Search Through Grants for Gun Violence Prevention in the U.S.

Making community possible

At U.S. Bank, we are dedicated to supporting our communities through responsive and humbled actions focused on addressing racial and economic inequities and creating lasting change in our communities. Through our Community Possible Grant Program, we are partnering with organizations that focus on economic and workforce advancement, safe and affordable housing and communities connected through arts and culture.

The U.S. Bank Foundation is committed to making Community Possible through Work, Home and Play. We advance this work through collaborative grant making to bring equitable and lasting change through our focus on sustainable, high-impact funding with 501c3 nonprofit partners.

How we partner with nonprofits

We focus on collaborative grantmaking and sustainable, high-impact funding with 501(c)(3) nonprofit partners. We partner with organizations that support:

• Economic and workforce advancement
• Safe and affordable housing
• Community arts and culture

Our strategy

Our community affairs and foundation team work closely with U.S. Bank regional leadership, business resource groups and our National Community Advisory Committee to ensure that prevailing needs are addressed in all the communities we serve.

To make the most meaningful impact, we prioritize organizations that:

• Focus on economic development issues related to work, home and play
• Address more than one of the grant pillars (work, home and play)
• Are based in and serve designated U.S. Bank communities
• Advance diversity, equity and inclusion

Our Mission

Established in 1992 by Lisa and Douglas Goldman, the Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund is a private foundation committed to providing support for charitable organizations that enhance our society. As natives of San Francisco, the Goldmans place a high priority on projects that have an impact upon the San Francisco community. Within its grantmaking areas, the Fund strives to be responsive and flexible as well as to make informed and responsible grants to support qualified projects. We invite you to review the Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund’s newly stated Interests and Priorities.

Interests & Priorities - Democracy & Civil Liberties

Democracy & Civil Liberties

• Goal: Ensure informed, active, and equal citizen participation in the democratic process and protect civil liberties from emerging threats.
  • Geographic Area: Projects that are implemented nationally and/or in multiple states.
    • This program area does not currently accept applications for projects that are implemented in a single city or state.
  • Strategies:
    • Protect voting rights and expand access to voting.
    • Reduce the influence of money in politics.
    • Strengthen policy and education efforts to prevent gun violence.

The Goldman Fund considers requests by invitation only from organizations in the following fields:

• Health & Recreation
• San Francisco Bay Area Institutions & Projects
• Special Projects & Initiatives

Our Mission

Established in 1992 by Lisa and Douglas Goldman, the Lisa and Douglas Goldman Fund is a private foundation committed to providing support for charitable organizations that enhance our society. Within its grantmaking areas, the Goldman Fund strives to be responsive and flexible and make informed and responsible grants to support qualified projects. We invite you to review the Goldman Fund’s Interests & Priorities.

Interests & Priorities - Jewish Community

Jewish Community

• Goal: Ensure a more vibrant, inclusive, and safe Jewish community.
  • Geographic Area: San Francisco Bay Area and/or projects that are implemented nationally.
    • This program area does not currently accept applications for projects that are implemented in a single region other than the San Francisco Bay Area.
  • Strategies:
    • Combat antisemitism and discrimination against Israel by advancing education, advocacy, and communication about Jews, Judaism, and Israel.
    • Engage the Jewish community in combatting climate change, expanding access to voting, preventing gun violence, and protecting reproductive health and rights.
    • Support innovative, experiential projects that enhance Judaism’s relevance in contemporary life.

The Goldman Fund considers requests by invitation only from organizations in the following fields:

• Health & Recreation
• San Francisco Bay Area Institutions & Projects
• Special Projects & Initiatives

Michael & Susan Dell Foundation Grants

The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation only accepts unsolicited proposals for specific areas within the education, family economic stability and childhood health sectors in select countries where we work, namely the United States, India and South Africa.

As a guideline, the foundation does not fund more than 25% of a project’s budget or more than 10% of an organization’s total annual operating expenses.

The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation has always recognized the power of providing grants to partner organizations that we knew were already working hard to improve the lives of urban children living in poverty. By aligning with organizations that are already making a difference, we continue to make an immediate impact on the lives of thousands of children.

Foundation priorities:

We fund social enterprises that directly serve or impact children or youth from urban low-income communities in the areas of education, health, and family economic stability (including livelihoods and financial inclusion). These social enterprises may be structured as for-profit or nonprofit entities.

Partnerships

We collaborate with a range of organizations focused on creating opportunities for children and families living in urban poverty, with a deep emphasis on measuring impact. Our funding advances projects already making an impact in education, health, and family economic stability. Through these enduring and long-standing partnerships, we create lasting change together.

Mission

Driven by a philanthropic calling to support marginalized communities throughout the world, the Semnani Family Foundation partners with on-the-ground organizations and leverages its resources in a cost-effective and efficient manner that delivers the maximum benefit.

