Public Welfare Foundation

Recent grants

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

• $500,000

  The Just Trust for Education · Tulsa, OK · 2023

  Support for the Oklahoma Justice Funders Collaborative

• $500,000

  Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2023

  Support for the Michigan Justice Fund

• $500,000

  Foundation for Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2023

  Support for Louisiana Justice Fund

• $409,323

  Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023

  Support for Research and Practice Network on Gun Violence Reduction

• $405,000

  Ors Impact · Seattle, WA · 2023

  Support for 2024 Evaluation and Learning Partnership

• $400,000

  Ubuntu Village Nola · New Orleans, LA · 2023

  Support for Mission Support Funding

• $400,000

  Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

  Support for Vera's True Line Project

• $300,000

  Dc Justice Lab · Washington, DC · 2023

  General Support

• $300,000

  Southern Center for Human Rights · Atlanta, GA · 2023

  Support for SCHR 2024 - 2026 Campaign to Transform Georgia's Criminal Legal System

• $300,000

  Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

  Support for Vera Louisiana to launch a criminal justice data dashboard.

• $300,000

  The Praxis Project · Oakland, CA · 2023

  Support for General support for Free Hearts

• $300,000

  Neighborhood Defender Service · New York, NY · 2023

  Support for NDS Jackson / NDS PACE

• $300,000

  Voice of the Experienced · New Orleans, LA · 2023

  General Support

• $300,000

  Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa-USA · New York, NY · 2023

  Support for Advancing Education and Leadership Opportunities for Women and Youth in West Africa

• $300,000

  Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition · Denver, CO · 2023

  General Support

• $300,000

  Operation Restoration · New Orleans, LA · 2023

  Support for Continuing to meet the needs of our community

• $275,000

  Latino Coalition for Community Leadership · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

  Support for Transforming Justice

• $250,000

  Council for Court Excellence · Washington, DC · 2023

  General Operating Support for CCE's Adult and Youth Criminal Justice Portfolios

• $250,000

  Highlander Research and Education Center · New Market, TN · 2023

  Support for Towards A People's Justice

• $250,000

  Tulsa Community Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2023

  Support for Oklahoma Justice Funders Collaborative Fund

• $250,000

  The Community Ltd · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

  Support for Strengthening The Community

• $234,000

  Mississippi Center for Justice · Jackson, MS · 2023

  Support for Criminal Justice Reform

• $225,000

  Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  Support for Catalyze Justice: Supporting Partners Nationwide in Youth Justice Transformation

• $225,000

  Justcity · Memphis, TN · 2023

  Support for Just City

• $222,000

  National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform · Oakland, CA · 2023

  Support for Research and Practice Network on Gun Violence

• $205,060

  Greater Washington Community Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

  Support for Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Program in the Greater Washington Region

• $200,000

  Common Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2023

  General Operating Support for Common Justice

• $200,000

  Mothering Justice · Detroit, MI · 2023

  Support for Michigan Liberation Education Fund

• $200,000

  National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2023

  Support for FY24 Support for NPR's Coverage of Criminal Justice

• $200,000

  Deep Center · Savannah, GA · 2023

  Support for Building Community Power in Chatham County, GA

• $200,000

  Families and Friends of Louisiana'S Incarcerated Children · New Orleans, LA · 2023

  General Support

• $200,000

  School Justice Project · Washington, DC · 2023

  Support for Special Education Legal Services & Advocacy for Court-Involved Students with Disabilities

• $200,000

  First 72 · New Orleans, LA · 2023

  Support for The First 72+ Just Reentry Policy Program

• $200,000

  Mississippi Families As Allies · Jackson, MS · 2023

  Support for Expanding, Deepening, and Enhancement of Hinds County Youth Court Children's Coalition " A Community-Driven Diversion, Prevention, and Intervention Collaborative

