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Who funds criminal justice reform work in Texas
15 funders have a record of paying for criminal justice reform work by Texas recipients: 73 grants totaling $8.1M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Texas Capital Foundation ($62,000), Marek Family Foundation ($85,000) and Laura and John Arnold Foundation ($1.5M).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Texas recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Largest: $5,000 to ONE COMMUNITY USA — funding support the two-year expansion of pathways to h.o.p.e. helping offenders pursue excellence reentry diversion and restorative justice program for justice-involved military v…
Largest: $20,000 to ANGELA HOUSE — to successfully transition women into society after incarceration
Largest: $75,951 to JUSTICE INITIATIVE OF TEXAS — to conduct research and create a publicly available dataset documenting and analyzing the circumstances under which people are dying in the custody of texas prisons and jails, with…
Wal-Mart FoundationBentonville, AR
6 matching grants · $2.4M · through 2024Largest: $1.0M to BIG THOUGHT — criminal justice reform
Largest: $40,000 to EXODUS MINISTRIES — funding for general operating expenses to support formerly incarcerated women as they reunite with their children and regain stability in their lives.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
3 matching grants · $750,000 · through 2023Largest: $250,000 to Harris County Texas — to support harris county's participation as an implementation site in the safety and justice challenge the foundation's criminal justice reform initiative aimed at reducing over-in…
Largest: $150,000 to Texas Public Policy Foundation — promote accountability and rehabilitation in the criminal justice system.
Largest: $83,955 to PJ RAVAL — to produce a docuseries to radically reframe the immigrant experience and educate the public about the culture of incarceration in america, through the lives and work of artists pa…
Largest: $85,000 to PRISON EVANGELISM — religious and spritual for the incarcerated
Texas Bar FoundationAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $88,000 · through 2024Largest: $27,000 to The Way Back — safpf reentry prgrm
Largest: $400,000 to TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT AKA OFICINA LEGAL DEL PUEBLO UNIDO INC — core support for the campaign to end operation lonestar, a tx state-funded initiative to target suspected migrants for arrest, prosecution, incarceration, and deportation using sta…
Largest: $17,761 to City of Houston — to focus its proactive legislative efforts on the enhancement of life in houston through emphasis on public safety and criminal justice initiatives; economic development and increa…
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