Funding search · criminal justice reform · Ohio
Who funds criminal justice reform work in Ohio
15 funders have a record of paying for criminal justice reform work by Ohio recipients: 30 grants totaling $4.5M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) ($1.8M), The Char and Chuck Fowler Family ($130,600) and National College Attainment Network ($40,750).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Ohio recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
5 matching grants · $1.8M · through 2024Largest: $480,000 to Lucas County Ohio — to support participation as a core implementation site in the safety and justice challenge, the foundation's criminal justice reform initiative aimed at reducing over-incarceration…
The Char and Chuck Fowler FamilyMayfield Heights, OH
7 matching grants · $130,600 · through 2024Largest: $20,000 to CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY — adult educations services for incarcerated
National College Attainment NetworkWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $40,750 · through 2024Largest: $30,000 to COLLEGE NOW GREATER CLEVELAND — supporting postsecondary pathways for incarcerated or formerly incarcerated students
Largest: $25,000 to CENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES CLEVELAND — for employment services for formerly incarcerated individuals in fy24
Justice Action NetworkWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $250,000 · through 2023Largest: $150,000 to The Buckeye Institute for Public Policy Solutions — partner support - criminal justice reform
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $147,359 · through 2024Largest: $113,188 to HAMILTON COUNTY OH — opioid overdose prevention activities and care programs upon release from incarceration
Largest: $480,000 to THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY — to support the creation of pathways to campus learning for formerly incarcerated students and a women, gender, and sexuality studies degree program at the ohio reformatory for wome…
The Just Trust for ActionDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $650,000 · through 2023Largest: $650,000 to THE ADAMS PROJECT — project support for health justice recovery alliance for criminal justice reform advocacy
Largest: $389,027 to GREATER CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS ASSOCIATION — tie-off core support for the ohio transformation fund's work to transform the state's criminal legal system from one that over-criminalizes and over-incarcerates to a system that p…
Largest: $145,000 to Cleveland Public Library Foundation — changing the narrative: making visible the human dimension of mass incarceration.
Caresource OhioDayton, OHCharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $200,000 · through 2022Largest: $200,000 to Edwins Leadership & Restaurant Institute — cover some of the cost of the tuition-free education program offered to formerly incarcerated adults to establish a foundation in the culinary and hospitality industries and provid…
Largest: $75,000 to EDWINS LEADERSHIP AND RESTAURANT INSTITUTE — general support for culinary education and second chances for the previously incarcerated
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