Fund for a Safer Future (FSF) is a gun control organization that is part of an umbrella group called the New Venture Fund (NVF). [1] New Venture Fund is a funding and fiscal sponsorship nonprofit that supports the creation of left-of-center advocacy groups considered charitable under the Internal Revenue Code such as Fund for a Safer Future. [2] NVF and FSF are part of the network of organizations controlled by left-of-center philanthropic consultancy Arabella Advisors. [3]
Present Activities
In 2014, along with the gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety, Fund for a Safer Future funded a study on illegal gun trafficking in Boston, Massachusetts. [4]
In 2018, along with the Joyce Foundation, FSF funded a study led by the University of Washington, Northeastern University and Harvard University to show that “the presence of a firearm increases the risk for suicide…may lead people to think twice about whether or not firearm ownership and their storage practices are really the safest options.” [5]
FSF, along with other left-wing charitable foundations, donated to organizations to advocate for gun control in the United States after a 2018 school shooting in Florida. The Langeloth Foundation gave $500,000 to Guns Down America, another gun control organization, and has contributed to FSF for similar measures. [6]
FSF has funded studies to show the dangers of storing firearms around children[7] and campaign for Extreme Risk Protection Orders or “red flag” laws. [8]
FSF funds the pro-gun-control advocacy journalism organization The Trace. The Trace publishes articles on gun control, the National Rifle Association, and mass shooting events. [9]
Funding
Fund for a Safer Future has received grants from the CEO of Vail Resorts Rob Katz,[10] the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,[11] the MacArthur Foundation, the McCormick Foundation, the Broad Foundation, the Crown & Goodman Family Foundations,[12] the David Bohnett Foundation,[13] the True North Foundation,[14] the Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation,[15] the Joyce Foundation,[16] the Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund,[17] the Arrow Family Fund,[18] and the Alphawood Foundation. [19]
In 2013, liberal donors Eli Broad and David Bohnett wrote an op-ed asking for donors to support philanthropic efforts to support gun control, specifically mentioning Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns (a predecessor to Everytown for Gun Safety) and Fund for a Safer Future. [20]