Grants awarded
Who does Public Welfare Foundation INC fund?
Public Welfare Foundation INC has awarded $139 million across 1,036 grants to 621 grantees between 2019 and 2024. Its giving concentrates in crime & legal. Its typical grant is $100,000, with most between $15,000 and $200,000.
Total awarded
$139.0M
Typical grant
$100K
Grantees
621
Grants
1,036
Years
2019–2024
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs INC
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$3.2M | 9 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Highlander Research & Education Center INC
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$2.7M | 7 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | TN | |
| C Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan | $2.5M | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2.3M | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition | $2.0M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
New Venture Fund
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$1.9M | 5 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | DC | |
| V Voice of the Experienced | $1.9M | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $1.8M | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Vera Institute of Justice INC
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$1.8M | 7 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| L Latino Coalition for Community Leadership | $1.6M | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Tulsa Community Foundation
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$1.6M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | OK | |
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$1.6M | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
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$1.5M | 7 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
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$1.5M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
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$1.5M | 9 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | LA | |
Southern Center for Human Rights
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$1.5M | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | GA | |
National Public Radio INC
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$1.4M | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| V Voices for a Second Chance | $1.3M | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
New Jersey Institute for Social Justice INC
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$1.3M | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | NJ | |
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$1.1M | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | IL | |
Foundation for Louisiana
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$1.0M | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | LA | |
Louisiana Center for Children's Rights
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$910K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | LA | |
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$906K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Working Partnerships USA
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$900K | 2 | 2019 | 2019 | CA | |
Public Justice Center INC
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$900K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | MD | |
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$830K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | PA | |
Detroit Justice Center
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$806K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
DC Justice Lab
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$804K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
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$802K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Ubuntu Village Nola
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$776K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | LA | |
| I Individual recipient | $775K | 3 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Second Chance Center INC
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$762K | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
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$752K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | WI | |
Echoing Green INC
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$730K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | NY | |
| O Oklahoma Policy Institute | $727K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| C Columbia University | $725K | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| C Community Connections for Youth | $711K | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
| G Greater Milwaukee Foundation INC | $704K | 4 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
Marshall Project INC
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$700K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Deep Center Incorporated
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$679K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | GA | |
Tides Foundation
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$670K | 5 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| T Texas Criminal Justice Coalition | $670K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop
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$654K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| S Social & Environmental Entrepreneurs | $650K | 2 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$650K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
Education Trust INC
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$632K | 4 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
Youth Radio
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$615K | 2 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | CA | |
W Haywood Burns Institute
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$606K | 3 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | OR | |
| I Individual recipient | $605K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$603K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| U United Workers Association INC | $600K | 2 | 2019 | 2019 | MD | |
| N Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund | $600K | 1 | 2019 | 2019 | — | — |
| F Freedom Institute INC | $600K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| A American Friends Service Committee | $600K | 3 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | PA | |
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Tides Center
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$592K | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
| F Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children | $578K | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$575K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Council for Court Excellence
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$562K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Possibility Labs
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$525K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
Community Labor United Incorporated
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$525K | 2 | 2019 | 2019 | MA | |
| C Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth | $522K | 5 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
Capital B News INC
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$518K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Common Justice
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$508K | 4 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Public Broadcasting of Colorado INC
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$500K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CO | |
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$500K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
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$500K | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | AL | |
| E El Movimiento Sigue INC | $500K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| M Minneapolis Foundation | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| C Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| F Foundation for Louisiana | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| T The Just Trust for Education | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Just Trust for Education
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$500K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NC | |
Mothering Justice
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$500K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | MI | |
| A Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | $500K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $490K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| E Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing (expo) | $478K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| N National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform | $472K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
National Center for Youth Law
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$463K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CA | |
The Sentencing Project
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$455K | 3 | 2019–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
| O Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform | $452K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
Freedom Reads
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$450K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | CT | |
| A Atlantafulton County Prearrest Diversion Initiative INC | $450K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The First 72 | $425K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | LA | |
The Trustees of Princeton University
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$409K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NJ | |
| P Princeton University | $409K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Prison Policy Initiative INC
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$403K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MA | |
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$402K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
| T The National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens | $402K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
American University
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$400K | 6 | 2019–2023 | 2023 | DC | |
Allied Media Projects INC
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$400K | 1 | 2022 | 2022 | MI | |
| M Michigan Liberation Education Fund | $400K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| R Regents of the University of Michigan | $400K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MI | |
| D Deep Center | $400K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
Georgia Justice Project INC
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$400K | 3 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | GA | |
| N National Crittenton Foundation | $400K | 2 | 2019–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
The Sixth Amendment Center Incorporated
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$400K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | MA | |
| V Vera Institute of Justice INC | $400K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $400K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| S Stand for Children Leadership Center | $400K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $400K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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