Legacy Fund Grants List

FNV supports a set of continuing grantees through its Legacy Fund.

2023 Total Granted: $400,000

Justice With Dignity: $175,000
Californians United for a Responsible Budget (Fiscal Sponsor: Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs)

California
$25,000
Facilitate a coalition of over 80 grassroots organizations to work to reduce the number of people imprisoned, the number of prisons and jails, and to shift state and local spending from corrections and policing to human services.

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

California
$20,000
Build power with Black, Brown, and low-income communities targeted by the carceral system, reimagine public safety, and advance a material shift in resources towards care-based policies and systems that truly keep communities safe.

Initiate Justice

California
$20,000
End incarceration in California by activating the political power of directly impacted people.

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children

California
$25,000
Organize communities impacted by the criminal justice system and advocates to end mass incarceration, restore human and civil rights, reunify families and communities, and provide opportunities for formerly incarcerated people.

Reuniting Families Contra Costa (Fiscal Sponsor: Silicon Valley De-Bug)

California
$30,000
Implement Participatory Defense in Contra Costa, a community-developed model that supports families with a loved one facing criminal charges to hold criminal justice system players accountable to reform the criminal justice system.

Silicon Valley De-Bug

California
$30,000
Deepen and expand the Participatory Defense Network, a community-developed model for community empowerment at the pre-trial stages of the courts.

Women’s Foundation of California

California
$25,000
Support the Criminal Justice cohorts of the Dr. Beatriz María Solís Policy Institute.

Lifting Voices of Resistance: $45,000
Emergent Fund (Fiscal Sponsor: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation)

National
$25,000
Provide rapid response resources for grassroots organizing and power building in Black, Indigenous and people of color communities who are facing injustice based on racial, ethnic, religious and other forms of discrimination.

Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) (Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido): Protecting Border Communities and Immigrants along the Texas-Mexico Border

Texas
$20,000
End attacks on border communities and defend the civil and human rights of immigrants at the Texas-Mexico border.

Peace & Anti-Militarism: $110,000
Dissenters (Fiscal Sponsor: Center for Third World Organizing)

National
$10,000
Support a new anti-militarism youth movement building grassroots power to stop endless wars and reinvest in our communities.

National Iranian American Council

National
$20,000
Build civic power for the Iranian American community and allies to advance peace and diplomacy, secure equitable immigration, and protect civil rights.

Ploughshares Fund: Equity Rises

National
$20,000
Increase equity and justice in nuclear policy by empowering diverse voices, cultivating inclusive spaces, and collaborating with new partners inside and outside the field.

Veterans Organizing Institute (Fiscal Sponsor: Common Defense Education Fund Inc.)

National
$20,000
Support the leadership development of progressive military veterans.

Win Without War Education Fund

National
$40,000
Facilitate a diverse network of organizations and activists working for a more peaceful, progressive U.S. foreign policy that favors peace, not militarism.

Nonviolence: $70,000
Momentum Community

National
$50,000
Train leaders to build and back social movement organizations that can engage at the scale of the crisis and translate the people’s will into law.

PeoplesHub (Fiscal Sponsor: Social Good Fund)

National
$20,000
Support the building of a participatory popular education progressive online hub, helping connect people, strategy, solutions, and action for a better world.

2022 Total Granted: $890,000

Justice with Dignity Total Granted: $540,000
A New Way of Life Re-entry Project

Southern California
$20,000

Restore the dignity, civil and human rights of individuals with histories of convictions and incarceration.

Californians United for a Responsible Budget (Fiscal Sponsor: Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs)

California
$25,000

Facilitate a coalition of over 80 grassroots organizations to work to reduce the number of people imprisoned, the number of prisons and jails, and to shift state and local spending from corrections and policing to human services.

Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice (Fiscal Sponsor: Alliance for Safety and Justice)

California
$120,000

Support a national network of crime survivors joining together to create healing communities and shape public safety policy.

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

California
$20,000

Build power with Black, Brown, and low-income communities targeted by the carceral system, reimagine public safety, and advance a material shift in resources towards care-based policies and systems that truly keep communities safe.

Equal Justice USA (EJUSA) – Breaking Cycles of Trauma

National
$90,000

Shift the narrative around trauma, race, and violence and build a healing justice system that centers racial equity and the needs of communities most impacted by violence and mass incarceration.

Essie Justice Group

California
$20,000

Empower women with incarcerated loved ones taking on the rampant injustices created by mass incarceration by bringing women together to heal, build collective power, and drive social change.

FP YouthOutCry Foundation: The HUBB Arts & Trauma Center for Youth and Families 

New Jersey
$25,000

Increase opportunities for success by providing healing programs, services, & events for underserved Newark youth and their families.

Healing Dialogue and Action (Fiscal Sponsor: Community Partners)

California
$30,000

Provide trauma-informed healing services to people impacted by homicide to end cyclical violence and mass incarceration.

Initiate Justice

California
$20,000

End incarceration in California by activating the political power of directly impacted people.