• $200,000

  Capital B News · Ny, NY · 2023

  Support for Atlanta criminal justice reporting and community engagement

• $200,000

  Louisiana Center for Children'S Rights · New Orleans, LA · 2023

  Support for FY24 Strategic Storytelling: Developing Positive Counternarratives to Combat the Public's Negative Perception Surrounding Black Youth

• $200,000

  Associated Press · New York, NY · 2023

  Support for Telling the Youth Justice Story

• $200,000

  Black Swan Academy · Washington, DC · 2023

  General Support

• $200,000

  Greater Washington Community Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023

  Support for Community Safety & Harm Reduction

• $200,000

  Michigan Center for Youth Justice · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

  Support for Voices of Justice: A Michigan Youth Fellowship Program

• $200,000

  Freedom Institute · Grand Junction, CO · 2023

  Support for Transforming Justice Project, 2023-2025

• $200,000

  Center for Employment Opportunities · New York, NY · 2023

  Support for Support to advance a Peer Support Services and emerging Leaders Program for justice-involved adults and opportunity youth in New Orleans.

• $200,000

  Public Broadcasting of Colorado · Centennial, CO · 2023

  Support for Support of CPR's Justice Reporting

• $200,000

  Louisiana Parole Project · Baton Rouge, LA · 2023

  Support for Impacted Leaders Initiative

• $200,000

  Mississippi Today · Ridgeland, MS · 2023

  Support for Expanded Justice Reporting in Mississippi

• $200,000

  Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop · Washington, DC · 2023

  Free Minds' General Operating Support

• $200,000

  Second Chance Center · Aurora, CO · 2023

  Support for Second Chance Center's Fair Chance for Housing, Hiring and Re-entry Income

• $200,000

  Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023

  Support for Rise for Youth

• $200,000

  Youth Law Center · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  Support for Tennessee Youth Justice Reform Advocacy

• $200,000

  Regents of the University of Michigan Office of Research and Sponsored Proj · Ann Arbor, MI · 2023

  Support for Criminal Justice Reporting in Michigan

• $200,000

  Safe & Just Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2023

  General Operating Support

• $200,000

  Atlantafulton County Prearrest Diversion Initiative · Atlanta, GA · 2023

  General Support

• $200,000

  Safe & Just Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2023

  General Support

• $200,000

  Faithfully Organizing Resources for Community Empowerment Detroit · Detroit, MI · 2023

  General Support

• $200,000

  Promise of Justice Initiative · New Orleans, LA · 2023

  Support for East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Coalition (PJI) 24-26

• $200,000

  Detroit Justice Center · Detroit, MI · 2023

  General Support

• $180,000

  Oklahoma Policy Institute · Tulsa, OK · 2023

  Support for Oklahoma Youth Justice Policy Reform

• $180,000

  Oped Project · New York, NY · 2023

  Support for Public Voices Fellowship for the Public Welfare Foundation

• $175,000

  Stand for Children Leadership Center · Portland, OR · 2023

  Support for advocacy, organizing, and coalition-building efforts for youth justice in Memphis

• $175,000

  Education and Employment Ministry · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023

  Support for Justice Reform Proposal

• $170,000

  Livefree Oklahoma Incorporated · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023

  Support for LiveFree OKC

• $160,000

  Free Movement · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

  Support for Dignity for Incarcerated Women and Girls

• $155,519

  Wisconsin Policy Forum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

  Support for Milwaukee CJC Youth Justice Council

• $150,000

  National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls · Roxbury, MA · 2023

  General Support

• $150,000

  Barred Business Foundation · Ellenwood, GA · 2023

  Support for Justice, Self Determination, and Care - Building Justice Impacted Led Power In Georgia.

