- Lexington, KY // 2016
Kentucky Equal Justice Center
Support for the workers' rights advocacy program.Awarded$160,000Term24 monthsProgramWorkers' Rights - Indianapolis, IN // 2016
National Association of IOLTA Programs
Support to promote civil legal aid to private philanthropy through IOLTA program leadership and engagement.Awarded$100,000Term12 monthsProgramSpecial Initiative: Civil Legal Aid - New York, NY // 2016
National Employment Law Project
Support to undertake a program of research, analysis, education and outreach to help nonprofit organizations better understand the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) new overtime pay requirements.Awarded$25,000Term12 monthsProgramPresident's Discretionary Fund - Boston, MA // 2016
Massachusetts Institute for a New Commonwealth (MassINC)
Support to advance criminal justice reform in Massachusetts.Awarded$200,000Term24 monthsProgramCriminal Justice - Oakland, CA // 2016
ColorOfChange.Org Education Fund
Support to utilize innovations in online organizing to engage more people of color in criminal justice reform advocacy, including state-based sentencing reform campaigns.Awarded$200,000Term12 monthsProgramCriminal Justice - Washington, DC // 2016
Justice Policy Institute
Support to research and write about juvenile justice reinvestment and raising the age of juvenile court jurisdiction.Awarded$90,000Term12 monthsProgramYouth Justice - San Francisco, CA // 2016
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
Support for the Pacific Juvenile Defender Center to develop and implement litigation strategies for reducing transfer of youth to the adult system in California.Awarded$165,000Term24 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Lincoln, NE // 2016
Nebraska Appleseed
Support for advocacy and coalition building to improve health and safety policies for meatpacking workers.Awarded$105,000Term12 monthsProgramWorkers' Rights - Washington, DC // 2016
Smithsonian Institution
Support for exhibition development and construction of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC.Awarded$100,000Term12 monthsProgramSpecial Opportunities - Williamsburg, VA // 2016
National Center for State Courts
Support for a national multimedia community engagement project on public trust and confidence in the courts.Awarded$50,000Term12 monthsProgramSpecial Opportunities - Washington, DC // 2016
Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers
Support for training, outreach, and related activities to further WRAG's work on its learning series on racism.Awarded$75,000Term12 monthsProgramSpecial Opportunities - New York, NY // 2016
Robin Hood Foundation
Support for a new campaign to increase access to public benefits for people in need and to alleviate poverty in New York City that could serve as a model for other cities nationwide.Awarded$25,000Term12 monthsProgramPresident's Discretionary Fund - Wilmington, DE // 2016
Delaware Center for Justice
Support for advocacy to advance policies that promote sentencing reform and reduce racial disparities.Awarded$200,000Term24 monthsProgramCriminal Justice - Washington, DC // 2016
Urban Institute
Support to provide research and data support to Youth First! and its partners advocating for youth decarceration reforms in the states.Awarded$165,000Term12 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Washington, DC // 2016
New Venture Fund
Support to the Communities for Just Schools Fund to host a convening for school discipline and juvenile justice reform advocates.Awarded$50,000Term12 monthsProgramYouth Justice