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children

California
$25,000

Organize communities impacted by the criminal justice system and advocates to end mass incarceration, restore human and civil rights, reunify families and communities, and provide opportunities for formerly incarcerated people.

Pillars of the Community

San Diego, California
$20,000

Counter the criminalization of communities through community organizing, leadership development, and strategic partnerships.

Reuniting Families Contra Costa (Fiscal Sponsor: Silicon Valley De-Bug)

California
$20,000

Implement Participatory Defense in Contra Costa, a community-developed model that supports families with a loved one facing criminal charges to hold criminal justice system players accountable to reform the criminal justice system.

Silicon Valley De-Bug

California
$30,000

Deepen and expand the Participatory Defense Network, a community-developed model for community empowerment at the pre-trial stages of the courts.

Smart Justice CA – Crime Prevention and Safety Campaign (Fiscal Sponsor: Tides Foundation)

California
$50,000

Transform the current debate in California on crime and safety from fear and blame to real solutions.

Women’s Foundation of California

California
$25,000

Support the Criminal Justice cohorts of the Dr. Beatriz María Solís Policy Institute.

Lifting Voices of Resistance Total Granted: $185,000
Black Male Initiative (Fiscal Sponsor: The Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda)

Georgia
$25,000

Advocate for and advance effective reforms for Black Men & Youth including in the area of civic engagement/voter empowerment.

Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity – BOLD

National
$20,000

Strengthen Black social justice infrastructure in the U.S. through national training.

Chispa Arizona (Fiscal Sponsor: League of Conservation Voters Education Fund)

Arizona
$25,000

Grow civic engagement of Latinx, BIPOC, and low-income community members.

Emergent Fund (Fiscal Sponsor: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation)

National
$25,000

Provide rapid response resources for grassroots organizing and power building in Black, Indigenous and people of color communities who are facing injustice based on racial, ethnic, religious and other forms of discrimination.

Mijente Support Committee 

Arizona
$20,000

Provide a political home for Latinx and Chicanx people who seek racial, economic, gender and climate justice through campaigns that connect people across a wide network and serves as a hub for culture, learning and advocacy.

Rise Together Fund (Fiscal Sponsor: Proteus Fund)

National
$25,000

Invest in Black, African, Arab, Middle Eastern, Muslim, and South Asian (BAMEMSA) justice activism and empower BAMEMSA leaders to work in solidarity to create a just, multiracial, feminist democracy.

Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP)  (Oficina Legal del Pueblo Unido): Protecting Border Communities and Immigrants along the Texas-Mexico Border

Texas
$20,000

End attacks on border communities and defend the civil and human rights of immigrants at the Texas-Mexico border.

We the People Michigan

Michigan
$25,000

Build robust multi-racial, working class organizing infrastructure across the state of Michigan.

 

Peace & Anti-Militarism Total Granted : $120,000
Dissenters (Fiscal Sponsor: Center for Third World Organizing)

National
$10,000

Support a new anti-militarism youth movement building grassroots power to stop endless wars and reinvest in our communities.

National Iranian American Council

National
$20,000

Build civic power for the Iranian American community and allies to advance peace and diplomacy, secure equitable immigration, and protect civil rights.

Pentagon Budget Campaign (Fiscal Sponsor: Fund for Constitutional Government)

National
$10,000

Work towards a significant reduction in Pentagon spending, to reduce wasteful spending and shift priorities to address our current national security needs.

Ploughshares Fund: Equity Rises

National
$20,000

Increase equity and justice in nuclear policy by empowering diverse voices, cultivating inclusive spaces, and collaborating with new partners inside and outside the field.

Veterans Organizing Institute (Fiscal Sponsor: Common Defense Education Fund Inc.)  

National
$20,000

Support the leadership development of progressive military veterans.

Win Without War Education Fund

National
$40,000

Facilitate a diverse network of organizations and activists working for a more peaceful, progressive U.S. foreign policy that favors peace, not militarism.

 

Nonviolence Total Granted : $45,000
Momentum Community

National
$25,000

Train leaders to build and back social movement organizations that can engage at the scale of the crisis and translate the people’s will into law.

PeoplesHub (Fiscal Sponsor: Social Good Fund) 

National
$20,000

Support the building of a participatory popular education progressive online hub, helping connect people, strategy, solutions, and action for a better world.

2021 Total Granted: $675,000

Justice with Dignity Total Granted: $415,000
A New Way of Life Re-entry Project:  All of Us or None

Southern California
$20,000

Empower and mobilize justice-involved people to actively participate in creating social change that positively impacts their communities and provide community outreach and support for legal clinics.

Californians United for a Responsible Budget (CURB) (Fiscal Sponsor: Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs)

California
$25,000

CURB, a coalition of over 80 grassroots organizations, works to reduce the number of people imprisoned, the number of prisons and jails, and to shift state and local spending from corrections and policing to human services.

Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement-COPE

San Bernardino
$20,000

Advocate for redemptive and restorative systemic approaches to public safety. Engage the San Bernardino District Attorney’s Office to prioritize and implement a set of criminal justice reform and public safety priorities, such as diversion, intervention, and prevention programs, as alternatives to incarceration.

