Foundations

Foundations Funding Criminal Justice Research

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety

Mission: Founded in 1947, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is a not-for-profit, publicly supported charitable research and education organization dedicated to saving lives by preventing traffic crashes and reducing injuries when crashes occur.

For 70 years, the Foundation has been true to its mission to prevent traffic deaths and injuries by conducting research into their causes and by educating the public about strategies to prevent crashes and reduce injuries when they do occur.

Drawing on both in-house resources and the work of leading experts in North America, our work generates concrete recommendations for preventing crashes, injuries and deaths on our roads. Initially emphasizing projects related to safety patrols and driver education, today the Foundation has expanded its scope of work and has long been recognized as a leader in traffic safety, with a focus on four research priorities: Driver behavior and performance, Emerging technologies, Roadway systems and drivers, Vulnerable road users.

Widely respected, the Foundation is routinely cited for its landmark studies. Research pertaining to distracted driving, traffic safety culture, teen and older driver studies, and drowsy driving have been featured nationally.

Criminal Justice Interest: Driver behavior and performance, Emerging technologies, Roadway  systems and drivers, Vulnerable road users.

Criteria for grant: There was no available information regarding this.

Application Process & Deadlines: Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety RFP application process, for new 2021 projects, has been suspended until further notice. For inquiries and questions about our request for proposals, please send e-mail to rfp@aaafoundation.org.

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Abbey Woods Foundation

Mission: Abbey Woods Foundation has a broad field of interests. They include, but are not limited to, special service, crime/violence prevention, domestic violence, women centers/services, churches and religion.

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime/Violence Prevention

Criteria for grant: Giving primarily in IL, Nonprofit organizations

Application Process & Deadlines: Proposals are accepted on a year round basis; however, not every proposal may warrant a response.

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Ablard Foundation: Grants for Criminal Justice Reform

Mission/Overview: Abelard Foundation supports early stage grassroots nonprofits in a broad range of issue areas.

Criminal Justice Interest: Incarceration and police misconduct

Criteria for grant: Grants awarded to nonprofits east of the Mississippi river that are in early years of development and that have budgets less than $300,000. Grants are primarily given to repeat grantees. Support is primarily for local organizations.

Application Process & Deadlines: Proposals are accepted on a year round basis but are reviewed twice yearly. Applications mailed by March 15 will be reviewed in the spring and those mailed by September 15 will be reviewed in the fall.

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The Alexia Foundation

Mission: The Alexia promotes the power of photojournalism to give voice to social injustice, to respect history lest we forget it and to understand cultural difference as our strength – not our weakness. Through grants, scholarships and special projects, The Alexia supports photographers as agents for change. The Alexia’s mission is to support individual visual storytellers of all types; what storytellers address and what they say about life on the planet is more important than the genre chosen to address that topic.

Criminal Justice Interest: Social Injustice

Criteria for Grants: The Alexia has for 30 years given grants to student and professional visual journalists to help them produce projects that inspire change by addressing topics that are socially significant. We are changing the parameters and expectations for this year’s competition, given how the pandemic is affecting those in the visual storytelling profession. We are reducing the entry fee from $50 to $20 and the grant money may be spent on whatever the recipient deems to be most necessary, as opposed to expecting it to go toward producing a proposed project. Your submission may be to produce a proposed project, as in previous years, that touches any socially significant topic, especially climate change. We also encourage you to consider submitting work related to the two tragedies that have dramatically affected many lives this year in particular: the pandemic and all that has resulted from the killing of George Floyd. 

Application Process & Deadlines: The Alexia is accepting submissions until Feb. 9, 2023, via the Visura.co platform.

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Allstate Foundation

Mission: Founded in 1952, The Allstate Foundation is an independent charitable organization funded by contributions from subsidiaries of The Allstate Corporation. At Allstate, we are the Good Hands® people. We help people realize their hopes and dreams through products and services designed to protect them from life’s uncertainties and to prepare them for the future. The Allstate Foundation does just that by consistently investing millions of dollars annually in communities and issues to protect and prepare Americans.

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime/Domestic Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grants: To be eligible for funding from The Allstate Foundation, an organization must be exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS code, or be a municipal, state or federal government entity.  Charitable organizations should be a public charity and not a private foundation.  Faith— based organizations are eligible for funding as long as their programming serves the whole community, regardless of religious affiliation.

Application Process & Deadlines: Visit company website for appropriate documentation needed. Board meetings are March, June, September, and December. There is no deadline to apply.

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American Psychological Foundation

Mission: The sponsor’s goals are as follows: To encourage the transfer of psychological science with regard to violence, its prevention, and intervention strategies to applications within the community; and to support the implementation of innovative community programs aimed at preventing violence.

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime/Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grant: Applicants must be 501(c) (3) nonprofit organizations or educational institutions or affiliated with such as organization

Application Process & Deadline: Please see web link for full information.

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Annie E. Casey Foundation

Mission:  The primary mission of the foundation is to foster public policies, human—service reforms, and community supports that more effectively meet the needs of today’s vulnerable children and families. In pursuit of this goal, the Foundation makes grants that help states, cities and neighborhoods fashion more innovative, cost effective responses to these needs.

Criminal Justice Interest: Juveniles

Criteria for grant: must work inside the United States. Not for profit organizations.

Application Process & Deadlines: In general the Grant making of the Annie E. Casey foundation is limited to initiatives the United States that have significant potential to demonstrate innovative policy, service delivery, and community supports for disadvantaged children and families. The foundations approach to grant making focuses on making multi-year, multi-site commitments that enable us to invest in long term strategies and partnerships that strengthen family and community relationships.

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Arnold Adventures Foundation

Mission: Mission: We work in four key issue areas: Criminal Justice, Education, Health, and Public Finance. Our work is guided by Evidence-Based Policy, Research, and Advocacy. Our work in criminal justice is about changing the system to improve people’s lives. Are people being treated fairly without regard to race or income? Is there an underlying issue like substance use disorder or mental illness that the system is unable to address? 

Criminal Justice Interest: We look at interactions with the justice system from start to finish — policing and pretrial, probation and parole, prison reform, and reintegration — and engage with experts and those directly affected to explore new policies and practices.

Criteria for Grant: They provide rather detailed expectations for what a specific proposal should include somewhat tailored to each specific RFP. 

Application Process & Deadlines: They do not accept open applications, only responses to requests for proposals. The process begins with a letter of intent. They generally don’t list funding amounts, saying only that funding should be appropriate to the project and welcome universities as research partners.

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George F. Baker Trust

Mission: The Trust supports “such corporations organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, law enforcement, literary, or educational purposes, including the encouragement of art and the prevention of cruelty to children or animals.”

Criminal Justice Interest: Criminology

Criteria for Grant: The Trust does not make grants to individuals, only to incorporated organizations ruled tax exempt by the federal government.

Application Process & Deadline: There are no deadlines for the receipt of applications, action on which may require up to six months. If an applicant is uncertain about the Trust’s current fields of activities, an inquiry describing in general the applicant’s project may save the trouble and expense of preparing a formal application.

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The Bielfeldt Foundation

Mission: Giving for the arts, education, health associations, children, youth and social services, and to churches and organizations. Our fields of interest include, but are not limited to: arts, multipurpose centers, museums, performing arts, opera, higher education, animals, wildlife preservation/protection, Cancer, crime/violence prevention, human services, and children/youth services.

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime/Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grant: Giving primarily in IL; no grants to individuals

Application Process & Deadline: Application form is required. Initial approach should be a letter or phone call requesting application form. There are no deadlines for submission. Board meetings are scheduled end of March, June, October, and December. Final notifications will be given one week after board meeting.

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William Bingham Foundation

Mission: Each year, The William Bingham Foundation selects a particular area of interest for grant requests coming from organizations with which we do not already have a relationship. Organizations with which we do have an existing relationship should contact the Foundation directly. The Bingham Foundation offers grants to non-profit organizations for projects relating to family services, youth, education, and substance abuse.

Criminal Justice Interest: Juvenile/Drug Abuse Prevention

Criteria for Grant: Applications will be accepted from not-for-profit charitable organizations. Because this is a one—time grant, requests for new programs or for the addition of new staff positions will not be accepted. Prospective applicants may contact the Foundation for further clarification. Grants are made only to public U.S. nonprofit agencies, and range in size depending on program budget and goals. Grants are not made to individuals or for support of activities centered outside the United States. Although there are no additional geographic restrictions, grants often reflect the needs of the communities in which trustees reside.

Application Process & Deadlines: The William Bingham Foundation accepts all preliminary grant requests via their web site. If you are interested in submitting an application, please contact us first via email listed below.

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Bydale Foundation

Mission: The Bydale Foundation places an emphasis on international understanding, public policy research, environmental quality, cultural programs, the law and civil rights, social services, higher education, and economics. The area of law enforcement is one of the focuses of this foundation.

Criminal Justice Interest: Law Enforcement/Civil Rights

Criteria for Grant: Organizations must have either 501(c) (3) status or be under the sponsorship of an organization with tax exempt status. Grants do not support demonstration projects or endowments.

Application Process & Deadlines: There are no written guidelines, application forms, or annual reports. Prospective applicants are asked to submit a proposal preferably in July or August before the November board meetings.

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Central Eurasia Project

Mission: The Central Eurasia Project (CEP) strives to make available more and better information about human rights and the social and economic health of the South Caucasus and Central Asia, both within the region and internationally, in order to shape policies that contribute to building open societies. CEP uses grant making to international and indigenous NGOs to help build local capacity, bring international expertise to bear on the region, and promote cooperation between local activists and international civic movements in the fields of human rights. The ultimate goal of such activity is to strengthen civil society and construct support networks for civic activists within international structures and movements.

Criminal Justice Interest: International/Comparative; Human Rights

Criteria for Grant: All applications must be made on behalf of organizations or groups, which may include, but are not limited to, informal coalitions, non-governmental organizations, humanitarian aid or other charitable organizations, and educational institutes. United States applicants must be tax—exempt within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Application Process & Deadlines: CEP provides most grants on an annual basis. There is no set limit on the amount of funding a proposal can request; awards are based on the CEP’s independent assessment both of project costs and the feasibility of the work proposed.

