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The Denver Foundation → Colorado Department of Personnel and Administration: $2.1M across 1 grant, latest 2023Conrad N Hilton Foundation → Archdiocese of Los Angeles: $825K across 3 grants, latest 2024Formanek Foundation → Ceo Works: $375K across 3 grants, latest 2024Carson-Myre Charitable Foundation → Freedom Forever Ministries: $280K across 4 grants, latest 2024Casa Family Foundation → California Coast University: $272K across 3 grants, latest 2024Maine Community Foundation Inc → Maine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition: $153K across 2 grants, latest 2024Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Florida State University Research Foundation Inc: $150K across 1 grant, latest 2020Serving USA Inc → Training Center: $112K across 2 grants, latest 2024William A Percy Foundation for → Various Indigent Prison Inmates in: $48K across 4 grants, latest 2025Art and Eva Camunez Tucker Foundation → Through God Comes Justice Ministrie: $38K across 4 grants, latest 2025River Region United Way → Aid to Inmate Mothers: $35K across 3 grants, latest 2024The Marjorie & Edward Illig Family → Prep Ministry of Archdiocese of La: $27K across 4 grants, latest 2025Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Texas Inmate Families Association: $121K across 2 grants, latest 2022Maine Community Foundation Inc → Resources for Organizing and Social Change: $114K across 1 grant, latest 2022Serving USA Inc → Lifeline Global Ministries: $100K across 1 grant, latest 2022Casa Family Foundation → Adams State University: $68K across 3 grants, latest 2024River Region United Way → Aid to Inmate Mothers Inc: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2021The Denver Foundation → Families Against Violent Acts - Fava: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Kleen Street Inc - Wa: $64K across 2 grants, latest 2024Laura and John Arnold Foundation → Friends Research Institute Inc: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2020Casa Family Foundation → Blackstone Career Institute: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Free On the Outside: $64K across 2 grants, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Freedom Through Education Campus: $56K across 2 grants, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → New Hope Christian Ministries: $56K across 2 grants, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Root & Rebound: $42K across 2 grants, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Turn90 (Turning Leaf Project): $36K across 2 grants, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Xtreme Soulutions Inc: $30K across 1 grant, latest 2022Serving USA Inc → Arukah Transitional Home: $28K across 2 grants, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Testimony Gospel Brand Ministries Inc: $26K across 1 grant, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Brookside Community Development Center: $25K across 1 grant, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Cornerstone New Hope Ministry: $25K across 2 grants, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Powerhouse Ministries Inc: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Circles of Support and Accountability: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2022Serving USA Inc → Freedomworks Incorporated: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Circles of Support and Accountability Fresno Inc: $24K across 1 grant, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → The Bridge: $20K across 2 grants, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → New Beginnings: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022Serving USA Inc → Pillar of Fire Ministries: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Alongside Ministries: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → St Leonards Ministries: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → True Beginnings: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2022Serving USA Inc → Fresh Coast Alliance: $16K across 1 grant, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → The Soulfisher Ministries: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Reaching & Educating for Community Hope: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → His House for Her: $12K across 1 grant, latest 2022Serving USA Inc → New Life Dream Center: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Jesus Our Boss Inc: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Serving USA Inc → Firm Foundation Ministries: $10K across 1 grant, latest 2022Serving USA Inc → Welcome Home Sis: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Tapestry Church: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → A New Way of Life Reentry Project (Founding Mothers Inc): $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022Serving USA Inc → Orange County Rescue Mission: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Changed Choices: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2024Serving USA Inc → Stir Up the Kingdom Ministries: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022Serving USA Inc → Bethesda Ec Church: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022Serving USA Inc → Good News Jail & Prison Ministry: $8K across 1 grant, latest 2022The Denver Foundation: $2.1M on this topic. Open the funder.The Denver Foundation$2.1MServing USA Inc: $1.0M on this topic. Open the funder.Serving USA Inc$1.0MConrad N Hilton Foundation: $825K on this topic. Open the funder.Conrad N Hilton Foundation$825KFormanek Foundation: $375K on this topic. Open the funder.Formanek