Women on the Rise GA Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/16/2021 on 4/16/2021 Women on the Rise GA is fiscally sponsored by Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs, Inc. Founded in 2013, Women on the Rise is a grassroots organization led by women of color who are targeted and/or impacted by the criminal legal system, working to educate, heal, and empower communities to demand justice, dignity and liberation for all. …
Justice Team Network Education Fund Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/12/2021 on 4/12/2021 Justice Team Network Education Fund is fiscally sponsored by Tides Foundation. Justice Team Network is a statewide coalition of rapid response teams across California that builds infrastructure to support victims and survivors of state violence and mass incarceration. It does this through organizing, strategic communications, and advocating for state legislation that changes the ways in …
Just Futures Law Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/12/2021 on 4/12/2021 Just Futures Law defends and builds the power of immigrants’ rights and criminal justice activists, organizers, and base-building community groups working to disrupt and dismantle the U.S. deportation and mass incarceration systems. In partnership with grassroots groups and organizers, Just Futures Law believes attorneys must center the leadership and lived experience of organizers, activists, and …
Dignity Not Detention Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/12/2021 on 4/12/2021 The Dignity Not Detention (DND) coalition is fiscally sponsored by the Immigrant Legal Resource Center.
Puente Human Rights Movement Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/16/2018 on 4/16/2018 Puente Human Rights Movement is a grassroots migrant justice organization that works to develop, educate, and empower migrant communities. It acts as fiscal sponsor to the Mijente Support Committee, a digital and grassroots hub founded in 2015 for organizing and movement building among Latinx and Chicanx. Mijente exists to serve as a vehicle to build …
Immigrant Legal Resource Center Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 4/12/2018 on 4/12/2018 The Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC) was founded in 1979 with the mission to work with and educate immigrants, community organizations, and the legal sector to continue to build a democratic society that values diversity and the rights of all people. ILRC works with community organizations, legal professionals, law enforcement, and in the policy arena …
Vera Institute of Justice: Common Justice Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/14/2017 on 3/14/2017 The Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) works to build and improve justice systems that ensure fairness, promote safety, and strengthen communities. Vera launched the Common Justice project in 2009 to address the criminal justice system’s over-reliance on incarceration, to halt cycles of violence, and to address the needs of victims of crime. This grant supports …
National Immigration Law Center Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 3/13/2017 on 3/13/2017 The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) is one the nation’s leading immigrant advocacy organizations. NILC uses a combination of litigation, policy analysis and advocacy, and strategic communications to defend and advance the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their families, regardless of their legal status. This grant provides general support for NILC to advance …
Women’s Foundation of California: Essie Justice Group Share By Heising-Simons Foundation on 6/9/2016 on 6/9/2016 The Women’s Foundation of California, a public charity seeking to advance gender equality, is the fiscal sponsor of the Essie Justice Group. This grant supports the Essie Justice Group, which harnesses the collective power of women with incarcerated loved ones to empower women and end mass incarceration. Of the 2.2 million people incarcerated in the …