Prison Reform and Ex-Offender Programs Grants for Nonprofits

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Grant Details:

Grants range up to $10,000.

Application Deadlines:

October 21, 2024, and April 21, 2025
(Additional deadlines will be available in the fall of 2025.)

Description:

The A.J. Muste Foundation for Peace + Justice supports efforts to attain racial, ethnic, and gender equality, economic and environmental justice, and immigrants’ and labor rights. 

The…

Grant Details:

Grants of $10,000 are provided.

Application Deadlines:

June 7, 2024
(The 2025 deadline will be available in the spring.)

Description:

The mission of the Akonadi Foundation is to support the development of powerful social change movements to eliminate structural racism.

The Foundation's So Love Can Win Fund

Grant Details:

Awards of $10,000 are given.

Application Deadlines:

The third Friday in May, annually

Description:

The Foundation for Improvement of Justice was founded for the purpose of improving local, state, and federal systems of justice throughout the United States.

The Foundation's mission is to…

Grant Details:

Grants range up to $10,000.

Application Deadlines:

Urgent Action Grants: none
Hōʻala and Kūpaʻa Grants: April 30, 2024
(The 2025 deadline will be available in the spring.)

Description:

The Hawaii People's Fund provides grants to progressive grassroots social change organizations working throughout the state.

Areas of interest include:

  • action research;
Grant Range:
$100 - $100000
Average Grant:
$35000
Grant Details:

Occasionally, larger grants are made.

Application Deadlines:

Varies by program

Note: Engage Grants are invite only for the 2024 cohort.

Description:

The mission of the Huey and Angelina Wilson Foundation is to enhance Louisiana's communities, in particular the greater Baton Rouge area, by supporting philanthropic initiatives and programs that…

Grant Range:
$2500 - $1000000
Grant Details:

Occasionally, larger grants are made.

Application Deadlines:

Letters of inquiry: February 15 and August 15, annually

Description:

The Inasmuch Foundation primarily provides grants to nonprofit organizations in central Oklahoma, with some giving in the Colorado Springs, CO, area.

The Foundation's areas of interest…

Grant Details:

The Prize will provide up to three years of support at $50,000 per year, plus an additional $25,000 in technical assistance funds.

Application Deadlines:

April 28, 2023
(This program is offered every other year. The next application deadline will be available in early 2025.)

Description:

The J.M.K. Innovation Prize, an initiative of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, supports social entrepreneurs across the United States who are tackling America’s most pressing challenges through social…

Grant Range:
$10000 - $200000
Grant Details:

Occasionally, larger grants are made.

Application Deadlines:

Congregation Mini-Grants: none
Lutheran Education Mini-Grants: March 1, annually
Regular Grants: June 1 and December 1, annually

Description:

The Lutheran Foundation of St. Louis provides support to Christian churches and nonprofit organizations in the St. Louis, MO, area who are working to improve the physical, mental, and spiritual…