Funding search · criminal justice reform · Maryland
Who funds criminal justice reform work in Maryland
15 funders have a record of paying for criminal justice reform work by Maryland recipients: 132 grants totaling $13.7M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are The Abell Foundation ($3.9M), John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) ($3.5M) and The Community Foundation of Frederick ($92,382).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Maryland recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $300,000 to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE — criminal justice and addiction
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
9 matching grants · $3.5M · through 2024Largest: $25,000 to University of Maryland — to convene a meeting to support the development of a comprehensive pipeline and network to recruit and advance underrepresented policy analysts and researchers to help impact the c…
The Community Foundation of FrederickFrederick, MDCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $92,382 · through 2023Largest: $35,402 to CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS PARTNERSHIP INC — children's literacy "book nook" of impacted children, college scholarships to individual's whose lives are impacted by incarceration, financial literacy program for caregivers impa…
Largest: $15,000 to THE UNITED WAY OF CENTRAL MARYLAND INC — to support a strategic planning process for the maryland reentry resource center, which provides services to empower inmates and formerly incarcerated individuals with the skills, …
Largest: $1.2M to VARIOUS — rehab of incarcerated
Largest: $30,000 to CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS PARTNERSHIP INC — coipp: educational resource box & summer scholarships for kids
Largest: $202,500 to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE INC — treatment with buprenorphine through telemedicine in a rural criminal justice setting
Largest: $50,000 to BREAKFREE EDUCATION — to support the iraa fellowship program, which provides skills training for formerly incarcerated individuals released under washington d.c.'s second look amendment act.
Ausherman Family TrustFrederick, MDCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $105,000 · through 2025Largest: $40,000 to CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS — supporting local, executive director transition
Wal-Mart FoundationBentonville, AR
3 matching grants · $1.1M · through 2024Largest: $500,000 to ADOPTION EXCHANGE ASSOCIATION INC — criminal justice reform
Arundel Community DevelopmentAnnapolis, MDCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $886,232 · through 2024Largest: $732,970 to AAC COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY — provide eviction prevention and emergency assistance, case management for residents returning from incarceration
Largest: $12,000 to CHILDREN OF INCARCERATED PARENTS PARTNERSHIP (COIPP) — unrestricted grant
This is one topic and one state. PaperOrbit reads your actual paper and searches on everything in it — then explains why each funder fits.
Start with one paperBroader: criminal justice reform funders nationally · all Maryland-based grantmakers