NCJ Number
148079
Journal
Health Affairs Volume: 12 Issue: 4 Dated: special issue (Winter 1993) Pages: 209-220
Date Published
1993
Length
12 pages
Annotation
The authors discuss private foundation funding of violence prevention programs from 1988 to 1992, with an in- depth look at the data of 1990.
Abstract
Funding patterns changed little during the period. On average, primary prevention programs, which focus on altering societal conditions before they produce violence, received 5 percent of funding; secondary prevention programs, which focus on helping persons deemed at risk, received 35 percent; and tertiary prevention programs, which focus on rehabilitating persons already affected by a problem, received 60 percent. Patterns in size of grants were noted. Included in the data for 1990 were 663 grants totaling $79 million. Domestic violence programs received 23 percent of the grants, but only 12 percent of the money. Rape programs received 6 percent of the grants, but only 1 percent of the money. In contrast, police violence and bias crimes programs received 1 percent and 2 percent of the grants, respectively, but each received 7 percent of the money. In terms of populations, programs dedicated to adults under age 65, females, and victims received smaller-than- average grants; those dedicated to specialists in medicine, social work, law, and education received larger-than-average grants. Few grants were given to programs dedicated to males and adults over age 65. Despite the high visibility of ethnic violence, no specific groups were targeted for research. 6 charts, 6 references