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12 funders with a record of paying for “judging”
Where the money went
Largest: $124,000 to NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUVENILE AND FAMILY COURT JUDGES — support continued promotion and development of judges probation transformation toolkit
Largest: $200,000 to AFRICAN JUDGES AND JURISTS FORUM — core support for the africa judges network to advance african judiciaries and the legal profession capacities to engage and protect civic space in africa
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
12 matching grants · $2.8M · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to Juritrust Centre for SocioLegal Research and Documentation LtdGte — to support a research survey on judicial officers across 20 states in nigeria with a view to deepening the understanding of how judges contribute to or reduce judicial corruption.
Largest: $5,000 to National Council of Jewish Women Arizona — honorarium: to support ruth's place in honor of darlene newsom, piper fellows 2024 judge
Largest: $127,397 to THE WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY — judge stanford l. fellers memorial scholarship fund
Texas Public Policy FoundationAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $639,230 · through 2024Largest: $339,000 to FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL — voter education and election judge training
Louisiana State Bar AssociationNew Orleans, LACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $861,894 · through 2024Largest: $188,414 to JUDGES & LAWYERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM — to support the grantee in its mission of providing confidential assistance to lawyers or judges whose professional impairments may result from alcohol, drug abuse, or mental illnes…
The American Association for JusticeWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $616,000 · through 2024Largest: $10,000 to COUNCIL OF CHIEF JUDGES OF THE STATE COURT OF APPEAL — conf of council of chief judges of state courts of appeals
Largest: $500,000 to AFRICA JUDGES AND JURISTS FORUM — to support the redress of prevailing, historic human rights violations against vulnerable populations through training of judges and lawyers, strategic litigation, and research
Largest: $500,000 to NORTHEASTERN U — 81360 scaling salus populi to educate more judges about the social determinants of health and developing an 'advanced' course on racism and health equity
Largest: $140,000 to Judge David L Bazelon Center for Mental Health — decriminalizing mental illness
Largest: $102,000 to BEIT MIDRASH MISHKAN DAVID — help fund a school for judges and rabbis
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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 →