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Charles Koch Foundation

Mission: The Charles Koch Foundation breaks barriers that stand in the way of people realizing their potential. This moves our society toward one of mutual benefit, where people succeed by helping others improve their lives.

Criminal Justice Interest: The criminal justice system affects everything from individual opportunity and family cohesion to public safety and community life. A better understanding of the criminal justice system and its effects on society will help identify opportunities to create better long-term outcomes for all involved.

Criteria for Grant: A one-to-two-page abstract of the project on behalf of your university, college, think tank, or other 501(c)(3) organization. The abstract should provide sufficient detail for reviewers to asses the nature and feasibility of the idea, a CV or resume, and a brief itemized budget.

Application Process and Deadlines: Proposals are accepted and evaluated on a rolling basis. Funding levels are commensurate with the requirements of the research and the potential for the research to advance an understanding of critical issues. Accepted proposals may also receive support to disseminate the research findings.

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Chatlos Foundation

Mission: The Chatlos Foundation proclaims the Glory of God by funding nonprofit organizations in the USA and around the globe. Support is provided to organizations currently exempt by the Internal Revenue Service of the United States. The Foundation’s areas of interest are: Bible Colleges/Seminaries, Religious Causes, Medical Concerns, Liberal Arts Colleges and Social Concerns.

Criminal Justice Interest: Correctional Institutions and Procedures

Criteria for Grant: Support for programs in the following areas: bible colleges/seminaries, religious causes, medical concerns, liberal arts colleges (priority consideration is given to private colleges), and social concerns. The category of social concerns encompasses secular community programs which provide direct services such as child welfare, vocational training, prison alternatives, concerns for the aged and disabled, and men, women, and families in crisis. Eligible applicants are domestic non—profit, tax—exempt organizations. Less emphasis is placed on bricks and mortar funding, endowments, conference and administrative expenses, and multi—year grants.

Application & Deadlines: the foundation reviews proposals on a monthly basis.

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Chicago Community Trust

Mission: The Chicago Community Trust has helped thousands of Chicago area not for profits achieve their goals to improve the life and vitality of the Chicago community. The Trust’s expert staff applies that knowledge to a highly competitive grant making process that seeks to address a wide variety of community needs. The majority of the Trust’s annual support is awarded under its general grant making programs, organized around five key areas: arts and culture; basic human needs, community development, education, and health.

Criminal Justice Interest: Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice

Criteria for Grant: Illinois Residents/Institutions Only /Teaching or Curric/Program

Development Eligible organizations are: Nonprofit agencies with evidence of tax—exempt status under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code or those using a 501(c) (3) fiscal agent. Located within and/or primarily serving residents of Cook County, except for regional, statewide or national projects or research that may benefit a substantial portion of Cook County residents.

Application Process & Deadlines: The Executive Committee makes decisions on grant recommendations of over $25,000 in each of the foundation’s three grant cycles: January, May, and September. Organizations will be notified of grant decisions soon after each board meeting. Requests for funding of$25,000 and under are submitted for internal review and approved on a rolling basis during each cycle.

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Chicago Foundation for Women

Mission: The fund allows for of immediate support to local organizations addressing critical issues and concerns for women and girls in Illinois. The program’s priorities are to: Support the enhancement of staff skills and knowledge within women—led grassroots nonprofits; Strengthen the nonprofit and philanthropic communities in their recognition and inclusion of women’s and girl’s issues; Support an end to domestic violence. Support emerging organizations with budgets of less than $75,000 with innovative and creative programs that empower underserved populations of women and girls; Support new ideas that will challenge the status quo in addressing the needs of underserved and marginalized populations; Support local organizations for special events and conferences; and Support forums that use various visual and performing arts media to respond to social justice issues for women and girls.

Criminal Justice Interest: Domestic Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grant: The sponsor support nonprofit, tax—exempt organizations with 501(c) 3 status or organizations that have an authorized fiscal agent with such status. The sponsor funds organizations within the six-collar county metropolitan Chicago area. These counties are: Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will.

Application Process & Deadline: We welcome applications at any time during the year.

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Colombe Peace Foundation 

Mission: The sponsor provides support to organizations in the United States that share its mission and use these strategies: grassroots organizations working to educate the public and influence decision makers; peace advocacy organizations promoting alternative policies; and organizations initiating media coverage. Colombe Foundation seeks to create a peaceful world through changes in American policy. We work for the elimination of weapons of mass destruction, a shift from war and aggression to conflict prevention and conflict resolution, and a shift from wasteful military spending to investments in programs addressing poverty, environmental degradation and other root causes of violence. We believe that American citizens, working through non—governmental organizations, can bring about these changes by using the tools of our democracy.

Criminal Justice Interest: Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grant: Applicants must demonstrate status as a 501(c) (3) organization.

Application Process & Deadlines: No restrictions 

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Common Counsel Foundation

Mission: Founded in 1988, Common Counsel Foundation partners with families and individual donors to expand philanthropic resources for progressive social movements. Through our strategic philanthropic services, we prioritize support for community—based organizations building the leadership of low—income people, women, youth, people of color and others working for justice, equity, and a healthy, sustainable environment. The Common Counsel Foundation is a consortium of family foundations which offers grants in the areas of family service and substance abuse to non—profit organizations.

Criminal Justice Interest: Drug/Alcohol Abuse Prevention; Civil/Human Rights

Criteria for Grant: nonprofit organizations

Application Process & Deadlines: letters of inquiry are welcome at any time

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Commonwealth Fund

Mission: The Commonwealth Fund offers grants for programs which address violence prevention and healthy development in children minorities, and seniors.

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime/Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grant: nonprofit organizations

Application Process & Deadlines: The Commonwealth Fund encourages and accepts unsolicited requests on an ongoing basis. The Fund strongly prefers grant applicants to submit letters of inquiry using the online application form. Applicants who choose to submit letters of inquiry by regular mail or fax should provide the information outlined below in a two to three – page document. While the Fund will continue to accept letters of inquiry via regular mail and fax, such submissions will take longer to process than those received online. Letters of inquiry are acknowledged when received. Applicants are typically advised of the results of an initial staff review within two months. Program staff will contact applicants if more detailed information is required. Proposals recommended by Fund staff are reviewed and voted upon by the Board of Directors, which meets three times each year. However, letters of inquiry are accepted on a rolling basis; there are no deadlines.

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Community Foundation of Central Illinois

Mission: To serve the central Illinois area by providing an intelligent bridge between needs and resources through a growing endowment, entrepreneurial grant—making service to the non—profit sector, and promotion of philanthropy

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime/Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grant: Giving limited to the central IL area. No support for sectarian religious purposes. No grants to individuals (except for scholarships), or for annual campaigns. NO LOANS.

Application Process and Deadlines: Visit website for application form and application guidelines. Grant deadlines are March 15 and September 15 annually.

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Community Foundation of Northern Illinois

Mission: to serve as a catalyst for giving and to preserve and grow an endowment for the current and future needs of the people of Northern Illinois Founded in 1953 as a public charity, the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois is the area’s leading provider of philanthropic services. Stewarding over $45 million and 400 funds, the Community Foundation provides a permanent and growing source of funding to non—profits throughout the Northern Illinois region. The majority of the funds the Foundation stewards are permanent, meaning resources will be available forever.

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime/Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grants: Be a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, not-for-profit agency and/or organized group carrying out a charitable purpose for the public good in an efficient matter Be operated and organized in such a manner that no applicable anti-discrimination laws are violated.

Application Process & Deadlines: The deadlines for submitting all applications are January 15th and July 15th of each year. If the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, proposals are due on the next business day. Grants under $10,000 are typically awarded in mid April for the January grant cycle and mid October for the July grant cycle. Grants of $10,000 and over are typically awarded in June for the January grant cycle and in December for the July grant cycle.

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Compton Foundation, Inc.

Mission: Grants are made in the fields of Peace & Security, Population and Reproductive Health, and the Environment and Sustainability. Areas of interest are as follows: Peace and Security: The Peace and Security program seeks to promote peace by addressing the need for new policies and practices to provide for human safety in regions of armed conflict. Achieving this goal will involve the military, local police, international defense forces, diplomats, humanitarian relief organizations, private firms, and others. It will also involve establishing new working relationships and better coordination among them to provide for more effective human security. Grants are made primarily to organizations based in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, although proceeds from these grants can be used for work conducted in other countries. Population & Reproductive Health: In its Population and Reproductive Health grant making, the Foundation links population stabilization with peace and environment issues, and as such with broader social development and environmental goals. The primary focus is U.S. national reproductive health policy. The sponsor will also support state-level or regional activities with direct implications for national policy. In addition, the Foundation funds a small number of projects that strengthen service delivery systems in the following areas: Colorado, and the San Francisco Bay Area. Environment and Sustainability: In its Environment and Sustainability grant making, the Compton Foundation seeks a balanced and healthy relationship between humans, other life, and the planet. The Foundation believes it is possible to pursue a holistic and sustainable vision that blends concern for environmental conservation and economic viability, links urban and rural priorities, and views humans as one part of the natural world. The Foundation has chosen three focus areas in which we feel we can make a meaningful contribution to realizing this vision in the United States. Grants in the field of Environment and Sustainability will be made to organizations based in the United States for domestic programs. The Foundation prioritizes projects in the following order: (1) Regional or statewide projects in the three Pacific Coast states: California, Oregon, Washington; (2) Regional or statewide projects in the eleven western states: California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Wyoming; (3) Projects of national significance in the United States.

