Funding search · criminal justice reform · Washington
Who funds criminal justice reform work in Washington
15 funders have a record of paying for criminal justice reform work by Washington recipients: 43 grants totaling $2.9M, most recently in 2025 — mostly private foundations, plus grantmaking charities. The largest by matched giving are Seattle Foundation ($192,500), John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) ($875,000) and North Central Accountable Community of ($518,361).
From IRS Form 990-PF and 990 Schedule I filings, 2019–2025. Grants already paid to Washington recipients — evidence of what these funders back, not open calls.
Seattle FoundationSeattle, WACharity · may take applications
11 matching grants · $192,500 · through 2024Largest: $40,000 to COLUMBIA LEGAL SERVICES — to support criminal justice reform.
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
4 matching grants · $875,000 · through 2023Largest: $350,000 to Spokane County Washington — to support participation as a core implementation site in the safety and justice challenge, the foundation's criminal justice reform initiative aimed at reducing over-incarceration…
North Central Accountable Community ofEast Wenatchee, WACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $518,361 · through 2023Largest: $349,500 to CITY OF OMAK — behavior health - reentry program
Largest: $24,295 to CENTRALIA COLLEGE — educational support of incarcerated students.
Largest: $3,300 to ROTARY FOUNDATION OF GH MORNING CLUB — prison reentry program
Largest: $10,000 to Stone Bridge Reentry Services — reentry resources
Largest: $100,000 to FREEDOM PROJECT — fiscal sponsor: rooted reentry
Largest: $30,000 to PIONEER HUMAN SERVICES — incarceration to new ventures: elevating success together (invest) fund
Largest: $20,000 to LOOK2JUSTICE — to engage in collaborative effforts to address the complex trauma, justice, and healing needs within communities affected by violence and mass incarceration through events that adv…
Largest: $15,000 to DENSHO — to share history of the wwii incarceration with japanese americans to promote equity and justice
Largest: $20,000 to SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT — reentry & mentoring program
Serving USACamas, WACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $64,000 · through 2024Largest: $28,000 to KLEEN STREET INC - WA — to support inmate reentry programs
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