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Justice Action Network

The mission of the Corporation is to promote the common good and general welfare of citizens of the United States by advocating in favor of reforms to criminal justice policy that will maximize the effective and fair use of limited public resources in the criminal justice system.

$108k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$38k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Crime & Legal$7.3MPublic Benefit$405kCivil Rights$38kCommunity Improvement$10k
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
R Street Institute$37,500
Americans for Tax Reform$25,000
Goldwater Institute$25,000
Libertas Institute$20,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY21–23, $190k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Empower Missouri: $52k → 10%Life Learning Center: $50k → 11%Empower Missouri: $52k → 10%Empower Missouri: $36k → 10%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WI
MI
NY
OR
OH
PA
CA
UT
CO
MO
KY
VA
MD
AZ
NM
KS
DC
OK
LA
MS
GA
TX

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

86%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.7M · 20 repeat orgs$1.1M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +46% since the first grant, against +20% for the ones you funded once.

20 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 16 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
17

Total granted

$6.7M
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+20%

Still filing today

95%
94%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’20’21’22’23’24
Public BenefitCrime & LegalYouth DevelopmentCivil RightsHealthHuman ServicesOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as “new.” Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • FA
    FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS
    5× · 2018–2023 · $875k · revenue +745% · 79% of their budget
  • PF
    PRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES
    4× · 2020–2023 · $700k · revenue +59%
  • DP
    DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE
    3× · 2021–2023 · $650k · revenue +71% · 68% of their budget

Funded once

  • TL
    THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $399k · revenue -8%
  • KG
    KEEP GEORGIA GREAT INC
    one grant, 2020 · $100k · 44% of their budget
  • TP
    TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    2× · 2017–2018 · $81k · revenue +137%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Liberty Justice Center

To advance economic and social liberties and a free enterprise society through strategic litigation, training, communication, activism and research. in addition, the center will train law students, lawyers and policy activists in the…

Crime & Legal
2
Competitive Enterprise Institute

Competitive enterprise institute (cei) is a non-profit public policy organization dedicated to the principles of free enterprise and limited government. we believe that consumers are best helped not by government regulation but by being…

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3
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

The american enterprise institute is a community of scholars and supporters committed to expanding liberty, increasing individual opportunity, and strengthening free enterprise. aei pursues these ideals through independent thinking and the…

Social Science
4
The Campaign Legal Center Inc

The nonpartisan campaign legal center advances democracy through law at the federal, state and local levels, fighting for every american's rights to responsive government and a fair opportunity to participate in and affect the democratic…

Crime & Legal
5
Fund for Justice

Fund for Justice is a nationally connected social impact research and advocacy organization that works to achieve fundamental, systemic reform by addressing policies and practicies that prevent individuals from reaching their full…

Crime & Legal
6
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
7
American Policy Coalition

With a commitment to free market principles, APC focuses on educating the public about conservative fiscal policies that foster job growth, a stronger economy, and increased opportunity for all Americans.

Public Benefit
8
American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware Inc

The organization monitors legislation that could impact civil liberties and takes the necessary action to support or oppose such legislation.

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9
The Center for American Liberty

The center for american liberty leads the fight for free speech and civil liberties across the country. by leveraging its nationwide network of litigators, the center for american liberty zealously advocates on behalf of individuals whose…

Crime & Legal
10
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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11
American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska

Preservation and promotion of civil rights and civil liberties.

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12
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Texas Public Policy Foundation and the most unlike its peers is Veterans Defense Project. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyCommunity FoundationsHealth Access Advocacy and …Youth Development ServicesWomen & Girls Leadership De…Christian Missionary Organi…Policy Research and Advocacy
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 26 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr19%32%10–20yr16%19%20–35yr13%35%35–55yr16%8%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%21%10–20yr16%14%20–35yr13%49%35–55yr16%7%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/40
the rest of the field
13%
240,396/1,819,525