Criminal Justice Interest: International/Comparative

Criteria for Grant: Applicants must have demonstrated strong leadership and management capability; have a proposed project with a specific focus in an area not presently supported adequately by other sources of funding; if relevant, the project has a sound scientific basis and there are measurable goals; the project is likely to make an important contribution to the field; have a project that is responsive to the local population, involves local people in the planning and implementation process, and takes into account the cultural and economic impact of the project on the local population; and have a project that requires a relatively modest investment in order to make a significant impact. Application Process & Deadlines – Proposals must be received by March 7 for consideration in June and September 7 for consideration in December.  Proposals can only be submitted if an invite is sent to the individual or organization by the foundation.

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Charles Koch Institute/ Criminal Justice Reform

Mission: The Charles Koch Institute breaks barriers that stand in the way of people realizing their potential. This moves our society toward one of mutual benefit, where people succeed by helping others improve their lives. History demonstrates people are capable of extraordinary things when they have the opportunity to learn, contribute, and succeed. We can transform society by breaking the internal and external barriers that prevent people from realizing their potential, enabling all people to improve their lives and find fulfillment by helping others do the same. Our communities are safest when the criminal justice system respects human dignity. That means achieving justice for victims as well as ensuring that people leaving prison have opportunities to succeed on the outside. We support reforms that improve communication between police and citizens and that reduce recidivism by removing barriers to opportunity.

Criminal Justice Interest: We focus on areas that will have the greatest impact on criminal justice reform. These include Overcriminalization, Policing Practices, Due Process, Sentencing and Second Chances. 

Criteria for Grant: A one-to-two-page abstract of the project on behalf of your university or college. The abstract should provide sufficient detail for reviewers to assess the nature and feasibility of the idea.*A CV or résumé.* A brief, itemized budget.* Final projects should be original and meet the highest standards of their field and must not have been previously published. *Items are required in application.

Application Process & Deadlines: Proposals will be accepted and evaluated on a rolling basis.

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CS Fund

Mission: The CS Fund and the Warsh/Mott Legacy are private foundations that are linked by common issue interests and boards of directors. CSF and WML are dedicated to preserving biodiversity, defending democracy, preventing the commoditization of life, and protecting human rights and environmental health. The CSF/WML board of directors also offers advice on the TOP Fund, a donor-advised fund at the Marin Community Foundation. The Marin Community Foundation operates as a public charity, and maintains discretion over the distribution of money from the TOP Fund.

Criminal Justice Interest: Civil/human Rights

Criteria for Grant: Applicant organizations must be classified as a 501(c)(3) by the US Internal Revenue Service. Foreign applicants should note that the foundations make a very limited number of grants abroad. Giving is done on a national basis. No grants for endowment funds, capital ventures, emergency request, or video or film production

Application Process & Deadlines: Requests for support should be made by letter of inquiry. Hard copy is preferred over fax or e-mail transmission. There are no deadlines for letters of inquiry — they are accepted throughout the year. Letters will be acknowledged as soon as possible. If your project falls within the foundations’ priority interest areas, a full proposal will be invited. The foundations provide general support as well as project-specific grants. The foundations make funding decisions twice a year, usually in April/May and November/December. If a full proposal is requested, it must be received by the second Monday in January for consideration in the spring, or the second Monday in August for consideration in the fall.

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Deer Creek Foundation

Mission: support primarily for programs that preserve and advance our democratic system and government accountability, with civil liberties protection provided by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and to promote education about democracy; grants primarily given to “action programs” with promise of making a significant national or regional impact.

Criminal Justice Interest: Civil rights

Criteria for Grant: We are giving on a national basis. No grants to individuals, or for building or endowment funds, equipment or operating budgets.

Application Process & Deadlines: Letter of inquiry should contain items specified in grant maker’s brochure. Application form required. There are no application deadlines. Board meeting dates are April and September.

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Michael and Susan Dell Foundation

Mission: Michael and Susan Dell established the foundation in 1999. The gift was inspired by their passion for supporting children’s causes as a way to make an even greater difference in a measurable way, particularly for those children living in urban poverty. Based in Austin, TX, the foundation initially focused on improving education and children’s health in Central Texas; but our mission soon expanded to reach children globally. To date, the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation has committed more than $530 million to assist nonprofit organizations working in major urban communities in the United States and India. Our vision is to focus on opportunities with the greatest potential to directly and measurably transform the lives of children living in urban poverty.

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime/Violence Prevention/Youth Services/Child Abuse Prevention

Criteria for Grant: We are committed to giving on a local, regional, national and international basis. No support for medical research. No grants to individuals for fundraisers, sponsorships, or endowments.

Application Process & Deadlines: Initial approach should be to submit preliminary grant request on line at company’s website. Unsolicited full proposals are not accepted. If the foundation finds that the preliminary grant request fulfills its mission, grant seeker will be notified and provided a password to access official grant application forms through its website.

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Drug Policy Alliance

Mission: The sponsor seeks to broaden public and political support for drug policy reform and will fund strategic and innovative approaches to increase such support. Proposals are invited that are designed to: Educate the public and policymakers about the negative consequences of current local, state or national drug policies; promote better awareness and understanding of alternatives to current drug policies; and broaden awareness and understanding of the extent to which punitive prohibitionist policies are responsible for most drug-related problems around the country.

Criminal Justice Interest: Drug Policy

Criteria for Grant: Virtually all grant making are directed to organizations working within the United States, with particular emphasis on state-based activity. Strategic, geographic or thematic collaborations are strongly encouraged. The sponsor will make grants to organizations and projects focusing on one or more of the following: Public education campaigns and litigation to raise awareness of the negative consequences of current local, state and national drug policies; Organizing and constituency mobilization efforts which raise awareness about the negative consequences of local, state or national drug policies; Public education regarding: (1) the failures and consequences of drug polices in the United States and the possible benefits of policy alternatives to criminal prohibition; (2) reduction of the reliance on the criminal justice system by raising awareness of the need for alternatives to incarceration; (3) discrimination in employment, housing, student loans and other benefits against those who use drugs or who have been convicted of drug offenses; and (4) raising awareness of the negative consequences of current drug policies on human rights; and Disproportionate impact on communities of color and youth.

Application Process & Deadline: applications are welcome at any time.

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E.C. Wareheim Foundation

Mission: Foundation giving primarily for children and youth development services, including youth at risk; support also for education Foundations interests include, but are not limited to; education, courts/judicial, legal services, human services, and children/youth services.

Criminal Justice Interests: At risk juveniles.

Criteria for Grant: No grants to individuals, no loans, no start up expenses.

Application Process & Deadlines: Application form is required, initial approach should be in the form of a letter; no deadlines for submission of letter.

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Eli Lilly and Company Foundation

Mission: The primary focus of Eli Lilly and Company is to make medicines that help people live longer, healthier, and more active lives. However, the company knows that its obligations to society extend beyond the medicines it makes. An important aspect of this commitment is being a leader in the area of charitable donations. Lilly is consistently ranked as one of the most charitable companies in the world, and the Lilly Foundation, which is made possible by the donations of Eli Lilly and Company, is an important source of this charitable work. As we look to constantly improve our philanthropic activities, the Foundation will seek to collaborate with non-profits that are delivering measurable results. The Foundation is honored to support organizations that are making a positive impact, and we look forward to building on many of these relationships. We also look forward to forging new partnerships with organizations that are doing outstanding work in our areas of interest.

Criminal Justice Interest: Civil rights/race relations.

Criteria for Grant: Organization is giving on a national and international basis. No support for religious or sectarian organizations not of direct benefit to the whole community. No political contributions. No grants to individuals or scholarships.

Application Process & Deadlines: qualified grant applications received between January 1 and June 30 are generally reviewed during the 3^rd quarter. Applications for grant received between July 1 and December 31 are reviewed in the 1^st quarter.

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Ford Foundation

Mission: The foundation’s mission is to serve as a resource for innovative people and institutions worldwide. Its goals are to: strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement. Grants are made primarily within three broad categories: (1) asset building and community development; (2) knowledge, creativity, and freedom; and (3) peace and social justice.

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime/Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grant: Our foundation gives on a national and international basis. No support for programs for which substantial government or other sources is readily available, or for religious of sectarian activities. No grants to individuals.

Application Process & Deadlines: Prospective applicants are advised to review the foundation’s Website for information on current funding guidelines. Application form is not required. There are no application deadlines, however board meetings are in the following months; January, May and September.

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GE Foundation

Mission: The GE Foundation provides grants and invests in initiatives that work to solve some of the world’s most difficult problems. In coordination with partners, GE supports U.S. and international education, the environment public policy, human rights, disaster relief and community success around the globe. GE also supports GE employee and retiree giving and involvement in GE communities through employee programs such as the GE Foundation Matching Gifts Program.

Criminal Justice Interest: Human Rights

Criteria for Grant: Accredited public or non-profit schools, school districts, colleges and universities to which contributions are tax-deductible under the Internal Revenue Code of the United States

Application Process & Deadline: letters of inquiry are welcome at any time.

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General Service Foundation

Mission: The General Service Foundation (GSF) was founded and endowed by Clifton R. Musser and Margaret Kulp Musser. The goal of the Foundation’s Human Rights and Democracy Program is to advance and strengthen human rights, democratic reform and economic justice in Mexico, Cuba, and Central America. Within the broad program goal, the Foundation has chosen to focus primarily on the following issues (listed in order of descending priority: (1) US Policy: U.S. relations with Mexico; finding equitable solutions to the human impact of globalization; U.S. policy toward Cuba; and regional policy toward Central America; and (2) Mexico: promotion of comprehensive human rights protections; protection of labor rights; and judicial reform.

Criminal Justice Interest: International/Comparative/Human Rights

Criteria for Grant: Grantees are required to have a 501(c)(3) or be sponsored by an organization that does.

Application Process & Deadline: All applicants, regardless of prior history with General Service Foundation, start by submitting an online Letter of Inquiry, unless otherwise directed by foundation staff. If one needs to contact either program officer, please do so by e-mail at the below addresses. The deadlines for the Human Rights and Democracy program are February 1 (spring) and September 1 (fall). Application instructions and materials are available at the above E-forms address. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit an online application. If one is unable to apply online or via email, the Foundation will accept letters of inquiry via regular mail or fax, but only if electronic submission is not an option for the applicant. Deadlines for receipt of invited full proposals are March 1 for the Spring cycle and October 1 for the Fall cycle. Letters of inquiry and full proposals must be received in the Foundation’s office by 5:00 p.m., MST, on the day of the deadline. Submissions arriving after the deadline will not be considered until the following funding cycle.

