PRC 2025 MICROGRANT RECIPIENTS

Dr. Lori Banfield

Redemption Housing 

Redemption Housing, Inc mission is to bring God’s healing and restoration to those affected by incarceration and resulting homelessness, by providing housing as they transition back into the community. We provide a safe space where they can connect with a holistic range of social services, find meaningful employment, and locate long-term housing. Learn more about RH here.

Florence M. "Penny" McDonald

Community Forgiveness and Restoration Initiative

Community Forgiveness and Restoration Initiative (CFRI), a faith-based 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping formerly incarcerated men and women successfully reintegrate into society through forgiveness, restoration, education, rehabilitation, and job creation. Learn more about CFRI here.

Sappho Fulton

Womxn Beyond Borders

Founded by Sappho Fulton in 2018, as Sappho and LaRoyce Foundation: addressing Domestic Violence within Black LGBTQIA+ communities. We have sensed transitioned identifying that systematic barriers most impactful increased within the carceral system. Learn more about Womxn Beyond Borders here.

Defy Ventures

Defy Ventures

Defy Ventures' mission is to shift mindsets to give people with criminal histories their best shot at a second chance through career readiness, personal development, and entrepreneurship training programs offered in prisons and in the community. With a vision to cut recidivism rates in half by leveraging entrepreneurship to increase economic opportunity and transform lives, Defy currently works in seven states and sixteen prisons nationwide. (website)

Yola Vital

Recovery Space

"My experiences in social services and housing allows me to not only house my residents but make sure I get them the access to resources that they need such as credit repair, healthcare, case management, support’s coordination, grants for housing, counseling, treatment." To reach Yola and learn more, email her here.