Grants

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Funding Type
Focus Area
Year
Amount
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  • Grant
    Title
  • Organization
    Name
  • Focus
    Area
  • Amount
  • Date
April 2021
Grant Title

Smart Justice CA — California Criminal Justice Reform Lobbying (2021)

Organization Name

Smart Justice CA

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$365,000
Date
April 2021
October 2015
Grant Title

Niskanen Center — Research on Immigration Policy

Organization Name

Niskanen Center

Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$360,000
Date
October 2015
April 2016
Grant Title

Accountable Justice Project — General Support

Organization Name

Accountable Justice Project

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$350,000
Date
April 2016
December 2019
Grant Title

WaitList Zero — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

WaitList Zero

Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$350,000
Date
December 2019
October 2017
Grant Title

Sightline Institute — Housing and Urban Development (2017)

Organization Name

Sightline Institute

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$350,000
Date
October 2017
August 2018
Grant Title

California YIMBY — General Support (August 2018)

Organization Name

California YIMBY

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$350,000
Date
August 2018
May 2018
Grant Title

Real Justice PAC — Criminal Justice Reform (May 2018)

Organization Name

Real Justice PAC

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$350,000
Date
May 2018
December 2018
Grant Title

National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls — General Support (December 2018)

Organization Name

National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$350,000
Date
December 2018
February 2019
Grant Title

California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

CalHDF

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$340,000
Date
February 2019
September 2014
Grant Title

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities — Full Employment Project (2014)

Organization Name

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$335,000
Date
September 2014
December 2019
Grant Title

asha bandele — Criminal Justice Books

Organization Name
Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$335,000
Date
December 2019
August 2016
Grant Title

Voice of the Experienced — General Support

Organization Name

Voice of the Experienced

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$325,500
Date
August 2016
August 2016
Grant Title

Color Of Change Education Fund — Prosecutor Accountability

Organization Name

Color Of Change Education Fund

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$321,228
Date
August 2016
October 2019
Grant Title

The Soze Agency — Right of Return Fellowship (2019)

Organization Name

The Soze Agency

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$320,000
Date
October 2019
November 2019
Grant Title

Just Liberty — General Support (November 2019)

Organization Name

Just Liberty

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$320,000
Date
November 2019
December 2017
Grant Title

Voters Organized to Educate — General Support (2017)

Organization Name

Voters Organized to Educate

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$305,000
Date
December 2017
February 2017
Grant Title

Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund — Fed Up Campaign (2017)

Organization Name

Center for Popular Democracy Action Fund

Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$305,000
Date
February 2017
August 2018
Grant Title

The Soze Agency — Right of Return Fellowship

Organization Name

The Soze Agency

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
August 2018
December 2016
Grant Title

The Ordinary People Society — Prodigal Child Project

Organization Name

The Ordinary People Society

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
December 2016
June 2016
Grant Title

California Renters Legal Advocacy and Education Fund — General Support

Organization Name

CalHDF

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
June 2016
October 2016
Grant Title

Safety and Justice Action Fund — General Support

Organization Name

Safety and Justice Action Fund

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
October 2016
August 2019
Grant Title

Greater Greater Washington — Housing and Land Use Reform (2019)

Organization Name

Greater Greater Washington

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
August 2019
February 2022
Grant Title

Probably Good — General Support

Organization Name

Probably Good

Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$300,000
Date
February 2022
October 2017
Grant Title

Essie Justice Group — General Support (2017)

Organization Name

Essie Justice Group

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
October 2017
April 2019
Grant Title

Employ America — General Support (April 2019)

Organization Name

Employ America

Focus Area
Macroeconomic Stabilization Policy
Amount
$300,000
Date
April 2019
May 2019
Grant Title

Prism — Criminal Justice Vertical

Organization Name

Prism

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
May 2019
May 2018
Grant Title

Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative — Reform L.A. Jails Ballot Measure (May 2018)

Organization Name

Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
May 2018
June 2019
Grant Title

Prison Policy Initiative — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

Prison Policy Initiative

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
June 2019
August 2019
Grant Title

The Justice Collaborative — Just Mercy

Organization Name

The Justice Collaborative

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
August 2019
February 2020
Grant Title

Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative — Reform L.A. Jails Ballot Measure (2020)

Organization Name

Reform Jails and Community Reinvestment Initiative

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
February 2020
December 2019
Grant Title

Worth Rises — General Support (2019)

Organization Name

Worth Rises

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$300,000
Date
December 2019
June 2014
Grant Title

Cochrane Collaboration — General Support

Organization Name

Cochrane Collaboration

Focus Area
Global Health & Development
Amount
$300,000
Date
June 2014
July 2014
Grant Title

ImmigrationWorks Foundation — General Support

Organization Name

ImmigrationWorks Foundation

Focus Area
Immigration Policy
Amount
$285,000
Date
July 2014
December 2017
Grant Title

The Ordinary People Society — General Support (2017)

Organization Name

The Ordinary People Society

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$280,000
Date
December 2017
January 2021
Grant Title

La Defensa — General Support

Organization Name

La Defensa

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$280,000
Date
January 2021
March 2017
Grant Title

People’s Action Institute — Prosecutor Accountability

Organization Name

People's Action Institute

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$279,000
Date
March 2017
December 2016
Grant Title

Grassroots Leadership, Inc. — Texas Advocates for Justice Project

Organization Name

Grassroots Leadership, Inc.

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$275,000
Date
December 2016
December 2019
Grant Title

Riverside Justice Table — Prosecutor Accountability (2019)

Organization Name

Riverside Justice Table

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$275,000
Date
December 2019
July 2015
Grant Title

Smart Growth America — Greater Greater Washington Education Project

Organization Name

Smart Growth America

Focus Area
Land Use Reform
Amount
$275,000
Date
July 2015
October 2018
Grant Title

Citizen Action of New York — Criminal Justice Reform Advocacy in New York State

Organization Name

Citizen Action of New York

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$266,000
Date
October 2018
October 2019
Grant Title

New Virginia Majority — Criminal Justice Reform (October 2019)

Organization Name

New Virginia Majority Education Fund

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$266,000
Date
October 2019
December 2017
Grant Title

Urban Institute — History of Philanthropy Project

Organization Name

Urban Institute

Focus Area
Other Areas
Amount
$265,833
Date
December 2017
March 2019
Grant Title

Ayni Institute — Criminal Justice Reform Coaching (2019)

Organization Name

Ayni Institute

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$264,000
Date
March 2019
December 2016
Grant Title

The Soze Agency — Returning Citizens Project

Organization Name

The Soze Agency

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$261,500
Date
December 2016
August 2016
Grant Title

Mijente — Criminal Justice Reform (2016)

Organization Name

Mijente

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$255,000
Date
August 2016
December 2017
Grant Title

Mijente — Anti-Criminalization Work (2017)

Organization Name

Mijente

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$255,000
Date
December 2017
May 2019
Grant Title

LatinoJustice — Texas Office for Latinx Engagement

Organization Name

LatinoJustice

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$250,000
Date
May 2019
August 2018
Grant Title

Faith in Texas — Criminal Justice Reform Work

Organization Name

Faith in Texas

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$250,000
Date
August 2018
October 2016
Grant Title

Youth First Initiative — General Support

Organization Name

Youth First Initiative

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$250,000
Date
October 2016
July 2019
Grant Title

Mijente — Criminal Justice Reform (2019)

Organization Name

Mijente

Focus Area
Criminal Justice Reform
Amount
$250,000
Date
July 2019