History

Guided by his grandmother Maliheh’s example and teachings, Khosrow Semnani and his wife Ghazaleh established the Semnani Family Foundation in 1993. The foundation’s first grant was issued through CARE International to an orphanage in Romania that cared for newborns affected by HIV. Over the last few decades, the foundation has continued to build upon its mission to empower the disaffected, partnering with a variety of organizations in different countries who can make the greatest impact.

In addition to its global influence, the Semnani Family Foundation established roots within the state of Utah with the founding of Maliheh Free Clinic in 2005 to provide free healthcare to thousands of uninsured people in the Salt Lake City area.

Where We Work

The Semnani Family Foundation focuses primarily on promoting health, education, and disaster relief for marginalized communities all around the world. Driven by a clear mission to adapt and serve at the global level, we have leveraged our resources to make a meaningful impact in the following countries so far:

• Afghanistan
• Bosnia
• Colombia
• England
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Guatemala
• India
• Iran
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Mali
• Mexico
• Pakistan
• Philippines
• Romania
• Somalia
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Tonga
• Uganda
• United States
• Yemen

At the heart of the Foundation lies a fervent commitment to human welfare, always prioritizing health and the needs of society’s most vulnerable.

About the Foundation

Jesse W. Couch lived a life of zeal, honor, and dedication to the betterment of his community. The Couch family now humbly stewards the foundation he created to carry on his legacy of service for future generations. We believe that impact is best accomplished through partnerships with local organizations that know the people and communities they serve. We invest in and support efforts to protect the environment, further conservation and preservation initiatives, and save historical architecture that preserves community heritage. We also support initiatives that promote wellness and mental health and organizations seeking to provide and further education for all communities.

Annual Grant Focus

Each year, we seek to partner with and support non-profit organizations making an impact in the focus areas listed here.  The focus areas for 2025 are:

• Animal Wellbeing: We are dedicated to helping nonprofit organizations that nurture compassion and respect for all living animals. We must have animal-focused organizations that advocate for animal rights and provide humane treatment across all spectrums.
• Early Childhood Education: We are looking for schools that are providing young children with a creative and balanced approach to education. Things we love in early childhood curriculums:
  • Life Skills
  • Collaboration With Their Peers and Teachers   
  • Having Fun   
  • Montessori Teachings   
  • Project Based Teachings   
  • Diversity   
  • More Time Outside   
  • Less Screen Time
• Teachers: Teachers are essential to providing children with the best possible education. We must invest in their future and are always looking for teams that help them succeed in educating future generations.
• Get Outside: Being outside can improve memory, fight depression, lower blood pressure, and more! We support organizations that facilitate and encourage more outdoor activities that help create healthier communities. 

About Us

The Community Foundation of Louisville mobilizes people, networks and capital to provide everyone with opportunities for success. We partner with people who want to use their dollars and and resources to support real change in Metro Louisville by investing in emerging and established solutions. Our grant process is one tool that we use to learn about solutions being used by community changemakers

Community Safety & Healing Fund

The Community Safety & Healing Fund was established in 2022 at the Community Foundation of Louisville together with Cities United, Louisville Metro Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods, and other partners. Funding from this grant supports organizations that disrupt the cycle of community violence with a focus on serving Black males ages 15-24, prioritizing those who are not currently enrolled in school or employed. 

For purposes of this Fund, “violence intervention” is defined as:

Disrupting cycles of violence by focusing on individuals already engaged in behaviors that place them at greatest risk for being a victim and/or perpetrator of violence. This includes young people who are between the ages of 15 to 24 years old and are disconnected from school and work– or any other antisocial groups, direct victims of gun violence, and/or individuals in close relationship with someone who has been victimized by gun violence. The work of community violence intervention looks like:

• Mentorship through a case management model to those at greatest risk of becoming a victim or a perpetrator of violence
• High-risk intervention to mediate ongoing disputes and prevent retaliatory violence
• Safe Passage to schools to reduce school violence and improve attendance
• Support to survivors of community violence who are not supported by traditional victim services agencies

Striving for a future where creativity is nurtured, democracy is upheld, and gun violence is no more.

The William Talbott Hillman Foundation supports Pittsburgh- and NYC-based art institutions, as well as national efforts around guns and civic engagement with a focus on young people and BIPOC communities.

Priorities

In Pittsburgh, PA and New York, NY, the Foundation prioritizes innovative arts programming and the promotion of photography as a fine arts medium.

In New York, its Affirmation Arts affiliate prioritizes safety nets for working artists, art education, and regional museums in under-resourced communities.

Nationally, the Foundation focuses on strengthening gun laws, preventing gun-related suicides, and driving voter and civic engagement, particularly among young people and people of color.

Stronger Neighborhoods Grants

BCF’s Stronger Neighborhoods Grants are focused on programs and projects that make communities safer, cleaner, greener and more vibrant. Strengthening neighborhoods has long been a core focus of BCF. Over the past 50 years, we have granted millions of dollars for a wide range of community-led projects, from cleaning and greening activities and block captain trainings, to fairs and festivals and civic engagement drives.

