Funding search · criminal justice reform · Michigan
Who funds criminal justice reform work in Michigan
15 funders have a record of paying for criminal justice reform work by Michigan recipients: 48 grants totaling $4.8M, most recently in 2024 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Laura and John Arnold Foundation ($431,772), Wk Kellogg Foundation ($882,080) and Annie E Casey Foundation ($750,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Michigan recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $86,758 to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — to pilot an intensive training workshop to both educate and train researchers about the strengths of the criminal justice administrative records system.
Wk Kellogg FoundationBattle Creek, MI
6 matching grants · $882,080 · through 2022Largest: $350,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN — provide core support for the michigan justice fund, a collaborative fund committed to promoting and advancing the prosperity and dignity of michigan residents through criminal just…
Largest: $150,000 to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN — support for the criminal justice administrative records system
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $446,330 · through 2022Largest: $97,006 to INGHAM COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT — opioid overdose prevention activities and care programs upon release from incarceration
Largest: $200,000 to Regents of the University of Michigan Office of Research and Sponsored Proj — support for criminal justice reporting in michigan
Largest: $150,000 to COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN — to support the michigan justice fund (mjf). the foundation has supported the fund established in 2020 since inception to address issues of mass incarceration and their impact on mi…
Largest: $27,640 to SIWATU SALAMA RA — to support a project to conduct research, organizing and public education activities on the connections between mass incarceration and environmental injustice
The Aspen InstituteWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $375,000 · through 2023Largest: $225,000 to COREWELL HEALTH — criminal justice reform initiative (cjri) award
Largest: $10,000 to PURE HEART FOUNDATION — support children with incarcerated parents by providing a free store to obtain essential items
National College Attainment NetworkWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $80,419 · through 2024Largest: $43,694 to MICHIGAN COLLEGE ACCESS NETWORK — catalyzing postsecondary pathways support at scale, supporting postsecondary pathways for incarcerated or formerly incarcerated students, & facilitating fafsa completion
Milestone Growth Capital InstituteDetroit, MICharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $16,000 · through 2024Largest: $8,000 to TOTAL REENTRY SOLUTIONS INC — to complete milestones related to the organization's business growth
Largest: $199,619 to MICHIGAN U OF — 79062 strengthening the criminal justice administrative records system to address limitations in data integration between criminal justice and public health
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