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Public Welfare Cohort Attends NationSwell NYC Summit
December 5, 2019Earlier this year, Public Welfare launched its inaugural NationSwell Council cohort of 11 reformers who are working tirelessly to advance a new vision of justi…
All Right There: Elevating Investment Over Incarceration
November 18, 2019This new video from Public Welfare, highlights the incredible work our partners in Colorado are doing to shift resources from government criminal justice syste…
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 in our hometown of D.C.I was e…
Public Welfare Foundation Announces New Grants
September 16, 2019The Board of Directors of Public Welfare Foundation approved over $2.1 million in grants to six organizations, including $800,000 as part of the Workers’ Right…
Demand More: PWF Launches New Video Series Highlighting Community Reinvestment
September 9, 2019“We can’t arrest our way out of this situation… It has not worked.” – Justin Cooper, Colorado Criminal Justice Reform CoalitionBillons of dollars have been was…
Demand More: Investing in Communities to Transform Criminal Justice
September 6, 2019Billions of dollars have been wasted on ineffective prison reform. Learn how community-based restorative efforts will transform the system. This video from Pub…
I Want Rebellion
August 20, 2019Last year Public Welfare Foundation commissioned artist Kaliq Crosby to create two murals inside of the True Reformer Building that honor the building’s histor…
116 Years Later, We Dedicate the True Reformer Building to You
July 15, 2019If you are a Washingtonian, you have probably walked past the True Reformer Building, sitting on the corner of 12th and U Street Northwest. Until recently, the…
The Value of Life: Let’s Rally for More than Just the Privileged
July 12, 2019Heavy in this week’s news cycles are reports of A$AP Rocky’s detention in Sweden. On July 2, the American rapper and record producer was arrested in Sweden whi…