Safe

Programs/projects that promote and preserve the physical security of Baltimoreans and their property. Includes crime prevention and interventions for a wide range of issues from gun violence to traffic safety.

Clean

Programs/projects that address trash, dumping, vandalism, and pollution, whether proactively or reactively.

Green

Programs/projects that integrate plant life into the physical environment, support for sustainability culture and infrastructure, as well as urban agriculture.

Vibrant

Programs/projects that contribute to the cultural, social, and/or physical fabric of the community by creating or preserving community amenities and/or activities that make a neighborhood a desirable place to live, work, and play.

Collaboration and Success

Neighborhood grant proposals should be developed in partnership with residents and organizations directly connected to the community. It is critical for proposals to demonstrate community-wide support.

Background

The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, in partnership with the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS), is pleased to announce the availability of approximately $500,000 in federal funds through the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Grant Program. The PSN program awards federal funds to provide comprehensive, collaborative, and community-based approaches to reducing violent crime using a full range of appropriate violent crime reduction strategies. As the State Administrative Agency (SAA), DCJS has the responsibility of managing the coordination and distribution of PSN funds in a manner that supports and improves the overall criminal justice system of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Focused Funding Areas

The overall goal for this initiative is to reduce violent crime and promote safe communities across the Eastern District of Virginia through the reduction of gun violence and gang activity, with special focus on areas with increased rates of violent crime/gang activity. Toward that goal, the program seeks to fund projects that will enhance progress toward the below priorities. However, innovative, evidence-based projects outside of these priorities, which are aimed at reducing firearm and gang violence, will also be considered.

Group Violence Intervention (GVI)

Strategies and programs that promote prevention and intervention by forming partnerships between law enforcement, local government, and the community. GVI includes community members with moral authority connecting with group members or individuals susceptible to violence to deliver a credible moral message against violence. Law enforcement puts groups on prior notice about the consequences of further group-involved violence for the group, and support and outreach providers make a genuine offer of help for those who want it.

Gun and Gang Crime Investigation/Suppression

Programs (or task forces) to focus on perpetrators of gun and gang-related crimes. This can include the illegal possession of firearms, the illegal sale of guns, or other crimes committed to benefit a “gang.” Multiagency cooperation should be demonstrated (e.g., both state and federal involvement).

Firearms Analysis

Programs that should enhance and provide support for state and local law enforcement agencies that analyze firearms and ballistic evidence (including NIBIN analysis and tracing of firearms).

Prevention and Reentry Programs

Programs dedicated to violent crime prevention and the identification of persons at high risk of offending (e.g., educational, faith-based, community-oriented, outreach, etc.). Additionally, programs dedicated to the successful reentry of offenders with housing, educational, and vocational partnerships.

• The Joyce Foundation welcomes new ideas, but primarily funds on an invite basis.
• The Joyce Foundation accepts grant inquiries online throughout the year.
• Applicants should anticipate the application process to take approximately four to six months from the initial submission of the letter of inquiry to the receipt of funding.
• Grant proposals are considered at meetings of the Foundation’s Board of Directors in April, July, and December. Applicants are strongly encouraged to plan their application and proposal submission process for the April or July meetings, since most grant funds will be distributed at those times. 

Gun Violence Prevention & Justice Reform Program

The mission of the Gun Violence Prevention & Justice Reform Program is building safe and just communities in the Great Lakes region. Our grant making approach encompasses three focus areas: (1) reducing gun violence in the Great Lakes region; (2) reducing the harms and racial disparities in the criminal justice system’s response to gun violence; and 3) advancing violence intervention policy and practice as a gun violence prevention strategy, and an alternative to arrest and incarceration.

Reducing Gun Violence in the Great Lakes Region

Gun violence remains one of the central health and safety challenges of our time, with more than 110,000 Americans injured or killed by guns every year. Gun violence in all its forms—community violence, domestic violence, mass shootings, suicide, and accidental gun deaths and injuries— undermines the ability of the next generation to thrive. The evidence is clear that reducing gun violence requires reducing the easy availability of guns. To reduce deaths and injuries from gun violence, the Foundation supports projects to: (a) strengthen gun violence prevention policies in the Great Lakes region; (b) conduct research and improve data collection to inform policy development, implementation, and advocacy; (c) educate young people about the risks of guns; (d) use the courts to advance and defend gun violence prevention policies; and (e) engage funders in supporting gun violence prevention.

Reforming the Justice System

Racial equity is at the core of the Foundation’s focus on justice system reform, where police violence and mass incarceration disproportionately impact young Black and Hispanic males. We take an intersectional approach which seeks to reduce racial disparities in policing and incarceration by rethinking the standard response to gun crime of aggressive policing, arrests, and incarceration of young gun possessors. Our funding supports projects that: (a) reform policing through building police-community trust and legitimacy, reducing the use of force by police officers, and increasing police accountability; (b) develop alternatives to arrest and incarceration for young people who commit non-violent gun offenses; and (c) reimagine the future of public safety.

