Funding search · criminal justice reform · Virginia
Who funds criminal justice reform work in Virginia
15 funders have a record of paying for criminal justice reform work by Virginia recipients: 54 grants totaling $11.7M, most recently in 2025 — mostly grantmaking charities, which often run real application cycles. The largest by matched giving are John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) ($3.4M), The Ford Foundation ($425,000) and The Just Trust for Action ($1.9M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Virginia recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
11 matching grants · $3.4M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to National Center for State Courts — to engage judges and other state court leaders in reducing racial disparities and unnecessary incarceration as a part of the safety and justice challenge
Largest: $165,000 to PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES — core support for the advocacy program to focus on reducing the reliance on incarceration and community corrections and to advance reforms that increase opportunities for success fo…
The Just Trust for ActionDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION — project support for criminal justice reform advocacy
Justice Action NetworkWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $350,000 · through 2023Largest: $100,000 to Prison Fellowship Ministries — partner support - criminal justice reform
Ascendium Education SolutionsMadison, WICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $3.9M · through 2024Largest: $3.3M to AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH IN THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES — grant, assessing quality and equitable access and outcomes of distance postsecondary courses for the incarcerated grant, rural research support partner grant, advancing postseconda…
Largest: $60,000 to REAL LIFE — programs for formerly incarcerated
Virginia Law FoundationCharlottesville, VACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $105,000 · through 2023Largest: $30,000 to FREEKIND — this grant assists those that have been victims of human trafficking who have gone misidentified by advocating for restorative services rather than incarceration.
Largest: $8,000 to PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES — donation to angel tree christmas, helping to reconnect prisoner's children with their incarcerated parents.
Largest: $7,000 to FRIENDS OF GUEST HOUSE — transition for formerly incarcerated
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $89,024 · through 2024Largest: $38,713 to CHESTERFIELD COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE — opioid overdose prevention activities and care programs upon release from incarceration
The Just Trust for EducationDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $725,000 · through 2023Largest: $700,000 to PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES — project support for criminal justice reform in louisiana
Largest: $10,000 to PRISON FELLOWSHIP — to support the restoration of those affected by crime and incarceration.
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