Funding search · EIN 540597601 · Washington, DC

Public Welfare Foundation

Name: Public Welfare Foundation grants, 2021–2023
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

522
grants reported: $71.8M
total given: 2021–2023
filing years: $100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2023. 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.

61 grants matching “criminal” · $10.6M

$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
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition · Denver, CO · 2023
General Support
$300,000
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Support for Vera Louisiana to launch a criminal justice data dashboard.
$250,000
Council for Court Excellence · Washington, DC · 2023
General Operating Support for CCE's Adult and Youth Criminal Justice Portfolios
$234,000
Mississippi Center for Justice · Jackson, MS · 2023
Support for Criminal Justice Reform
$222,000
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform · Oakland, CA · 2023
Support for Research and Practice Network on Gun Violence
$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
Capital B News · Ny, NY · 2023
Support for Atlanta criminal justice reporting and community engagement
$200,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for FY24 Support for NPR's Coverage of Criminal Justice
$150,000
Wisconsin Examiner Dba States Newsroom · Madison, WI · 2023
Support for Examining criminal justice in Wisconsin
$150,000
Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
General Support
$140,000
Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice · Tulsa, OK · 2023
Support for 2024 Criminal Justice Operating Grant
$125,000
Baltimore Banner · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Support for Criminal Justice Reform Coverage at The Baltimore Banner
$125,000
Maryland Center On Economic Policy · Baltimore, MD · 2023
Support for Maryland Criminal Justice Landscape Assessment
$115,000
Wisconsin Policy Forum · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Support for Criminal Justice Landscape Report for the State of Wisconsin
$112,500
Futuro Media · New York, NY · 2023
Support for Futuro Media Criminal Justice Reporting and Original Storytelling
$100,000
American University · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for WAMU's criminal justice reporting
$100,000
Institute for Public Service Reporting · Memphis, TN · 2023
Support for Criminal Justice Data Reporting Project
$100,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for FY24 Support for NPR's Coverage of Criminal Justice
$100,000
Oklahoma Watch · Oklahoma City, OK · 2023
Support for Criminal Justice Reporting Fellowship
$100,000
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2023
Support for Investing in High-Quality Criminal Justice Journalism
$100,000
Think Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023
Support for the first landscape report of Tennessee's criminal legal system
$700,000
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform · Oakland, CA · 2022
General Support and Support for policy and technical assistance on violence intervention strategies.
$500,000
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Program support for Vera Louisiana to launch a criminal justice data dashboard.
$400,000
Accelerate Change · Boston, MA · 2022
Support for Accelerate Change's criminal justice reform narrative campaign project.
$350,000
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2022
Support for a Marshall Project newsroom in Jackson to expand local reporting on criminal justice.
$300,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for National Public Radio's (NPR) coverage of criminal justice reform and to fund a criminal justice education fly-in session in Washington D.C.
$300,000
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition · Denver, CO · 2022
General Support
$200,000
Associated Press · New York, NY · 2022
Support deepening criminal and youth justice investigative reporting and improving journalism on criminal justice through language and skills training with other news outlets.
$200,000
One Voice · Jackson, MS · 2022
Support for One Voice to continue criminal justice reform and violence interruption work in Mississippi.
$200,000
University of Georgia Foundation · Athens, GA · 2022
Support to Create a Second Chance Hiring Guide and to Update the 2021 Georgia Criminal Justice Data Landscape Report.
$175,000
Education and Employment Ministry · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Support to Native Wings Like an Eagle to reduce recidivism and criminal legal involvement of tribal members in Oklahoma.
$150,000
Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
General Support
$150,000
Georgia Justice Project · Atlanta, GA · 2022
