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, life-saving work via direct investment through grants, capacity-building training, peer convenings, and advocacy campaigns.
To learn more about our grantees across the country, explore the Community Safety Fund Recipients map.
Our Story
The 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, the Everytown Community Safety Fund has granted to 136 organizations in more than 69 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
During Women’s History Month 2025, Meet Six Women Leaders in the Community Safety Fund 2024-25 Grant Cohort
FORCE Detroit: Our Work Is Saving Lives—and I Know That Because It Saved Mine
Tyme to Thrive Beyond Grief: Gun Violence Prevention Begins With Survivor Support
No One Ever Says ‘Stop Caring About Me’: How CTVIP Works to Prevent Violence Through Relationships
Our Team
Staff
Michael-Sean Spence (He/Him), Managing Director
Dr. Cherrell Green (She/Her), Associate Director of Engagement and Assessment
Jaunita Pye (She/Her), Associate Director of Programming and Administration
Nathalie Arzu (She/Her), Program Manager
Michaela Clarke (She/Her), Program Manager
Simon Stephanos (He/Him), Program Manager
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.