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

39 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
24/39
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS — $875,000 · OtherFAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMSFREEDOMWORKS INC — $722,405 · OtherFREEDOMWORKS INCThe Buckeye Institute — $485,000 · OtherThe Buckeye InstituteTHE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC — $398,603 · OtherTHE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INCAmericans for Tax Reform — $300,000 · OtherAmericans for Tax ReformPegasus Institute Inc — $235,000 · OtherPegasus Institute IncEMPOWER MISSOURI — $140,000 · OtherR STREET INSTITUTE — $150,000 · Other+10 more — $530,500 · Other+10 morePRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES — $700,000 · Crime & LegalPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTR…DUE PROCESS INSTITUTE — $650,000 · Crime & LegalDUE PROCESS INSTITUTECOMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES INC — $250,000 · Crime & LegalCOMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES …Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc — $125,000 · Crime & LegalKansas Appleseed Center f…CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND — $375,000 · Public BenefitCENTER FOR …Libertas Network — $158,000 · Public BenefitLibertas Ne…TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION — $80,688 · Public BenefitTEXAS PUBLI…BADGER INSTITUTE INC — $50,000 · Public BenefitBADGER INST…BARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH — $50,000 · Public BenefitBARRY GOLDW…Rio Grande Foundation Inc — $30,000 · Public Benefit+2 more — $40,000 · Public BenefitFAITH AND FREEDOM COALITION INC — $483,125 · Civil RightsFAITH AND…YOUTH RIGHTS & JUSTICE — $115,000 · Civil RightsYOUTH RIG…NAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC — $25,000 · Civil RightsEMPOWER MISSISSIPPI — $290,000 · HealthHEALTHIER COLORADO — $50,000 · HealthDREAMORG — $250,000 · EnvironmentNational District Attorneys Association — $225,000 · Community Improvement
Other$3,836,508Crime & Legal$1,725,000Public Benefit$783,688Civil Rights$623,125Health$340,000Environment$250,000Community Improvement$225,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetFAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS — $875,000 over 5y, 79% of budgetFREEDOMWORKS INC — $722,405 over 3y, 10% of budgetPRISON FELLOWSHIP MINISTRIES — $700,000 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetDUE PROCESS INSTITUTE — $650,000 over 3y, 68% of budgetThe Buckeye Institute — $485,000 over 5y, 5.8% of budgetFAITH AND FREEDOM COALITION INC — $483,125 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetTHE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC — $398,603 over 2y, 16% of budgetCENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS ACTION FUND — $375,000 over 4y, 2.8% of budgetAmericans for Tax Reform — $300,000 over 6y, 1.4% of budgetEMPOWER MISSISSIPPI — $290,000 over 4y, 18% of budgetCOMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES INC — $250,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetDREAMORG — $250,000 over 4y, 1.2% of budgetNational District Attorneys Association — $225,000 over 3y, 2.2% of budgetLibertas Network — $158,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetR STREET INSTITUTE — $150,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetEMPOWER MISSOURI — $140,000 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetKansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc — $125,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetPELICAN ACTION INC — $115,000 over 4y, 14% of budgetYOUTH RIGHTS & JUSTICE — $115,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetKEEP GEORGIA GREAT INC — $100,000 over 1y, 44% of budgetTEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION — $80,688 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetOKLAHOMA COUNCIL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS INC — $80,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetBADGER INSTITUTE INC — $50,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetHEALTHIER COLORADO — $50,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetBARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH — $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWANDA JOYCE ROBINSON FOUNDATION INC — $50,000 over 1y, 28% of budgetLife Learning Center Inc — $50,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION INC — $37,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRio Grande Foundation Inc — $30,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTEXAS CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY — $28,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetNAACP EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMS INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREBUILD THE DREAM — $25,000 over 2y, 8.2% of budgetNATIONAL FOSTER YOUTH INSTITUTE — $10,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Coalition for Public …Justice Action Networ…Charles Koch Foundati…The Roe FoundationState Policy NetworkCharles Koch InstituteDonors Trust IncThe Just Trust for Ac…Clean Slate Initiativ…Adolph Coors Foundati…New Venture FundTides Foundation
Coalition for Public SafetyDC34.8× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Coalition for Public Safety · Justice Action Network Foundation · Charles Koch Foundation · The Roe Foundation · State Policy Network · Charles Koch Institute · Donors Trust Inc · The Just Trust for Action · Clean Slate Initiative Inc · Adolph Coors Foundation · New Venture Fund · Tides Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Justice Action Network funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal or a single department — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%23%51%90%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 81%
  • Youth Rights & Justice — 81% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending — grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Justice Action Network?

Find your warmest path to Justice Action Network through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 37 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines