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  • Marking Public Welfare Foundation’s 75th Year

    January 25, 2022

    It’s 1947. Harry Truman is President, and it is the start of a Cold War that would last nearly…

  • Report on Challenges and Innovations in D.C.’s Criminal Justice System Now Available

    May 25, 2021

    Public Welfare Foundation is implementing a grantmaking strategy to focus on getting resources closer to the ground where promising…

  • Washington, DC // 2021

    National Reentry Network for Returning Citizens

    Support to provide increased member organizing capacity, advocacy training, promote restorative practices, and organize the community of returning citizens.  
    Awarded
    $200,000
    Term
    24 months
    Program
    Justice Reform
  • Washington, DC // 2020

    Greater Washington Community Foundation

    Support for DC Fund for Just and Peaceful Neighborhoods.
    Awarded
    $200,000
    Term
    12 months
    Program
    Justice Reform
  • Washington, DC // 2020

    Greater Washington Community Foundation

    Support for COVID-19 response efforts.
    Awarded
    $100,000
    Term
    12 months
    Program
    Special Opportunities
  • Realizing a New Vision of Justice. It’s not a Moonshot.

    June 9, 2020

    On the heels of an unprecedented spring, we now find ourselves at a precipice, experiencing a cultural awakening.More and…

  • New Orleans, LA // 2020

    Foundation for Louisiana

    Support for COVID-19 response efforts.
    Awarded
    $85,000
    Term
    12 months
    Program
    Youth Justice
  • Washington, DC // 2020

    Greater Washington Community Foundation

    Support for the COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund to assist residents of the D.C. metropolitan area adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Awarded
    $200,000
    Term
    12 months
    Program
    Special Opportunities
  • Washington, DC // 2019

    March on Washington Film Festival

    General support.
    Awarded
    $25,000
    Term
    12 months
    Program
    President's Discretionary Fund
  • Lessons in Place, Grantmaking & the City Within Our Nation’s Capital

    October 29, 2019

    This past January, Public Welfare Foundation announced that we would begin our new approach to transformative justice right here…

  • Demand More: PWF Launches New Video Series Highlighting Community Reinvestment

    September 9, 2019

    “We can’t arrest our way out of this situation… It has not worked.” – Justin Cooper, Colorado Criminal Justice…

  • Washington, DC // 2019

    Greater Washington Community Foundation

    Support for DC Fund for Just and Peaceful Neighborhoods.
    Awarded
    $200,000
    Term
    12 months
    Program
    Special Opportunities
  • I Want Rebellion

    August 20, 2019

    Last year Public Welfare Foundation commissioned artist Kaliq Crosby to create two murals inside of the True Reformer Building…

  • 116 Years Later, We Dedicate the True Reformer Building to You!

    July 15, 2019

    If you are a Washingtonian, you’ve probably walked past our double doors across from historic Ben’s Chili Bowl more…

  • Washington, DC // 2019

    Far Southeast Family Strengthening Collaborative

    Support to implement violence prevention and interruption efforts in impacted neighborhoods in Ward 8 in the District of Columbia.
    Awarded
    $100,000
    Term
    12 months
    Program
    Special Opportunities
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