Washington, D.C. · Public charity
Breakfree Education
Our mission is to radically improve education in the juvenile and criminal justice systems by investing in the potential and dignity of all its students.
- $198k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Grants FY2025
- 4
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $16,667
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $125,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 4 to 4
- FY2023 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.6M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Breakfree Education funded were first-time grantees, receiving 47% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $195k | 80% |
| FY2024 | 4 | $43k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $47k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neighbors for Justice | $125,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Visitors Service Center Inc Voices for a Second Chance | $38,333 | 2 | 1% |
| Council for Court Excellence | $22,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Martha's Table So Inc | $22,361 | 2 | 8% |
| Dreaming Out Loud Inc | $16,667 | 1 | 0% |
| See Forever Foundation | $16,666 | 1 | 0% |
| The Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Second Look Project | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Dreaming Out Loud | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| DC Justice Lab | $8,333 | 1 | n/a |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Greater Washington Community Foundation · Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation Inc · Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation · The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Breakfree Education
- How much does Breakfree Education give?
- Breakfree Education reported 5 grants totaling $197,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 4 and 4 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
- What does Breakfree Education fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (72%), Food & Nutrition (14%), Education (6%).
- Who are Breakfree Education's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Neighbors for Justice ($125k), Visitors Service Center Inc Voices for a Second Chance ($38k), Council for Court Excellence ($23k).
- Does Breakfree Education fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Breakfree Education?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Greater Washington Community Foundation, Diane & Norman Bernstein Foundation Inc, Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation.
- Where is Breakfree Education based?
- Breakfree Education is based in DC.
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