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The Just Trust for Education

Name: The Just Trust for Education grants, 2023–2024
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.

296
grants reported: $54.7M
total given: 2023–2024
filing years: $100,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2023–2024. 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 “vocal” · $260,000

$125,000
Voices of Community Activists & Leaders Vocal-Ny · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Project support
$125,000
Vocal-Ny · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Project support for vocal-ky for criminal justice reform in kentucky
$10,000
Vocal-Ny · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Project support for vocal-ky for criminal justice reform in kentucky

Top recipients

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

Recidiviz1 grant · $2.5M
Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation3 grants · $2.0M
The Marshall Project3 grants · $1.9M
Justleadershipusa4 grants · $1.9M
Alliance for Safety and Justice4 grants · $1.8M
Texas Public Policy Foundation3 grants · $1.6M
Equal Justice USA4 grants · $1.5M
For the People3 grants · $1.4M
Prison Fellowship Ministries4 grants · $1.3M
Forward Justice3 grants · $1.3M

Giving over time

$29.0M

2023

$25.7M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 296 grants.

$2.5M
Recidiviz · San Francisco, CA · 2023
Project support
$1.5M
Texas Public Policy Foundation · Austin, TX · 2024
Project support for right on crime
$1.0M
Alliance for Safety and Justice · Oakland, CA · 2024
General operating support
$1.0M
Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$1.0M
Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$1.0M
Justleadershipusa · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$1.0M
Reform Alliance (Criminal Justice Reform Foundation) · New York, NY · 2023
Project support
$875,000
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$875,000
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2023
General operating support
$850,000
Justleadershipusa · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$850,000
The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and G · Roxbury, MA · 2024
General operating support
$750,000
Alliance for Safety and Justice · Oakland, CA · 2023
Project support
$750,000
For the People · Oakland, CA · 2023
General operating support
$700,000
American Conservative Union Foundation · Alexandria, VA · 2023
Project support for the nolan center for justice
$700,000
Prison Fellowship Ministries · Lansdowne, VA · 2023
Project support for criminal justice reform in louisiana
$600,000
For the People · Oakland, CA · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
Equal Justice USA · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Project support
$500,000
Prison Fellowship Ministries · Lansdowne, VA · 2024
General operating support
$500,000
The Better Angels Society · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support
$500,000
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Project support
$500,000
Equal Justice USA · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Project support
$500,000
Forward Justice · Durham, NC · 2023
General operating support
$500,000
Represent Justice (Forward Impact) · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
General operating support
$500,000
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs · Calabasas, CA · 2023
Project support for the formerly incarcerated, convicted people and families movement
$500,000
The Better Angels Society · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support for documentary
$500,000
Vera Institute of Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Project support
$450,000
Formerly Incarcerated Convicted People and Families Movement · Windermere, FL · 2024
Project support
$400,000
Dreamorg · Oakland, CA · 2024
Project support
$400,000
Forward Justice · Durham, NC · 2024
Project support
$400,000
Represent Justice (Forward Impact) · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
General operating support
$400,000
Civil Rights Corps · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$400,000
Dreamorg · Oakland, CA · 2023
Project support for criminal justice reform
$400,000
Foundation for Appalachian Kentucky · Hazard, KY · 2023
Project support for criminal justice reform in kentucky
$400,000
The Sentencing Project · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$375,000
Prison Policy Initiative · Easthampton, MA · 2024
General operating support
$375,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support for fines and fees justice center
$375,000
Prison Policy Initiative · Easthampton, MA · 2023
General operating support
$360,000
The Sentencing Project · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$350,000
Forward Justice · Durham, NC · 2024
Project support
$350,000
Voice of the Experienced · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General operating support
$301,450
The Groundtruth Project - Report for America · Brighton, MA · 2023
Project support for journalism
$300,000
Fines and Fees Justice Center · New York, NY · 2024
General operating support
$300,000
Human Rights for Kids · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$300,000
Voice of the Experienced · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Project support
$300,000
Human Rights for Kids · Washington, DC · 2023
General operating support
$300,000
