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The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women & Girls

The mission of the national council for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and girls (national council) is to end incarceration of women and girls.

$462k
Granted FY2024still arriving
10
Grants FY2024still arriving
9
States reached
$75k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$943kCommunity Improvement$245kHuman Services$230kCivil Rights$144kHealth$85kHousing & Shelter$75kEnvironment$60kYouth Development$10k
02FY2024 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 10 grants below total $325,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $462,009 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $137,009 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k7 grants · $120k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $205k
$25,000
Median grant
9
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILIES FOR JUSTICE AS HEALING$75,000
THE REMEDY PROJECT INC$70,000
STEP BEYOND WOMEN AND GIRLS INC$60,000
WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SISTERHOOD FOR HEALING INC$30,000
WHY NOT PROSPER$25,000
ILLINOIS ALLIANCE FOR RE-ENTRY AND JUSTICE$25,000
VERMONT FREEDOM FUND$10,000
A WOMAN WORTH PROJECT$10,000
SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS INC$10,000
WOMENS JUSTICE INSTITUTE (FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT OF A SAFE HAVEN FDN)$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–23, $140k) land where the poverty rate runs at 19%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%MOTHER'S IN CHARGE: $50k → 22%THE ORDINARY PEOPLE SOCIETY INC: $20k → 17%WITNESS TO MASS INCARCERATION INC: $25k → 17%WITNESS TO MASS INCARCERATION: $20k → 17%WE ARE BETTER TOGETHER WARREN DANIEL HAIRSTON PROJECT INC: $25k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

VT
IL
NY
MA
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
NC
MS
AL
GA
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

50%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$898k · 9 repeat orgs$894k to everyone else

9 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
20

Total granted

$898k
$754k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
+14%

Still filing today

67%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 57% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $140k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Crime & LegalHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterCommunity ImprovementCivil RightsHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). 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

  • FF
    FAMILIES FOR JUSTICE AS HEALING INC
    4× · 2019–2024 · $275k · revenue +9%
  • WA
    WOMEN AGAINST MASS INCARCERATION IN
    2× · 2020–2021 · $163k · revenue -68% · 87% of their budget
  • SB
    STEP BEYOND WOMEN AND GIRLS INC
    3× · 2022–2024 · $120k

Funded once

  • CC
    CHANGE COMES NOW INC
    one grant, 2020 · $110k
  • NB
    NEW BEGINNINGS REENTRY SERVICES INC
    one grant, 2020 · $90k · revenue +24%
  • WJ
    Women's Justice & Freedom Initiative Inc
    one grant, 2020 · $89k · revenue -68% · 71% of their budget
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Women Who Never Give Up Inc

Our mission is to help people currently and previously incarcerated and their families get justice in our criminal justice and prison system. WWNG Up Inc. works daily with the NJ DOC and other state agencies legislatures and communities…

Community Improvement
2
Lets Get Free- the Women & Trans

We are a group working to end Death by Incarceration also known as life without parole sentencing, build a pathway out of the prisons back to our communities through commutation reform, support successful possibilities for people formerly…

Public Benefit
3
Women Initiating Success Envisioned Inc

To counsel, educate, and prepare women inmates for successful re-entry into their communities to train, support, and assist women upon release to overcome discrimination, negative stigmas, and other obstacles associated with their past and…

Crime & Legal
4
Goodworks Inc

To assist women upon release

Human Services
5
The Liberty Initiative Inc

Work to end mass incarceration led by the voices of the families and individuals of those directly impacted. we envision a community that centers safety, prevention of harm, and alternatives to incarceration.

Crime & Legal
6
Life After Justice

Life After Justice (LAJ) fights to free the wrongfully convicted and provides support in reclaiming their lives after justice. Created by exonerees, the majority exoneree-led Board of Directors' approach is rooted in the knowledge,…

Crime & Legal
7
Out for Justice Inc

Out for Justice Inc. OFJ is an organization comprised of individuals who are directly or indirectly impacted by the criminal justice system advocating for the reform of policies & practicesthat adversely affect successful reentry to…

Crime & Legal
8
After Innocence

After Innocence provides free re-entry assistance to individuals nationwide who have been released from prison after having been convicted of crimes they did not in fact commit, and advocates with them for a justice system that is more…

Crime & Legal
9
Prison Policy Initiative

The Organization challenges over-criminalizationand mass incarceration through research, advocacyand organizing.

Civil Rights
10
Perfect

Perfect Inc. empowers formerly incarcerated women to achieve success while they transition back to their community by providing training and paid internships that result in guaranteed employment with fair pay and benefits.

