Funding search · criminal justice reform · Alabama
Who funds criminal justice reform work in Alabama
15 funders have a record of paying for criminal justice reform work by Alabama recipients: 51 grants totaling $2.5M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are The Just Trust for Education ($502,000), The Black Belt Community Foundation ($70,000) and Daniel J and Edith a Ehrlich ($70,999).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Alabama recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
The Just Trust for EducationDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $502,000 · through 2023Largest: $150,000 to AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ALABAMA FOUNDATION — project support for criminal justice reform in alabama
The Black Belt Community FoundationSelma, ALCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $70,000 · through 2022Largest: $14,000 to FOURTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAM — 2022 criminal justice reform application
Largest: $22,499 to EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the united states, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable …
Largest: $15,000 to EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — support programs to end mass incarceration and challenge racial and economic injustice
Largest: $7,000 to LIFESOURCE INC — serving those in the criminal justice system who struggle with addiction, with the intention of motivating positive and permanent life change, and the goal of helping them become c…
Largest: $100,000 to EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — eji is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the united states, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for …
Largest: $5,000 to EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — to help end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial inequality.
Women'S Foundation of AlabamaBirmingham, ALCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $60,000 · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to GREATER BIRMINGHAM MINISTRIES — voting rights education for incarcerated women project
Largest: $1.2M to SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — to support litigation and public education efforts concerning indigent incarceration and drivers license suspensions.
Largest: $7,500 to EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the usa, to challenging racial and economic injustice
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $154,453 · through 2024Largest: $80,566 to FELLOWSHIP HOUSE INC — opioid overdose prevention activities and care programs upon release from incarceration
Largest: $50,275 to Outreach Reentry Ministry — life after prison
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