Support for Georgia Justice Project to expand expungement access across Georgia and to advocate for policy reforms that help reduce reentry barriers for those with previous criminal legal system involvement.
$150,000
Futuro Media · New York, NY · 2022
Support for Futoro's coverage of criminal justice and mass immigration issues and impacts in the United States.
$150,000
El Movimiento Sigue · Pueblo, CO · 2022
Program support for Vera Louisiana to launch a criminal justice data dashboard.
$125,000
The Groundtruth Project · Boston, MA · 2022
Support for Report for America's efforts to fund reporters to cover criminal justice issues in communities across America.
$100,000
American University · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for WAMU/DCist criminal justice reporting.
$100,000
Jfa Institute · Denver, CO · 2022
Support for a third update of the Colorado criminal justice data landscape analysis.
$100,000
Koahnic Broadcast Corporation · Anchorage, AK · 2022
Support for a Native Americans in the Justice System series to comprehensively cover criminal justice issues from Native perspectives.
$100,000
Mississippi Today · Ridgeland, MS · 2022
Support for investigative reporting on Mississippi's criminal and youth justice systems.
$100,000
Collaborative Healing Initiative Within Communities · Aurora, CO · 2022
Support for a study focused on criminal legal related reparations.
$100,000
Oklahoma Watch · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Support for investigative reporting on Oklahoma's criminal and youth justice systems.
$100,000
The Community Ltd · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Support to The Community Ltd to build its narrative campaigns focused on highlighting the successes, humanity, and agency of people with criminal records.
$100,000
The Lens · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Support to continue coverage of city and state criminal legal systems, expand youth justice coverage, and employ a full-time criminal justice reporter and freelance journalists.
$100,000
Uwm Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Support for the creation of a second Milwaukee criminal legal landscape analysis.
$75,000
Domestic Violence Intervention Services · Tulsa, OK · 2022
Support for the Restorative Justice Institute of Oklahoma to train local leaders and activists on restorative approaches to transforming the criminal legal system in Oklahoma.
$75,000
Sing for Change · Fairfax Station, VA · 2022
Support for Julius Jones Institute to build internal capacity and to work toward reforming Oklahoma's criminal legal system using civic engagement, community organizing and advocacy.
$75,000
Oped Project · New York, NY · 2022
Support for The OpEd Project to enhance narrative change efforts around criminal justice.
$68,944
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-No · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Support for a data landscape analysis of criminal and youth justice in Louisiana.
$40,000
John Jay College Foundation · New York, NY · 2022
Support for John Jay College of Criminal Justice Safe Communities Summit.
$500,000
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition · Denver, CO · 2021
General Support - to strengthen organization's operating and programmatic infrastructure.
$222,750
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform · Oakland, CA · 2021
General Support
$151,500
Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform · Oklahoma City, OK · 2021
General Support
$150,000
Seasoned With Grace Unboxed · Denver, CO · 2021
Support the implementation of policing reform recommendations to build a Denver that is less reliant on policing and the criminal legal system.
$150,000
Alliance for Global Justice · Tucson, AZ · 2021
Support to build the capacity of Denver Justice Project to address systemic racism in Denver, CO by transforming law enforcement and the criminal justice system.
$100,000
Georgia Justice Project · Atlanta, GA · 2021
Support for Georgia Justice Project to expand expungement access across Georgia and to advocate for policy reforms that help reduce reentry barriers for those with previous criminal legal system involvement.
$100,000
Futuro Media · New York, NY · 2021
Support for Futuro Media to expand its criminal justice reporting.
$100,000
American University · Washington, DC · 2021
Support for the WAMU/DCist newsroom to further develop and expand their criminal justice reporting hub.
$75,000
Jfa Institute · Denver, CO · 2021
Support to do update and augment the Colorado criminal justice data landscape analysis.
$73,863
Uwm Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2021
To support the creation and dissemination of an adult and youth criminal legal data landscape for Milwaukee County.

