- Chicago, IL // 2015
Children and Family Justice Center
Support to promote more effective and fair juvenile justice policies in Illinois.Awarded$180,000Term24 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Baltimore, MD // 2015
Community Law in Action, Inc.
Support for a campaign to end the automatic prosecution of youth in adult courts for certain crimes in Maryland.Awarded$200,000Term24 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Philadelphia, PA // 2015
Juvenile Law Center
Support for litigation challenges to laws allowing youth to be tried and sentenced as adults and work to reduce length of stay for incarcerated youth.Awarded$265,000Term24 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Lawrence, KS // 2015
Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Inc.
Support for a campaign to reform the state's juvenile justice system.Awarded$250,000Term24 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Evanston, IL // 2015
Youth Justice Initiative of Illinois
General Support.Awarded$200,000Term24 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Charlottesville, VA // 2015
Legal Aid Justice Center
Support for advocacy to promote alternatives to youth incarceration.Awarded$200,000Term12 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Washington, DC // 2015
National Youth Justice Network
General Support.Awarded$500,000Term24 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Montgomery, AL // 2015
Southern Poverty Law Center
Support for the Florida Campaign to stop trying children as adults.Awarded$100,000Term12 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Austin, TX // 2015
Texans Care for Children
Support for advocacy to reduce youth incarceration and raise the age of juvenile court jurisdiction in Texas.Awarded$50,000Term12 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Chestnut Hill, MA // 2015
Trustees of Boston College
Support for research and a report with policy recommendations for reducing incarceration of girls in the juvenile justice system.Awarded$23,014Term12 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Harrisburg, PA // 2015
Youth Advocate Programs, Inc.
Support for the Policy and Advocacy Center which works to promote more effective, community-based alternatives to youth incarceration.Awarded$200,000Term24 monthsProgramYouth Justice - San Francisco, CA // 2015
Youth Law Center
Support to reduce unnecessary incarceration and transfer to adult court of youth in California.Awarded$75,000Term12 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Washington, DC // 2014
New Venture Fund
Support to the Youth First! Initiative to end the reliance on youth incarceration and redirect resources towards community programs.Awarded$500,000Term24 monthsProgramYouth Justice - Portland, OR // 2014
Partnership for Safety and Justice
Support for the Safe Kids, Safe Communities campaign to challenge the automatic prosecution of youth as adults.Awarded$120,000Term24 monthsProgramYouth Justice - New York, NY // 2015
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
Support to advocate for state policy reforms to reduce youth incarceration rates, end the practice of trying youth as adults and reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system.Awarded$115,000Term6 monthsProgramYouth Justice