Maryland · Public charity
Equal Justice USA Inc
Our mission is to transform the justice system by promoting responses to violence that break cycles of trauma. We work at the intersection of criminal justice, public health, and racial justice to elevate healing and safety over retribution, advance racial equity, and meet the needs of survivors.
- $1.6M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2025
- $136,293
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $350,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2025
- 6
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Equal Justice USA Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $180k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $1.6M | 92% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $180k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $40k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2023.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justice Innovation Inc | $350,000 | 1 | 0% |
| FP YouthOutcry Foundation Inc DBA The Hubb Arts & Trauma Center | $330,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Goodnation Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reimagining Justice Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The BRidge Agency INC | $138,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Moms on a Mission | $136,293 | 1 | n/a |
| Just US Family Group Home | $135,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc | $119,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Silence Is Violence Fka New Orleans Bayou Steppers Social Aid & Pleasure | $112,471 | 1 | 23% |
| The Promise of Justice Initiative | $100,000 | 2 | 5% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Justice Innovation Inc | $350,000 | 1 | 0% |
| FP YouthOutcry Foundation Inc DBA The Hubb Arts & Trauma Center | $330,000 | 3 | 13% |
| Goodnation Foundation Inc | $175,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Reimagining Justice Inc | $150,000 | 1 | 6% |
| The BRidge Agency INC | $138,600 | 1 | n/a |
| Moms on a Mission | $136,293 | 1 | n/a |
| Just US Family Group Home | $135,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc | $119,800 | 1 | n/a |
| Silence Is Violence Fka New Orleans Bayou Steppers Social Aid & Pleasure | $112,471 | 1 | 23% |
| The Promise of Justice Initiative | $100,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Michigan Organizing Project | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| A Galvanized Innovative Approach To | $40,000 | 1 | 10% |
| Let Your Voice Be Heard | $20,000 | 1 | 25% |
| University of Connecticut | $7,622 | 2 | 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: Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · Tides Foundation
How this is measured
About Equal Justice USA Inc
- How much does Equal Justice USA Inc give?
- Equal Justice USA Inc reported 12 grants totaling $1,627,486 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Equal Justice USA Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Youth Development (75%), Community Improvement (17%), Health (8%).
- Who are Equal Justice USA Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Justice Innovation Inc ($350k), FP YouthOutcry Foundation Inc DBA The Hubb Arts & Trauma Center ($330k), Goodnation Foundation Inc ($175k).
- Does Equal Justice USA Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Equal Justice USA Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Annie E Casey Foundation Inc, Tides Foundation.
- Where is Equal Justice USA Inc based?
- Equal Justice USA Inc is based in MD.
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