The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, or NCAVP, is a national organization dedicated to reducing violence and its impacts on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals in the United States It was founded in 1995 by Gloria McCauley of BRAVO and Jeffrey Montgomery of the Triangle Foundation. NCAVP also encourages and assists in the development of policies that assist victims of violence, address the perpetrators of violence and change the social atmosphere of violence.