RAPP is an independent grassroots organizing and policy project. We are proud and grateful to be supported by:
- Abelard Foundation East
- Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
- Brooklyn Community Foundation
- Circle for Justice Innovations
- Nathan Cummings Foundation
- Edna Wardlaw Charitable Trust
- Elsie P. Van Buren Foundation
- Emergent Fund
- Fund for the City of New York
- FWD.us
- Galaxy Gives
- Marguerite Casey Foundation
- National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls
- New York Community Trust
- New York Foundation
- North Star Fund
- Open Society Foundation
- Resource Generation
- Sills Family Foundation
- Sonya Staff Foundation
- Sparkplug Foundation
- The Sentencing Project
- Tow Foundation
- Vital Projects Fund
- individual donors from the community
RAPP challenges a fundamental pillar of mass incarceration: reliance on a system of permanent punishment, a racist culture of retribution and revenge rather than rehabilitation and healing. We mobilize currently and formerly incarcerated people, their families, and other concerned community members. From this powerful base we work to raise public awareness about the destructiveness of mass incarceration and the benefits to society in releasing aging people, including those convicted of violent crimes. We promote the use of key mechanisms for release, such as parole, compassionate release, clemency, and policy changes. Our goal is to dismantle the racist punishment system. We initiated and lead the People’s Campaign for Parole Justice to change the legal structures that prevent the release of thousands of New Yorkers ready to rejoin their families and communities.