December 18, 2025
A Minnesota physician (and MMA member) has made a $54,600 leadership gift to launch the Physicians for Gun Violence Prevention Fund at the MMA Foundation.
This new, physician-led resource will support non-partisan, evidence-informed firearm violence prevention efforts, including:
Safe-storage and lethal-means counseling tools for physicians and care teams,
Public awareness of firearm injury prevention strategies,
Physician-led community initiatives such as safe-storage events, youth programs, suicide prevention work, and rural outreach.
“This is not political work,” said George Schoephoerster, MD, the MMA Foundation’s president. “It is physician work—grounded in prevention, compassion, and patient care.”
The MMA Foundation plans to use the fund to seed and grow physician-driven prevention efforts across Minnesota and to build a sustainable resource that physicians can turn to when they want to take action in their communities.
Physicians who wish to support this work can contribute:
By check (please note “Gun Violence Prevention” in the memo):
MMA Foundation – Lockbox #135091
P.O. Box 1150
Minneapolis, MN 55480-9917
To support the MMA Foundation’s other priorities, please use the PayPal link.
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