Joyce Foundation
{{Short description|American charitable foundation}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Joyce Foundation
| named_after = The Joyce family
| image = File:Joyce Foundation logo.jpg
| caption =
| formation = {{start date|1948}}
| founder = Beatrice Joyce Kean
| founding_location =
| type = Non-operating private foundation
| status = 501(c)(3) organization
| focus = Education, environment, employment, culture, democracy, and gun-violence prevention{{cite web| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/09/giving/faces-cleaning-up-the-midwest.html| title=Faces: Cleaning up The Midwest| author=Andrea Highbie| date=December 9, 1997| work=New York Times| access-date=March 18, 2017}}
| headquarters =
| location = Chicago, Illinois
| method = Grants
| area_served = Great Lakes region, U.S.
| endowment = $1.24 billion
| key_people = Julie Morita, president
| num_employees =
| secessions =
| affiliations =
| website = {{url|joycefdn.org}}
}}
The Joyce Foundation is a non-operating private foundation based in Chicago, Illinois. As of 2025, it had assets of approximately $1.24 billion.{{cite web |title=Joyce Foundation - Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/366079185 |website=ProPublica |access-date=24 March 2025 |language=en |date=9 May 2013}}
Former U.S. President Barack Obama served on the foundation's board of directors from 1994 through 2002. The Joyce Foundation is notable for its support of gun control measures.{{cite news|last1=Vogel|first1=Kenneth|title=Obama linked to gun control efforts|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2008/04/obama-linked-to-gun-control-efforts-009722|accessdate=16 November 2015|publisher=Politico|date=April 19, 2008}}
History
The Joyce Foundation was established in 1948 by Beatrice Joyce Kean of Chicago.{{cite news|last1=Hsin|first1=Jady|title=Joyce Foundation|url=http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/excellence_in_philanthropy/joyce_foundation|accessdate=16 November 2015|work=Philanthropy Magazine|publisher=Philanthropy Roundtable|date=May 2007}} She was the sole heir of David Joyce, a lumber executive and industrialist from Clinton, Iowa. The family wealth came from the lumber industry, including family-owned timberlands, plywood and saw mills, and wholesale and retail building material distribution facilities located in the Midwest, Louisiana, and Texas. The Foundation was modestly endowed until Kean's death in 1972, when she bequeathed it nearly $100 million.{{cite web| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/13/nyregion/grant-assists-in-schooling-after-moves.html| title=Grant Assists in Schooling After Moves| author= Kathleen Teltsch| date=April 13, 1986| work=New York Times| access-date=March 18, 2017}}{{cite web| url=http://www.philanthropyroundtable.org/topic/excellence_in_philanthropy/joyce_foundation |title=Joyce Foundation| author=Jady Hsin| date=June 2007| publisher=Philanthropy Magazine| access-date=March 18, 2017}}
Charles U. Daly, a former aide to President John F. Kennedy, served as president of the Foundation for eight years. He was succeeded by Craig Kennedy in 1986. Deborah Leff, a trial lawyer for the civil rights division of the Department of Justice, served as president of the organization from 1992 to 1999, and was succeeded by Paula DiPerna, named president in 1999.{{cite web| url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/19990123/ISSUE01/10001618?template=printart| title=People| author=Jeff Borden| date=January 23, 1999| publisher=Crain's Chicago Business| access-date=March 18, 2017}} DiPerna was succeeded in 2002 by Ellen S. Alberding, the organization's seventh president.{{cite web| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2002/01/10/joyce-foundation-names-new-president/| title=Joyce Foundation names new president| date=January 10, 2002| publisher=Chicago Tribune| access-date=March 18, 2017}} Former U.S. President Barack Obama served on the foundation's board of directors from 1994 through 2002.
The Joyce Foundation is one of the few private foundations that considers gun violence related research proposals.{{cite news|last1=Frankel|first1=Todd C.|title=Why the CDC still isn't researching gun violence, despite the ban being lifted two years ago|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2015/01/14/why-the-cdc-still-isnt-researching-gun-violence-despite-the-ban-being-lifted-two-years-ago/|accessdate=16 November 2015|newspaper=Washington Post|date=January 14, 2015}} Joyce distributes grants designed to prevent gun violence by reducing the accessibility of firearms.{{cite news|last1=Merrion|first1=Paul|title=The Joyce Foundation: the anti-NRA|url=http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20110122/ISSUE01/301229980/the-joyce-foundation-the-anti-nra|accessdate=16 November 2015|publisher=Crain's Chicago Business|date=January 22, 2011}} Since 1993, the Joyce Foundation spent over $54 million on over 100 grants that favor gun control.
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.joycefdn.org}}
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