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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 “prosecutor”
Where the money went
Largest: $68,590 to VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY — to support a conference that brings together prosecutors from around the southeast, researchers, community leaders, and directly impacted people to foster a discussion around the u…
Largest: $630,000 to NATIONAL CHILD PROTECTION TASK FORCE — the national child protection task force was founded to bring together talented people who could provide investigative expertise and resources that are unavailable or under-funded …
Largest: $175,000 to TIDES ADVOCACY — for the prosecutors alliance of california to strengthen the work of prosecutors who are reforming california's justice system through modern solutions that advance, not just publi…
Accountable Justice Action FundAlbany, NYCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $5.6M · through 2021Largest: $3.1M to Justice Research Group — prosecutor elections & crim justice ref
Prosecutor Accoutability ProjectGreensboro, NCCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $460,000 · through 2024Largest: $140,000 to WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY — support for the accountable prosecutor project at wake forest university school of law, which is a researched based project.
Karpel FoundationSaint Louis, MO
3 matching grants · $105,000 · through 2025Largest: $35,000 to Prosecutors Center for Excellence — work with prosecutors to improve criminal justice
Largest: $100,000 to DELAWARE COUNTY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE — delaware county high-tech crime unit
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)Chicago, IL
3 matching grants · $245,000 · through 2024Largest: $110,000 to FUNDAR Centro de Analisis e Investigacion Asociacion Civil — to help advance implementation of the national prosecutor's office through monitoring of implementation of new legislation, case analysis, and alliances with institutions.
Largest: $188,345 to UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER — 81615 studying the impact of a decisionmaking intervention designed to advance racial equity in prosecutors' handling of criminal cases
Skyline FoundationSan Francisco, CA
2 matching grants · $600,000 · through 2024Largest: $300,000 to TIDES CENTER — for the charitable purposes of prosecutors alliance
Largest: $117,000 to CENTRO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS MIGUEL AGUSTIN PRO JUAR — to support litigation against the mexican navy and the prosecutors office for human rights violations
Family ReunionVienna, VACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $300,000 · through 2023Largest: $200,000 to CENTER FOR PROSECUTOR INTEGRITY — program costs
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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 →