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Foundations that fund criminal justice reform research
15 private foundations with a record of paying for criminal justice reform, taken from their IRS Form 990-PF filings. These are grants already made — evidence of what a funder backs, not an open call.
Where the money went
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
307 matching grants · $109.9M · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO — to support the participation of the loyola center for criminal justice research, policy and practice in state and local criminal justice reform efforts in illinois
Largest: $99,935 to THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK — to conduct research investigating the effects of debt relief from legal fines and fees on financial, criminal justice, and health outcomes to answer newly emerging questions relate…
Largest: $37,000 to A NEW WAY OF LIFE REENTRY PROJECT — advocating for health-promoting reentry policies: to support community-centered safety and health by engaging formerly incarcerated individuals in leadership development and educat…
Largest: $200,000 to COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE INC — core support for research and communications work to shape stronger and more explicit gender justice approaches in the criminal legal system, reduce women's incarceration rates, an…
Largest: $150,000 to NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM — criminal justice and addiction
Largest: $70,300 to K CHARLINDA DAVIS — to conduct a research study which explores the needs and experiences of pregnant people who have been incarcerated, in order to inform and advance a wider gender-based violence, re…
Largest: $300,000 to National Public Radio — support for national public radio's (npr) coverage of criminal justice reform and to fund a criminal justice education fly-in session in washington d.c.
The Just Trust for EducationDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
63 matching grants · $9.7M · through 2024Largest: $850,000 to THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR INCARCERATED AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN AND G — general operating support
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
47 matching grants · $3.9M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to FAITH IN THE VALLEY — project support for criminal justice work in the san joaquin valley and your work with formerly incarcerated women, supporting criminal justice change work in the san joaquin valle…
Largest: $1.0M to UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN — to continue to support prison education and reentry programs for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated students through engagement with faculty, graduate, and undergraduate studen…
The Just Trust for ActionDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
48 matching grants · $21.5M · through 2024Largest: $5.0M to FWDUS — project support for criminal justice reform advocacy
Fwdus Education FundWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
50 matching grants · $4.6M · through 2024Largest: $100,000 to THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR INCARCERATED AND FORMERLY INCARCERATED WOMEN AND G — criminal justice education grant
New York Women'S FoundationNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
55 matching grants · $3.3M · through 2024Largest: $300,000 to WOMEN'S COMMUNITY JUSTICE ASSOCIATION — the criminal justice fund
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
52 matching grants · $3.0M · through 2024Largest: $6,770 to LOUISVILLE METRO CRIMINAL JUSTICE COM — opioid overdose prevention activities and care programs upon release from incarceration
Largest: $70,000 to COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE INC — support council on criminal justice's crime trends working group
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Start with one paperSource: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, filing years 2019–2025. Foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.