Foundation$375KCasa Family Foundation: $348K on this topic. Open the funder.Casa Family Foundation$348KLaura and John Arnold Foundation: $291K on this topic. Open the funder.Laura and John Arnold Foundat…$291KCarson-Myre Charitable Foundation: $280K on this topic. Open the funder.Carson-Myre Charitable Founda…$280KMaine Community Foundation Inc: $267K on this topic. Open the funder.Maine Community Foundation Inc$267KRiver Region United Way: $60K on this topic. Open the funder.River Region United Way$60KWilliam A Percy Foundation for: $48K on this topic. Open the funder.William A Percy Foundation for$48KArt and Eva Camunez Tucker Foundation: $38K on this topic. Open the funder.Art and Eva Camunez Tucker Fo…$38KThe Marjorie & Edward Illig Family: $27K on this topic. Open the funder.The Marjorie & Edward Illig F…$27KColorado Department of Personnel and Administration: received $2.1M on this topicColorado Department of Personne…$2.1MArchdiocese of Los Angeles: received $825K on this topicArchdiocese of Los Angeles$825KCeo Works: received $375K on this topicCeo Works$375KFreedom Forever Ministries: received $280K on this topicFreedom Forever Ministries$280KCalifornia Coast University: received $272K on this topicCalifornia Coast University$272KMaine Prisoner Advocacy Coalition: received $153K on this topicMaine Prisoner Advocacy Coaliti…$153KFlorida State University Research Foundation Inc: received $150K on this topicFlorida State University Resear…$150KTexas Inmate Families Association: received $121K on this topicTexas Inmate Families Associati…$121KResources for Organizing and Social Change: received $114K on this topicResources for Organizing and So…$114KTraining Center: received $112K on this topicTraining Center$112KLifeline Global Ministries: received $100K on this topicLifeline Global Ministries$100KAdams State University: received $68K on this topicAdams State University$68KKleen Street Inc - Wa: received $64K on this topicKleen Street Inc - Wa$64KFree On the Outside: received $64K on this topicFree On the Outside$64KFreedom Through Education Campus: received $56K on this topicFreedom Through Education Campus$56KNew Hope Christian Ministries: received $56K on this topicNew Hope Christian Ministries$56KVarious Indigent Prison Inmates in: received $48K on this topicVarious Indigent Prison Inmates…$48KRoot & Rebound: received $42K on this topicRoot & Rebound$42KThrough God Comes Justice Ministrie: received $38K on this topicThrough God Comes Justice Minis…$38KTurn90 (Turning Leaf Project): received $36K on this topicTurn90 (Turning Leaf Project)$36KAid to Inmate Mothers: received $35K on this topicAid to Inmate Mothers$35KXtreme Soulutions Inc: received $30K on this topicXtreme Soulutions Inc$30KArukah Transitional Home: received $28K on this topicArukah Transitional Home$28KPrep Ministry of Archdiocese of La: received $27K on this topicPrep Ministry of Archdiocese of…$27KTestimony Gospel Brand Ministries Inc: received $26K on this topicTestimony Gospel Brand Ministri…$26KBrookside Community Development Center: received $25K on this topicBrookside Community Development…$25KCornerstone New Hope Ministry: received $25K on this topicCornerstone New Hope Ministry$25KAid to Inmate Mothers Inc: received $25K on this topicAid to Inmate Mothers Inc$25KPowerhouse Ministries Inc: received $24K on this topicPowerhouse Ministries Inc$24KCircles of Support and Accountability: received $24K on this topicCircles of Support and Accounta…$24KFreedomworks Incorporated: received $24K on this topicFreedomworks Incorporated$24KCircles of Support and Accountability Fresno Inc: received $24K on this topicCircles of Support and Accounta…$24KFamilies Against Violent Acts - Fava: received $20K on this topicFamilies Against Violent Acts -…$20KFriends Research Institute Inc: received $20K on this topicFriends Research Institute Inc$20KThe Bridge: received $20K on this topicThe Bridge$20KNew Beginnings: received $20K on this topicNew Beginnings$20KPillar of Fire Ministries: received $20K on this topicPillar of Fire Ministries$20KAlongside Ministries: received $16K on this topicAlongside Ministries$16KSt Leonards Ministries: received $16K on this topicSt Leonards Ministries$16KTrue Beginnings: received $16K on this topicTrue Beginnings$16KFresh Coast Alliance: received $16K on this topicFresh Coast Alliance$16KThe Soulfisher Ministries: received $12K on this topicThe Soulfisher Ministries$12KReaching & Educating for Community Hope: received $12K on this topicReaching & Educating for Commun…$12KHis House for Her: received $12K on this topicHis House for Her$12KNew Life Dream Center: received $10K on this topicNew Life Dream Center$10KJesus Our Boss Inc: received $10K on this topicJesus Our Boss Inc$10KFirm Foundation Ministries: received $10K on this topicFirm Foundation Ministries$10KWelcome Home Sis: received $8K on this topicWelcome Home Sis$8KTapestry Church: received $8K on this topicTapestry Church$8KA New Way of Life Reentry Project (Founding Mothers Inc): received $8K on this topicA New Way of Life Reentry Proje…$8KOrange County Rescue Mission: received $8K on this topicOrange County Rescue Mission$8KChanged Choices: received $8K on this topicChanged Choices$8KBlackstone Career Institute: received $8K on this topicBlackstone Career Institute$8KStir Up the Kingdom Ministries: received $8K on this topicStir Up the Kingdom Ministries$8KBethesda Ec Church: received $8K on this topicBethesda Ec Church$8KGood News Jail & Prison Ministry: received $8K on this topicGood News Jail & Prison Ministry$8K
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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 →