Violence Intervention

Community-based gun violence disproportionately impacts young Black and Brown people and is highly concentrated within neighborhoods and social networks. Victimization increases the likelihood that an individual will be victimized again or become a perpetrator of gun violence themselves. A growing body of evidence supports community-based violence intervention strategies as a way to break this cycle and contribute to individual and neighborhood safety and reduce reliance on the criminal justice system. The GVPJR Program will support violence intervention through: (a) research to identify best practices for design, delivery and funding of violence intervention programs; (b) professional development and technical assistance for the community of public and private sector violence intervention practitioners; and (c) support for policies to secure public sector support for violence intervention.

In the areas of policing, alternatives to arrest and incarceration for young people who commit non-violent gun offenses, and reimagining public safety, we are interested in funding projects including:

• research, including evaluations of promising models,
• pilot initiatives in the Great Lakes region,
• policy development,
• federal, state or local policy advocacy,
• law enforcement-researcher partnerships,
• communications and narrative change, and
• public and stakeholder education and engagement, including grassroots organizing and convenings.

Philadelphia ReCAST Initiative

ReCAST — which stands for Resiliency in Communities After Stress and Trauma — is an initiative led by the City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS) in collaboration with Temple University and other community stakeholders.  The ReCAST initiative promotes resilience and equity in communities that recently faced civil unrest with a focus on youth and young adults and their families by developing evidence-based violence prevention and community youth-engagement programs, as well as offering linkages to trauma-informed behavioral health services. Over five years, this program will work closely with residents and community leaders to provide services, resources, and initiatives that promote resilience and equity, improve behavioral health connections, and reduce trauma through a sustained community-change process.

Philadelphia ReCAST Mission: To promote resilience and equity, improve behavioral health, and reduce trauma through a sustained community change process.

ReCAST Grant and Overarching Goals: The Philadephia ReCAST Initiative is funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration via a grant awarded to the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services. The ReCAST goals are to:

• Prevent or reduce community violence involving youth and young adults and their families
• Address stress and trauma experienced by youth and young adults and their families
• Strengthen community capacity to foster engagement among neighborhood residents

ReCAST Priorities and Project Ideas

The ReCAST Mini-Grant funding can be used to support activities and programs for youth and young adults (14 to 24 years) and their families and to further the ReCAST goals as stated above. All approved programs and activities must include some element or component that addresses mental health and well-being of youth, young adults and their families (e.g. promoting mental health awareness, providing mental health resources, teaching mindfulness, offering yoga, individual or group counseling, mental health workshops, etc.) 

Here is a list of potential strategies. 

• creating safe spaces for youth/young adults and families to address mental health, stress, and trauma and build resilience
• engaging families to strengthen social, emotional, and behavioral wellness promoting youth resilience, leadership, advocacy, healthy intergenerational communication and self-expression, etc.
• promoting healthy communication and conflict resolution within and across generations
• providing gun violence prevention activities involving youth, including sports and outdoor recreational opportunities, creative outlets (e.g. music, dance, arts and crafts)
• teaching academic and life skills, including STEM education, workforce development, financial literacy , entrepreneurial skills, conflict resolution, etc.
• providing training on trauma, youth mental health, etc.
• beautifying and increasing safety of neighborhoods by engaging youth/young adults
• building community capacity to address ReCAST objectives, including promoting effective information and resource sharing.

ReCAST Mini-Grant Funding Levels: Funding for the ReCAST Mini-Grants is available in two tiers:

• Tier 1 (Up to $15,000): Individual Organization -- Tier 1 is for an organization that is serving one or more ReCAST neighborhood(s).
• Tier 2 (Up to $25,000): Collaborative Partnerships -- Tier 2 funding is specifically for ReCAST projects that involve at least two partner organizations that will share funding equitably and span across two or more target neighborhoods. 

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We are a group of high-school students who work together to tackle issues in the St. Louis community by donating money to organizations that directly benefit youth.

Funding Areas

• Early Childhood Education
• Child Safety
  • prevention of gun violence in schools
  • child abuse prevention
  • mental health

• Resources in Schools
  • School supplies
  • Hygiene Prodcuts
  • Food

Size of Grants

We have $10,000 that we wish to give to several organizations that align with our mission.

Background

The Safe in the 305 Grant is a Peace & Prosperity Plan initiative that is geared to encourage, support, and empower community stakeholders to lead efforts in their community. The Peace & Prosperity Plan is an evidence-based prevention, intervention and reentry strategy which aims to address the needs of the youth, families and communities impacted by gun violence and tackles the underlying causes to create real reform.

Goals

The Safe in the 305 grant program is designed to incentivize and encourage resident leaders and organizations to promote peace and prosperity across communities, by funding community-driven actions that make their own neighborhoods safer. 

The goals of the Safe in the 305 Grant program are to activate community participation in creating safer neighborhoods, amplify the voices of residents and community leaders against violence, build capacity in communities and bridge gaps with neighborhood stakeholders and government to address quality of life issues.

