding. It said:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>\n<i>Funding:<br \/>\nThe Coalition to Stop Gun Violence is supported by individuals.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Supported by individuals? Maybe in some alternate universe where up is down and foundations are considered individuals.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.joycefdn.org\/programs\/gun-violence-prevention\/gun-violence-prevention-grantees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Joyce Foundation gave CSGV&#8217;s 503(c)3 sister organization<\/a>, the Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence a grant of $125,000. Meanwhile, Mayor Bloomberg&#8217;s Illegal Mayors gave <a href=\"http:\/\/990s.foundationcenter.org\/990_pdf_archive\/208\/208802884\/208802884_201112_990O.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CSGV a grant of $210,000 in 2011<\/a>. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/990s.foundationcenter.org\/990_pdf_archive\/521\/521106316\/521106316_201112_990O.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CSGV&#8217;s own Form 990 for 2011<\/a>, this represented more than 63% of their annual revenues.<\/p>\n<p>So much for the claim that their funding comes from individuals.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our old friends, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (sic), were featured in the Philanthropy News Digest NPO Spotlight&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2138,3032],"class_list":["post-2235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-csgv","tag-funding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2235"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9210,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235\/revisions\/9210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}