The Reach Initiative · Russell, KY · 2023
General operating support
$300,000
Voice of the Experienced · New Orleans, LA · 2023
General operating support
$260,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2024
Project support for responsible business initiative for justice
$260,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2023
Project support for responsible business initiative for justice
$250,000
Atlanta Pad Initiative · Atlanta, GA · 2024
Project support
$250,000
Bard College Prison Initiative · Annandaleonhudson, NY · 2024
Project support
$250,000
Equal Justice USA · Brooklyn, NY · 2024
Project support
$250,000
Foundation for Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Project support
$250,000
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support for the center for just journalism
$250,000
Law Enforcement Action Partnership · Medford, MA · 2024
Project support
$250,000
Newark Community Street Team · Newark, NJ · 2024
Project support for community based public safety collective
$250,000
The Reach Initiative · Russell, KY · 2024
Project support
$250,000
Tulsa Community Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2024
Project support for terence crutcher foundation
$250,000
White Bird Clinic (Cahoots) · Eugene, OR · 2024
Project support
$250,000
Atlanta Pad Initiative · Atlanta, GA · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Common Justice · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Project support
$250,000
Council On Criminal Justice · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support
$250,000
Cure Violence Global · Chicago, IL · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Equal Justice USA · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
Project support
$250,000
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy · Berea, KY · 2023
Project support for criminal justice reform in kentucky
$250,000
Law Enforcement Action Partnership · Medford, MA · 2023
Project support
$250,000
Newark Community Street Team · Newark, NJ · 2023
General operating support for community based public safety collective
$250,000
Poynter Institute for Media Studies · St Petersburg, FL · 2023
Project support
$250,000
Tulsa Community Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2023
General operating support for terence crutcher foundation
$250,000
White Bird Clinic (Cahoots) · Eugene, OR · 2023
Project support for cahoots
$200,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Project support
$200,000
Capital B · New York, NY · 2024
Project support
$200,000
Council On Criminal Justice · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
Kentucky Center for Economic Policy · Berea, KY · 2024
Project support
$200,000
Kentucky Chamber Foundation · Frankfort, KY · 2024
Project support
$200,000
Oklahoma Policy Institute · Tulsa, OK · 2024
Project support
$200,000
The Groundtruth Project - Report for America · Brighton, MA · 2024
Project support
$200,000
The Marshall Project · New York, NY · 2024
Project support
$200,000
The Political Report · Columbia, MO · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
The Sentencing Project · Washington, DC · 2024
General operating support
$200,000
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2023
Project support for criminal justice reform in louisiana
$200,000
American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi Foundation · Jackson, MS · 2023
Project support for criminal justice reform in mississippi
$200,000
Highlander Research and Education Center · New Market, TN · 2023
General operating support for mississippi justice funders collaborative
$200,000
Oklahoma Policy Institute · Tulsa, OK · 2023
Project support for criminal justice reform in oklahoma
$200,000
Partnership for Safety and Justice · Portland, OR · 2023
Project support for health justice recovery alliance
$200,000
Small Business Majority Foundation · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support for criminal justice reform
$188,656
Journalism Funding Partners (McClatchy Journalism Institute) · Sacramento, CA · 2023
Project support for journalism
$175,000
American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation · Raleigh, NC · 2024
Project support
$175,000
Freedom Reads · Hamden, CT · 2024
Project support
$175,000
Hopewell Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Project support for the center for just journalism
$170,000
Phillips Black · Oakland, CA · 2024
Project support
$155,000
Prison Journalism Project · Chicago, IL · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Alabama Appleseed Center for Law & Justice · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Project support
$150,000
American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama Foundation · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Project support
$150,000
American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi Foundation · Jackson, MS · 2024
Project support
$150,000
American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma Foundation · Oklahoma City, OK · 2024
Project support
$150,000
Civil Rights Corps · Washington, DC · 2024
Project support
$150,000
Conservatives for Criminal Justice Reform · Raleigh, NC · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General operating support
$150,000
Louisiana Center for Children'S Rights · New Orleans, LA · 2024
General operating support

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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.