Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities

March 14, 2023

Ensuring safer communities through effective collaborations

Gun violence continues to be a public health crisis throughout America, and a top priority for many Chicagoans who are pressing local governments to do more to increase public safety. As we’ve reported in the past, the City, County, and ...
September 24, 2021

Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities supports collaborative violence reduction strategies as it enters its fifth year

As we head into the fall, we close a second consecutive summer with a dramatic rise in gun violence in Chicago. Gun violence is an issue of paramount importance to our collective well-being and to our region’s prosperity—it is a ...
June 1, 2019
Chicago neighborhoods

181 Neighborhood Groups Combating Violence

On May 28th, the Partnership for Safe and Peaceful Communities (PSPC)—a coalition of over 40 funders working to substantially reduce gun violence and increase police legitimacy in Chicago—announced $1.1 million in grants to 181 community-based organizations for programs, services, and events this ...