Peace & Prosperity Impact Areas

• Prevention: services and programs that enhance the overall well-being of people by preventing major challenges, breaking cycles and supporting positive outcomes including, but not limited to, education, health services, housing and more
• Intervention: alternative programs that may include education, training, redirection and treatment
• Reentry: programs and services to support the reintegration of returning citizens into the community, including, but not limited to, workforce development, housing, restorative justice, mental/emotional wellness, family reunification and basic needs
• Economic Investment: investments in housing, commercial and business development
• Community Revitalization: addressing neighborhood blight though remediation and beautification

Projects

The Miami-Dade County Safe in the 305 grant program (Round 3) is accepting applications to:

• Organize efforts to revitalize or beautify neighborhoods
• Address mental and emotional wellness
• Support youth development and empowerment
• Assist justice-involved individuals

Examples include, but not limited to:

• Neighborhood/block cleanups
• Youth engagement workshops
• ID cards for returning citizens
• Youth sports and arts programs

Funding Amounts

The Safe in the 305 Grant program will award microgrants to applicants seeking funding support that range from $500.00 (minimum) to $1,500.00 (maximum).

Background

McAuley Ministries is the grant-making foundation of Pittsburgh Mercy. Established in 2008, McAuley Ministries serves as a catalyst for change, committing resources and working collaboratively to promote healthy, safe, and vibrant communities. Grant-making priorities include health and wellness; education; community and economic development; capacity-building support for nonprofit organizations; and program initiatives which focus on the Hill District, Uptown, and West Oakland, communities historically served by the Sisters of Mercy in Pittsburgh. McAuley Ministries also provides support to organizations that are sponsored by and/or affiliated with the Sisters.

Geographic Priority

McAuley Ministries honors the legacy of the Sisters of Mercy by focusing its grantmaking on the sponsored ministries of the Sisters of Mercy in Southwestern Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh neighborhoods traditionally served by the health care ministry of the Sisters of Mercy: the Hill District, Uptown, and West Oakland.

What We Fund

Proposals funded by McAuley Ministries:

• New programs and projects.
• Ongoing programs and projects.
• Capacity-building initiatives, including general operating support when organizations have a track record of producing outcomes for residents and the community.
• Capital projects that advance the strategic priorities of McAuley Ministries.

Health & Wellness

McAuley Ministries helps communities build gardens encouraging healthy eating and community socialization. 

McAuley Ministries supports initiatives that improve the overall health status of residents of the Hill District, Uptown, and West Oakland by meeting basic needs, encouraging healthy lifestyles, and providing community-based health care through innovative service delivery models. Priorities include:

• Affordable and safe housing for low- and moderate-income families and special populations, including seniors, veterans, persons who are homeless, and persons with disabilities.
• Support for organizations providing a safety net for basic needs (e.g., food, shelter, transportation, and access to health insurance).
• Initiatives that help seniors to thrive and age in place.
• Behavioral health initiatives that recognize and address the impact of community trauma.
• Evidence-based initiatives that prevent and interrupt gun violence.
• Support for Pittsburgh Mercy innovation that advances new models of health care for vulnerable populations.
• Community gardens and play spaces that encourage healthy eating, exercise, and community socialization.

Community & Economic Development

We fund initiatives that 1) assist individuals and families in the Hill District, Uptown, and West Oakland to transition from poverty to self-sufficiency, and 2) contribute to community vibrancy and quality-of-life. Priority will be given to:

• Workforce development that links training to family-sustaining jobs. Youth employment initiatives that introduce young people to careers and foster a strong work ethic.
• Business incubators that support emerging resident-owned businesses and link entrepreneurship to market opportunities, resulting in job growth and wealth-building.
• Evidence-based initiatives that help families address the key barriers to self-sufficiency.
• Neighborhood initiatives that enhance community aesthetics and cultural vibrancy.

Education

McAuley Ministries supports initiatives that assist children residing in the Hill District, Uptown, and West Oakland to succeed in school, graduate from high school, successfully transition to and graduate from college, and/or successfully transition to work. Priority initiatives include:

• High-quality early childhood development.
• After-school programs with high-quality tutoring and enrichment activities.
• Initiatives to improve college readiness and the number of residents who graduate from college or other post-secondary education.
• Initiatives that address the social obstacles to academic achievement and college completion.
• Parent and community engagement to support educational equity and achievement.

