Funding search · criminal justice reform · Maryland
Who funds criminal justice reform work in Maryland
15 funders have a record of paying for criminal justice reform work by Maryland recipients: 49 grants totaling $8.3M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) ($3.5M), The Community Foundation of Frederick ($92,382) and Real Justice for All Charitable ($2.2M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Maryland recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
7 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2024Largest: $1.1M to Pretrial Justice Institute — to organize and convene the safety and justice challenge network comprised of selected local jurisdictions, strategic allies and partners committed to criminal justice reform
The Community Foundation of FrederickFrederick, MDCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $92,382 · through 2023Largest: $35,402 to CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS PARTNERSHIP INC — children's literacy "book nook" of impacted children, college scholarships to individual's whose lives are impacted by incarceration, financial literacy program for caregivers impa…
Largest: $1.2M to VARIOUS — rehab of incarcerated
Largest: $30,000 to CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS PARTNERSHIP INC — coipp: educational resource box & summer scholarships for kids
Largest: $20,000 to PIVOT INC — to support the general operations of pivot, which plays a critical role in the lives of women returning from incarceration in baltimore city by providing housing, counseling, educa…
Ausherman Family TrustFrederick, MDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $105,000 · through 2025Largest: $40,000 to CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS — supporting local, executive director transition
Wal-Mart FoundationBentonville, AR
3 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to ADOPTION EXCHANGE ASSOCIATION INC — criminal justice reform
Largest: $12,000 to CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS PARTNERSHIP (COIPP) — unrestricted grant
Adventist HealthcareGaithersburg, MDCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $431,625 · through 2024Largest: $152,462 to U S DREAM ACADEMY INC — project to support dream kids in a virutal mentoring environment to be successful in school with a college and career readiness focus. donation to the dream academy to help our nat…
Largest: $50,000 to BREAKFREE EDUCATION — to support the iraa fellowship program, which provides skills training for formerly incarcerated individuals released under washington d.c.'s second look amendment act.
Alliance for Open Society Int'LNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $350,000 · through 2023Largest: $250,000 to CENTER FOR WORKFORCE INCLUSION — to enable equity matters, a fiscally sponsored program of the center for workforce inclusion, to provide thought leadership and support to criminal justice reform coalitions and to…
Largest: $51,000 to EMILY TUCKER — to educate the public about the replacement of mass incarceration with mass surveillance, and support efforts to challenge the negative impacts of mass surveillance on peoples live…
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