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Vera Institute of Justice

Name: Vera Institute of Justice grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

266
grants reported: $63.8M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $62,012
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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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.

3 grants matching “criminal justice reform” · $130,000

$75,000
Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform · Burlington, VT · 2023
Motion for justice project
$25,000
Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform · Tulsa, OK · 2023
Opening doors to housing initiative
$30,000
Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform · Tulsa, OK · 2022
Opening doors to housing for people with conviction histories

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Acacia Center for Justice3 grants · $8.9M
Activating Change3 grants · $4.2M
Immigration Justice Corps2 grants · $3.7M
Milpa3 grants · $2.5M
Kids in Need of Defense (Kind)2 grants · $2.4M
The Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project1 grant · $1.7M
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition1 grant · $1.6M
Aba Fund for Justice & Education1 grant · $1.5M
International Rescue Committee2 grants · $1.5M
National Immigrant Justice Center1 grant · $1.3M

Giving over time

$37.7M

2021

$14.5M

2022

$9.5M

2023

$2.1M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 266 grants.

$5.6M
Acacia Center for Justice · Washington, DC · 2023
Cdss grant balance transfer (child legal services grant) and general support
$3.7M
Immigration Justice Corps · New York, NY · 2021
General operating support
$2.2M
Activating Change · Wilmington, DE · 2022
To end victimization, criminalization, incarceration, and institutionalization of people with disabilities and deaf people.
$2.0M
Kids in Need of Defense (Kind) · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating support
$1.7M
The Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project · Tucson, AZ · 2021
General operating support
$1.7M
Acacia Center for Justice · Washington, DC · 2022
General operating support.
$1.6M
Acacia Center for Justice · Washington, DC · 2021
Start-up/general support grant
$1.6M
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating support
$1.5M
Aba Fund for Justice & Education · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operating support
$1.4M
International Rescue Committee · New York, NY · 2021
Safe network and general operating support
$1.3M
National Immigrant Justice Center · Chicago, IL · 2021
General operating support
$1.2M
Prisoners' Legal Services of New York · Albany, NY · 2021
Tecnhical assistance nyifup and general operating support
$1.2M
Activating Change · Wilmington, DE · 2023
To end victimization, criminalization, incarceration, and institutionalization of people with disabilities and deaf people.
$1.2M
Erie County Bar Association · Erie, PA · 2021
Tecnhical assistance nyifup
$1.2M
Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project · Houston, TX · 2021
General operating support
$1.1M
Public Counsel · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General operating support
$1.1M
Mid-South Immigration Advocates · Memphis, TN · 2021
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
$845,959
Immigrant Defenders Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General operating support
$800,000
Activating Change · Wilmington, DE · 2021
Start-up/general support grant
$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
$750,484
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services (Raices) · San Antonio, TX · 2021
General operating support
$741,215
Milpa · Salinas, CA · 2023
Restoring promise initiative
$730,693
Michigan Immigrant Rights Center · Ypsilanti, MI · 2021
General operating support
$698,467
Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services · El Paso, TX · 2021
General operating support
$665,489
Milpa · Salinas, CA · 2021
Subgrant for restoring promise initiative
$643,959
The Door-a Center of Alternatives · New York, NY · 2021
General operating support
$619,652
Central America Resource Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$608,226
Catholic Charities Community Services Archdiocese of New York · New York, NY · 2021
General operating support
$560,598
Activating Change · Wilmington, DE · 2024
To end victimization, criminalization, incarceration, and institutionalization of people with disabilities and deaf people.
$495,484
Ymca of Greater Houston · Houson, TX · 2021
General operating support
$429,000
Project Guardianship · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
General operating support and case migration grant.
$398,709
Americans for Immigrant Justice · Miami, FL · 2021
General operating support
$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
$374,177
Church World Service · New York, NY · 2021
General operating support
$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
$342,822
Catholic Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami · Miami, FL · 2021
General operating support
$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
$304,113
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston Houston · Houston, TX · 2021