Capacity Building

McAuley Ministries assists nonprofit organizations serving the Hill District, Uptown, and West Oakland to enhance their ability to fulfill their missions by strengthening nonprofit governance and leadership; strategic and business planning; program development; technology and information systems; management systems and practices; and financial resources. McAuley Ministries will also serve as a convener to encourage collaboration and strategic alliances for greater collective impact. Priority will be given to:

• Leadership development and growing the next generation of leaders.
• Strategic planning and program-specific planning to accelerate innovation.
• General operating support for mission-critical organizations that demonstrate the capacity to produce outcomes for residents and the community.
• Convenings that encourage strategic alliances and enhance collective impact; support for planning and operationalizing alliances.
• Limited capital funding for facilities and technology linked to programming and operational improvements that are consistent with our grantmaking priorities

Outreach & Sustainability Grants

Outreach and sustainability grants are awarded to local nonprofit organizations to assist with organizational or program needs that align with our grantmaking priorities. Grants range from $10,000 to $100,000 and may be awarded for up to three years. Funding decisions are made three times per year

Empowering Communities Through innovative Violence Intervention Grant - Wards 2 & 5

The DC Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (ONSE) builds partnerships and implements strategies that reduce gun-related violence in the District. To fulfill our mission, the ONSE Violence Intervention Division (VI) seeks applications for funding under Empowering Communities Through Innovative Violence Intervention grant – Wards 2 & 5 (EC-2). This investment offers an opportunity to address violence intervention by establishing relationships with people and communities at the center of gun violence. The EC-2 grant will fund organizations that will work together to reduce gun violence in Washington, D.C. by implementing anti-violence strategies that provide intervention and prevention support while strengthening local partnerships among community members and stakeholders. Interact with residents and community members by providing Violence Intervention Specialists, ceasefire and mediation support, adult life coaching, and mentorship. During this period, the grantees will execute deliverables and requirements listed in the RFA. Applicants who are currently implementing strategies may use funding to expand or enhance existing services.

This funding is targeted for individuals between the ages of 18 - 35 and who are at the highest risk of violence and are often resistant and/or not eligible to be served with other services.

Funding

ONSE anticipates awarding approximately $3 million to organizations through this RFA. The ONSE will consider applications from community-based organizations. The awards are estimates, contingent on the quality of applications received and budget availability. Award amounts may vary.

Boots on the Ground Fund

Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) is pleased to announce the next round of Boots on the Ground Fund grants in its continued efforts to strengthen the capacity of small, community-based organizations driving change in our city. Through a partnership with the City of Cincinnati and generous support from other funders, more than $750,000 will be made available for grants, up to $25,000. Proposals will be considered for small, grassroots organizations with operating budgets of less than $1 million, that demonstrate the involvement of community members in their decision-making and give voices to those directly impacted by issues.

The Boots on the Ground Fund seeks to provide support to organizations that have demonstrated experience and aim to address:

• Homelessness Prevention and Access to Affordable Housing
• Access to Affordable, Healthy Foods – Reduction of Food Deserts
• Access to Healthcare and Public Health
• Workforce Development
• Youth Development
• Youth Gun Violence Reduction and Prevention
• Mental and Behavioral Health, including Substance Use Services

The focus areas listed above are flexible and in response to community needs. 

Mission

The Paul and Edith Babson Foundation supports entrepreneurship and economic development, youth development opportunities, and improvements to the urban environment to enhance quality of life throughout Greater Boston.

The Paul and Edith Babson Foundation’s competitive grants program focuses on three program areas:

Entrepreneurship and Economic Development

• Programs focused on providing opportunities for youth and community entrepreneurship education, community economic development, job training for youth, and urban youth business and enterprise initiatives.

• Programs focused on community building through urban community gardens and urban greenspace initiatives.

• Programs focused on domestic violence prevention and shelter, and gun control.

Youth Services External Agency Fund Grant

The Louisville Metro Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods (OSHN) is the backbone of the city’s effort to address the root causes of gun violence and then build sustainable solutions. This work requires the adoption of innovative strategies and approaches that extend beyond traditional law enforcement to shift social norms and that activates the community to help prevent shootings and violence. Through partnerships and collaboration, we intervene with those involved or impacted by gun violence and promote community and youth-led solutions to foster safer neighborhoods.

Goal

Our goal is to maximize the impact of funding on violence reduction and youth development while fostering a sense of community ownership and collaboration.

Focus

OSHN EAF grants will be awarded to organizations to address violence and promote youth development in one of the following areas:

• Primary Prevention involves programs and strategies designed for the general youth population and seeks to reduce the factors that put people at risk for experiencing violence.
• Secondary Prevention reduces the risk factors among youth who are vulnerable to being involved in serious violence and crime. These services are reserved for young people who are less likely to engage in primary prevention programs.
• Intervention involves strategies and programs which directly engage young people who are at the highest risk of being victims or perpetrators of violence. Effective programs must support crime desistance and disengagement. 
• Victim Support to address direct and secondary exposure to gun violence.

Funding

Applicants can request grants ranging from $25,000 to $75,000. 

Purpose

The Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) is now accepting continuation applications for the Hospital-Based Violence Intervention and Prevention Program (HVIPP). HVIPPs are multidisciplinary programs that combine the efforts of medical staff with trusted community-based partners to provide safety planning, services, and trauma-informed care to victims injured in gun violence and their families.

Applicant Eligibility

This solicitation invites continuation of Fiscal Year 2024-2025 grants. This continuation opportunity is only open to organizations that currently receive DCJS funding to support HVIPP projects. Further, this funding is only open to those organizations that can coordinate the establishment or enhancement of HVIPP projects in multiple hospital locations statewide.

