The Justice Fund supports community solutions that: reduce incarceration; move our city and country toward decriminalization; and invest in economic opportunity, health and safety for system-impacted people and communities. Key to our approach is centering individuals with histories of justice system involvement, community leaders, CBOs and leaders from academia and research in order to leverage their local voices and visions.
The Fund is a collaborative effort with other philanthropic organizations and donors. Through this collaboration, philanthropy is mobilized to increase sustained investments for organizations that are working to transform the criminal justice system.
“People who are most proximate to the harm are also most proximate to the solutions. Families who have been personally impacted by mass incarceration are field ‘experts.’ Our responsibility as funders is to center them to lead the movement.”
“They’ve stopped giving the women information. They never went around and talked to them. No one treated them with any kind of humanity,” said Donna Hylton,…
Read MoreThe following commentary is by Martha Ackelsberg, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government and of the Study of Women and Gender, emerita, Smith College; and…
Read MoreThe following commentary is by Martha Ackelsberg, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government and of the Study of Women and Gender, emerita, Smith College; and…
Read More“Incarcerated people are members of our society, too — ones often at high risk during crises because their health and well-being are rarely prioritized,” writes Ashish…
Read More“Incarcerated people are members of our society, too — ones often at high risk during crises because their health and well-being are rarely prioritized,” writes Ashish…
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