Meet some of our grantees.
Our partners are leading efforts to improve the system through advocacy, rehabilitation programs, litigation and more. Their work at the local, state and federal levels is increasing the number of pathways to justice and safety for all people within our communities—especially the Black and brown communities harmed most by the criminal legal system.
Get to know some of our grantees at the forefront of this important work.
Ending Overcriminalization
Debt Free Justice
To eliminate unjust fines and fees in the juvenile justice system.
Drug Policy Alliance (DPA)
To end the war on drugs, repair the harm it has caused and support equal access to treatment and resources.
Fines and Fees Justice Center (FFJC)
To eradicate unjust fines and fees in the criminal legal system.
For The People (FTP)
To partner with prosecutors and key stakeholders to identify people who can be safely released from prison—prioritizing public safety, victims and rehabilitation.
Local Progress
To aid city- and state-elected officials in implementing innovative policy solutions to policing and criminal justice reform.
Partners for Justice
To provide wrap-around support for clients facing incarceration and other criminal penalties by supporting public defenders and training non-attorney advocates.
Prosecutors Alliance of California
To develop statewide membership organizations for prosecutors committed to reforming the criminal legal system with solutions that advance not just public safety but also community well-being.
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
To support legislative advocacy and coalition building around federal criminal justice issues such as sentencing and prison reforms, pretrial justice and policing.
The Marshall Project
To strengthen nonpartisan, nonprofit news about criminal justice issues.
Achieving Community-Centered Health and Safety
Alternative Mobile Services Association
To advance mobile response services that support or are alternatives to 911 emergency response, police services and unnecessary hospitalization.
California Partnership for Safe Communities
To help cities sustainably reduce near-term community-wide violence.
CBPS Collective
To strengthen neighborhood leadership by investing in the education, advocacy and training of community based public safety practitioners and organizations.
Cities United
To support a national network of mayors, community, and young leaders who are committed to reducing the epidemic of homicides and shootings among young Black men and boys.
Coalition to Advance Public Safety (CAPS)
To advance the development and scaling of community-based violence intervention strategies that center public health and healing.
Common Justice
To advance solutions to violence that transform the lives of those harmed without relying on incarceration.
Community Justice
To end gun violence in Black and brown communities, by empowering those closest to the pain to build political power, change the narrative and advocate for policy change.
Equal Justice USA
To transform the justice system by promoting responses to violence that break cycles of trauma.
Fountain House
To improve the health of people living with serious mental illness and end their social and economic isolation.
National Association of Trauma Recovery Centers
To scale the evidence-based trauma recovery center models and build a strong national association of trauma recovery centers.
The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (HAVI)
To provide training and technical assistance to improve and advance hospital-based violence intervention programs.
The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR)
To leverage data and technical expertise to help CVI ecosystems reach the individuals at the highest risk and develop strategies to reduce violence.
University of Chicago Health Lab
To identify, evaluate and scale programs and policies that improve health outcomes and address systemic barriers to achieving equity in Chicago, Illinois, and Washtenaw County, Michigan.
Reducing and Repairing Harm
AMEND at the University of California San Francisco
To transform correctional culture inside prisons and jails and reduce the debilitating health effects of those environments.
Center for Employment Opportunities
To secure meaningful financial support and comprehensive services for formerly incarcerated people upon reentry.
Creating Restorative Opportunities and Programs (CROP)
To implement a holistic approach to integrated housing, skill development and employment for formerly incarcerated people.
Formerly Incarcerated, Convicted People and Families Movement
To support efforts led by justice-impacted people that address barriers to housing for people with arrest and conviction histories.
Health and Reentry Project
To address the healthcare needs of people reentering the community after incarceration by supporting the extension of Medicaid coverage to incarcerated people prior to release.
Impact Justice
To foster a more humane, responsive and restorative system of justice.
Justice 4 Housing
To remove barriers to housing for justice-impacted people.
Root & Rebound
To restore power and resources to the families and communities most harmed by mass incarceration through advocacy, public education, policy reform and litigation.
The Justice and Mobility Fund
To boost economic mobility and improve the life trajectories of people affected by the criminal justice system.
The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
To end the criminal legal system’s forced separation of women, girls and mothers from their communities and loved ones.