Double Your Impact This Giving Tuesday

All tax-deductible gifts before midnight will be matched, up to $1.75 million of match funding, to protect more children from gun violence.

Our mission is to educate and empower youth and adults to prevent violence in schools, homes, and communities.

Education

Know the Signs programs help prevent violence, school shootings, bullying, suicide, and other harmful acts.

Mobilization

More than 21,500 Promise Leader volunteers working across 50 states to drive change and keep kids safe.

Research

Our proven programs are based on thorough research on the root causes of school violence and mass shootings.

Advocacy

Championing state and federal laws and passing proven policies that advance gun safety, school safety, and youth mental health.

Sandy Hook Promise is the only national nonprofit organization taking a holistic, public health approach to ending the gun violence epidemic. Based in Newtown, Connecticut, we are founded and led by several family members whose loved ones were killed in the tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012.

Our Impact

Proven progress to prevent school shootings and violence. See the results →

Participated in Know the Signs Programs

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Confirmed Lives Saves With Crisis interventions

Planned School Shootings Prevented

Sandy Hook Promise envisions a future where children are free from shootings and acts of violence in their schools, homes, and communities.

Take Action To Protect Kids

Firearms are the leading cause of death for children and teens in America.
Help us change that. Please join us by doing what you can. No action is too small.

Volunteer To Help

Organize your community to prevent gun violence and protect children.

Give to the Cause

Your contribution helps to raise awareness and bring our violence prevention programs to more students.

Use Your Voice

You can help pass legislation that supports school safety and violence prevention measures.

Make The Promise

Join the 11,359,030 people who’ve already made the promise to protect children from gun violence.

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