The Joyce Foundation approved the grant and awarded $396,000 to fund the project.

The $50,000 grant was to be returned to the Joyce Foundation if the sculpture is not created.

The money is raised from nonprofit benefactors like the Joyce Foundation.

The poll was financed by a grant from the Joyce Foundation, based in Chicago.

The Joyce Foundation has a staff of about 27, whose names are listed on its website.

Since 1972, the Joyce Foundation has awarded approximately $555 million in grants.

In 2005 the Joyce Foundation awarded a total of $27,323,124 to 196 grantees.

A complete list of grants by The Joyce Foundation is available by program:

Since 2003, the Joyce Foundation has paid grants totaling over $12 million to gun control organizations.

The Joyce Foundation has underwritten research into gun violence prevention since 1993.