The THRIVE Fund

Movement for Family Power’s mutual aid and capacity fund for the movement to end family policing.

About

For impacted leaders and grassroots organizers, lack of funding and resources can be a key barrier to their ability to thrive in their organizing and advocacy for families and can ultimately increase their own vulnerability to criminalization and family separation.

This is why, in February 2025, Movement for Family Power launched the THRIVE Fund–the first mutual aid and capacity fund for the movement to end family policing. The Fund was designed as an experiment to help meet the individual and collective needs of people impacted by family policing and grassroots organizations within our movement ecosystem.

The THRIVE Fund is a love offering powered by MFP and our small team of staff and advisors. This is community, not a grant. We are not funders. 

What has the THRIVE Fund made possible?

  • “We were able to secure stable housing for a single mama and her toddler, and emergency hospitality for other mamas in need of transitional housing and support.”

    - Mama Bees Housing Community, Virginia

  • "I was able to receive two beds and bedding for my children to come home from DCFS to my care. I also was able to pay fees to my attorney to still continue representing me."

    - AL

  • "We are going to be hosting a back-to-school event and educate the community about their rights if the family police knock on their door."

    - Parent Advocates for Transformation and Healing (PATH), Florida

  • "I was able to retain a great lawyer who got my baby and toddler out of foster care after being wrongfully accused of child maltreatment."

    - KP

  • “We were able to partner with local orgs against family policing to organize a vigil for Stolen Children’s Month ... and y'all connected the childcare collective to our new fiscal sponsor.”

    - Philly Childcare Collective, Pennsylvania

  • “We were able to print in bulk to supply [our] volunteer membership base with materials to promote our Arrest CPS campaign.”

    - African National Women’s Organization, Maryland

  • “I was able to attend a training which sharpened my research skillset and will allow me to continue my advocacy work via citizen journalism."

    - FD

  • “The funding sustained me so I didn’t have to worry about paying rent while I was organizing.”

    - ZR

  • “I was able to get new graphics for my social media that will help me share political education about the family policing system and reach more people.”

    - Anonymous

  • “I was able to break a trauma bond with my foster family.”

    -KV

  • “I was able to graduate my parenting [classes]. Continue my visits with no interruptions.”

    - FT

  • “THRIVE was able to help me keep my lights on while I was on an unpaid maternity leave from work.”

    - Anonymous

  • "I will be able to pay down overdue rent."

    - Anonymous

  • “I was able to buy toiletries, school supplies and much more!”

    - FW

  • “I am extremely thankful for the THRIVE Fund because it allowed me to move and pay my security deposit. ”

    - Anonymous

  • “I was able to provide necessities for the kids and school supplies.”

    - QC

  • “I was able to purchase a new phone. If I wouldn't have gotten the new phone I would have been sent back to prison because you have to have a phone on that program. I actually graduated … and signed my release papers.”

    - BJ

  • “I am able to keep my website going for another year and continue to provide free peer support services via Zoom.”

    - Mothers of Moderation, Washington

  • “I was able to participate in conferences, Black Mother's March and have access to capacity building resources.”

    - KAD

Setting Our Intentions

Year One (2025): Broadening the Movement

During its first year, the THRIVE Fund distributed $125,000 to systems-impacted families and grassroots organizations. Through this time, we modeled the THRIVE Fund as a tool to broaden our movement–bringing new people into the fold through meeting emergent needs. 

The THRIVE Fund provided mutual aid and capacity support to over 100 families and organizations, with no one-size-fits-all definition of what that meant. Support included funding to organize events, learn new skills, begin healing journeys, attend conferences, make ends meet, and build connections across our broader movement ecosystem.

Year Two (2026): Deepening Power and Relationship

Grounded in the lessons of year one, the THRIVE Fund’s focus in year two is to deepen power and relationship within our movement ecosystem. The THRIVE Fund is now accessible to people who are connected through Movement Syncs, our monthly mass movement calls for family policing abolitionists–rather than publicly available through our website. This new structure is meant to reinforce the THRIVE Fund as a tool of collective care and movement-building.

  • Connect With Us: Join Movement Syncs

    Join our monthly mass movement calls for family policing abolitionists to strategize and support our collective work toward freedom.

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  • Support Our Work: Donate to the THRIVE Fund

    Donate to the THRIVE Fund to help us distribute more life-affirming and capacity building resources across our movement ecosystem.

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