Everytown Community Safety Fund
The Everytown Community Safety Fund supports 501(c)3 organizations implementing community-based violence intervention (CVI) programs operating in cities nationwide as a core component of a comprehensive approach to reducing gun violence in America. We deliver resources to help community-based violence intervention organizations sustain and scale their essential, lifesaving work via direct investment through grants, capacity-building training, peer convenings and advocacy campaigns.
Our Story
Everytown Community Safety Fund has provided a critical lifeline to community-based violence intervention programs nationwide, helping them sustain their life-saving efforts at the intersection of community and public safety.
Our Work
Our Grantees
Since 2019, Everytown has granted to 119 organizations in more than 68 cities implementing promising, community-based strategies to reduce gun violence as part of our effort to support, sustain and scale their life-saving work.
Hear From Our Grantees
Our Team
Staff
Michael-Sean Spence (he/him/his), Managing Director, Community Safety Initiatives
Devenray Rivera (he/him/his), Program Manager, Community Safety Fund
Cherrell Green (she/her/hers), Associate Director of Engagement and Assessment
Nathalie Arzu (she/her/hers), Program Manager, Community Safety Fund
Advisory Board
Anthony Smith, Executive Director, Cities United
Dr. Caterina Roman, Professor, Department of Criminal Justice at Temple University
Dr. Chico Tillmon, Director, Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Leadership Academy, University of Chicago Crime Lab
Erica Atwood, Senior Director, Office of Policy and Strategic Initiatives for Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Philadelphia
Amber Goodwin, Founding Director, Community Justice Action Fund
Marcus McAllister, Violence Prevention Consultant, McAllister Consultancy & Training LLC
Dr. Shani Buggs, Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis Violence Prevention Research Program
Anne Marks, Violence Prevention Consultant
Resources
The Everytown Community Safety Fund regularly develops tools, fact sheets, and reports that amplify the needs and experiences of community-based violence intervention programs as well as the effective solutions being implemented nationwide. The Everytown Community Safety Fund also shares Everytown and partner-developed assets to fuel awareness of emerging trends and promising gun violence reduction strategies to inform the work of grantees and the CVI field at large.