Rethinking Chances in the Context of Justice
April 29, 2019Since 2017, April has been designated as Second Chance Month to highlight the barriers to full citizenship faced by…
Racial Disparities
March 13, 2019Developing Racially-Just Youth SystemsPervading our nation’s youth justice systems are gross racial and ethnic inequities that cannot be ignored.…
Public Welfare Foundation Awards $1 Million Grant to Vera Institute of Justice
June 1, 2018Grant to advance access to prison-based college education in key states
Public Welfare Foundation Awards One Million Dollar Grant to Common Justice
June 6, 2018Grant to advance community-based alternatives to incarceration and change the narrative about violence
Accessibility Policy
March 21, 2019Public Welfare Foundation is committed to ensuring that all individuals, including but not limited to those who are visually…
Public Welfare Foundation Announces New Grants
January 5, 2018The Board of Directors approved more than $5.2 million in grants to 12 organizations across the country.
Youth Justice
March 13, 2019Today across the United States, thousands of children – disproportionately youth of color – languish in locked facilities. It…
The Pervasiveness of Wage Theft
May 11, 2017A new study by a Public Welfare Foundation grantee shows how costly minimum wage violations are to low-wage workers…
Lessons in Place, Grantmaking & the City Within Our Nation’s Capital
October 29, 2019This past January, Public Welfare Foundation announced that we would begin our new approach to transformative justice right here…
116 Years Later, We Dedicate the True Reformer Building to You!
July 15, 2019If you are a Washingtonian, you’ve probably walked past our double doors across from historic Ben’s Chili Bowl more…
Duke Ellington Symposium
View EventJoin Us for a Panel DiscussionJuly 22, 2019 @ 6:00pmLankford Auditorium, True Reformer BuildingThe event is a panel discussion…
Public Welfare Foundation Announces New Focus Areas for Grants
March 9, 2018Funding under the Special Opportunities program will advance work related to race, redemption and restoration.
Public Welfare Foundation Announces New Grants
January 14, 2020The Board of Directors of Public Welfare Foundation approved over $5.1 million in grants to eight organizations, including $2.8…
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In These Times
Support for original news coverage and commentary on workers' rights issues in In These Times magazine and online in the blog Working In These Times.Awarded$160,000Term24 monthsProgramWorkers' Rights Advancing Efforts to Promote Racial Equity
June 3, 2019Public Welfare Foundation recently announced its new strategic framework, which focuses on an approach to justice that is community-led,…