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Bernard F. and Alva B. Gimbel Foundation, Inc.

Mission: Funding in the criminal justice area is focused on programs working to reduce recidivism and improve public safety. These include advocacy for sentencing reforms and increased use of alternatives to incarceration, as well as efforts to improve the likelihood of successful reentry for those returning to their communities after release from prison or jail. Support is provided for programs offering legal representation in matters relating to education, employment and foster care. Funding is also provided for innovative initiatives aimed at increasing the accessibility of legal services in underserved communities.

Criminal Justice Interest: Prisoner Re-entry.

Criteria for Grant: Eligible applicants are tax-exempt organizations. The Foundation does not make grants to direct service programs outside of New York City. The sponsor does not accept unsolicited proposals for the Environment program area.

Application Process & Deadlines: Generally, letters of inquiry are accepted on an ongoing basis. The Foundation makes grant decisions in December and June. However, as it is extremely unlikely that the Foundation will be able to consider any new funding in the coming year, interested applicants are asked to contact the Foundation’s program staff before submitting a letter of inquiry.

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William T. Grant Foundation

Mission: Since 1936, the William T. Grant Foundation has been committed to furthering the understanding of human behavior through research. Today, the Foundation supports research to understand and improve the settings of youth ages 8 to 25 in the United States. The Foundation is interested in studies that strengthen understanding of how settings work, how they affect youth development, and how they can be improved. The Foundation also funds studies that strengthen understanding of how and under what conditions research is used to influence policies and practices that affect youth settings. Important settings include schools, youth-serving organizations, neighborhoods, families, and peer groups. The Foundation supports high-quality research that addresses its current research interests: enhancing understanding of how youth settings work, how they affect youth development, and how they can be improved; and on studies that examine when, how, and under what conditions research evidence is used in policies and practices that affect youth, and how its use can be improved.

Criminal Justice Interest: Juvenile Justice/Child Welfare

Criteria for Grant: To be eligible for consideration, applicants must: (1) be employed at a nonprofit institution, either in the United States or abroad (this institution must have 501(c)(3) tax-exemption);(2) submit a project that is consistent with the Foundation’s current research interests; (3) address issues that have compelling relevance for theory, policies, and/or practices affecting the settings of youth ages 8 to 25 in the United States; and (4) reflect high standards of evidence and rigorous methods, commensurate with the proposal’s goals.

Application Process & Deadlines: Letters of intent for Officers’ Research Grants are accepted on a rolling basis.

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Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

Mission: The Harry Frank Guggenheim (HFG) Foundation sponsors scholarly research on problems of violence, aggression, and dominance. The Foundation welcomes proposals from any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance.

Highest priority is given to research that can increase understanding and amelioration of urgent problems of violence, aggression, and dominance in the modern world. Particular questions that interest the foundation concern violence, aggression, and dominance in relation to social change, the socialization of children, intergroup conflict, interstate warfare, crime, family relationships, and investigations of the control of aggression and violence. Research with no useful relevance to understanding human problems will not be supported, nor will proposals to investigate urgent social problems where the foundation cannot be assured that useful, sound research can be done. Priority will also be given to areas and methodologies not receiving adequate attention and support from other funding sources. The Foundation awards research grants to individuals for individual projects and does not award grants to institutions for institutional programs.

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime/Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grant: The Foundation provides research grants to established scholars and dissertation fellowships to graduate students in the final writing phase of their Ph.D. dissertation. (HFG does not support institutions, programs, or pure interventions.) In addition, the Foundation sponsors small, interdisciplinary conferences on various topics falling under the heads of violence, aggression, and dominance.

Application Process & Deadlines: Requests for further information about HFG Research Grants should be directed to The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, below. To discuss an application in detail, call or write to our program officers. The deadline for receipt of applications by the foundation is August 1 for a decision in December. Incomplete or late applications will not be processed. Applications may not be submitted by fax.

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Hearst Foundation

Mission: The Hearst Foundations work with comprehensive direct-service organizations that foster effective solutions to social and economic problems. Priority is given to efforts that enable children, youth and families to lead productive and independent lives. The Foundations’ interest include family support services, domestic violence and child abuse prevention, after-school programs, youth development, literacy, housing and homelessness, job training, economic development, and programs for older adults.

Criminal Justice Interests: Domestic/Child Abuse Prevention.

Criteria for Grants: grant funds must be used for purposes exclusively within the United States and its territories. The Foundations do not consider requests for grants to individuals.

Application Process & Deadlines: There are no deadlines. Proposals are accepted year round. The Board of Directors for both Foundations meets quarterly March, June, September and December. Every request goes through an initial rigorous evaluation process by the staff that generally takes four to six weeks. If the purpose of the request and the mission of the organization fit within the Foundations’ guidelines, a program officer will conduct a site visit to further consider the proposal. Following a site visit, a recommendation is prepared for the Board’s review.

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Henry M. Jackson Foundation

Mission: Since its establishment in 1983, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation has committed over $16 million to nonprofit organizations and educational institutions in the United States and abroad. These grants provide essential support and seed funding for new initiatives that address critical issues in areas in which the late Senator Henry M. “Scoop” Jackson played a key leadership role during his forty-three-year tenure in the United States Congress. The Foundation has greatly reduced grant making in the Environment/Natural Resources Management and Public Service program areas until further notice. Foundation priorities are: International Affairs Education; Environment and Natural Resources Management; Public Service; and Human Rights.

Criminal Justice Interest: Human Rights

Criteria for Grant: The Foundation makes grants only to non-profit, tax-exempt organizations certified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and to public entities qualifying under Section 170(c). With one program area exception, Foundation funding is limited geographically to the United States and to U.S.-based organizations.

Application Process & Deadlines: Proposals are due on : January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1. Available funds for grants, however, will still be extremely low, and the review process will remain highly competitive. Due to the Foundation’s limited financial resources, priority will be given to programs in the International Affairs and Human Rights program areas.

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Jerry Lee Foundation

Mission: Lifetime optimist and longtime Philadelphian, Jerry Lee has committed his life to improving the global community through the promotion of social science research into the causes of such social problems as poverty and crime. His dedication to reducing human misery and injustice has resulted in extraordinary achievements in Criminology, and Social Science education in general.

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime/Law Enforcement Research

Criteria for Grant:  Giving primarily in the United States. No grants to individuals.

Application process & Deadlines: Applications are accepted on year round basis.

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John Merck Fund

Mission: The late Serena S. Merck founded The John Merck Fund, a New York charitable trust named for her son, in 1970. For the first sixteen years, The Fund worked exclusively to support research into children’s developmental disabilities. Beginning in 1986, it added programs in other fields that also were of concern to Mrs. Merck and her late husband, George W. Merck. Currently, The Fund has six program areas: Developmental Disabilities, Environment, Reproductive Health, Human Rights, Job Opportunities, and Civic Engagement/Defense of the Public Interest.

Criminal Justice Interest: Civil/Human Rights; International Human Rights

Criteria for Grant: The grant does not fund the following; endowment or capital-fund projects; large organizations with well-established funding sources (except those that need help launching promising new projects for which funding is not readily available); general support (except in the case of small organizations whose entire mission coincides with one of JMF ’s areas of interest); individuals (except if his or her project is sponsored by a domestic or foreign educational, scientific or charitable organization); or documentary, film, photographic, or any other artistic projects

Application Process & Deadline: The John Merck Fund actively seeks out projects and programs that may merit support, and then requests grant applications on behalf of those it finds most promising. It does not encourage the submission of unsolicited proposals. However, organizations interested in obtaining support for work they do in one of JMF’s program area are welcome to send a brief email or letter of inquiry — an email with a letter of inquiry attached is preferable. Once JMF requests a grant application, the prospective grantee is asked to fill out a Grant Application Form, in which they specify a funding amount and concisely describe the project or program for which the grant is being sought. The prospective grantee also explains how the grant would fit into the project or program’s overall budget, listing all other major funding sources.

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John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Mission: Established in 1950, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation makes national grants in journalism, education, arts and culture, and community initiatives. Included within the community initiatives are grants which help support the development of local comprehensive strategic plan to address youth violence. In every project we fund, the idea comes first. Here are five basics components we are looking for in your ideas:

• Discovery of the facts.
• The vision to see what’s possible.
• The courage to push for change.
• The know-how to get it done.
• The tenacity that gets results.

If you believe your grant opportunity fits these criteria, we want to hear from you.

Criminal Justice Interest: Youth Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grants: Knight Foundation grants only to organizations defined as tax-exempt under IRS code section 501(c)(3) and that are not private foundations. Knight Foundation grants to organizations located in a U.S. state or territory.

Application Process & Deadlines: A letter of inquiry must be filled at online at the below website. We will contact you within three months regarding your inquiry. If your organization is eligible and your request fits within our priorities, and if we think your inquiry can be developed into a full proposal, we will invite you to submit one. The entire process from submitting an online inquiry to receiving a grant can take four to six months.

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Mission: The Local Funding Partners Program (LFP) is a partnership program between the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and local grant makers to fund promising, original projects to significantly improve the health and safety of vulnerable people in their communities. Projects must be new, innovative, collaborative and community-based. Significant program expansions such as a major expansion into new regions or to new populations may also be considered.

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime/Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grant: Applicants may be either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not classified as a private foundation under Section 509(a). Community agencies may be awarded matching grants through the LIFP program as long as they have the fiscal capacity to manage the funds. Projects must be nominated by a local grant maker interested in participating as one of the funding partners.

Application Process & Deadlines: Proposals may be submitted at any time throughout 2010, until 1/5/11. Submitted proposals will be processed for review on the following dates: May 5, 2010, September 1, 2010, January 5, 2011.

