$850,000 Invested in 12 Organizations to Support Life-Saving Summer Programs

In the wake of devastating cuts to Community Violence Intervention funding, the Community-Based Public Safety Collective rallied its philanthropic allies and delivered $850,000 directly to front-line organizations across the country. These swift investments ensure that vital, life-saving work can continue without pause, even as other funding streams have dried up.

Twelve exceptional organizations are already putting these resources to work to launch transformative summer programs that create trauma-informed safe spaces, provide individual mentorship, deploy rapid response crisis teams, and deliver healing-centered services in the neighborhoods that need them most. By investing these dollars directly on the ground, we are not only supporting vital programs but also empowering local leaders, reinforcing public safety from the ground up, and laying the groundwork for stronger, more resilient communities tomorrow.

Please check out the work of these outstanding organizations:

A.G.I.L.E. Planning Solutions, Inc. (Baton Rouge, LA)

A.G.I.L.E. Planning Solutions is a Baton Rouge–based 501(c)(3) “backbone” organization specializing in long‑term community recovery and revitalization. They partner with local stakeholders to develop shared measurement systems, drive collaborative strategies, and support sustainable ecosystems in neighborhoods facing systemic challenges. Agile Planning Solutions Agile Planning Solutions Website: https://www.agileps.org/

The Reverence Project (Watts, Los Angeles, CA)

Founded in 2014, The Reverence Project serves Watts, Compton, and Willowbrook by offering healing‑centered programs that shift communities from cycles of shame, guilt, fear, and violence toward restorative justice and cultural resilience. While they don’t maintain a standalone website, they share updates and resources via their Instagram page. California Corrections Board Instagram Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thereverenceproject/

Homies Unidos (Los Angeles, CA)

Since 1998, Homies Unidos has worked across gang‑impacted areas of Los Angeles to reduce violence through mentorship, advocacy, service referrals, and leadership development for youth and immigrant communities. As a 501(c)(3), they offer volunteer, internship, and service‑referral opportunities. Homies Unidos Website: https://www.homiesunidos.org/

Life Anew Restorative Justice (Austin, TX)

Life Anew is a 501(c)(3) restorative justice nonprofit founded in 2009. They convene professionals and community leaders to heal harms, protect victims of family and intimate‑partner violence, and train facilitators in transformative RJ practices throughout Central Texas. Life Anew Restorative Justice Charity Navigator Website: https://www.elifeanew.com/

Jail to Jobs (Austin, TX)

Established in 2009, Jail to Jobs provides employment-based mentoring, job training, spiritual and character development for youth transitioning out of the justice system, yielding a recidivism rate of just 17% among its graduates. Big Blue Giving Big Blue Giving Website: https://www.jailtojobs.com/

ABU Unity Foundation (Newport News, VA)

The ABU Unity Foundation is an anti‑violence/gang youth organization offering leadership and mentorship programs, voter‑registration drives, rights restoration assistance, and the VICTOR program to equip young leaders for civic engagement. Abu Unity Foundation Abu Unity Foundation Website: https://abuunityfoundation.org/

Alliance for Concerned Men (ACM) (Washington, DC)

ACM employs a village model to eradicate community violence by mentoring at‑risk youth, offering counseling, job training, gang‑intervention services, and social‑uplift programs—serving over 7,000 youth and families monthly in the DC area. Alliance of Concerned Men Alliance of Concerned Men Website: https://allianceofconcernedmen.org/

Journey On (Rapid City, SD)

Journey On delivers collaborative street outreach, case management, and culturally responsive programming to support individuals experiencing or at risk of houselessness in Rapid City, SD, focusing on trauma‑informed, community‑initiated solutions. Journey On Rapid City University of South Dakota Website: https://journeyon-rapidcity.org/

Circle of Brotherhood (Miami, FL)

Circle of Brotherhood, Inc. is a grassroots 501(c)(3) led by Black men in Miami. They provide youth mentorship, economic‑development initiatives, crime prevention, conflict resolution, and wellness advocacy to solve community problems from within. Cobmiami Give Miami Day Website: https://www.circleofbrotherhoodmiami.org/

Community Capacity Development (CCD) (New York, NY)

CCD is a New York–based 501(c)(3) “Human Justice and Healing” organization that uproots systemic challenges—such as gun violence, mass incarceration, and food injustice—by fostering community‑led solutions and advocacy in marginalized neighborhoods. Community Capacity Development (CCD) Community Capacity Development (CCD) Website: https://www.ccdworldwide.org/

Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance (Cleveland, OH)

Cleveland Peacemakers, Inc. engages high‑risk youth through credible messengers, offering court advocacy, hospital‑based interventions, job opportunities, and mental health services to reduce gun violence and build safer neighborhoods. clevelandpeacemakers.org cityclub.org Website: https://clevelandpeacemakers.org/

Centro CHA (Long Beach, CA)

Centro Community Hispanic Association (Centro CHA) empowers Latino/a youth and families in Long Beach through youth development, immigrant‑integration support, workforce development, and free legal services (including naturalization and DACA assistance). centrocha.org centrocha.org Website: https://centrocha.org/