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

California
$20,000

Provide organizing, policy advocacy, and communications strategies to shift public policy and resources away from police and prisons and towards education, jobs, housing, and healthcare for low-income communities of color that have been hit hardest by criminalization and mass incarceration.

Equal Justice USA – Breaking Cycles of Trauma

National
$90,000

Build a healing justice system by centering on racial equity and the needs of impacted and underserved individuals and communities and shifting the national and local narrative around trauma, race, and violence.

Essie Justice Group

California
$20,000

Empower women with incarcerated loved ones taking on the rampant injustices created by mass incarceration by bringing women together to heal, build collective power, and drive social change.

FP YouthOutCry Foundation – The HUBB Arts & Trauma Center for Youth and Families 

New Jersey
$25,000

Increase opportunities for success by providing healing programs, services, & events for underserved Newark youth and their families.

Healing Dialogue and Action (Fiscal Sponsor: Community Partners)

California
$30,000

Provide trauma-informed healing services to people impacted by homicide to end cyclical violence and mass incarceration.

Initiate Justice

California
$20,000

Build the political power of people impacted by incarceration in California.

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children

California
$25,000

Train and mobilize people impacted by the criminal injustice system, specifically formerly incarcerated people and their families, to be leaders in the movement to end mass incarceration, restore human and civil rights, and to reunify families. Work includes policy advocacy, public education, grassroots organizing and leadership building, legal advocacy, and impact litigation.

Pillars of the Community

San Diego, California
$20,000

Counter the criminalization of communities through community organizing, leadership development, and strategic partnerships.

Reuniting Families Contra Costa (Fiscal Sponsor: Silicon Valley De-Bug)

California
$20,000

Implement Participatory Defense in Contra Costa, a community-developed model that supports families with a loved one facing criminal charges to hold criminal justice system players accountable to reform the criminal justice system.

Silicon Valley De-Bug

California
$30,000

To deepen and expand the Participatory Defense Network, a community-developed model for community empowerment at the pre-trial stages of the courts.

Smart Justice CA – Statewide Advocacy Coalition (Fiscal Sponsor: Tides Foundation)

California
$25,000

Support the LA DA Scaffolding project to educate people and counter misinformation geared to maintain unjust criminal justice policies.

Women’s Foundation of California

California
$25,000

Support the Criminal Justice cohorts of the Women’s Policy Institutes (WPI).

Lifting Voices of Resistance Total Granted: $105,000
Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity – BOLD (Fiscal Sponsor: Highlander Research and Education Center)

Tennessee
$20,000

Strengthen Black social justice infrastructure in the U.S. through national training.

Electoral Justice Voter Fund  (Fiscal Sponsor: Tides Foundation)

National
$20,000

Implement programmatic initiatives to ensure that Black voters are able to safely and successfully vote, especially in geographic areas affected by the COVID19 pandemic and high levels of voter suppression and disinformation/misinformation tactics. 

Emergent Fund (Fiscal Sponsor: Amalgamated Charitable Foundation)

National
$25,000

Provide rapid response resources for grassroots organizing and power building in Black, Indigenous and people of color communities who are facing injustice based on racial, ethnic, religious and other forms of discrimination.

Mijente 

Arizona
$20,000

Provide a political home for Latinx and Chicanx people who seek racial, economic, gender and climate justice through campaigns that connect people across a wide network and serves as a hub for culture, learning and advocacy.

Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP)  (Oficicina Legal del Pueblo Unido): Protecting Immigrants at the Texas-Mexico Border

Texas
$20,000

Protect vulnerable populations of immigrants, especially families, unaccompanied children and other particularly vulnerable populations of immigrants at the southern U.S. border.

Peace & Anti-Militarism Total Granted: $110,000
Dissenters (Fiscal Sponsor: The Watershed Center)

National
$10,000

Support a new anti-militarism youth movement building grassroots power to stop endless wars and reinvest in our communities.

National Iranian American Council

National
$20,000

Build political power for the Iranian American community to advance peace & diplomacy, secure equitable immigration policies, and protect the civil rights of all Americans.

Ploughshares Fund: Women’s Initiative 

National
$20,000

Amplify and invest in women, new voices, and diverse perspectives, to ultimately transform the global security field and create more inclusive, just, and peace-oriented national security and foreign policies.

Veterans Organizing Institute (VOI) (Fiscal Sponsor: Commonwealth Foundation)

National
$20,000

Support the leadership development of progressive military veterans.

Win Without War

National
$40,000

Facilitate a diverse network of organizations and activists working for a more peaceful, progressive U.S. foreign policy that favors peace, not militarism.

Nonviolence Total Granted: $45,000
Momentum Community

National
$25,000

Prepare a generation of leaders capable of launching a wave of movements that will win the necessary victories to transform our society into a just one.

PeoplesHub  (Fiscal sponsor: Social Good Fund)

National
$20,000

Support the building of a participatory popular education progressive online hub, helping connect people, strategy, solutions, and action for a better world.