Project Unloaded Inc
EIN: 87-4212016
as of September 2024
as of September 09, 2024
Mission
Project Unloaded works to reduce gun violence via narrative and culture change. With the goal of dispelling the myth that more guns make us safer, we use large-scale, data-backed social media campaigns and community partnerships to educate, engage and empower the next generation to end our nation's gun violence crisis, and we center the voices and experiences of the young people most impacted.
Ruling year
2022
Founder and President
Nina Vinik
Main address
1 E Erie St Ste 525-4787
Chicago, IL 60611 USA
EIN
87-4212016
Education
Health
Public safety
Population served
Ethnic and racial groups
At-risk youth
NTEE code
Safety Education (M40)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.
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SNUG
The SNUG (Safer Not Using Guns) campaign educates and empowers teens through simple facts about gun violence absent partisan or polarizing rhetoric. The campaign, which launched in January 2022, reaches teens in the (virtual) places where they spend their time: Social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram and Snapchat. SNUG reaches young people via native content, influencer campaigns and targeted ads.
Guns Change The Story
A walk home from school. A pickup game at the park. Siblings goofing around. When a gun is present, everyday moments can turn dangerous and deadly. Project Unloaded's second campaign, Guns Change the Story, combines mad-lib style stories with video footage of real teens living their lives to highlight how having a gun around makes life riskier. The campaign is geared to teens in communities disproportionately impacted by gun violence. It launched in December 2023 in select cities.
Community Partner Program
Co-created with local youth-serving organizations, our community partner programs are designed to educate, engage, and empower teens to address dangerous misperceptions about guns and inspire them to be part of the solution to gun violence in their communities.
Youth Council
Project Unloaded's Youth Council is a vital part of the organization's work to change gun culture and save lives. This group of young people advises on upcoming campaigns, shapes our social media presence, and helps to identify opportunities to reach more young people with the life-saving message that guns make us less safe. Youth Council members have a broad array of lived experiences reflective of the communities we serve and are in high school or college.
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How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We share the feedback we received with the people we serve, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
Financials
Financial data
Project Unloaded Inc
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: 2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Revenue | |
|---|---|
| Contributions, Grants, Gifts | $1,838,000 |
| Program Services | $0 |
| Membership Dues | $0 |
| Special Events | $0 |
| Other Revenue | $0 |
| Total Revenue | $1,838,000 |
| Expenses | |
|---|---|
| Program Services | $1,637,100 |
| Administration | $261,400 |
| Fundraising | $0 |
| Payments to Affiliates | $0 |
| Other Expenses | $0 |
| Total Expenses | $1,898,500 |
Project Unloaded Inc
Balance sheetFiscal Year: 2023
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Assets | |
|---|---|
| Total Assets | $1,576,500 |
| Liabilities | |
|---|---|
| Total Liabilities | $0 |
| Fund balance (EOY) | |
|---|---|
| Net Assets | $1,576,500 |
Operations
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Founder and President
Nina Vinik
For more than two decades, Nina Vinik has been a leading voice in the fight to stop gun violence. At the Joyce Foundation, Nina served as director of gun violence prevention and justice reform for 13 years. In that role, she oversaw more than $50 million in grant-funded projects focused on evidenced-based policies and practices to reduce gun violence. Initiatives funded under Nina's direction include some of the nations most significant research into the impact of local, state, and federal gun violence prevention strategies.
Prior to joining the Joyce Foundation, Nina had a successful career as a civil rights attorney with the Chicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc., and the ACLU Foundation of Florida. She also served as Legal Director of Legal Community Against Violence (now Giffords Law Center), and Director of the American Bar Associations Litigation Assistance Partnership Project.
Nina founded Project Unloaded in 2022.
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Project Unloaded Inc
Board of directorsas of 09/04/2024
Board of directors data
Nina Vinik
David Brotherton
Brotherton Strategies
Marcie Eberhardt
AEO, Inc.
Deborah Gillespie
DGCB Group
Shira Goodman
Anti-Defamation League
Matthew Hogenmiller
Office of U.S. Representative Maxwell Frost
Erika Soto Lamb
Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios
Selwyn Rogers
University of Chicago Medicine
Nina Vinik
Project Unloaded
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Equity strategies
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- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
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