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Johnson Controls Foundation

Mission: Our Values have fueled our consistent success and shaped our culture for 125 years. In short, they are fundamental beliefs about how we operate our company. Integrity: Honesty, fairness, respect and safety are central to the company’s work ethic. Customer Satisfaction: We recognize that our future depends on the success of our customers. To this end, we cultivate a proactive, approachable business environment—and provide expert knowledge and practical solutions.

Criminal Justice Interest: Social Justice

Criteria for Grant: Eligible applicants are organizations in the United States that operate not for profit and are recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as tax—exempt institutions. Preference is given to organizations in communities where the sponsor has a presence

Application Process & Deadlines: The sponsor makes charitable contributions to nonprofit organizations, primarily in communities where Johnson Controls has a presence. Extra consideration will be given to organizations or institutions in which Johnson Controls employees are involved and are contributing their time. Civic Activities – This category includes assistance to programs in the areas of justice and law, community and neighborhood improvements, the environment, civil rights and equal opportunity, citizenship and safety. We accept applications daily for funding our values.

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Joyce Foundation

Mission:The Joyce Foundation supports efforts to protect the natural environment of the Great Lakes, to reduce poverty and violence in the region, and to ensure that its people have access to good schools, decent jobs, and a diverse and thriving culture. We are especially interested in improving public policies, because public systems such as education and welfare directly affect the lives of so many people, and because public policies help shape private sector decisions about jobs, the environment, and the health of our communities

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime Prevention/Gun Violence

Criteria For Grant: We focus our grant making on initiatives that promise to have an impact on the Great Lakes region, specifically the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin

Application Process & Deadlines: Grant proposals are considered at meetings of the Foundation’s Board of Directors. Applicants are strongly encouraged to plan their application and proposal submission process for the April or July meetings, since most grant funds will be distributed at those times

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Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation

Mission: The Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation’s grant-making program is centered on the concepts of health and well-being. The Foundation is particularly interested in funding programs that address the health of individuals who, because of barriers to accessing care. Established Priority Funding Areas (1) Caregivers: The shortage of and demands placed upon paid and unpaid caregivers are reaching crisis proportions. The lack of training and other forms of support for voluntary caregivers and parallel issues in the paraprofessional health care field threaten the health and well-being of many Americans. (2) Correctional Health Care: Incarcerated individuals experience disproportionately higher rates of infectious and chronic diseases, substance abuse, mental illness and trauma than the general population. As such, jails and prisons represent one of the largest target populations for public health services in America, and are important sites for improving the overall health and well-being of communities. The Foundation is interested in projects that seek to improve the health (physical, mental, substance abuse) of inmates during their time of incarceration, and as they transition back to their home communities. The Foundation encourages collaboration among providers and welcomes the opportunity to partner with foundations and other funders.

Criminal Justice Interest: Corrections

Criteria for Grant: The Foundation welcomes proposals from 501(c)(3) organizations.

Application Process & Deadlines: All applicants must secure formal endorsement and clearance from appropriate authorities at their institutions. The Foundation awards grants in the spring and fall each year. The July deadline is for registration for the Foundation’s next letter of intent deadline of August 1. If invited to submit a full proposal, the proposal deadline would be November 15. The January deadline is for registration for the letter of intent submission deadline of February 1, for a fall award. If one is invited to submit a full proposal, it would be due May 15. Requirements for the letter and proposal can be found online.

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Little Angel Fund 

Mission: The Little Angel Fund was established in 2001 through the generosity and vision of a successful woman entrepreneur for the benefit of abused and orphaned children, battered and abused women, and youth at risk. It is her desire that the Foundation address the needs of women and children who, because of economic restrictions or abusive experiences, do not have adequate opportunities to learn and grow to their full potential. The Foundation strives to identify the very best non—profit organizations that have expertise, compassion, integrity and a dedication to work with their clients and empower them with the tools they need in order to meet the demands and challenges of what often seems to be a dysfunctional society.

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime/Violence Prevention/Child Abuse/Family Services/Domestic Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grant: Organization must be designated by Internal Revenue Service as tax exempt under 501 (c) (3) of the code.

Application Process and Deadline: Proposals will be considered twice during the year from organizations generally within the greater Chicago area.

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John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Mission: The Program on Global Security and Sustainability seeks to protect the security and well – being of people and the environment around the world. To meet these broad objectives, the international program focuses on several areas of concern. The Foundation works to encourage peace within and among countries, conserve global biological diversity, support responsible reproductive choices and reduction of maternal mortality, and protect human rights and strengthen the system of international justice. The Foundation funds work in about 60 countries, with special emphasis on four important countries in different regions of the world: India, Mexico, Nigeria, and Russia.

Criminal Justice Interest: International/ Social Justice

Criteria for Grant: Eligible applicants are organizations and individuals in the U.S. and internationally which help to improve the human condition. Eligible applicants are institutions of higher education; hospitals; non-profit organizations; commercial organizations; state, local, and Indian tribal governments; foreign governments; organizations under the jurisdiction of foreign governments; and international organizations.

Application Process & Deadlines: Application letters are welcome at any time.

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McGowan Charitable Fund, Inc.

Mission: The McGowan (William G.) Charitable Fund, Inc. promotes, nurtures, and funds promising programs in education that are improving high school retention and graduation rates; the McGowan Scholars award which supports business school students; health care and medical research; and community programs supporting vulnerable populations to address life challenges for the elderly, victims of abuse, juvenile in domestic violence homes, those with disabilities, and those who suffer from hunger, homelessness, unemployment or illness.

Criminal Justice Interest: Victimology

Criteria for Grant: The McGowan Charitable Fund restricts its grants to the following areas: Northeast Pennsylvania, including Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties; Colorado, including Greater Denver Metropolitan area, Eagle and Lake Counties; Nevada, including Reno Metropolitan area; Illinois, including Chicago Metropolitan and surrounding area; Western and Upstate New York, including Syracuse, Rochester and Buffalo areas; and Kansas, including Kansas City Metropolitan area. The Fund assists 501(c) 3 organizations.

Application Process & Deadline: The McGowan Charitable Fund Board of Directors meets three times a year to consider grant applications.

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Moriah Fund

Mission: We offer support primarily for pluralism, democracy, community development in Israel; human rights, civic participation and leadership of indigenous people, international civil rights, rural development, and social justice.

Criminal Justice Interest: International Civil/Human Rights

Criteria for Grant: We are currently giving both nationally and internationally including Israel and Latin America, specifically Guatemala. There is no support for lobbying or political campaigns, private foundations, or arts organizations. No grants to individuals or for medical research.

Application Process & Deadline: All inquiries should be directed to Washington DC office; application must include proposal checklist which can be downloaded from the foundation website; application form not required; initial approach should be in the form of a letter of inquiry not to exceed 2 to 3 pages in length which must be received at least 1 month prior to application deadline. Letters are reviewed throughout the year.

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Ms. Foundation for Women

Mission: The Ms. Foundation’s 150 grassroots, Tribal, state and national grantee organizations are advancing women’s solutions for social change across the U.S. With strategic grant making, networking and skills-building support from the Ms. Foundation, grantees are igniting change on behalf of women, families and communities within and across four broad areas: building democracy, economic justice, ending violence and women’s health.

Criminal Justice Interest: Women’s Studies/Prevention of Violence

Criteria for Grant: Operating or General Support; Teaching or Curriculum/Program Development

Application Process & Deadlines: The Ms. Foundation makes grants largely through targeted Requests for Proposals to a limited number of applicants. From time to time, the Ms. Foundation launches open calls for proposals in specific grantmaking areas. These open calls are posted on their website.

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National Rifle Association Foundation

Mission: The National Rifle Association (NRA) Foundation grants provide essential program funding, ensuring the availability of quality training and educational opportunities nationwide. Grants benefit programs such as youth education, law enforcement training, crime prevention, hunter education, conservation, firearms and marksmanship training and safety, and more. Grant requests must conform to, and foster the purposes set forth in The NRA Foundation’s Articles of Incorporation.

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime Prevention

Criteria for Grant: Allowable projects must qualify under IRS 501(c)(3) regulations in one of the following categories: charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational, and fostering national/international amateur sports competition (cannot include the provision of athletic facilities or equipment).

Application Process & Deadlines: Those interested in applying may obtain information by calling (800)423-6894 (extension 1131), or e-mail the Grant Department at selkin@nrahq.org to request application information or by contacting their respective NRA Field Representative from the listing on the website at www.nrafoundation.org.

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Oak Foundation

Mission: The sponsor seeks leadership projects that meet the following criteria: Target root causes; Demonstrate solutions that can be adopted by permanent providers and/or by government; Mobilize financial commitment from a range of different sources; Promote collaboration among organizations and funders; Involve the target population in the planning and implementation of the project; and Demonstrate good financial and organizational management.

Criminal Justice Interest: Human Rights

Criteria for Grants: Eligible applicants are nonprofit organizations throughout the world Grants will not be awarded for amounts under US $25,000 (except in special circumstances). The sponsor will consider requests for funding of special projects, core costs, capital needs, technical assistance, or collaborative activities.

Application Process & Deadlines: Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. Please email inquiries to the email below.

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Omnova Solutions Foundations, Inc.

Mission: Together we are making a difference in our communities and the difference speaks volumes about who we are what we value and the real legacy we want to leave for the next generation. At OMNOVA Solutions, that’s how we feel about community involvement, and its part of the fabric of the way we do business. Our gifts of money, time and talents help to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to the communities where we work and live. You can see the difference in education, when adults are retrained to meet the demands of the changing job market. You can feel it in health and social services as stroke survivors get the therapy they need to walk again. Like a crescendo in a symphony, the difference in the arts delights young audiences as they hear a live orchestra for the very first time. And in civic programs, the difference is reflected in the sense of self worth that teenagers get from helping to repair a home for their elderly neighbors.

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime/Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grant: No support for private foundations, fraternal, social, labor or veterans organizations, discriminatory organizations, organizations not of direct benefit to the entire community, or to church or religious groups

Application Process & Deadline: Application form not required. Initial approach should be in the form of a mailed proposal to the foundation.

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Open Society Institute

Mission: The sponsor prioritizes efforts to: Attack the excessive and economically destructive costs of incarceration; Eliminate harsh and unjust sentencing practices; Reform parole and probation policies and practices; Foster new approaches to drug policy; Combat the criminalization of marginalized populations, e.g. people with mental illness, homeless individuals; End punitive school disciplinary policies; Eliminate unreasonable barriers to the reintegration of people returning from prison, as well as challenge the stigmatization of people with criminal records; End the treatment of children as adults in prosecution and sentencing; Abolish the death penalty; Reform policies that criminalize immigrants; Reform police and prosecution practices; and Improve indigent defense services and systems

Criminal Justice Interest: Prisoner Re-entry/Law Reform

Criteria for Grant: Applicants must either have: (a)well-established records of publication, dissemination or broadcast in local, regional or national markets, or among targeted audiences or constituencies (e.g. professional associations); or (b) otherwise relevant experience reflecting an ability to carry out the proposed project (i.e. applicants who are not professional writers, journalists or filmmakers must demonstrate that they are nonetheless able to accomplish the project). Up to three individuals can apply jointly for a fellowship; however, joint applications carry a single stipend.

Application Process & Deadline: OSI awards grants, scholarships, and fellowships on a regular basis throughout the year. Applicants can determine their eligibility and view relevant initiatives and application guidelines.

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Packard Foundation

Mission: Throughout their lives together, David and Lucile dedicated themselves to philanthropic causes—a passion they formalized in 1964 when they established the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. After David’s death in 1996, the Foundation was named the beneficiary of a major portion of his estate. The David and Lucile Packard Foundation offer grants to regional or national non—profit organizations with an emphasis on children, including juvenile crime and domestic violence prevention. In addition, the foundation also provides opportunities in the area of law enforcement.

Criminal Justice Interest: Juvenile Crime/ Domestic Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grant: The David and Lucile Packard Foundation are private foundations. We accept grant proposals only for educational or scientific purposes, primarily from tax—exempt, educational organizations. We do not provide funding for projects that benefit specific individuals or that serve religious purposes.

Application Process & Deadlines: Application instructions for each subprogram that accepts letters of inquiry or proposals are available at the website below. Before preparing a letter of inquiry or grant proposal, please carefully review the guidelines and geographic limitations for your area of interest. There is no letter of inquiry deadlines.

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Peace Development Fund

Mission: The Peace Development Fund (PDF) was founded in 1981 when a small group of donor activists came together with a common vision of funding social justice and peace through a public foundation. PDF was founded on the belief that lasting change will come only when a large amount of people are well informed and empowered to make change. PDF has always believed that true democratic change must take place from the bottom up. That change can only endure with citizens who are both informed and clear about what they believe. Issues that will be considered include(but are not limited to): Criminal Justice; Environmental Justice; Economic Justice; Anti-Oppression Work (race, class, gender, LGBT, etc.); Youth Organizing; Immigrant Organizing; Workplace Organizing.

Criminal Justice Interest: Children/Youth; Civil/Human Rights

Criteria for Grant: Through a careful review process, PDF select those organizations that will have a significant impact in their geographic and social justice focus area.

Application Process & Deadlines: Applications welcome at anytime.

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Pew Charitable Trusts

Mission: The Pew Charitable Trusts serves the public interest by providing information, advancing policy solutions and supporting civic life. Based in Philadelphia, with an office in Washington, D.C., the Trusts will invest to provide organizations and citizens with fact-based research and practical solutions for challenging issues. The Trusts informs the public on key issues and trends, as a highly credible source of independent, non-partisan research and polling information. The Pew Research Center is open to collaborations with think tanks, universities and other research organizations, as well as partnerships with individuals and foundations sharing an interest in this kind of work.

Criminal Justice Interests: Criminology/ Crime Prevention

Criteria for Grant: The Trusts make grants only to organizations classified as tax exempt under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The vast majority of grants are awarded to public charities. The Trusts do not make grants to individuals or to for-profit organizations.

Application Process & Deadlines: Interested parties should first review the topic area information on the web site listed below. The Trusts will respond to all specific letters of inquiry but not to general solicitations for funds. Applicants will be notified by either telephone or letter, usually within four to six weeks, whether or not your request meets the funding criteria and guidelines of the program. The Trusts do not have deadlines governing the submission of proposals; proposals are accepted year-round and are reviewed on a rolling basis.

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Ploughshares Foundation

Mission: Ploughshares Fund supports a global network of experts and advocates who are now poised to realize the vision of a nuclear weapon-free world. We leverage the impact of those funds with our own advocacy, with our ability to raise the profile and visibility of key issues, and by convening and engaging with organizations and leaders in the field. We are the largest grant making foundation in the U.S. whose exclusive mission is peace and security funding. In past the 27 years, we have given over $60 million to the individuals and organizations whose efforts have the greatest impact.

Criminal Justice Interest: International/Comparative

Criteria for Grant: Giving on a national basis. No grants to individuals.

Application Process & Deadlines: Application form not required. Initial approach–letter. No deadlines.

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PMI Foundation

Mission: Our mission is to foster the goal of sustainable homeownership and provide access to affordable housing for underserved areas and populations. The program fulfills this mission through the support of and partnership with national and local organizations that create housing opportunities and help revitalize neighborhoods in communities throughout the U.S. We fund four major areas: health and human services, education, civic and community, and arts and culture. Health and human services: this includes health-related organizations such as the American Heart Association, the Leukemia Society, the United Way and its member agencies, and other organizations that support aid to the disabled, youth groups and senior citizen services. Education: this includes day care facilities; pre-collegiate (K-12 grades); community colleges, colleges, universities, graduate schools; agencies promoting educational access; safety education; and literacy training. Civic and community: this includes housing and economic development organizations; neighborhood groups; environment and public policy organizations; government groups; law and justice organizations; job training and skill development programs. Arts and culture: this category includes cultural centers, museums, libraries, botanical gardens and zoos; public radio and television; arts education programs.

Criminal Justice Interest: Law/Justice

Criteria for Grant: Organizations requesting grants must be nonprofit organizations that have been granted a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt and public charity status by the Internal Revenue Service. Requests must target disadvantaged, poor and distressed populations. Requests must either focus on increasing affordable housing opportunities or directly contribute to the quality of life in under-served communities.

Application Process & Deadline: proposals should be no longer than two pages. Application form not required. The initial approach—proposal. There are no deadlines for submission.

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Prospect Hill Foundation

Mission: The sponsor supports projects in the areas of environmental conservation, nuclear nonproliferation, reproductive health and rights, and criminal justice. Eligible applicants are tax-exempt organizations. The sponsor supports projects in the following areas: Environmental Conservation The sponsor’s priorities include supporting conservation strategies that protect natural systems and improving air quality for the benefit of human and ecological health. Nuclear nonproliferation – The sponsor’s priority is to limit the spread of nuclear weapons by providing reliable information to U.S. policymakers, the media and the public. Reproductive Health and Rights – The sponsor’s priority is the right of men and women to be informed of and have access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods of fertility regulation of their choice. Criminal Justice – The sponsor’s priority is to promote a fair and humane criminal justice system.

Criminal Justice Interest: Courts/Investigation

Criteria for Grant: Eligible applicants are organizations with 501(c) (3) status. While many of these activities are national in scope, there is particular regional focus in New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Limited support is directed towards environmental conservation and reproductive health projects in northern Guatemala and southern Mexico.

Application Process & Deadlines: The sponsor supports projects in the areas of environmental conservation, nuclear nonproliferation, reproductive health and rights, and criminal justice. Eligible applicants are tax-exempt organizations. The sponsor will accept letters of inquiry. Full proposals may be invited.

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Prudential Foundation

Mission: The Prudential Foundation supports nonprofit, charitable organizations, and programs whose mission and operations are broad and non-discriminatory. The Foundation focuses its resources to support organizations whose activities address social needs or benefit underserved groups and communities.

Criminal Justice Interest: Juvenile Justice

Criteria for Grant: Organizations must be tax-exempt. The sponsor will focus its efforts in the following locations: Newark, NJ; Hartford, CT; Philadelphia, PA; New York, NY; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles and San Francisco, CA; Dallas and Houston, TX; Dubuque, IO; Jacksonville, FL; Minneapolis, MN; Phoenix, AZ; and Scranton, PA.

Application Process & Deadlines: The Foundation receives and reviews proposals throughout the year. Grants that exceed $200,000 must be approved by the Board of Trustees, which meets three times a year, in February, June, and October. Staff responds to applicants within approximately 60 days.

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Public Welfare Foundation

Mission: The sponsor supports efforts to ensure fundamental rights and opportunities for people in need. The sponsor looks for carefully defined points where funds can make a difference in bringing about systemic changes that can improve lives and focuses on three program areas: Criminal and Juvenile Justice, Health Reform and Workers’ Rights.

Criminal Justice Interest: Criminal/Juvenile Justice

Criteria for Grant: Organizations must have either 501(c)(3) status or be under the sponsorship of an organization with tax-exempt status.

Application Process & Deadlines: Letters of inquiry may be submitted at any time. Applicants should submit letters of inquiry six to eight weeks before proposal deadlines. Full proposals will be invited.

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Raskob Foundation

Mission: John J. Raskob, a financier, corporate executive and director of the DuPont Company, the General Motors Corporation, and the Bankers Trust Company, among others, conceived of and commissioned the construction of the Empire State Building in New York City. He was one-time Chairman of the National Democratic Committee and headed the 1928 Presidential campaign of New York State Governor Al Smith. The Foundation that John J. and Helena S. Raskob established continues in their memory. Today the Foundation involves over 100 Members of the Raskob Family, reaching to five generations and has distributed more than $150 million in grants.

