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January 13, 2025 – The Communities Transforming Policing Fund (CTPF) has launched its fourth round of participatory grantmaking. In this round, CTPF is requesting proposals from small and emerging grassroots organizations addressing police violence, criminalization, support for families and victims of police violence, advocacy to invest in communities and divest from policing, erode the power of police associations, and build community-based safety strategies. Proposals will be accepted through Friday, February 21, 2025 at 3pmET/12pmPT. Successful applicants will receive $50,000 per year for 3-years for a total of $150,000.
In the fall of 2021, the Communities Transforming Policing Fund began transitioning to a participatory grantmaking fund. To learn more about CTPF’s participatory grantmaking process and our lessons learned, please click here. This year, our participatory grantmaking committee will review each eligible proposal using CTPF’s scoring rubric as a guide. The CTPF Team and committee will notify applicants of their status by Friday, April 18, 2025.
For more information about this opportunity please register to attend CTPF’s Applicant Webinar on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 3pmET/2pmCT/1pmMT/12pmPT.
Please note that all applicants must log into the grants portal and complete an eligibility quiz to receive a link to the full application.
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;
- Have a 2025 annual budget with current committed revenue of $750,000 or less;
- Groups that were not a part of CTPF’s 2023 Participatory Grantmaking Grantee Cohort or 2024 Participatory Grantmaking Grantee Cohort (i.e. are not already scheduled to receive a grant payment from CTPF in 2025 from a multi-year grant commitment).
- 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 mission, leadership, staffing, and work.
- Work includes a power-building and leadership-development strategy that centers those most impacted by policing.
PRIORITY CONSIDERATIONS
Groups that are:
- Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)-led organizations;
- Led by individuals directly impacted by policing and the criminal legal system;
- Disabled-led organizations and/or organizations organizing with the principles of disability justice
- Trans or Gender-Nonconforming-led organizations.
- Not receiving significant support from national foundations and generally have budget revenues of $750,000 or less;
- Serving communities in historically underfunded geographic areas such as the South, rural areas, U.S. Territories, etc.
And working on:
- Advocacy focused on shifting power and resources from policing to communities to create public safety;
- Developing non-police response programs;
- Advocacy focused on reducing the size, scope, and role of police and/or police associations;
- Advocacy to decriminalize poverty, housing, drugs, mental health, reproductive justice, and sex work;
- Advocacy in support of those directly impacted by police violence;
- Support for individuals and movement organizations targeted for direct action against police violence and experiencing political prosecution.
WHAT WE DON’T FUND
- Direct service work that is not connected to power building or 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
NARRATIVE QUESTIONS
- How does your organization’s leadership and decision makers reflect the communities most impacted by policing? (i.e. does your organization have leaders who have been directly impacted by the criminal legal system, leaders who are Black, Indigenous, people of color, Disabled leaders, leaders who identify as LGBTQIA+, leaders who have been unhoused, etc).
- How is your organization’s work building community power and leadership, particularly among those most impacted by policing?
- How does your organization support the material conditions and immediate harm experienced by individuals and communities most impacted by police violence?
- How does your organization’s work impact systemic change (i.e. reducing the size and scope of policing or police associations, decriminalizing poverty, drugs, sex work, etc. and/or shifting power and resources from police to communities)?
- Please describe your organization’s history and track record working on issues related to policing. We encourage you to share who you have been working in coalition with and previous campaign work that addressed policing, criminalization or surveillance.