CJI 2025 Until She's Free Eligibility Quiz

 

This is the first step to submit for CJI's Until She's Free Circle 2025 RFP. You must create a Submittable account in order to complete this Eligibility Quiz. The deadline to complete the Eligibility Quiz is Monday, May 5, 2025 11:59PM PST. The deadline to complete the CJI 2025 Until She's Free application is Monday, May 12, 2025.

After you submit the eligibility quiz, you will receive a confirmation if you are eligible or not. If you are, may proceed to the application. If you are declined, we wish you well in your endeavors. 

Below is the Eligibility Criteria, if you feel your decline is in error, do not hesitate to reach out to taliba obuya at talibao@cjifund.org. 

CJI has created a Grantee Partnership Resource Guide to further assist you during your submission. The Guide will cover: bit.ly/CJIGranteeGuide

Eligibility Criteria:

• Organizations with a demonstrated commitment to the leadership of currently and formerly incarcerated women and girls, trans- and gender expansive people

         *Incarcerated is defined as confinement in prison, jail, immigrant, juvenile or military detention, or a deportation  facility

• Organizations committed to achieving fundamental systems change through mobilizing and organizing, including changes in policies or institutions, such as parole, probation, or other systems of control; and
• Organizations engaged in community organizing efforts. The primary focus of this grant process is to fund advocacy and systems change which aim to address serious injustice faced by incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women, girls and gender non-conforming people. However, CJI may fund organizations that, along with community organizing efforts as part of a larger organizing strategy and/or leadership development plan, help provide necessities to communities in desperate need, i.e. shelter to people recently released from detention, jail or prison; abortion funds to people in states that have criminalized those medical procedures; trans community members suffering housing insecurity; food or shelter to immigrants or asylum seekers; legal aid or expungement clinics for people with criminal charges or convictions,  etc. Be sure to emphasize the advocacy that your organization is involved with.
• Organizations MUST meet the application deadline with all their required attachments. Due to the rigid schedule necessary to get funds released to grassroots communities as soon as possible, CJI will hold applicants strictly to the application deadline.
  • 501c3 Letter of Notice or Fiscal Sponsor organization 501c3
  • Fiscal Sponsor MOU agreement
  • Complete organizational budget with revenue with income sources and expense https://bit.ly/2025CJIBudgetTemplate

  Organizations whose work is primarily focused on the United States, including U.S. territories.