Criminal Justice Interest: Civil/Human Rights

Criteria for Grant: Giving to organizations both locally and internationally. No grants to individuals.

Application Process & Deadlines: application for required. This form can be located at the web address below. Applications accepted for spring meeting from December 8 to February 8 and for fall meeting from June 8 to August 8. Final notification will be in four months.

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Reebok Human Rights Foundation

Mission: Reebok Human Rights Foundation supports human rights organizations, defending and extending human rights around the world, such as Physicians for Human Rights, Human Rights Watch, The Woman’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children, and The Carter Center. The foundation also sponsors innovative programs targeted to address specific human rights issues.

Criminal Justice Interest: Civil/Human Rights

Criteria for Grant: Reebok are giving grants on a national and international basis, with emphasis on countries of company operations and the United States. No grants to individuals, or for seminars, or conferences, documentaries or media projects, publications, medical research or political projects.

Application Process & Deadline: Unsolicited requests from national organizations are not accepted. Application form not required, initial approach should be in the form of a letter of inquiry for grants there are no deadlines for submission, with the board holding meetings biannually, final decision six to eight weeks post meeting.

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Relations Foundation

Mission: In 1990, the Human Relations Foundation of Chicago was created in response to a publication called Report on Race, Ethnic and Religious Tensions in Chicago, released by the Chicago Community Trust Human Relations Task Force in 1989. The human relations task force released recommendations for the creation of a foundation to energize efforts to combat racism. The Human Relations Foundation of Chicago implements the recommendations of the task force’s report, targeting Chicago leadership by concentrating on issues related to, but not limited to, housing, education, religion, media, government and business.

Criminal Justice Interest: Human rights

Criteria for Grant: No support for fraternal or veterans’ groups. No support for individuals. No loans.

Application Process & Deadline: April 1, July 1, and October 1, with board meetings in May, August, and December Application form not required, initial approach – proposal.

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RGK Foundation

Mission: The Foundation’s primary interests within Education include programs that focus on formal K-12 education (particularly mathematics, science and reading), teacher development, literacy, and higher education. Within Community, the Foundation supports a broad range of human services, community improvement, abuse prevention, and youth development programs. Human service programs of particular interest to the Foundation include children and family services, early childhood development, and parenting education. The Foundation supports a variety of Community Improvement programs including those that enhance non-profit management and promote philanthropy and voluntarism. Youth development programs supported by the Foundation typically include after-school educational enrichment programs that supplement and enhance formal education systems to increase the chances for successful outcomes in school and life.

Criminal Justice Interest: Juvenile

Criteria for Grant: Although there are no geographic restrictions to the Foundation’s grant making program, the Foundation no longer accepts unsolicited requests for international agencies or programs. Grants are made only to nonprofit organizations certified as tax exempt under Sections 501(c)(3) or 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and are classified as “not a private foundation” under Section 509(a). Hospitals, educational institutions, and governmental institutions meeting these requirements are eligible to apply.

Application Process & Deadline: Organizations must first submit an online Letter of Inquiry. Organizations that submit unsolicited proposals will receive notification directing them to submit an electronic LOI via the Web site. There is no deadline for submitting an electronic LOI. Foundation staff reviews electronic Letters of Inquiry on an ongoing basis and typically responds within two days, although we ask that applicants allow up to two weeks for a response.

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Robert G. Hemingway Foundation

Mission: The Robert G. Hemingway Foundation is a charitable family private foundation established for charitable purposes in the 1960’s. We support organizations that are bringing forth innovative, cutting-edge initiatives for the highest possible benefit of humanity. These include (but are not limited to) educational endeavors, emerging technologies, human and environmental health initiatives, disaster relief efforts and the appropriate stewardship of resources and information. The Foundation intends to provide critical bridge grants and financing to initiatives that are unable to obtain such financing through conventional means. This foundation provides funds on a national scale for crime prevention/law enforcement

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime Prevention/ Law Enforcement

Criteria for Grant: Organizations must have either 501(c) ](3) status or be under the sponsorship of an organization with tax-exempt status.

Application Process & Deadlines: The Robert G. Hemingway Foundation is not currently accepting grant applications.

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Rockefeller Foundation

Mission: The Rockefeller Foundation seeks to promote the well-being of humanity by addressing the root causes of serious problems. The Foundation works around the world to expand opportunities for poor or vulnerable people and to help ensure that globalization’s benefits are more widely shared.

The Foundation is one of the few institutions to conduct such work both within the United States and internationally and welcomes ideas about how to do this most effectively. The Foundation seeks high-impact ideas that have the potential to make a difference in the lives of large numbers of poor or vulnerable people and requires some results from such ideas to be measurable within three to five years.

Criminal Justice Interest: Human Rights

Criteria for Grant: If submitting an idea for consideration-regardless of whether the individual (or one’s organization) expect to be involved in its implementation-the Foundation encourages one’s contribution, and ask that it be sent by completing an online form at the below E-forms address. Please note that because of the large volume of ideas received, the Foundation is not able to respond to all submissions. The Foundation will respond within 4 to 6 weeks if additional information is needed to explore the idea further.

Application Process & Deadlines: email inquiries welcome at anytime.

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Ronald McDonald House Charities

Mission: By creating, finding and supporting programs that directly improve the health and well being of children, Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) is working to better the lives of children and their families around the world.

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime Prevention (Child Abuse Prevention)

Criteria for Grant: Ronald McDonald House Charities provides grants to not-for-profit; tax-exempt organizations whose national or global programs help children reach their fullest potential. RMHC is especially interest in access to health care; child abuse prevention; and suicide prevention. Ronald McDonald House Charities Board of Trustees is most interested in national and/or international organizations that have a specific program related to children’s health and well-being. Organizations seeking funding should have a specific program that: (A) directly improves the health and well being of children (ages 0-18 years); (B) addresses a significant funding gap or critical opportunity; (C) has long-term impact in terms of replication or reach; and (D) produces measurable results.

Application Process & Deadlines: the first step in the application process is for potential applicants to submit a Letter of Inquiry in English and no more than three double-sided pages in length. Letters of Inquiry must be submitted 90 days before a Board Meeting. Letters of inquiry must be submitted 90 days before a Board meeting. RMHC Global will be reviewing Grant requests during the months of July and December of 2010 on: March 5, 2010 is the Letter of Inquiry deadline for the July 2010 review; and September 7, 2010 is the Letter of Inquiry deadline for the December 2010 review.

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Rubin Samuel Foundation

Mission: The Rubin Foundation makes grants only to tax-exempt organizations, not to individuals. The Foundation’s general purpose is to carry on the vision of its founder, Samuel Rubin, whose life was dedicated to the pursuit of peace and justice and the search for an equitable reallocation of the world’s resources. The Foundation believes that these objectives can be achieved only through the fullest implementation of social, economic, political, civil and cultural rights for the entire world’s people.

Criminal Justice Interest: Human Rights/Social Justice

Criteria for Grant: There are no geographic limitations, and the Foundation accepts applications for general operating expenses as well as for specific projects within an organization. No grants are made to individuals or for building funds, endowments, or scholarships.

Application Process & Deadlines: Applications forwarded by facsimile transmission or e-mail will not be given consideration, nor will telephone solicitations. A brief proposal of no more than 5 pages, together with a budget and one’s IRS tax-exempt determination letter, may be sent to Ms. Lauranne Jones, Grants Administrator, below at any time. No application form is provided, and though it is not a requirement, the Foundation accepts the National Network of Grant makers common grant application. If organizations believe that their project fits the Foundation’s statement of purpose, the Foundation would prefer a full proposal to a letter of inquiry. The Board of Directors normally meets three times a year. Application deadlines are the first Friday in January, May, and September each year. The Foundation is small, so it is unable to acknowledge receipt of each proposal received. Applicants are notified of the Foundation’s decision within a week of its meetings, which are generally held at the end of February, June, and October of each year. The Foundation has limited discretionary funds for ’emergency’ distribution between Board meetings; therefore, the above application deadlines should be observed wherever possible.

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Singrid Rausing Trust

Mission: The sponsor runs four programs: Civil and Political Rights, Women’s Rights, Minority Rights and Social and Environmental Justice. Each program has a number of sub—programs. The sub—programs under Civil and Political Rights are: Access to Justice, Conflict and Arms Trade,

Freedom of Expression, Human Rights Defenders, Human Rights Monitoring and Documentation, Torture and Death Penalty, and Transitional Justice. The sub—programs under Women’s Rights are: Education and Training, Female Genital Mutilation, Gender—based Violence, Networks and Sub— granters, Peace and Security, Religious Fundamentalism, Sexual and Reproductive Health, Trafficking, and Legal & Other. The sub—programs under Minority Rights are: Education and Training, Ethnic and Religious Minorities, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights, People with Disabilities, and Refugees and Migrants. The sub—programs under Social and Environmental Justice are: Environmental Justice, Labor Rights, Transparency and Accountability, and Other.

Criminal Justice Interest: Women’s Rights/Human/Civil Rights

Criteria for Grant: Eligible organizations do not have to be a registered charity in order to apply; however, the sponsor can only support activities that can be properly considered to be charitable according to the law of England and Wales (Charities Act 2006)

Application Process & Deadlines: Organizations must register an enquiry to apply, after which the sponsor may invite applications. Grant enquiries can be submitted at any time. The trustees make decisions about main grants at their meetings three times a year, usually in February, June and October.

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Social Science Foundation

Mission: The Law and Social Science Program at NSF supports social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules, institutions, processes, and behaviors. These can include, but are not limited to, research designed to enhance the scientific understanding of the impact of law; human behavior and interactions as these relate to law; the dynamics of legal decision making; and the nature, sources, and consequences of variations and changes in legal institutions. The primary consideration is that the research shows promise of advancing a scientific understanding of law and legal process. Within this framework, the Program has an “open window” for diverse theoretical perspectives, methods and contexts for study. For example, research on social control, crime causation, violence, victimization, legal and social change, patterns of discretion, procedural justice, compliance and deterrence, and regulatory enforcement are among the many areas that have recently received program support. In addition to standard proposals, planning grant proposals, travel support requests to lay the foundation for research, and proposals for improving doctoral dissertation research (see IRIS record 19005) are welcome. The Law and Social Science Program continue to solicit proposals that take account of the growing interdependence and interconnections of the world. Thus proposals are welcome that advance fundamental knowledge about legal interactions, processes, relations, and diffusions that extend beyond any single nation as well as about how local and national legal institutions, systems, and cultures affect or are affected by transnational or international phenomena. Thus, proposals may locate the research within a single nation or between or across legal systems or regimes.

