Washington, D.C. · Public charity
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 FY2024(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2024
- 19
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 11%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $37,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 21
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $556k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 11% of the organizations Justice Action Network funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 4 | $108k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $1.3M | 11% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $1.8M | 16% |
| FY2021 | 21 | $2.0M | 57% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $1.1M | 62% |
| FY2017 | 12 | $1.5M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Families Against Mandatory Minimums | $875,000 | 5 | 79% |
| Freedomworks Inc | $722,405 | 3 | 10% |
| Prison Fellowship Ministries | $700,000 | 4 | 1% |
| Due Process Institute | $650,000 | 3 | 68% |
| The Buckeye Institute | $485,000 | 5 | 6% |
| Faith and Freedom Coalition Inc | $483,125 | 6 | 1% |
| The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Inc | $398,603 | 2 | 16% |
| Center for American Progress Action Fund | $375,000 | 4 | 3% |
| Americans for Tax Reform | $300,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Empower Mississippi | $290,000 | 4 | 18% |
Show all 37 grantees
Where it is load-bearing
Justice Action Network supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 4 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 34 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: 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
How this is measured
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About Justice Action Network
- How much does Justice Action Network give?
- Justice Action Network reported 4 grants totaling $107,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 21 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does Justice Action Network fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (94%), Public Benefit (5%), Civil Rights (0%).
- Who are Justice Action Network's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Families Against Mandatory Minimums ($875k), Freedomworks Inc ($722k), Prison Fellowship Ministries ($700k).
- Does Justice Action Network fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 11% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Justice Action Network?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Coalition for Public Safety, Justice Action Network Foundation, Charles Koch Foundation.
- Where is Justice Action Network based?
- Justice Action Network is based in DC.
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