Funding search · criminal justice reform · California
Who funds criminal justice reform work in California
15 funders have a record of paying for criminal justice reform work by California recipients: 410 grants totaling $60.7M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are The California Endowment ($18.8M), East Bay Community Foundation ($3.8M) and The California Wellness Foundation ($4.3M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to California recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $37,000 to A NEW WAY OF LIFE REENTRY PROJECT — advocating for health-promoting reentry policies: to support community-centered safety and health by engaging formerly incarcerated individuals in leadership development and educat…
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
47 matching grants · $4.0M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to FAITH IN THE VALLEY — project support for criminal justice work in the san joaquin valley and your work with formerly incarcerated women, supporting criminal justice change work in the san joaquin valle…
Largest: $5,000 to A NEW WAY OF LIFE REENTRY PROJECT — for core operating support & for continued efforts to promote healing, power, & opportunity for formerly incarcerated people by taking a multifaceted approach to mitigating the eff…
Largest: $416,667 to INDEPENDENT TELEVISION SERVICE INC — core support for stories for justice, an initiative to support the publics understanding of criminal justice reform through a partnership between public media and the criminal just…
Largest: $10,000 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT IRVINE — to convene academics and practitioners on the topics of incarceration, sentencing, and reentry.
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $4.3M · through 2023Largest: $190,000 to MOVEMENT STRATEGY CENTER — program - for general operating support to develop the leadership and economic security of lgtbq young people through holding lending circles to improve their financial status and …
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
11 matching grants · $5.3M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to City & County of San Francisco dba San Francisco District Attorney Office — to support san francisco's participation as an implementation site in the safety and justice challenge, the foundation's criminal justice reform initiative to reduce over-incarcera…
Liberty Hill FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
18 matching grants · $444,000 · through 2023Largest: $30,000 to A NEW WAY OF LIFE REENTRY — to grow aouon-sc and strengthen the movement of formerly incarcerated people who are fighting against discrimination and for their civil rights and advocate for criminal justice re…
Largest: $750,000 to ANTI-RECIDIVISM COALITION — to provide reentry supports and advocate for policy change
Largest: $25,000 to A NEW WAY OF LIFE REENTRY PROJECT — resources for people impacted by mass incarceration
Serving USACamas, WACharity · may take applications
23 matching grants · $464,625 · through 2024Largest: $25,625 to TESTIMONY GOSPEL BRAND MINISTRIES INC — to support inmate reentry programs
Largest: $15,000 to A NEW WAY OF LIFE REENTRY PROJECT — safe reentry housing project
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