Funding search · EIN 131941627 · Grantmaking charity · Brooklyn, NY

Vera Institute of Justice

$63.8M
in grants paid: 266
grants: 205
recipients: 2021–2024
filing years

Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Recent grants

The 100 largest recent grants from this foundation’s filings, newest year first.

$560,598
Activating Change · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To end victimization, criminalization, incarceration, and institutionalization of people with disabilities and deaf people.
$250,000
National Partnership for New Americans · Chicago, IL · 2024
Fairness to freedom campaign
$200,000
The New York Immigration Coalition · New York, NY · 2024
Campaign for access, representation, and equity for immigrant families
$138,208
Project Guardianship · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Guardianship services
$100,000
The Legal Clinic · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Safe network
$100,000
Legal Aid Justice Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Safe network
$68,400
Onward Legacy Foundation · Cortez, CO · 2024
Building and researching community-based diversion programs
$64,800
Restorative Arlington · Arlington, VA · 2024
Building and researching community-based diversion programs
$64,800
Nichols Center · Douglasville, GA · 2024
Building and researching community-based diversion programs
$64,800
Oar of Fairfax · Fairfax, VA · 2024
Building and researching community-based diversion programs
$64,800
Orange County North Carolina · Hillsborough, NC · 2024
Building and researching community-based diversion programs
$64,800
Communities for Restorative Justice · Boston, MA · 2024
Building and researching community-based diversion programs
$64,800
The Center for Community Mediation and Facilitation · Tucson, AZ · 2024
Building and researching community-based diversion programs
$50,000
National Center for Youth Law · Oakland, CA · 2024
Technical assistance and national curriculum
$40,000
Takeaction Minnesota Education Fund · St Paul, MN · 2024
Opening doors to housing initiative
$40,000
Mano Amiga · San Marcos, TX · 2024
Beyond jails initiative
$36,000
Reality Speaking · Norristown, PA · 2024
Beyond jails initiative
$32,000
Working Families Organization · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Beyond jails initiative
$25,000
Young Women'S Freedom Center · San Francisco, CA · 2024
Juvenile electronic monitoring research
$20,598
Mixteca Organization · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Operation Restoration · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
Partnership for Safety and Justice · Portland, OR · 2024
Support for 2025 legislative campaign work in oregon
$15,000
Sprout Nola · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General operating support
$15,000
New Orleans Youth Alliance · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General operating support
$10,000
United We Are All Free Movement · Minneapolis, MN · 2024
Opening doors to housing initiative
$8,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2024
Beyond jails initiative
$8,000
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky · Hazard, KY · 2024
Beyond jails initiative
$6,720
Berks County Community Foundation · Reading, PA · 2024
Beyond jails initiative
$5.6M
Acacia Center for Justice · Washington, DC · 2023
Cdss grant balance transfer (child legal services grant) and general support
$1.2M
Activating Change · Wilmington, DE · 2023
To end victimization, criminalization, incarceration, and institutionalization of people with disabilities and deaf people.
$741,215
Milpa · Salinas, CA · 2023
Restoring promise initiative
$252,500
National Partnership for New Americans · Chicago, IL · 2023
Fairness to freedom campaign
$175,000
The New York Immigration Coalition · New York, NY · 2023
Campaign for access, representation, and equity for immigrant families
$140,700
Project Guardianship · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating support and case migration grant.
$107,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023
Beyond jails initiative
$75,000
Excellence & Advancement Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023
Motion for justice project
$75,000
Grit Into Grace · Fishers, IN · 2023
Motion for justice project
$75,000
Ho'Ola Lahui Hawai'I Kaua'I Community Health Center · Lihue, HI · 2023
Motion for justice project
$75,000
Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Motion for justice project
$75,000
Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform · Burlington, VT · 2023
Motion for justice project
$67,500
Young Women'S Freedom Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Juvenile electronic monitoring research
$66,114
Immigration Defenders Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$65,420
Rti International · Research Triangle Park, NC · 2023
Second chance act training and technical assistance program
$50,000
Board of Regents Nevada System of Higher Education University of Nevada L · Las Vegas, NV · 2023
Safe network community-based grant
$47,567
Hcm Strategies · Austin, TX · 2023
Unlocking potential rei project
$46,927
Education Strategy Group Llc · Chevy Chase, MD · 2023
Unlocking potential rei project
$35,000
Immigrant Justice Corps · New York, NY · 2023
New york immigrant family unity project
$32,000
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky · Hazard, KY · 2023
Beyond jails initiative
$32,000
Lancaster Bail Fund · Lancaster, PA · 2023
Beyond jails initiative