General operating support
$290,493
Centro Legal De La Raza · Oakland, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$283,209
Legal Services of Southern Piedmont · Charlotte, NC · 2021
General operating support
$277,984
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network · Westminster, CO · 2021
General operating support
$263,709
Associated Catholic Charities Baltimore · Timonium, MD · 2021
General operating support
$263,709
Central American Resource Center (Carecen) of California · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General operating support
$263,709
Ufw Foundation · Bakersfield, CA · 2021
General operating support
$260,000
Youth Center of Westchester · Mt Vernon, NY · 2021
Motion for justice campaign partnership and general operating support
$252,500
National Partnership for New Americans · Chicago, IL · 2023
Fairness to freedom campaign
$250,000
National Partnership for New Americans · Chicago, IL · 2024
Fairness to freedom campaign
$250,000
National Partnership for New Americans · Chicago, IL · 2022
Universal representation campaign
$250,000
Dignity and Power Now · Los Angeles, CA · 2021
General operating support
$250,000
National Crittenton · Brooklyn, NY · 2021
General operating support
$250,000
National Partnership for New Americans · Chicago, IL · 2021
Universal representation campaign
$241,999
Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center · York, PA · 2021
Safe network
$237,338
Latino Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2021
General operating support
$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
$219,242
Immigration Counseling Service · Portland, OR · 2021
General operating support
$214,355
Legal Services of New Jersey · Edison, NJ · 2021
General operating support
$210,967
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality · Toledo, OH · 2021
General operating support
$210,967
Immigrant Legal Center · Omaha, NE · 2021
General operating support
$208,343
Immigrant Defenders Law Center · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$200,226
Legal Services for Children · San Francisco, CA · 2021
General operating support
$200,000
The New York Immigration Coalition · New York, NY · 2024
Campaign for access, representation, and equity for immigrant families
$200,000
Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network · Durham, NC · 2021
Postsecondary education consortia building and general operating support
$188,226
Ayuda · Washington, DC · 2021
General operating support
$187,852
Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center · York, PA · 2022
Safe network
$183,242
Dba Jewish Family Community Services · Pittsburgh, PA · 2021
General operating support
$181,559
The Advocates for Human Rights · Minneapolis, MN · 2021
Safe network and general operating support
$180,000
Freedom Agendaurban Justice Center · New York, NY · 2021
General operating support
$178,984
Casa Cornelia Law Center · San Diego, CA · 2021
General operating support
$175,000
The New York Immigration Coalition · New York, NY · 2023
Campaign for access, representation, and equity for immigrant families
$169,355
McCrummen Immigration Law Group · North Kansas City, MO · 2021
General operating support
$161,419
Hias Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General operating support
$160,000
Amistad Law Project · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
General operating support
$158,734
Orlando Center for Justice · Orlando, FL · 2021
General operating support
$154,355
Lively Law Firm · Charlotte, NC · 2021
General operating support
$152,668
Hcm Strategists Llc · Austin, TX · 2021
Unlocking potential rei project
$150,756
Education Strategy Group Llc · Chevy Chase, MD · 2021
Unlocking potential rei initiative
$150,605
The Immigration Project · Normal, IL · 2021
General operating support
$142,520
Safe and Just Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2021
Support opening doors to housing for people in michigan with conviction
$140,700
Project Guardianship · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
General operating support and case migration grant.
$139,742
Florida Legal Services · Orlando, FL · 2021
General operating support
$138,208
Project Guardianship · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Guardianship services
$134,032
Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants · Bridgeport, CT · 2021
General operating support
$116,032
Community Legal Services East Palo Alto · East Palo Alto, CA · 2021
General operating support
$111,339
Public Counsel · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$110,267
Nationalities Service Center · Philadelphia, PA · 2021
Safe network
$107,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023
Beyond jails initiative
$105,484
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans · New Orleans, LA · 2021
General operating support
$105,484
Catholic Community Services of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT · 2021
General operating support
$105,147
Children'S Law Center of California · Monterey Park, CA · 2022
Childrens holistic immigration representation program
$100,000
Legal Aid Justice Center · Charlottesville, VA · 2024
Safe network
$100,000
The Legal Clinic · Honolulu, HI · 2024
Safe network

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.