The Communities Transforming Policing Fund (CTPF) has launched its second round of participatory grantmaking, releasing a request for proposals to support small and emerging grassroots organizations addressing police violence, criminalization, support for families and victims of police violence, campaigns to invest in communities and divest from policing, campaigns to erode the power of police associations, and build community-based safety strategies.
Donor Name: Communities Transforming Policing Fund (CTPF)
State: Selected States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Guam, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/08/2023
Size of the Grant: $50,000
Grant Duration: 3 years
Details:
Priority Considerations
Groups that are:
- Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)-led organizations;
- Led by individuals who have been directly impacted by the criminal legal system;
- Led by individuals with disabilities
- Led by individuals who identify as Trans or Gender-Nonconforming
- Not receiving significant support from national foundations;
- Focus their work in historically underfunded geographic areas such as the South, rural areas, U.S. Territories, etc.
And working on:
- Campaigns focused on shifting power and resources from policing to communities to create public safety;
- Developing non-police response programs and transformative community-based safety strategies;
- Campaigns working to reduce the size, scope, and role of police;
- Campaigns to decriminalize poverty, housing, drugs, mental health, reproductive justice and sex work;
- Campaigns to erode the power of police associations;
- Campaigns working to support those directly impacted by police violence;
- Support for protesters targeted for direct actions and civil disobedience against police violence.
Funding Information
Successful applicants will receive $50,000 per year for 3-years for a total of $150,000.
Eligibility Criteria
The proposal process is open to any groups meeting the criteria below:
- 501(c)(3) or fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) organization;
- Groups that were not a part of CTPF’s 2022 Participatory Grantmaking Grantee Cohort.
- Have a 2023 annual operating budget of $750,000 or less, specifically $750,000 or less in revenue/income.
- Grassroots organizing groups working authentically with communities most impacted by policing and incarceration;
- Have an explicit, demonstrated commitment to racial, disability, and gender justice that is reflected in the organization’s leadership and staffing and in how it conducts its work;
- Work includes a power-building and leadership-development strategy that centers those most impacted by policing.
What they don’t fund
- Direct services work that is not connected to advocacy/organizing to address systemic issues
- Training for police officers
- Police-Led Associations, Foundations, or Athletic Leagues
- University-led research and centers
- Individuals
- Government entities
- International projects
For more information, visit Second Round of Participatory Grantmaking.
