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National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform

The NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM (nicjr) is a non-profit organization providing technical assistance, consulting, research, and organizational development in the fields of juvenile and criminal justice, youth development, and violence prevention. Nicjr provides consultation, program development technical assistance, and…

$3.1M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
21
Grants FY2025
13
Organizations funded FY2024
69%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$160,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$275,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 14
FY2023 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
9
Total assets, FY2025
$20M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 69% of the organizations National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform funded were first-time grantees, receiving 62% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving21$3.1M71%
FY202413$1.6M69%
FY202314$474kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Crime & Legal$1.7MHuman Services$1.1MYouth Development$810kHealth$808kCommunity Improvement$280kCivil Rights$190kEmployment$160kEducation$150kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
WI
NY
MA
NV
IN
OH
CA
MD
TN
DC
MS
GA

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 38 grantees
All grantees of National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Health Resources in Action Inc$290,00020%
Community & Youth Outreach Inc DBA Oakland California Youth Outreach$283,60428%
The Mentoring Center$275,0001n/a
Youth Alive$267,50032%
Eclectic Soul Voices Corporation$255,00023%
Operation Good Foundation$250,000123%
Nurtury Inc$250,00011%
Innercity Collaborative Comm D$250,0001n/a
End the Violence$250,000133%
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice Dba Curyj$250,00014%
Community Action of Greater Indianapolis Inc$240,00021%
Tides Advocacy$190,0001n/a
Westcare Wisconsin Inc$187,50015%
We Our US Unity Engagement Mens Movement$180,000110%
Community Mediation Program Inc$180,000125%
Yaay Me Inc$165,00029%
Positive Communication Practices Inc$160,0001n/a
Workforce Inc$160,00012%
Roots Community Health Center$160,00010%
Thomas Ridleys 1 Like Me Inc$130,00028%
Uniting Garden Homes Inc$125,0001n/a
Center for Hope Inc$120,00011%
Asha Family Services Inc$100,0001n/a
Milwaukee Community Crossroads Inc$87,50011%
Turn Up Knox$85,00027%
Indy Public Safety Foundation$50,00011%
Brightwood Community Center Inc$40,00023%
The Trigger Project$30,00014%
New Breed of Youth Mentoring Program Inc$25,0001n/a
Black Man Lab Foundation$20,000115%
Inner-City Muslim Action Network$20,00010%
Together We Rise Community Development Foundation$20,0001n/a
Greatness Unlimited$20,0001n/a
Building Opp for Self-Sufficiency$20,00010%
Girassol Wellness Inc$10,000110%
Cure Violence Atlanta$10,0001n/a
Cultural Tribes Peace Network$10,0001n/a
Advocates for Peace and Urban Unity$7,20013%

Where it is load-bearing

National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 27 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHealth Resources in Action Inc: $290,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity & Youth Outreach Inc DBA Oakland California Youth Outreach: $283,604 over 2y, 8.5% of budgetYouth Alive: $267,500 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetEclectic Soul Voices Corporation: $255,000 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetOperation Good Foundation: $250,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetNurtury Inc: $250,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEnd the Violence: $250,000 over 1y, 33% of budgetCommunities United for Restorative Youth Justice Dba Curyj: $250,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCommunity Action of Greater Indianapolis Inc: $240,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetWestcare Wisconsin Inc: $187,500 over 1y, 5.3% of budgetWe Our US Unity Engagement Mens Movement: $180,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetCommunity Mediation Program Inc: $180,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetYaay Me Inc: $165,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetWorkforce Inc: $160,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetRoots Community Health Center: $160,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetThomas Ridleys 1 Like Me Inc: $130,000 over 2y, 8.4% of budgetCenter for Hope Inc: $120,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetMilwaukee Community Crossroads Inc: $87,500 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetTurn Up Knox: $85,000 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetIndy Public Safety Foundation: $50,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBrightwood Community Center Inc: $40,000 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetThe Trigger Project: $30,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetBlack Man Lab Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 15% of budgetInner-City Muslim Action Network: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBuilding Opp for Self-Sufficiency: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGirassol Wellness Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 10% of budgetAdvocates for Peace and Urban Unity: $7,200 over 1y, 2.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 27.

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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.

The Indianapolis Foundation IncIN16.8× affinity6 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Indianapolis Foundation Inc · The California Wellness Foundation · Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · The California Endowment · Akonadi Foundation · East Bay Community Foundation · Panorama Global · Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund Inc · Philanthropic Ventures Foundation · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Central Indiana Community Foundation Inc · The San Francisco Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform

How much does National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform give?
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform reported 21 grants totaling $3,119,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 14 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2024.
What does National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform fund?
By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (32%), Human Services (21%), Youth Development (15%).
Who are National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2023 to FY2025: Health Resources in Action Inc ($290k), Community & Youth Outreach Inc DBA Oakland California Youth Outreach ($284k), The Mentoring Center ($275k).
Does National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 69% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Indianapolis Foundation Inc, The California Wellness Foundation, Annie E Casey Foundation Inc.
Where is National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform based?
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform is based in CA.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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