From the Roots Up: Community Safety and Healing Fund

The Community Safety and Healing Fund (CSHF), initiated in 2022, has blossomed into a powerful, participatory grantmaking program based on trust-based philanthropy principles at the Community Foundation of Louisville. The Fund received a remarkable over $500,000 from donors during the Fall of 2024 and is here to offer its next round of grant funding to organizations promoting higher safety, healing, and resilience levels.

What’s new to this grant opportunity?

This round of funding includes targeted support for the most violent blocks identified by the Louisville Metro Gun Violence Dashboard and is focused on supporting organizations to expand their capacity for summer violence prevention programming with continued support for young people ages 15-24. Through deep collaboration with city government, local and national subject-matter experts, and philanthropic partners, the grant opportunity will prioritize organizations serving those outlined in the Dashboard and/or serving residents of zip codes 40203, 40210, 40212, 40211, 40219, and 40215.

What will this round of funding support?

While past rounds of funding have focused on gun violence intervention, this round will focus on violence prevention efforts. This targeted focus is part of a broader strategy and an action-based framework to direct the Community Foundation’s grantmaking toward enhancing Louisville’s well-being.

Ready to apply?

Applications for the Community Safety and Healing Fund grant opportunity are open online through May 13, 2024, at midnight (ET). Grants of up to $100,000, renewable for a second year (2024-2025), can be used for any purpose by 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations [or charitable projects that are fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization] working in Louisville, KY, that can expand their capacity for summer violence prevention programming with continued support for young people ages 15-24.

Grant recipients will join a network of over 19 organizations, such as Joshua Community Connectors and No More Red Dots, to drive positive change in and beyond Louisville.

Are you invested? Apply today or donate to the Community Safety and Healing Fund to grow this work.