Funding search · criminal justice reform · New Jersey
Who funds criminal justice reform work in New Jersey
15 funders have a record of paying for criminal justice reform work by New Jersey recipients: 30 grants totaling $3.6M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Laura and John Arnold Foundation ($665,440), The Heinz Endowments ($180,000) and Victoria Foundation ($100,000).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to New Jersey recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $328,554 to RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY — to continue non-partisan analytical and advisory work for the new jersey sentencing commission and engaging in investigator-initiated studies that contribute to criminal justice po…
Largest: $90,000 to THE PETEY GREENE PROGRAM INC — to engage and educate pittsburgh volunteers, primarily undergraduate students from local universities, to provide 1:1 and small group tutoring to incarcerated and formerly incarcer…
Largest: $40,000 to RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — to support the newark public safety collaborative at rutgers university-newark, school of criminal justice
The Institute for IntergovernmentalTallahassee, FLCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $213,561 · through 2022Largest: $78,075 to CAMDEN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS — opioid overdose prevention activities and care programs upon release from incarceration
Largest: $100,000 to ACLU OF NJ FOUNDATION — to reduce incarceration and to defend democracy, housing equity, workers' rights, and other policy initiatives.
Largest: $100,000 to NEW JERSEY REENTRY — the same sky emergency micro-grant fund for women at njrc
The Sentencing ProjectWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $30,000 · through 2023Largest: $10,000 to NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE — support stipend to race council members all formerly incarcerated for their time attending the biweekly meetings and for organizing and leading voting in prison education efforts. …
Largest: $15,000 to THE PETEY GREENE PROGRAM — college bridge program for incarcerated learners
Tisbest PhilanthropySeattle, WACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $22,952 · through 2021Largest: $11,476 to NEW JERSEY REENTRY — see tisbest mission
Largest: $10,000 to Assoc of NJ Environmental Comm — prison and reentry academic tutoring
Largest: $400,000 to NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE INC — to support njisj's policy and advocacy efforts to advance economic justice, criminal justice reform, and democracy and justice in new jersey.
Largest: $1.1M to RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY — to continue support for the humanities action labs nationwide climates of inequality and states of incarceration initiatives, based out of the rutgers-newark campus
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