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In this three-part series, California Criminal Justice Funders Group (CCJFG) funder-members will come together to discuss and identify funding strategies that support alternatives to the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC), including investing in community-led models that address lasting alternatives to punishment and imprisonment. We will learn about concrete funding strategies, hear from movement leaders, highlight CCJFG members’ work, and share practical strategies for supporting work that reimagines different models of community safety and justice.
In this three-part series, California Criminal Justice Funders Group (CCJFG) funder-members will come together to discuss and identify funding strategies that support alternatives to the Prison Industrial Complex (PIC), including investing in community-led models that address lasting alternatives to punishment and imprisonment. We will learn about concrete funding strategies, hear from movement leaders, highlight CCJFG members’ work, and share practical strategies for supporting work that reimagines different models of community safety and justice.
The recent Los Angeles wildfires have inflicted unprecedented damage, resulting in significant economic and social challenges. Estimates suggest total economic losses ranging from $95 billion to $275 billion, potentially making this the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
Join Northern California Grantmakers' member community and affinity colleagues on December 5th for Resilience and Renewal 2024, our annual holiday gathering. As we come together after a pivotal election season, this evening offers a space for reflection, connection, and rejuvenation. Celebrate the resilience of our community and the power of our shared purpose as we look ahead with renewed commitment to justice and equity.
As we face the current federal political regime, and deal with the havoc being inflicted from the top down, philanthropy is in a unique position to support our nonprofit partners working tirelessly to serve communities, protect progressive public policies and programs, and stave off the harmful repercussions of administrative and congressional actions. Last year, we saw a clear attempt to stifle political dissent through federal legislation that would have granted the executive branch power to dismantle any organization it deems as a “terrorist supporting” organization. While HR 9495 did not pass the Senate, the proposal was a chilling harbinger of what we can anticipate in the future, and sounded the alarm for how we must collectively respond
The California Criminal Justice Funders Group is an established statewide network of funders and donors that invest in a wide range of systems change. CCJFG engages funders from their current location and perspective and supports them to transform learning into collective action; develop principles that align with the movements to end policing, criminalization, imprisonment and the disinvestment of communities in California; build meaningful relationships with impacted communities; and mobilize and redistribute resources.
Are you struggling to understand your role as a white person in philanthropic spaces centering racial equity? If you are a foundation or philanthropic-client serving staff member, board member or trustee, or a consultant who works with staff and board members of philanthropic entities, join peers in a five-session cohort learning experience to deepen your understanding of how white supremacy manifests in philanthropic organizations and systems.