Joyce Foundation

The Joyce Foundation is a charitable foundation based in Chicago in the United States and operating principally in the Great Lakes region.

The Foundation primarily funds organizations in the Great Lakes region (specifically the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin).

Programs

* Education: Focuses on public schools in Chicago, Cleveland, and Milwaukee; concentrates on teacher quality, early childhood education, and “innovations,” primarily charter schools, small schools, and similar initiatives.
* Employment: Focuses on workforce development, education, and job training for low-income workers.
* Environment: Concentrates on environmental issues affecting the Great Lakes region, especially water and energy issues.
* Gun violence: Funds research and advocacy to reduce gun ownership, deaths and injuries. This includes support of anti-gun groupsCite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,33361,00.html|title=Gun Panel Meets and Comes Under Fire|accessdate=2007-04-11|publisher=FoxNews.com|year=2001] .
* Money and politics: Supports research and advocacy around such issues as campaign finance and ethics reform.
* Culture: Supports arts organizations, primarily in Chicago; its Joyce Awards also supports arts groups in other Midwest cities.

The Joyce Foundation funds policy-related research in its program areas.

In 2005, the Joyce Foundation paid grants in the amount of $8,385,304 in its Environment program, $7,888,380 in its Education program, $6,302,775 in its Employment program, $3,056,117 in its Gun Violence Program, $2,818,105 in its Money and Politics program, and $1,427,350 in its Culture program. Source: The Joyce Foundation 2005 Annual Report, Page 45

History

The Joyce Foundation was created in 1948 by Beatrice Joyce Kean of Chicago [cite web|url=http://www.joycefdn.org/AboutUs/History.aspx|title=History] , giving small grants mostly to hospitals and other health organizations. After her death in 1972 it inherited the bulk of her estate, growing in annual grant budget by two orders of magnitude and expanding its scope to cover educational and cultural institutions and by 1980 a wide variety of other concerns.

Mission Statement

Governance

Current members of the board of directors of the Joyce Foundation are: John T. Anderson, Chairman, [http://www.nonprofitpanel.org/participants/workgroup/governance/alberding_ellen Ellen S. Alberding] , President, [http://www.depauw.edu/univ/president/bio.asp Robert G. Bottoms] , [http://www.joycefdn.org/news/content/pressreleases/2002-12-12-newdirect.html Michael F. Brewer] , Charles U. Daly, Anthony S. Earl, [http://www.lordbissell.com/attorney_bio.cfm?AtyID=3233 Roger R. Fross] , [http://www.itlmuonline.com/content.asp?cat=1&id=42 Howard L. Fuller] , Carlton L. Guthrie, Marion T. Hall, [http://mlk.uchicago.edu/keynote.html Valerie B. Jarrett] , [http://www.joycefdn.org/news/content/pressreleases/2002-12-12-newdirect.html Daniel P. Kearney] and [http://www.johnsonfdn.org/wolffboard.html Paula Wolff] .

The Joyce Foundation has a [http://joycefdn.org/about/content/about-staff.html staff] of about 27, whose names are listed on its website.

The Foundation's management and program staff consists of:PresidentEllen S. Alberding

Vice President
Lawrence N. Hansen

Vice President of Finance and AdministrationDeborah Gillespie

Director of CommunicationsMary O’Connell

Director of InvestmentsJane R. Patterson

Program Officers

"Education"Gretchen Crosby Sims, Program ManagerJohn Luczak

"Employment"Whitney Smith, Program ManagerJennifer Phillips, Senior Program Officer

"Environment"Stephen Brick, Program ManagerMargaret H. O’Dell, Senior Program OfficerJames Seidita

"Gun Violence"Roseanna Ander

"Money and Politics"Lawrence N. Hansen

"Culture"Michelle T. Boone

Previous notable board members include 2008 Presidential candidate Barack Obama who served on the board from 1994 through 2002.cite news
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Past and present grantees

Since 1972, the Joyce Foundation has awarded approximately $555 million in grants.