Top recipients

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

Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs3 grants · $1.9M
Highlander Research and Education Center2 grants · $1.8M
Ors Impact4 grants · $1.8M
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan3 grants · $1.5M
Operation Restoration4 grants · $1.4M
Vera Institute of Justice5 grants · $1.3M
Michigan Center for Youth Justice4 grants · $1.2M
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform3 grants · $1.1M
Tulsa Community Foundation3 grants · $1.1M
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition3 grants · $1.1M

Giving over time

$21.7M

2021

$24.7M

2022

$25.4M

2023

Grant history

The 100 largest of 522 grants.

$1.4M
Highlander Research and Education Center · New Market, TN · 2021
General Support
$1.3M
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2021
General Support
$900,000
Michigan Center for Youth Justice · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
General Support - to strengthen organization's operating and programmatic infrastructure.
$753,000
Voices for a Second Chance · Washington, DC · 2021
General Support
$700,000
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform · Oakland, CA · 2022
General Support and Support for policy and technical assistance on violence intervention strategies.
$650,000
New Jersey Institute for Social Justice · Newark, NJ · 2021
Support for the campaign to close youth prisons and reinvest in communities.
$620,000
Ors Impact · Seattle, WA · 2022
Support for the programmatic evaluation of the Foundation's work.
$605,825
Operation Restoration · New Orleans, LA · 2021
General Support
$585,000
Ors Impact · Seattle, WA · 2021
Support for Evaluation and Learning Framework implementation.
$550,000
Tulsa Community Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2022
Support for Oklahoma Justice Fund.
$509,750
Southern Center for Human Rights · Atlanta, GA · 2021
General Support
$501,605
Hmong American Womens Association · Milwaukee, WI · 2021
General Support
$501,000
Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan · Detroit, MI · 2021
General Support
$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
$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 · 2022
Support to the Michigan Justice Fund, a pooled fund to support coordinated justice reform efforts in Michigan.
$500,000
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
Program support for Vera Louisiana to launch a criminal justice data dashboard.
$500,000
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition · Denver, CO · 2021
General Support - to strengthen organization's operating and programmatic infrastructure.
$500,000
Equal Justice Initiative · Montgomery, AL · 2021
General Support
$475,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
General Support
$450,000
Operation Restoration · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Support
$411,500
Second Chance Center · Aurora, CO · 2021
General Support
$409,323
Princeton University · Princeton, NJ · 2023
Support for Research and Practice Network on Gun Violence Reduction
$406,250
Voice of the Experienced · New Orleans, LA · 2021
General Support
$405,000
Ors Impact · Seattle, WA · 2023
Support for 2024 Evaluation and Learning Partnership
$404,750
Safe & Just Michigan · Lansing, MI · 2021
General Support
$401,500
School Justice Project · Washington, DC · 2021
General Support
$400,200
Allied Media Projects · Detroit, MI · 2022
Support for Intelligent Mischief
$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
$400,000
Accelerate Change · Boston, MA · 2022
Support for Accelerate Change's criminal justice reform narrative campaign project.
$400,000
Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2022
Support for Women on the Rise flagship campaign, Communities Over Cages: Close the Jail ATL.
$394,250
Highlander Research and Education Center · New Market, TN · 2022
Support to the Mississippi Justice Funders Collaborative
$350,000
Promise of Justice Initiative · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Support to Promise of Justice Initiative for a Louisiana commutation project.
$350,000
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2022
Support for a Marshall Project newsroom in Jackson to expand local reporting on criminal justice.
$325,000
Latino Coalition for Community Leadership · Colorado Springs, CO · 2022
Support to Latino Coalition for Community Leadership to continue providing technical assistance and capacity building for the Transforming Justice Initiative.
$318,167
Open Buffalo · Buffalo, NY · 2021
Emergency Support for Buffalo Relief.
$315,000
Youth Radio · Oakland, CA · 2021
General Support
$301,515
Tulsa Community Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2021
General Support
$300,000
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition · Denver, CO · 2023
General Support
$300,000
Dc Justice Lab · Washington, DC · 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
Neighborhood Defender Service · New York, NY · 2023
Support for NDS Jackson / NDS PACE
$300,000
Operation Restoration · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Support for Continuing to meet the needs of our community
$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
The Praxis Project · Oakland, CA · 2023
Support for General support for Free Hearts
$300,000
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Support for Vera Louisiana to launch a criminal justice data dashboard.
$300,000
Voice of the Experienced · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General Support
$300,000
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition · Denver, CO · 2022
General Support
$300,000
Dc Justice Lab · Washington, DC · 2022
General Support
$300,000
Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network · Durham, NC · 2022
Support to establish the Pathways to Leadership Advancement and Career Excellence (PLACE) program.
$300,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2022
