Community Safety and Healing Fund (CSHF)
Gun Violence Reduction Initiative

In recent years, our community has been plagued with gun violence. In response, the Community Safety and Healing Fund (CSHF) was established through the Community Foundation of Louisville in 2022, in partnership with Cities United, the Louisville Metro Office for Safe and Healthy Neighborhoods and other community partners with the goal of making our community safer by enhancing existing efforts to reduce gun violence among populations most likely to be impacted by community violence. The CSHF focuses on providing resources to organizations that are working in the areas to reduce and prevent gun violence as well as support gun violence survivors.

To date, the fund has disbursed over $1.5 million to gun violence intervention nonprofits thanks to generous community investors. The CSHF intends to support annual grants over the next ten years, filling high priority gaps left by other sources of funding. We invite you to support our local organizations working to reduce gun violence and support survivors by making a donation to the fund.

 

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Supporting Survivors of Mass Casualty Crimes through a Partnership with the National Compassion Fund

The Community Foundation of Louisville extends our deepest condolences to the survivors of the mass casualty crimes at Old National Bank and Chickasaw Park which occurred in April 2023. We acknowledge that those who survived these tragic events will have a long journey ahead to cope with the enduring trauma of senseless violence. In recent years, Louisville has experienced a significant increase in gun violence with more than 160 gun-related incidents per year. These incidents of recurring violence are an indicator of a community in crisis. In response, the Community Foundation in conjunction with the National Compassion Fund established the Love for Louisville Survivors Funds to support the heirs and survivors of the Old National Bank and Chickasaw Park tragedies.

We sincerely thank those who have supported both of these funds and encourage you to support the Community Safety and Healing Fund which provides resources to local nonprofit organizations working to reduce gun violence.

Love for Louisville Survivors Funds

The Community Foundation of Louisville announced that the National Compassion Fund (NCF), the administrator of the Love for Louisville Old National Bank Survivors Fund and the Love for Louisville Chickasaw Park Survivors Fund, has distributed monetary gifts from these funds. The gifts were distributed to survivors and heirs who applied for the gifts and whose presence in the area of eligibility was validated based on the protocols set for each fund.

The Love for Louisville Survivors Funds were established by the Community Foundation of Louisville in partnership with the National Compassion Fund following two mass casualty events which occurred during the week of April 10, 2023, in Louisville, KY. The National Compassion Fund was responsible for the collection and distribution of the dollars.

*The Community Foundation of Louisville defines mass casualty crimes as four or more casualties (killed or wounded), excluding the perpetrator, in a non-domestic violence setting.