Criminal Justice Interest: Legal Practice & Procedure/ International Law

Criteria for Grant: Except where a program solicitation establishes more restrictive eligibility criteria, individuals and organizations in the following categories may submit proposals: U.S. universities and two and four year colleges (including community colleges); U.S. nonprofit, nonacademic organizations: independent museums, observatories, research laboratories, professional societies; U.S. for profit organizations with strong capabilities in scientific or engineering research or education; state and local governments; unaffiliated scientists, engineers or educators in the US and US citizens may be eligible for support; foreign organizations (rarely funded); and other federal agencies (not normally funded but exceptions may apply).

Application Process & Deadline: See website.

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Spunk Fund, Inc.

Mission: Organization supports initiatives that contribute to the enrichment and well-being of children and adolescents, including medical and psychological research, education, cultural programs, and programs for the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect. There is also giving also for international programs that enhance the quality of life and create opportunities for less advantaged children.

Criminal Justice Interest: Child abuse prevention

Criteria for Grant: giving on a national basis; no grants to individuals, or for capital programs

Application Process & Deadline: the fund will request proposals from organizations in which it is interested, unsolicited full proposals not considered; application form not required; initial approach should be in the form of a letter of inquiry accepted year round; proposals are due April 1 with board meeting in June and final notification by July 1 annually.

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State Street Foundation, Inc.

Mission: With $18.8 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $1.9 trillion under management,* State Street is one of the world’s leading provider of financial services to institutional investors. Our broad and integrated range of services spans the entire investment spectrum, including research, investment management, trading services and investment servicing. Active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader, is a fundamental value at State Street. We are committed to increasing the economic well being of our communities around the world, especially by helping to equip less-advantaged citizens with the resources they need to be well, thrive and succeed.

Criminal Justice Interest: Crime/Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grant: There will be no grants to individuals, or for general operating support, endowments or capital campaigns, sectarian activities for religious organizations, political causes or advocacy campaigns.

Application Process & Deadlines: There are no deadlines for letters of intent. Deadlines are January 2, April 1, July 1, and October 1 for existing applications.

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Stewart R. Mott Foundation

Mission: The Stewart R. Mott Foundation is an innovative foundation focused on small, strategic grant—making since 1968. The Foundation takes pride in turning modest investments into lasting systemic change. The Foundation’s philanthropic mission originally focused on changing public policy to address the issues of nuclear armament and overpopulation. Since then, funding interests have grown to include exposing government corruption and the protection of constitutional rights. The Foundation supports organizations active in the four following areas: Peace, Arms Control and Foreign Policy, Population Issues and Reproductive Rights, Government Reform and Public Policy, and Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Criminal Justice Interests: International/Comparative

Criteria for Grant: Grants are not given to local or regional grassroots efforts, service providers, individuals, conferences, media/arts projects, research—oriented organizations, or exchange programs. Proposals may be sent to us with a description of the organization’s mission, a list of staff and directors and an annual budget. You should receive a response in three to six months by mail. The Stewart R. Mott Foundation only makes grants to organizations holding either a 501(c)(3) or 509(a) tax—exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service or proof of fiscal sponsorship by such an organization.

Application Process & Deadline: Proposals are accepted year round. The initial approach should be in the form of a letter sent to the address or email below.

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S. Mark Taper Foundation

Mission: The sponsor provides funding for non-profit organizations to enhance the quality of people’s lives by supporting nonprofit organizations and their work in our communities. The sponsor’s field of interests include: arts/cultural activities; public education; environment; violence prevention; housing/shelter; hunger; children, youth and family services; homeless; reproductive rights; the disabled; aging; women; people with AIDS; economically disadvantaged; and others.

Criminal Justice Interest: Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grant: No grants to individuals will be made. Non profit, tax exempt organizations are welcome to apply.

Application Process & Deadlines: Letters of Inquiry are accepted December through February. Once all of the Letters of Inquiry have been received and reviewed by the Foundation, some organizations will proceed to the next step: Grant Application. This Application will be mailed to the individual and address indicated in your Letter of Inquiry. Applications are mailed during the months of April through June. Applications are reviewed from April through July. If you receive an Application, you will also receive a cover letter indicating the date the Application is due at the Foundation office. If you do not receive an Application, it is unlikely your organization will receive further consideration during that grant year. Official notice of declination is mailed during the months of September and October. Decisions are made by the end of August and organizations are notified if they are receiving a grant during the months of August and September.

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Target Corporation

Mission: Target Corporation is a growth company focused exclusively on general merchandise retailing. The Corporation’s principal strategy is to provide exceptional value to American consumers through multiple retail formats ranging from upscale discount and moderate-priced, to full scale department stores. Target store team leaders play a key role in local grant programs because they know their communities best. Currently Target grants focus on three areas: arts, literacy and family violence prevention.

Criminal Justice Interest: Family Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grants: U.S. schools or organizations that are classified as tax-exempt under Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code may apply. Organizations in Alaska, Hawaii, and Vermont are not eligible.

Application Process & Deadlines: Applications for Target Store Grants are available at one’s local Target store. Target will accept grant applications between March 1 and May 31 annually.

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United Stationers Foundation

Mission: The United Stationers Charitable Foundation is committed to empowering others to make a meaningful difference in lives. As a private 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization in the state of Illinois, the Foundation is a way to connect our associates with meaningful charitable activities on a local and company wide basis. Our model is intended to empower our associates as leaders and participants in the work of the Foundation. The Board is comprised of associates from across our businesses and operating locations. Ultimately, our mission and work will be brought to every company location and managed in cooperation with local associate lead councils.

Criminal Justice Interest: Civil/ Human rights

Criteria for Grant: Giving on a national basis with emphasis on Illinois

Application Process & Deadlines: application form not required, initial approach—letter. There are no deadlines listed.

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Verizon Foundation Grants

Mission: The Verizon Foundation does not support individuals, only 501(c)(3) institutions. As the philanthropic arm of Verizon and one of the largest corporate foundations in the world, the Verizon Foundation supports and invests in the people and organizations working to improve the quality of life in our communities. The Verizon Foundation concentrates its venture philanthropy in its priority funding areas: (1) Education; (2) Literacy; and (3) Domestic Violence Prevention; (4) Healthcare and Accessibility; and (5) Internet Safety.

Criminal Justice Interest: Domestic Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grant: Proposals will be considered from elementary and secondary schools (public and private) that are registered with the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) as well as eligible tax exempt organizations in certain 501(c) (3) subsections as defined by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (see the program web site for details). As a matter of policy, the Verizon Foundation does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, national or ethnic origin, or physical disability. The Verizon Foundation is neutral on, and does not fund, programs that support pro-life or pro-choice issues.

Application Process & Deadline: The Verizon Foundation will review unsolicited proposals on a continuous calendar year basis from January 1 through October 31. Each applicant organization is evaluated on its merits. The Verizon Foundation only accepts electronic proposals through its Apply Online Process (at the below E-Forms address). Proposals submitted on-line receive a notification of receipt from one’s local community relations manager within 72 hours of their submission. Foundation policies and daily operations are executed by the corporate Foundation staff headquartered in New York, NY. PLEASE NOTE: The Verizon Foundation is a cyber foundation and requests that no paper mail be sent.

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Waitt Family Foundation

Mission: The Waitt Family Foundation was established in 1993. Based in La Jolla, CA, the foundation provides grants to organizations striving to help us understand our past, improve the present, and prepare for the future. The foundation initially focused on community building in at risk communities. After investing millions of dollars into various programs, we concluded that our work in domestic violence had the most measurable impact on those at risk today and as a result launched the Waitt Institute for Violence Prevention in 2005.

Criminal Justice Interest: Domestic Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grants: Organization gives grants on both a national and international basis. No support is given for for—profit organizations, capital campaigns, endowments, or debt reduction.

Application Process & Deadlines: Applicants must fill out an application on line at the website below. If the grant request is a fit within the foundation’s current giving guidelines, you will be prompted to complete stage two of the application. Only applications submitted via the online application process will be accepted. There is a $100,000 minimum for all grant requests.

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Herbert C. Wenske Foundation

Mission: This organization is an independent organization or an independent auxiliary (i.e., not affiliated with a National, Regional, or Geographic grouping of organizations). Fields of interest include medical school/education, hospitals, general health, children/youth services, and domestic violence prevention/treatment.

Criminal Justice Interests: Domestic Violence Prevention

Criteria for Grant: giving primarily in Chicago land and surrounding area. No grants to individuals.

Application Process & Deadlines: Application form not required. There are no deadlines to apply as it is an open and ongoing process.

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Weyerhaeuser Family Foundation

Mission: The program must: serve children who have been exposed to domestic violence; enhance the mother-child relationship; include a Domestic Violence specific parenting education component; and be a new program (within the first three years of development). The program will: have the objective of preventing future abuse and breaking the cycle of violence; assist children in coping with the physical, emotional and mental trauma of abuse; provide treatment and services beyond initial intervention; and target children of middle school age and younger.

Criminal Justice Interest: Domestic Violence/ Juvenile

Criteria for Grants: In this Initiative, unlike the general program, the Foundation will fund local projects without geographic restrictions. Applicant organizations must be tax-exempt, nonprofit entities. The average grant size for the Initiative is $25,000. Multi year funding will be considered; no project will be considered which anticipates sponsor funding for longer than three years

Application Process & Deadlines: Letters of intent must be received by April 1.

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