Description: Grandmothers Against Gun Violence is a grassroots, nonpartisan advocacy group founded by a network of grandmothers to reduce firearm injuries and deaths through public education, community organizing, legislative advocacy, and support for research. The organization has organized local chapters, public rallies, letter-writing and lobbying campaigns, and has promoted firearm safety and public-health approaches to gun violence prevention; its affiliated Grandmothers Against Gun Violence Foundation focuses on funding research and education. The organization announced plans to sunset its primary advocacy operations at the end of 2025 while the sister foundation continues work on research and education. Type: Nonprofit advocacy organization (primary advocacy arm organized as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit) with an affiliated 501(c)(3) foundation for research and education Policies: Advocates for gun violence prevention and firearm safety measures including universal background checks and strengthened background screening, safe-storage and child-access-prevention laws, funding for community-based violence intervention and academic research on gun violence, suicide-prevention measures involving firearms, and public-education campaigns on responsible gun ownership Funding: Primarily small-dollar individual donations, local fundraising and membership support, merchandise and event fundraising; the affiliated foundation also seeks charitable grants to fund research and scholarships Affiliates: Grandmothers Against Gun Violence Foundation (sister 501(c)(3)), local chapters such as Cape Cod GAGV and Seattle-area groups, and frequent partners in coalition work including state and national gun-violence-prevention organizations and the group's founders/organizers
