Civil Survival Project is a Seattle-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that organizes people with lived experience of the criminal legal system to provide reentry legal services, leadership development, community education, and legislative advocacy aimed at removing barriers to reintegration and restoring opportunities for formerly justice-involved people.
Criminal legal system and reentry reform including relief from legal financial obligations, vacating or sealing records, restoration of voting rights, access to identification and gate money on release, expanded reentry services and representation, and inclusion of lived-experience voices in policymaking.
Mixed philanthropic support (foundation grants and individual donations) supplemented by fee-for-service or government grants and contracts.
Works in coalition with local and state legal aid and advocacy groups (e.g., Public Defender Association), reentry and voting-rights coalitions such as Free the Vote, partner organizations like Freedom Education Project of Puget Sound, and leaders with lived experience (organization founder/leadership includes Amanda DuBois and formerly incarcerated staff and organizers).
Non-profit (501(c)(3))