Description

The purpose of this program is to support effective violence reduction strategies, specifically gun violence, through evidence-based and/or evidence-informed health programs.

Evidence-based health programs are those programs or initiatives that:

• Are developed and evaluated through scientific research and data collection and
• Use public health principles that demonstrate measurable positive outcomes in preventing gun violence.

Evidence-informed health programs are those programs, approaches, or initiatives that are:

• Based on public health principles;
• Capable of being studied and evaluated through research and data collection;
• For the purpose of reducing gun violence; and
• Directed to influence factors determined to affect gun violence.

Hospital-based violence intervention program means a violence intervention program that:

• Is operated by a hospital; or an individual or entity in collaboration with a hospital; and
• Provides intensive counseling, case management, and social services to individuals who are recovering from injuries resulting from violence.

Mission

The mission of the Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM) is to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public's health by providing U.S. researchers, health professionals, the public health workforce, educators, and the public with equal access to biomedical and health information resources and data.

Purpose

The Emergency Preparedness and Response Award supports projects that address natural disasters and local emergencies in the community, using the phases of preparedness, mitigation, recovery, and response. Natural disasters include weather-related emergencies, drought, flood, hurricanes, and earthquakes. Examples of local emergencies include hate crimes, intimate partner violence, and gun violence/shooting. Applicants are encouraged to design their projects using a community-centered model to promote awareness, preparedness, education, training, and safety coordination to improve responses to natural disasters and local emergencies.

Potential Project Ideas

Proposals directed at planning, mitigating, responding, and recovering from disaster and emergency events or reducing and preventing harm from hate, discrimination, and violence, such as:

• Integrating and promoting NLM’s disaster-related resources, services, and tools into educational program or continuity plans.
• Evaluating and improving preparedness plans, programs, or policies.
• Developing audits or evaluation process to determine readiness to respond to a disaster.
• Preparing organizations to effectively prepare for and/or respond to disasters.
• Hosting a summit to unite emergency planners and librarians to improve disaster preparedness and response capabilities.
• Training individuals, professionals, and communities to find disaster health, emergency preparedness and response information resources.
• Developing response tools that contribute to the continuity of health information-based services and operations.
• Providing education and professional development on disaster preparedness and response topics.
• Collaborating with external partner(s) such as the libraries, community, faith-based, and volunteer organizations, hospitals, and first responders to develop programs or engage in joint exercises that enhance coordination of resources in response, to develop community response in creative ways.
• Initiating a “blessing box” and/or community fridge program to support community members.

Federal Award Information

Estimated Available Funds

ServeDC announces the availability of AmeriCorps State Formula Grant funding for Fiscal Year 2026 to eligible organizations subject to the availability of appropriations for Fiscal Year 2025. Grant award amounts vary – both in the level of operating funds and in the type and amount of AmeriCorps member positions – as determined by the scope of the projects.

Project and Award Period

The project start date may not occur prior to the date AmeriCorps awards the grant. AmeriCorps members may not enroll prior to the start date of the award. AmeriCorps members may not begin service prior to the beginning of the member enrollment period as designated in the grant award. A program may not certify any hours a member performs prior to the beginning of the member enrollment period.

ServeDC Funding Priorities

We all want to live in safe and healthy communities. Yet too often, laws, policies and lack of investment deprive communities of the resources they need to thrive. The negative effects of this disinvestment are easily seen. But the processes, systems, and thinking behind the disinvestment are too often hidden.

As a result, communities of color disproportionately suffer from structural inequities in environmental justice, community violence, gun violence, and youth incarceration. These are just a few of the important areas that affect the health of individuals and communities.

Communities know what they need. When we listen to people in communities who have been most affected by historical neglect and racial injustice, our job is made clear.

Our Community Well-being portfolio will provide resources that support the health, safety and resilience of communities of color, especially those that have been disproportionately affected by unhealthy environments and community violence.

Violence Prevention and Healing Justice

Everyone’s safety and wellness are diminished when any part of our community experiences violence. We envision communities experiencing less gun violence, decreases in community trauma, and higher levels of safety and resilience. We will support programs, resources, and organizations that work to reduce gun violence; support interventionists and violence interrupters; reduce trauma and promote healing justice; and challenge racially charged policing tactics.

Gun violence, in particular, traumatizes entire communities and disproportionately harms people of color. As we have since 1992, we support gun violence prevention through investing in research, policy advocacy, and innovative models addressing gun violence prevention.

We approach our work informed and inspired by healing justice, recognizing that healing must be rooted in the culture and beliefs of the community, and respectful of both the individual’s and the community’s need to reconcile the harm that’s been done.

Youth Justice

The youth justice system over-criminalizes and incarcerates Black and Latino youth, causing them immense harm. We support community-based organizations led by people of color that work toward taking apart this punitive system and replacing it with a system that that prioritizes youth and community development.

To succeed, these organizations must be strong, resilient and powerful. In addition, more young women and girls of color are entering the justice system. Therefore, now more than ever, we need gender-responsive strategies to transform the youth justice system.