In 2005 the Joyce Foundation awarded a total of $27,323,124 to 196 grantees. Those included 70 discretionary, membership, and employee matching grants, 35 environment grants, 25 education grants, 16 employment grants, 16 culture grants, 14 money and politics grants, 11 special opportunities grants, and nine gun violence grantscite book | title=The Joyce Foundation's 2005 Annual Report | url=http://www.joycefdn.org/pdf/JF_05AR.pdf| date=2005| pages=56, 45| publisher=The Joyce Foundation] . A complete list of grants by The Joyce Foundation is available by program:
* EducationCite web|url=http://www.joycefdn.org/Programs/Education/GrantList.aspx|title=Education|accessdate=2006-10-14|publisher=The Joyce Foundation|year=2006]
* EmploymentCite web|url=http://www.joycefdn.org/Programs/Employment/GrantList.aspx|title=Employment|accessdate=2006-10-14|publisher=The Joyce Foundation|year=2006]
* EnvironmentCite web|url=http://www.joycefdn.org/Programs/Environment/GrantList.aspx|title=Environment|accessdate=2006-10-14|publisher=The Joyce Foundation|year=2006]
* Gun ViolenceCite web|url=http://www.joycefdn.org/Programs/GunViolence/GrantList.aspx|title=Gun Violence|accessdate=2007-06-06|publisher=The Joyce Foundation|year=2007]
* Money and PoliticsCite web|url=http://www.joycefdn.org/Programs/MoneyPolitics/GrantList.aspx|title=Money and Politics|accessdate=2006-10-14|publisher=The Joyce Foundation|year=2006]
* CultureCite web|url=http://www.joycefdn.org/Programs/Culture/GrantList.aspx|title=Culture|accessdate=2006-10-14|publisher=The Joyce Foundation|year=2006]

Gun Violence Prevention and Gun Control

Since 2003, the Joyce Foundation has paid grants totaling over $12 million to gun control organizations. The largest single grantee has been the Violence Policy Center, which received $4,154,970 between 1996 and 2006, and calls for an outright ban on handguns, semi-automatic and other firearms, and substantial restrictions on gun owners.Cite web|url=http://www.vpc.org/press/0511SF.htm|title=Violence Policy Center Hails Passage of San Francisco Handgun Ban|accessdate=2007-06-06|publisher=The Joyce Foundation|year=2005] The Joyce Foundation's position on gun control has led to frequent opposition and criticism from gun rights groups, particularly the National Rifle Association. [cite journal
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Funding patterns

To the right is a mind map of Joyce Foundation fundingCite web|url=http://www.joycefdn.org/programs/gunviolence/GrantList.aspx|title=Gun Violence|accessdate=2007-06-06|publisher=The Joyce Foundation|year=2007] in the area of gun control. The map divides funding into several areas. Click on the picture to view it in full size.

Organizations funded by the Joyce Foundation

The organizations funded by the Joyce Foundation include:Cite web|url=http://www.joycefdn.org/programs/gunviolence/GrantList.aspx|title=Gun Violence|accessdate=2007-06-06|publisher=The Joyce Foundation|year=2007] :
*Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition
*Franklin County Prevention Institute
*Handgun Epidemic Lowering Plan (HELP) Network
*Indiana Partnership to Prevent Firearm Violence
*Gun Guys
*Legal Community Against Violence (formerly Firearms Law Center)
*Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence
*On-Target Coalition
*Second Amendment Research Center
*Violence Policy Center: $4,154,970 between 1996 and 2006.
*WAVE Educational fund
*Workforce Strategy Center

Sponsored work

The Joyce Foundation has underwritten research into gun violence prevention since 1993.Cite web|url=http://www.joycefdn.org/programs/gunviolence/GrantList.aspx|title=Gun Violence|accessdate=2007-06-06|publisher=The Joyce Foundation|year=2007] The Foundation provided a $400,000 grant to The Ohio State University's John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy to establish a [http://www.secondamendmentcenter.org/ Second Amendment Research Center] , directed by OSU Associate Professor of History [http://history.osu.edu/people/person.cfm?ID=4 Saul Cornell] .]

The Joyce Foundation has sponsored symposium issues of some law reviews, which are funded by the Foundation but compiled and edited by an independent external editor. Examples of such symposium issues include:
*Chicago-Kent Law Review ( [http://lawreview.kentlaw.edu/articles/76-1/index.htm Vol. 76 No. 1, 2000] , edited by [http://law.rwu.edu/directory/faculty/cbogus.aspx Carl T. Bogus] )
*Fordham Law Review ( [http://law.fordham.edu/publications/contents.ihtml?pubID=500&issueID=198 Vol. 73 No. 2, November 2004] )
*Stanford Law and Policy Review ( [http://slpr.stanford.edu/17_3.html Vol. 17:3, Spring 2006] , editorial contributions by [http://www.secondamendmentcenter.org/about_us_staff.asp#cornell Saul Cornell] )

A $250,000 grant to the UCLA School of Public Health resulted in a special edition of "Evaluation Review" that focused on gun violence. [cite journal
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References

External links

* [http://www.joycefdn.org The Joyce Foundation] -- Official website