Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice (16.047)
Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice (Assistance Listing 16.047) is run by the Office of Justice Programs, part of the Department of Justice. It awarded $19.3 million in 37 grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, about $520,598 per award on average. No funding opportunity is open on Grants.gov right now.
The typical award was $400,000. Half of the 37 awards fell between $400,000 and $400,000, and they ranged from $274,845 to $2.0 million.
- Awarded, FY 2021 to 2025$19.3 million
- Grant awards37
- Typical award$400,000
- Awarded in FY 2025$0
- Size rank1,330 of 1,823
- Type of assistanceGrant, cooperative agreement
Key findings
- It is the 1330th largest of 1,823 federal grant programs by five-year awards.
- The 20 largest recipients received 66% of the money.
- Awards went to recipients in 18 states and territories.
What the program funds
Program goal(s) name: Comprehensive responses to hate crimes. Program goal(s) description: Develop and enhance comprehensive community-based approaches to address hate crimes, speech, and incidents by promoting community awareness and preparedness, increasing victim reporting, improving prevention efforts and responses to hate crimes. Develop and enhance activities to strengthen community resiliency. Program objective(s) name: Increase community involvement in and funding to prevent and address hate crimes. Project objective(s) description: Invest in community-led initiatives that prevent hate crimes through conflict resolution, community empowerment, and education; Support programs that result in increased reporting of hate crimes to law enforcement or other trusted community institutions; Establish and disseminate a catalogue of various initiatives, efforts, and activities that have been implemented by communities to address hate crimes by promoting replication; Increase access to federal grant funds to prevent and address hate crimes; Increase opportunities for organizations to share lessons learned about their programs.
Open opportunities
No opportunity under this program is open or forecast on Grants.gov right now. Programs often post once a year, so the funding history below shows what to expect.
Rules from the program listing
Matching requirements
This program has no statutory formula. Matching requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing. MOE requirements are not applicable to this assistance listing.
Funding history and past recipients
From fiscal 2021 to 2025, Community-Based Approaches to Advancing Justice (16.047) awarded $19.3 million across 37 grant awards, an average of $520,598 per award.
| Recipient | State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute for Strategic Dialogue-U.S. | District of Columbia | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Chinese for Affirmative Action | California | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Movementforward Inc | Georgia | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Mediators Beyond Borders International Unk | District of Columbia | 1 | $999,428 |
| The Working Group | California | 1 | $500,000 |
| F.O.R.G.E. Inc. | Wisconsin | 1 | $500,000 |
| Faith-Based Information Sharing and Analysis Organization | Virginia | 1 | $453,438 |
| Special Service for Groups, Inc. | California | 1 | $400,000 |
| International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism | Virginia | 1 | $400,000 |
| South Asian Network, Inc. | California | 1 | $400,000 |
| Voces Unidas for Justice | Colorado | 1 | $400,000 |
| Committee of 100, Inc | New York | 1 | $400,000 |
| New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, Inc. | New York | 1 | $400,000 |
| Nonviolent Peaceforce | Minnesota | 1 | $400,000 |
| Aai Foundation | District of Columbia | 1 | $400,000 |
| Puerto Rican Cultural Center | Illinois | 1 | $400,000 |
| We Are Groundswell | California | 1 | $400,000 |
| St. John's Community Health | California | 1 | $400,000 |
| New England Arab American Organization | Maine | 1 | $400,000 |
| Right to Be Inc. | New York | 1 | $400,000 |
Who usually wins
Nonprofits received 98% of the money, colleges and universities 2.1%.
| Recipient type | Awards | Amount | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonprofits | 36 | $18.9 million | 98% |
| Colleges and universities | 1 | $399,432 | 2.1% |
By state
4 states have a page for this program: those that received at least $1 million or 10 awards. They are California, District of Columbia, New York and Georgia.
| State | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| California | 10 | $5.7 million |
| District of Columbia | 4 | $3.8 million |
| New York | 4 | $1.6 million |
| Georgia | 2 | $1.4 million |
| Virginia | 2 | $853,438 |
| Colorado | 2 | $799,828 |
| Minnesota | 2 | $761,491 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | $500,000 |
| Florida | 1 | $400,000 |
| Illinois | 1 | $400,000 |
| Maine | 1 | $400,000 |
| Oklahoma | 1 | $400,000 |
| Oregon | 1 | $400,000 |
| South Carolina | 1 | $400,000 |
| Maryland | 1 | $399,999 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | $399,432 |
| Texas | 1 | $387,617 |
| Michigan | 1 | $274,845 |