$32,000
Mano Amiga · San Marcos, TX · 2023
Beyond jails initiative
$32,000
Reality Speaking · Norristown, PA · 2023
Beyond jails initiative
$31,497
Washington State Budget & Policy Center · Seattle, WA · 2023
Research and advocacy on fines and fees in the criminal legal system
$26,647
Research Foundation of the City University of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Pipeline crisis/winning strategies ininitiative for young black men
$26,000
The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis · Richmond, VA · 2023
Research and advocacy on fines and fees in the criminal legal system
$25,000
New Mexico Voices for Children · Albuquerue, NM · 2023
Research and advocacy on fines and fees in the criminal legal system
$25,000
Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform · Tulsa, OK · 2023
Opening doors to housing initiative
$22,500
Takeaction Minnesota Education Fund · St Paul, MN · 2023
Opening doors to housing initiative
$22,500
United We Are All Free Movement · Minneapolis, MN · 2023
Opening doors to housing initiative
$22,071
Next Level Empowerment · New Haven, CT · 2023
General support
$21,879
Berks County Community Foundation · Reading, PA · 2023
Beyond jails initiative
$20,000
Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Safe network community-based grant
$20,000
Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault · Augusta, ME · 2023
Ending girls' incarceration research and advocacy
$15,000
Center for Transformative Action · Ithaca, NY · 2023
Nys upstate immigration court project
$15,000
Columbia County Sanctuary Movement · Hudson, NY · 2023
Nys upstate immigration court project
$15,000
Fund for the City of New York · New York, NY · 2023
Nys upstate immigration court project
$15,000
Justice for Migrant Families · Buffalo, NY · 2023
Nys upstate immigration court project
$15,000
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network · Westminster, CO · 2023
Safe network community-based grant
$10,000
Civil Survival Project · Seattle, WA · 2023
General support
$10,000
Life After Release · Suitland, MD · 2023
Beyond jails initiative
$10,000
Prison Fellowship Ministries · Lansdowne, VA · 2023
Opening doors to housing initiative
$7,500
Mountain Dreamers · Frisco, CO · 2023
Safe network community-based grant
$5,110
Lac Usc Medical Center Foundation · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
Ati work group reconvening
$2.2M
Activating Change · Wilmington, DE · 2022
To end victimization, criminalization, incarceration, and institutionalization of people with disabilities and deaf people.
$1.7M
Acacia Center for Justice · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support.
$1.1M
Milpa · Salinas, CA · 2022
Subgrant for restoring promise initiative
$946,174
Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project Catholiccharities of Los Angeles · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$776,762
Immigration Center for Women · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$757,013
Community Justice Alliance · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$619,652
Central America Resource Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$429,000
Project Guardianship · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General operating support and case migration grant.
$390,000
Kids in Need of Defense (Kind) · Washington, DC · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$376,859
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$353,864
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Oakland · Oakland, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$352,432
East Bay Community Law Center · Berkeley, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$346,640
Nationalities Service Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Safe network
$332,250
Canal Alliance · San Rafael, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$323,761
Bet Tzedek Legal Services · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$317,873
Catholic Charities Cyo of the Archdiocese of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$290,493
Centro Legal De La Raza · Oakland, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$250,000
National Partnership for New Americans · Chicago, IL · 2022
Universal representation campaign
$227,002
Opening Doors · Sacramento, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$220,000
The New York Immigration Coalition · New York, NY · 2022
Campaign for access, representation, and equity for immigrant families
$208,343
Immigrant Defenders Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$187,852
Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center · York, PA · 2022
Safe network
$111,339
Public Counsel · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$105,147
Children'S Law Center of California · Monterey Park, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$100,000
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2022
Safe network
$92,200
The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis · Richmond, VA · 2022
Missing puzzle piece project - research on fines and fees
$92,200
Washington State Budget & Policy Center · Seattle, WA · 2022
Missing puzzle piece project - research on fines and fees
$81,564
Hias and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia Inc Dba Hias Pennsylvan · Philadelphia, PA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program and safe network.

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