Public Welfare Foundation Announces New Grants
May 24, 2022The Board of Directors of Public Welfare Foundation approved $4 million in grants, including $500K for the Justice Reform…
- New Market, TN // 2021
Highlander Research and Education Center
75th Anniversary True Reformer Award: support to People's Advocacy Institute to strengthen its operating and programmatic infrastructureAwarded$500,000Term24 monthsProgramSpecial Opportunities - Walnut, CA // 2022
Open Collective Foundation
Support to JULIAN, a civil and human rights legal organization, for investigations of hate crimes in Mississippi.Awarded$75,000Term12 monthsProgramJustice Reform - New Market, TN // 2021
Highlander Research and Education Center
Support to Mississippi Prison Reform Coalition (MPRC) to reform Mississippi’s punitive sentencing laws and prison system.Awarded$100,000Term12 monthsProgramJustice Reform - Washington, DC // 2021
National Public Radio
Support for criminal and youth justice media coverage in three Gulf State Newsrooms: Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.Awarded$100,000Term12 monthsProgramSpecial Opportunities - Brooklyn, NY // 2021
Common Justice
Support to collaborate with People’s Advocacy Institute for technical assistance for restorative justice-based alternatives to incarceration in Jackson and build a continuum of care in Mississippi.Awarded$100,000Term12 monthsProgramSpecial Opportunities - Jackson, MS // 2021
Mississippi News and Information Corp
Support for accurate, data-driven investigative reporting on Mississippi’s criminal and youth justice systems.Awarded$100,000Term12 monthsProgramJustice Reform - Jackson, MS // 2021
One Voice
Support for a criminal and youth justice landscape analysis in Mississippi.Awarded$200,000Term12 monthsProgramJustice Reform - New Market, TN // 2021
Highlander Research and Education Center
Support for the People's Advocacy Institute.Awarded$235,000Term12 monthsProgramJustice Reform - Columbia, MS // 2021
New Life Fellowship Ministries
Support to Clergy for Prison Reform for youth justice organizing in Mississippi.Awarded$75,000Term12 monthsProgramJustice Reform - Jackson, MS // 2021
Empower Mississippi Foundation
Support for criminal justice reform advocacy in Mississippi.Awarded$50,000Term12 monthsProgramJustice Reform - Ocean Springs, MS // 2020
Mississippi Rising Coalition
Support for Mississippi Prison Reform Coalition to end mass incarceration and lead efforts to build a more just and humane system in Mississippi.Awarded$100,000Term24 monthsProgramSpecial Opportunities - Jackson, MS // 2020
Highlander Research and Education Center
Support for the People's Advocacy Institute.Awarded$200,000Term12 monthsProgramSpecial Opportunities