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Who funds criminal justice reform work in Florida
15 funders have a record of paying for criminal justice reform work by Florida recipients: 48 grants totaling $6.4M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) ($2.8M), The Community Foundation for ($557,877) and Families Against Mandatory ($324,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Florida recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
9 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $700,000 to Palm Beach County Florida — to support comprehensive efforts to reduce jail incarceration and disparities in jail usage as a site in the safety and justice challenge network
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $557,877 · through 2024Largest: $400,000 to REBUILDING EX-OFFENDERS SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES — to fund a challenge grant to support development of a quadraplex serving women reentering society following incarceration
Families Against MandatoryWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $324,000 · through 2025Largest: $86,000 to FLORIDA CARES CHARITY CORP — grant to evaluate and mobilize families in florida on criminal justice
Largest: $10,000 to PRISONERS OF CHRIST — employment services for the recently incarcerated
Largest: $192,639 to Manatee County Sheriff's Office — to support reentry navigators.
The Bernard Osher FoundationSan Francisco, CA
2 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2023Largest: $1.1M to FLORIDA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL UNIVERSITY — reentry scholarships
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $148,944 · through 2022Largest: $63,856 to COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS — opioid overdose prevention activities and care programs upon release from incarceration
Largest: $2,500 to TAMPA BAY AREA CHIEFS OF POLICE FOUNDATION — supports leadership & financial educational assistance for criminal justice fields
Largest: $43,500 to TANISHA WAKUNI DOUGLAS — to support a project that will conduct a movement ethnography to research and educate the public about cutting-edge healing justice trends and tools within the movement to end mass…
The Just Trust for EducationDurham, NCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $465,000 · through 2024Largest: $450,000 to FORMERLY INCARCERATED CONVICTED PEOPLE AND FAMILIES MOVEMENT — project support
Largest: $150,000 to Formerly Incarcerated Convicted People & Families Movement — general support and support for the quest for democracy fund
Largest: $63,750 to THE POYNTER INSTITUTE FOR MEDIA STUDIES INC — support poynter's training for journalists reporting on the juvenile justice and criminal justice systems
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