Sozosei Foundation Convenes Experts at Inaugural Summit to Decriminalize Mental Illness in the American Justice System
Release Date:
01/08/2021
The Sozosei Foundation recently convened its inaugural summit on decriminalizing mental illness.
Justice Reform
Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Justice Fellows
Release Date:
12/18/2020
Open Society Foundations Announce 2020 Soros Justice Fellows NEW YORK—Fighting to reduce lengthy sentences for youth. Building a network of Black HIV movement lawyers. Tackling structural racism through the power of dance...
Surdna Foundation Announces Additional $36 Million for Racial Justice
Release Date:
10/14/2020
29% increase in funding will support Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities to respond to today’s demands and pursue lasting solutions to systemic racism
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards Emergency Grants to Prison Education Programs as COVID Crisis Continues
Release Date:
08/06/2020
The grants will allow incarcerated students across the nation to continue learning while in-person instruction is paused as part of ongoing efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19.
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announces Freedom to Read: "Million Book Project" Brings Literature to 1,000 US Prisons
Release Date:
06/30/2020
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Yale Law School’s Justice Collaboratory announcesa new initiative to distribute a curated 500-book collection to 1,000 medium and maximum security prisons, including at least one juvenile detention center, across...
With $7 Million in Grant Funding Trinity Church Wall Street Joins Urgent Call for Racial Justice and Responds to COVID-19 Impacts
Release Date:
06/23/2020
Funding will go to 57 organizations that are actively working to end mass incarceration and mass homelessness in New York City.
William T. Grant and Spencer Foundations Award Rapid Response Research Grants to Combat Youth Inequality Exacerbated by the COVID-19 Pandemic
Release Date:
06/01/2020
The grants will support collaborations between researchers and policymakers, with the central goal of reducing inequality in youth outcomes in the United States.
Leading With Race to Reimagine Youth Justice: JDAI’s Deep-End Initiative - Report Released by The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Release Date:
05/26/2020
This report explores the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Deep-End Initiative, which is helping juvenile justice jurisdictions safely and significantly reduce youth confinement — especially for young people of color.
Open Society Foundations Will Give More Than $130 Million to Aid People Hardest Hit by COVID-19 Pandemic
Release Date:
04/16/2020
The aid will provide immediate relief for vulnerable communities and push back against government encroachment on political freedoms.
Andrew Cuomo, Stop a Coronavirus Disaster: Release People From Prison - Op-Ed Co-Written by Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation
Release Date:
03/30/2020
This is a public health crisis that threatens to become a humanitarian disaster.
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