How much does The Just Trust for Action give?

The Just Trust for Action reported 24 grants totaling $15,809,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 24 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.

What does The Just Trust for Action fund?

By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (58%), Civil Rights (38%), Public Benefit (4%).

Who are The Just Trust for Action's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Fwdus Inc ($10M), American Civil Liberties Union Inc ($9.0M), Reform Action Fund ($5.2M).

Does The Just Trust for Action fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as The Just Trust for Action?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Action Now Inc, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy, Justice Action Network.

Where is The Just Trust for Action based?

The Just Trust for Action is based in NC.

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North Carolina · Public charity

The Just Trust for Action

Tjtfa accelerates the momentum of criminal justice reform advocates driving change--from watershed legislative victories to the generations-long battles that change perceptions--across every corner of the country.

$16M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 24
Grants FY2024: 21
Organizations funded FY2023: 29%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $100,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $5,000,000
Organizations funded a year: 21 to 24; FY2022 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024: 12
Total assets, FY2024: $57M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 29% of the organizations The Just Trust for Action funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	18	$13M	28%
FY2023	21	$19M	29%
FY2022	24	$13M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$30MCivil Rights$19MPublic Benefit$1.8MHuman Services$270k

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, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Fwdus Inc	$10,000,000	2	39%
American Civil Liberties Union Inc	$9,000,000	3	2%
Reform Action Fund	$5,200,000	2	50%
Drug Policy Action	$4,500,000	3	47%
Yes on 820 - Oklahomans for Sensible Marijuana Laws	$2,059,500	2	n/a
Safety and Justice Oregon	$1,675,000	2	85%
Vera Action Inc	$1,650,000	3	47%
American Conservative Union Inc	$1,600,000	3	6%
Families Against Mandatory Minimums	$1,000,000	2	42%
Faith and Freedom Coalition Inc	$1,000,000	2	2%

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All grantees of The Just Trust for Action by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Fwdus Inc	$10,000,000	2	39%
American Civil Liberties Union Inc	$9,000,000	3	2%
Reform Action Fund	$5,200,000	2	50%
Drug Policy Action	$4,500,000	3	47%
Yes on 820 - Oklahomans for Sensible Marijuana Laws	$2,059,500	2	n/a
Safety and Justice Oregon	$1,675,000	2	85%
Vera Action Inc	$1,650,000	3	47%
American Conservative Union Inc	$1,600,000	3	6%
Families Against Mandatory Minimums	$1,000,000	2	42%
Faith and Freedom Coalition Inc	$1,000,000	2	2%
Stand for Children Inc	$750,000	3	4%
Adams Project	$650,000	1	100%
Empower Mississippi	$600,000	3	33%
Rebuild the Dream	$600,000	2	65%
Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation	$500,000	1	10%
Foundation for Judicial Discretion	$400,000	2	50%
American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Inc	$370,000	3	24%
Kentucky Chamber Advocacy Committee Inc	$340,000	3	38%
American Civil Liberties Union	$340,000	3	56%
Prison Fellowship Ministries	$300,000	1	0%
Forward Justice Action Network	$270,000	2	21%
A More Just America Action Fund	$250,000	1	n/a
American Civil Liberties Union	$200,000	1	28%
Justice Research Group	$200,000	1	33%
Dreamorg	$200,000	1	0%
Mountain State Harm Reduction	$160,000	1	n/a
Unify US	$135,000	1	47%
Ocpa Action Inc	$120,000	2	85%
Second Look Alliance Foundation SLA Foundation	$120,000	1	n/a
American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama Foundation	$100,000	1	5%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana	$100,000	1	n/a
Quest for Democracy Action Network	$100,000	1	n/a
American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation Inc	$100,000	1	3%
American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado	$75,000	1	4%
Vsv Leadership	$20,000	1	n/a

The Just Trust for Action supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 16 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 28.

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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.

Action Now IncTX24.1× affinity9 shared granteesties to 8 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Action Now Inc · Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy · Justice Action Network · The Heising-Simons Action Fund · Open Society Action Fund Inc · New Venture Fund · American Civil Liberties Union Inc · The Just Trust for Education · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

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 The Just Trust for Action

How much does The Just Trust for Action give?: The Just Trust for Action reported 24 grants totaling $15,809,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 24 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
What does The Just Trust for Action fund?: By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (58%), Civil Rights (38%), Public Benefit (4%).
Who are The Just Trust for Action's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: Fwdus Inc ($10M), American Civil Liberties Union Inc ($9.0M), Reform Action Fund ($5.2M).
Does The Just Trust for Action fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 29% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Just Trust for Action?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Action Now Inc, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Advocacy, Justice Action Network.
Where is The Just Trust for Action based?: The Just Trust for Action is based in NC.