Funding search · criminal justice reform · North Carolina
Who funds criminal justice reform work in North Carolina
15 funders have a record of paying for criminal justice reform work by North Carolina recipients: 57 grants totaling $9.3M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) ($5.3M), The Just Trust for Education ($550,000) and The Institute for Intergovernmental ($252,443).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to North Carolina recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
11 matching grants · $5.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to County of Buncombe North Carolina — to support its participation as an implementation site in the safety and justice challenge, the foundation's criminal justice reform initiative to reduce over-incarceration by chan…
The Just Trust for EducationDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $550,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER — project support for criminal justice reform in north carolina
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $252,443 · through 2024Largest: $74,986 to HARNETT COUNTY — opioid overdose prevention activities and care programs upon release from incarceration
Largest: $75,000 to FREEDOM FIGHTING MISSIONARIES INC — supporting formerly incarcerated ind
Largest: $220,000 to UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL — justice core: implementing evidence-based substance use disorder treatment through alternatives to perinatal incarceration
Largest: $50,000 to CONSERVATIVES FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM — for general operating support
The Just Trust for ActionDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $370,000 · through 2024Largest: $250,000 to FORWARD JUSTICE ACTION NETWORK — project support for criminal justice reform advocacy in north carolina
Largest: $50,000 to FORMERLY INCARCERATED COLLEGE — project suport
Largest: $3,000 to PROVERBS 226 — support p226's mission to create a "generational impact" by making a difference in the life of a child, one child at a time. the vision is to impact one million children with an in…
Largest: $445,000 to BUNCOMBE COUNTY — this grant would aid buncombe county's efforts to improve public health outcomes for justice-involved individuals by proven methods of linking reentry planning and community care, …
Largest: $247,175 to DUKE U — 80481 scaling the 3rd city project to locate and analyze data through a public health lens on health concerns among people who are incarcerated -- transfer
Largest: $56,500 to KERWIN PITTMAN — to educate the public and develop a toolkit that will empower people directly impacted by incarceration to dismantle racism in north carolinas criminal justice system
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