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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 “offender”
Where the money went
Washington Association ofLacey, WACharity · may take applications
124 matching grants · $14.5M · through 2024Largest: $625,732 to KING COUNTY — sex offender address verification, internet crimes task force pass thru grant
Largest: $20,000 to MASS GENERAL HOSPITAL CTR FOR LAW BRAIN AND BEHAVIOR — support for the emerging adult offender research project.
The Denver FoundationDenver, COCharity · may take applications
10 matching grants · $575,900 · through 2024Largest: $163,900 to SECOND CHANCE CENTER INC — rehabilitation services for offenders
Area Resources for CommunitySt Louis, MOCharity · may take applications
8 matching grants · $4.4M · through 2024Largest: $885,945 to EMPLOYMENT CONNECTION — ex offender training program
Largest: $8,500 to Center for Children — general operating support to provide comprehensive services to victims of child sexual abuse, severe physical abuse, trafficking, and witnesses to violence and their non-offending …
The Boys and Girls ClubsBaltimore, MDCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $1.9M · through 2021Largest: $511,586 to BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF GREATER WASHINGTON — (1) to prevent youth in maryland from engaging in criminal gang enterprises and becoming offenders that participate in violent crime throughout the state through the smart girls an…
The Community Foundation forJacksonville, FLCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $610,000 · through 2024Largest: $400,000 to REBUILDING EX-OFFENDERS SUCCESSFULLY THROUGH OPPORTUNITIES — to fund a challenge grant to support development of a quadraplex serving women reentering society following incarceration
Largest: $7,000 to Gatekeepers — empower educate and assist with re-entry to workforce for offenders and ex-offenders.
United Way SuncoastTampa, FLCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $564,999 · through 2024Largest: $165,000 to PINELLAS EX OFFENDER RE ENTRY COALITION — allocations, designations, disaster relief response, grants & program impact funding
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $370,000 · through 2024Largest: $130,000 to VICTIM OFFENDER RECONCILIATION PROGRAM OF DENVER INC — healthy individuals and communities
Largest: $65,000 to Straight Ahead Ministries — ministry to juvenile offenders
Largest: $150,000 to CENTER FOR VICTIMS — to provide canine advocacy to children who have experienced abuse and training about trauma to non-offending parents and caregivers who present at upmc childrens hospital of pittsb…
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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 →