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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “inmates”
Where the money went
Serving USACamas, WACharity · may take applications
48 matching grants · $1.0M · through 2024Largest: $28,000 to FREE ON THE OUTSIDE — to support inmate reentry programs
Largest: $109,230 to CALIFORNIA COAST UNIVERSITY — inmate education
Largest: $75,000 to FREEDOM FOREVER MINISTRIES — christian ministry to female inmates at mccracken county, ky jail
The Denver FoundationDenver, COCharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2024Largest: $2.1M to COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND ADMINISTRATION — inmate support
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
3 matching grants · $825,000 · through 2024Largest: $285,000 to ARCHDIOCESE OF LOS ANGELES — to assist over 2,000 inmates and parolees in developing foundational skills that support reintegration into society, employment and self-sufficiency through the partnership for re-…
Largest: $18,521 to VARIOUS INDIGENT PRISON INMATES IN — books for educational purposes.
River Region United WayMontgomery, ALCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $59,600 · through 2024Largest: $24,800 to AID TO INMATE MOTHERS INC — assist with organizations programs and services.
Largest: $12,500 to Through God Comes Justice Ministrie — hire a nonprofit developer to expand digital footprint and provide chritmas gifts for children of inmates.
Largest: $150,000 to FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC — to fund a low-cost randomized controlled trial of two treatment programs for prison inmates with substance use disorder who will soon be released from jail.
Largest: $175,000 to CEO WORKS — to support comprehensive employment access for newly released inmates from tennessee prisons and correction centers
Largest: $10,000 to PREP MINISTRY OF ARCHDIOCESE OF LA — inmate corresondence course
Maine Community FoundationEllsworth, MECharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $266,722 · through 2024Largest: $137,522 to Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition — inmate support, emergency hardship, art education
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →