“We believe in a world where every person can thrive with dignity.”
Priscilla Chan
Co-Founder and Co-CEO
We want to help create a future for everyone that is more just, inclusive, and full of opportunity. From helping families navigate rising housing costs, to supporting common-sense immigration policies, to reforming the criminal justice system, we focus on tackling the systemic barriers that hold so many back from reaching their full potential. We do this alongside the communities we serve, learning from and partnering with the organizations and leaders most deeply affected by these challenges.
In order to best empower some of these bodies of work at a critical juncture for reform, we announced $350 million in new commitments to criminal justice reform work and the transition of this portfolio to an independent organization, the Justice Accelerator Fund over the course of 2021. In addition, we invested an additional $100 million over the next three years to support immigration reform efforts through our long-term partner FWD.us.
August 21, 2018 | Aly Tamboura, Justice & Opportunity at CZI, Richard "Bonaru" Richardson, and Earlonne Woods, co-Host of EarHustle, catch up during a recent visit at San Quentin.
August 21, 2018 | Aly Tamboura, Justice & Opportunity at CZI, Richard "Bonaru" Richardson, and Earlonne Woods, co-Host of EarHustle, catch up during a recent visit at San Quentin.
August 2, 2018 | Tarage Baker, staff member at BronxConnect works with a student on his job applications. BronxConnect, a grantee of the Communities Thrive Challenge, runs alternative-to-incarceration, anti-gun violence, re-entry, and employment programs for young adults in the Bronx, New York.
Photograph by Julian Bracero
August 2, 2018 | Tarage Baker, staff member at BronxConnect works with a student on his job applications. BronxConnect, a grantee of the Communities Thrive Challenge, runs alternative-to-incarceration, anti-gun violence, re-entry, and employment programs for young adults in the Bronx, New York.
Photograph by Julian Bracero
Focus Areas
Criminal Justice Reform
The justice system must be redesigned with community health and safety at its core, rather than incarceration. Through advocacy, grantmaking, technology, and innovation, we work to drive change and build opportunities for those impacted by the justice system.
Safe, stable, and affordable housing is crucial to a family’s success and to building healthy and diverse communities. We work with community leaders, advocates, researchers, policymakers, and investors to help more people find housing that meets their needs.
We believe in an immigration system that keeps families and communities together, fosters smart policies that drive economic growth for all, and supports a pathway to citizenship for the 11 million immigrants without status who call America home.
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Osi ImeokpariaINTERIM HEAD OF JUSTICE & OPPORTUNITY AND VICE PRESIDENT, TECHNOLOGY
Sasha PostDirector, Policy Programs
Ana ZamoraDirector, Criminal Justice Reform
David PlouffeSTRATEGIST IN RESIDENCE
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