Funding Grassroots Organizations to End Mass Criminalization, Incarceration and State Violence. CJI is an incubator for grassroots organizations engaged in strategic criminal justice movement work CJIS MISSION IS TO END MASS CRIMINALIZATION AND INCARCERATION BY BUILDING AND STRENGTHENING THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE GRASSROOTS CRIMINAL JUSTICE MOVEMENT TO FUNDAMENTALLY TRANSFORM THE U.S. CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. WE FUND WHERE THE MOVEMENT IS DEVELOPING, SHIFTING, AND GROWING. WE BELIEVE THIS MOVEMENT SHOULD BE LED BY THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY THE INJUSTICES OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM, WORKING IN ALLIANCES ACROSS RACE, CLASS, FAITH, GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, SEXUALITY, IMMIGRATION STATUS, AND AGE.