Support for National Public Radio's (NPR) coverage of criminal justice reform and to fund a criminal justice education fly-in session in Washington D.C.
$300,000
New Profit · Boston, MA · 2022
Support for New Profit's third Unlocked Futures Catalyze cohort.
$300,000
Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2022
Support Catalyze Justice to guide youth, community, system, and funding leaders in building community-led alternatives to youth incarceration and conducting a process evaluation of the Zero Youth Corrections (ZYC) grant… read allSupport Catalyze Justice to guide youth, community, system, and funding leaders in building community-led alternatives to youth incarceration and conducting a process evaluation of the Zero Youth Corrections (ZYC) grant work in Milwaukee. less
$300,000
Sisterreach · Memphis, TN · 2022
General Support
$300,000
Voice of the Experienced · New Orleans, LA · 2022
General Support
$300,000
Women With a Vision · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Program support for Women With A Vision's youth justice and decriminalization initiatives
$300,000
Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth · Washington, DC · 2021
General Support
$300,000
Freedom Reads · Hamden, CT · 2021
General Support
$300,000
Regents of the University of Michigan · Ann Arbor, MI · 2021
General Support
$275,000
Latino Coalition for Community Leadership · Colorado Springs, CO · 2023
Support for Transforming Justice
$258,000
Promise of Justice Initiative · New Orleans, LA · 2021
General Support
$253,500
Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop · Washington, DC · 2021
General Support
$251,500
Ubuntu Village Nola · New Orleans, LA · 2021
General Support
$250,404
Girls for a Change · North Chesterfield, VA · 2021
General Support
$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
The Community Ltd · Milwaukee, WI · 2023
Support for Strengthening The Community
$250,000
Tulsa Community Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2023
Support for Oklahoma Justice Funders Collaborative Fund
$250,000
Echoing Green · New York, NY · 2022
Support for BIPOC leaders developing targeted solutions to the systemic challenges in their communities.
$250,000
Forward Impact (Represent Justice) · Los Angeles, CA · 2022
Support for a storytelling and narrative power-building program for system-impacted advocates and community partners in the justice ecosystem.
$250,000
New Voices Pittsburgh · Pittsburgh, PA · 2022
General Support
$250,000
The Praxis Project · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support to Free Hearts for advocacy in organizing families impacted by incarceration.
$250,000
Yellowhammer Fund · Tuscaloosa, AL · 2022
General Support
$250,000
National Public Radio · Washington, DC · 2021
General Support
$244,500
Hit Strategies Llc · Washington, DC · 2022
Support to poll Washington DC residents and produce analytical results
$243,000
Players Philanthropy Fund · Towson, MD · 2022
Support to Community Defense of East Tennessee.
$234,000
Mississippi Center for Justice · Jackson, MS · 2023
Support for Criminal Justice Reform
$225,000
Justcity · Memphis, TN · 2023
Support for Just City
$225,000
Possibility Labs · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Support for Catalyze Justice: Supporting Partners Nationwide in Youth Justice Transformation
$225,000
Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing (Expo) · Madison, WI · 2022
Support for the FREE project at Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing, to ensure women in Milwaukee have access to, and the ability to advocate for, quality maternal health care in carceral and post-carceral settings.
$225,000
Justcity · Memphis, TN · 2022
Support for advocacy for pretrial justice, clean records, and to end fines and fees in Memphis.
$223,000
Milwaukee Turners · Milwaukee, WI · 2022
Support for the Milwaukee Turners to confront mass incarceration through supporting formerly incarcerated young people and adults in their return home.
$222,750
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform · Oakland, CA · 2021
General Support
$222,000
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform · Oakland, CA · 2023
Support for Research and Practice Network on Gun Violence
$218,710
Foundation for Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2022
Support for The Louisiana Justice Fund
$217,773
Wayne State University · Detroit, MI · 2021
Support for Wayne State University's (WSU) Center for Behavioral Health and Justice (CBHJ).
$215,000
Third Space Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2022
Support for LiveFree OKC to decrease community-based violence and the harmful impacts of the carceral system in predominately Black Ward 7 of Oklahoma City
$212,600
National Center for Youth Law · Oakland, CA · 2022
Support to the Lived Experience Fellowship and TA for Colorado Youth Justice Coalition.
$210,000
Deep Center · Savannah, GA · 2022
Support for the Restorative Community Programs.
$207,000
Latino Coalition for Community Leadership · Colorado Springs, CO · 2021
General Support
$205,060
Greater Washington Community Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Support for Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Program in the Greater Washington Region
$204,080
Greater Milwaukee Foundation · Milwaukee, WI · 2021
Support to continue the Youth Justice Partnership Fund.
$204,000
Capital B News · Ny, NY · 2021
General Support
$202,250
Justice Policy Institute · Washington, DC · 2021
General Support
$201,750
Council for Court Excellence · Washington, DC · 2021
General Support
$200,000
Associated Press · New York, NY · 2023
Support for Telling the Youth Justice Story
$200,000
Atlantafulton County Prearrest Diversion Initiative · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General Support
$200,000
Black Swan Academy · Washington, DC · 2023
General Support

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