Getting Local: District of Columbia
April 6, 2019It’s a philosophy that Public Welfare Foundation feels so strongly about that we shifted our grantmaking approach to get…
Accessibility Policy
March 21, 2019Public Welfare Foundation is committed to ensuring that all individuals, including but not limited to those who are visually…
Workers’ Rights
March 13, 2019Improving the Lives of Working PeopleToo often, hard-working people have their wages stolen by employers who refuse to pay…
Race, Redemption, and Restoration
April 6, 2019Race, Redemption, and Restoration is a time-bound initiative to fund promising programs advancing racial equity, redemption after incarceration, and…
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.…
West
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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
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…
Civil Legal Aid
March 13, 2019Increasing Supports for Essential Legal NeedsEighty percent of those in poverty have legal needs that go unmet. To address…
Community Reinvestment
March 13, 2019It is time to move from investing billions of dollars in failed prison models to investing in proven, effective…
Closing Youth Prisons
March 13, 2019Shifting Funds to Effective Community-Based ModelsGiven the grave damage incarceration does to youth and families, as well as its…
Raising the Age
March 13, 2019Working to Treat Kids Like KidsPublic Welfare Foundation makes grants to groups who are working to end the practice…
Sentencing Reform
March 13, 2019Developing Policies & Procedures that Restore DignityPublic Welfare Foundation aims to decrease state incarceration and reduce racial disparities through…