Community Environments

We have long been committed to investing in healthy and safe communities, because individual wellness is dependent upon communities being economically and environmentally vital, socially connected, and civically engaged.

We support communities of color to actively engage and build power over the environmental policies and conditions that affect the places in which they live, work and play – paying particular attention to issues impacting water and air, and the built environment. Given the importance of parks and green spaces to community health, we also support efforts to create well-designed parks that benefit physical and mental well-being. We support organizations to build their effectiveness and support organizing, civic engagement, and public policy advocacy efforts to drive change.

Description

Project Safe Neighborhoods Grants develop, implement, and support anti-gang prevention and violent crime enforcement strategies in Maryland through dedicated partnerships forming a PSN task force. Funds are intended to help create and foster safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in violent crime, including, but not limited to, addressing criminal gangs and the felonious possession and use of firearms.

History

Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) was launched by the U.S. Department of Justice in 2002 to reduce gun violence.   Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is designed to create and foster safer neighborhoods through a sustained reduction in violent crime. The program's effectiveness depends upon the ongoing coordination, cooperation, and partnerships of local, state, tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies working together with the communities they serve—engaged in a unified approach led by the U.S. Attorney (USA) in all 94 districts. Acting decisively in a coordinated manner at all levels—federal, state, local, and tribal—will help sustain recently achieved reductions in crime and keep our communities safe. PSN provides the critical funding, resources, and training for PSN teams—including law enforcement, prosecutors, community groups, researchers, and others—to combat violent crime and make their communities safer through a comprehensive approach to public safety that marries targeted law enforcement efforts with community engagement, prevention, and reentry efforts. 

Funding

The Governor’s Office of Crime Prevention, Youth, and Victim Services anticipates the availability of $302,511 for the Project Safe Neighborhoods Maryland grant program. The office anticipates making 1 to 3 awards not to exceed the total of $302,511 for a period of one year. The minimum amount an applicant should request for this comprehensive project is $100,000 and the maximum amount is $302,511.

About Us

Established in 1967, The Miami Foundation is the foundation for people who are passionate about Miami. The Miami Foundation is focused on building a stronger Miami forever.  Over the last 50 years we have invested more than half a billion dollars into our community, and we house more than $427 million in assets focused on strengthening Greater Miami.

We’ve worked hard to understand Greater Miami and what makes this unique community tick. We’ve learned that the desire to make our city a better place to live rests in every Miamian. The Miami Foundation connects that passion with efforts to enhance quality of life for everyone who calls Miami home through:

• Civic Leadership: Stepping up to shine a light on important community issues, and informing and inspiring leaders to incite action toward solutions.
• Community Investment: Purposefully guiding Fundholder resources to invest in the people and organizations who drive social change in Miami.
• Philanthropy: Stewarding a diverse portfolio of charitable investments and providing individualized philanthropic services, allowing people to make a positive impact through their giving.

Safe Communities Program

The Safe Communities Program strives to ensure safety and opportunity for all Greater Miami residents. We do this by investing in education and economic mobility, health services to overcome substance dependence, and collective action to improve community safety. The Fund is particularly focused on supporting survivors of human trafficking, gun violence, and other crimes as well as people who were previously involved in the justice system.

The Miami Foundation collaborates with over 1,000 fundholders that seek to invest in the Greater Miami community. Among those, we manage two field of interest funds set up with the State Attorney’s Office for the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida. To effectively invest these community resources, the Safe Communities Program was established as one comprehensive grant program in 2021. The program will continue to pursue the Funds’ shared mission to ensure Greater Miami is a safe community that offers opportunities for all residents.

What We Fund

The Safe Communities Program supports nonprofit work in five categories. The descriptions below are intended only to provide guidance and do not exclude other potential approaches. Proposals in each category are considered equally.

Eligible organizations may submit only one application in only one category.

• Crime Prevention and Deterrence
  • Build a safe community that offers opportunity for all people by activating residents to improve community safety as well as investing in economic and educational mobility to develop alternatives to illicit activity, particularly for people who were previously incarcerated or involved in the justice system.
  • This may include job training or placement programs as well as educational programs about illicit substances to prevent impaired driving.
• Human Trafficking
  • Support minors or adults who are survivors of human trafficking through high quality services such as health care, substance abuse treatment, mental health services, housing, immigration services or other critical needs.
• Substance Dependence Services
  • Guide people to overcome substance dependence or misuse by providing wraparound services that may include substance abuse counseling and treatment, mental health services, or support strategies to develop personal resilience.
• Survivor Assistance
  • Help survivors and their loved ones overcome the financial, health, or other challenges they face as a result of being victims of gun violence or other crimes.
  • This may include education assistance.
• Youth Development
  • Prepare youth to successfully reach their full potential in academics, career, and life by supporting youth whose life experiences or environments put them at risk for becoming involved in crime or violence.
  • This may include mentoring, educational support, employment and career preparation, or personal development.