Funding search · criminal justice reform · Connecticut
Who funds criminal justice reform work in Connecticut
15 funders have a record of paying for criminal justice reform work by Connecticut recipients: 43 grants totaling $2.2M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are The Prosperity Foundation ($160,000), The Community Foundation for Greater New ($94,000) and The Elevate Prize Foundation ($300,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Connecticut recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
The Prosperity FoundationNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $160,000 · through 2023Largest: $22,500 to EMERGE CONNECTICUT INC — emerge connecticut is a nonprofit social enterprise helping formerly incarcerated individuals reintegrate into their communities through a dual model that combines paid work with t…
The Community Foundation for Greater NewNew Haven, CTCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $94,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to FIXING FATHERS — to support community members with immediate needs as they experience challenges related to incarceration, re-entering society after incarceration homelessness, food insecurity, evi…
Largest: $150,000 to AMEELIO — elevate prize program - to help incarcerated individuals stay connected with their loved ones
Largest: $30,000 to WESLEYAN CENTER FOR PRISON EDUCATIONWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY — support for course enrollment by cheshire and york correctional institutional incarcerated to attain bachelors or associate degrees
Largest: $40,000 to WOMEN AGAINST MASS INCARCERATION INC — general operating support
Largest: $30,000 to UNASHAMED INC — foster emotional health in disadvantaged families that have experienced incarceration, foster care, and teen pregnancy.
Hartford Foundation for Public GivingHartford, CTCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $50,000 · through 2023Largest: $25,000 to ONCE INCARCERATED ANONYMOUS OIA INC — community and economic development
Haymarket People'S FundJamaica Plain, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to WOMEN AGAINST MASS INCARCERATION — community organizing
Solidago FoundationNorthampton, MACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $50,000 · through 2022Largest: $25,000 to WOMEN AGAINST MASS INCARCERATION — programmatic support
Largest: $5,000 to NEW HAVEN URBAN RESOURCES INITIATIVE INC — to support green job training for formerly incarcerated adults. uri's community greenspace program supports 40 resident-led volunteer groups to do urban greening in their neighborh…
Largest: $60,000 to JUDY DWORIN PERFORMANCE PROJECT — to support the organization's mission that the arts can be a powerful agent for social change. programs include having teaching artists engage in continuing multi-arts collaborativ…
Largest: $750,000 to UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAVEN — to support a degree-granting partnership with the yale prison education initiative for incarcerated students in connecticut
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