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Who funds criminal justice reform work in Florida
15 funders have a record of paying for criminal justice reform work by Florida recipients: 31 grants totaling $6.7M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) ($1.8M), The Community Foundation for ($555,377) and The Thomas M and Irene Kirbo ($40,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Florida recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
4 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $700,000 to Palm Beach County Florida — to support comprehensive efforts to reduce jail incarceration and disparities in jail usage as a site in the safety and justice challenge network
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $555,377 · through 2024Largest: $400,000 to REBUILDING EX-OFFENDERS SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES — to fund a challenge grant to support development of a quadraplex serving women reentering society following incarceration
Largest: $10,000 to PRISONERS OF CHRIST — employment services for the recently incarcerated
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $148,944 · through 2022Largest: $63,856 to COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS — opioid overdose prevention activities and care programs upon release from incarceration
Largest: $43,500 to TANISHA WAKUNI DOUGLAS — to support a project that will conduct a movement ethnography to research and educate the public about cutting-edge healing justice trends and tools within the movement to end mass…
The Just Trust for EducationDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $465,000 · through 2024Largest: $450,000 to FORMERLY INCARCERATED CONVICTED PEOPLE AND FAMILIES MOVEMENT — project support
Largest: $150,000 to Formerly Incarcerated Convicted People & Families Movement — general support and support for the quest for democracy fund
Hfsf Grants ManagementMiami, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $20,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to DECARCERATE MIAMI INC — delivering osha trainings to formerly incarcerated people in miami gardens
Triumph Gulf CoastTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $1.2M · through 2023Largest: $1.2M to WALTON COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE — this grant will provide funding to expand on a current program to provide the technical education and certification for a class b commercial drivers license (cdl) to inmates post i…
Frameworks InstituteWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $795,000 · through 2023Largest: $795,000 to YOSEMITE CONSULTING LLC — media support for macarthur criminal justice reform st. louis county
Largest: $429,643 to FORMERLY INCARCERATED CONVICTED PEOPLE AND FAMILIES MOVEMENT — for general support
Largest: $760,000 to FORMERLY INCARCERATED CONVICTED PEOPLE AND FAMILIES MOVEMENT INC — general operating support
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