• $150,000

  Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing (Expo) · Madison, WI · 2023

  General Support

• $150,000

  National Center for Youth Law · Oakland, CA · 2023

  Support for Lived Experience Fellowship and TA for Colorado Youth Justice Coalition

• $150,000

  Wisconsin Examiner Dba States Newsroom · Madison, WI · 2023

  Support for Examining criminal justice in Wisconsin

• $150,000

  Georgia Justice Project · Atlanta, GA · 2023

  Support for Strengthening Access to Economic, Racial, and Civic Equity for Georgians with an Arrest or Conviction Record

• $150,000

  Colorado Circles for Change · Denver, CO · 2023

  Support for COPA (community organizing, policy & advocacy)

• $150,000

  Voices for a Second Chance · Washington, DC · 2023

  Support for VSC Welcome Home Reentry Center - New Terrain: Pathway to Sustainability

• $150,000

  Empowerment Avenue · Oakland, CA · 2023

  Support for Building Empowerment Avenue's Writing for Liberation Work

• $150,000

  Freedom Reads · Hamden, CT · 2023

  Freedom Reads General Operating Support

• $150,000

  El Movimiento Sigue · Pueblo, CO · 2023

  Support for Transforming Justice Initiative

• $150,000

  Promise of Justice Initiative · New Orleans, LA · 2023

  Support for East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Coalition (PJI) 24-26

• $150,000

  United Way of Greater Atlanta · Atlanta, GA · 2023

  Support for Georgia Justice Funders Table

• $150,000

  Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023

  General Support

• $150,000

  Voces Unidas for Justice · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023

  Support for Training for Transformation in EPC

• $150,000

  Kids Forward · Madison, WI · 2023

  Support for Wisconsin BIPOC Youth Justice Coalition

• $150,000

  Milwaukee Freedom Fund Incorporated · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

  General Support

• $150,000

  Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  Support for Justice Transformation Organizing

• $150,000

  Milwaukee Turners · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

  Support for Confronting Mass Incarceration

• $150,000

  Return To Hope · Tulsa, OK · 2023

  Support for Block Builderz

• $150,000

  Southern Movement Committee · Nashville, TN · 2023

  Support for SMC Youth Assembly Program and Yes to Youth Campaign

• $150,000

  Still She Rises · Tulsa, OK · 2023

  Support for Impact Litigation

• $150,000

  Proteus Fund · Amherst, MA · 2023

  Support for Growing the Archive: Amplifying the Voices of Women and Non-Binary People Serving LWOP

• $143,000

  Ors Impact · Seattle, WA · 2023

  Support for 2024 Evaluation and Learning Partnership

• $140,000

  Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice · Tulsa, OK · 2023

  Support for 2024 Criminal Justice Operating Grant

• $125,000

  Metcalfe Park Community Bridges · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

  Support for Voices of Power

• $125,000

  Maryland Center On Economic Policy · Baltimore, MD · 2023

  Support for Maryland Criminal Justice Landscape Assessment

• $125,000

  Racial Justice Now · Silver Spring, MD · 2023

  Support for Racial Justice NOW! - Juvenile Justice Reform in Maryland

• $125,000

  Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023

  Support for Life After Release Justice Liberation and Institute

• $125,000

  Tennesseans for Alternatives To the Death Penalty (Aka Tadp) · Nashville, TN · 2023

  Support for Repairing the Harm: Expanding Support for Tennesseans Impacted by Violence

• $125,000

  Baltimore Banner · Baltimore, MD · 2023

  Support for Criminal Justice Reform Coverage at The Baltimore Banner

• $120,000

  Denver Justice Project · Aurora, CO · 2023

  Support for Transforming Public Safety

• $116,400

  Redline · Denver, CO · 2023

  Support for Bread and Roses Legal Center: Trans Visions for Justice

• $115,000

  Wisconsin Policy Forum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023

  Support for Criminal Justice Landscape Report for the State of Wisconsin

• $113,716

  Community Science · Bethesda, MD · 2023

  Support for Capacity Building and Technical Assistance Support Services

• $112,500

  Futuro Media · New York, NY · 2023

  Support for Futuro Media Criminal Justice Reporting and Original Storytelling

• $100,765

  Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Oakland, CA · 2023

  Support for Public Welfare Foundation Capacity & Impact Program