Human Services
11
Initiate Justice Action

To end mass incarceration in CA by mobilizing the political power of people impacted by the prison system.

Crime & Legal
12
Unapologetically Hers

support for incarcerated individuals

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Families for Justice As Healing Inc; the most unlike its peers is Vermont Freedom Fund Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 27 of the 34 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
25/27
Grantees still filing
15/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FAMILIES FOR JUSTICE AS HEALING INC: $275,000 · OtherFAMILIES FOR JUSTICE AS HEALING INCCHANGE COMES NOW INC: $109,780 · OtherCHANGE COMES NOW INCWOMEN AND GIRLS IN SISTERHOOD FOR HEALING INC: $90,000 · OtherWOMEN AND GIRLS IN SISTERHOOD FOR HEALING INCThe Remedy Project Inc: $70,000 · OtherThe Remedy Project IncEMPOWERMENT BEFORE DURING AND AFTER INC: $60,000 · OtherEMPOWERMENT BEFORE DURING AND AFTER INCRESIST INC: $55,000 · OtherRESIST INCFREE HEARTS INC: $50,000 · OtherFREE HEARTS INC+8 more: $125,000 · Other+8 moreWOMEN AGAINST MASS INCARCERATION IN: $163,000 · Crime & LegalWOMEN AGAINST MASS INCARCERA…STEP BEYOND WOMEN AND GIRLS INC: $120,000 · Crime & LegalSTEP BEYOND WOMEN AND GIRLS …NEW BEGINNINGS REENTRY SERVICES INC: $90,000 · Crime & LegalNEW BEGINNINGS REENTRY SERVI…Alliance of Families for Justice Inc: $25,000 · Crime & LegalAlliance of Families for Jus…HOMIES UNIDOS INC: $25,000 · Crime & LegalHOMIES UNIDOS INCVERMONT FREEDOM FUND INC: $20,000 · Crime & LegalMOTHERS IN CHARGE: $50,000 · Human ServicesWITNESS TO MASS INCARCERATION INC: $45,000 · Human ServicesWE ARE BETTER TOGETHER WARREN DANIEL HAIRSTON PROJECT INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesTHE ORDINARY PEOPLE SOCIETY TOPS: $20,000 · Human ServicesLIFE AFTER RELEASE INC: $65,000 · Community ImprovementWhy Not Prosper Inc: $25,000 · Community ImprovementTHE REACHING EDUCATING FOR COMMUNITY HOPE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Community ImprovementWomen's Justice & Freedom Initiative Inc: $89,000 · Civil RightsILLINOIS ALLIANCE FOR REENTRY: $25,000 · Civil RightsJustice For Housing Inc: $65,000 · Housing & ShelterA LITTLE PIECE OF LIGHT INC: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterTALK 2 ME FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $60,000 · Environment
Other$834,780Crime & Legal$443,000Human Services$140,000Community Improvement$115,000Civil Rights$114,000Housing & Shelter$85,000Environment$60,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFAMILIES FOR JUSTICE AS HEALING INC: $275,000 over 4y, 13% of budgetWOMEN AGAINST MASS INCARCERATION IN: $163,000 over 2y, 87% of budgetNEW BEGINNINGS REENTRY SERVICES INC: $90,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetWomen's Justice & Freedom Initiative Inc: $89,000 over 1y, 71% of budgetThe Remedy Project Inc: $70,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetRESIST INC: $55,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWITNESS TO MASS INCARCERATION INC: $45,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetWhy Not Prosper Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetWE ARE BETTER TOGETHER WARREN DANIEL HAIRSTON PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetILLINOIS ALLIANCE FOR REENTRY: $25,000 over 1y, 23% of budgetAlliance of Families for Justice Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetRESILIENT SISTERHOOD PROJECT INC: $25,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetNEW DIMENSIONS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION INC: $25,000 over 1y, 5.8% of budgetTHE REACHING EDUCATING FOR COMMUNITY HOPE FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE ORDINARY PEOPLE SOCIETY TOPS: $20,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetA SAFE HAVEN FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHow Our Lives Link Altogether Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 3.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

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.

NEO Philanthropy IncSolidago FoundationBen & Jerry's Foundat…Boston Foundation IncMs Foundation for Wom…Social and Environmen…A New Way of Life Ree…The New Commonwealth …Wild Geese Foundation…Haymarket People's Fu…New York FoundationThe Tow Foundation Inc
NEO Philanthropy IncNY28.5× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: NEO Philanthropy Inc · Solidago Foundation · Ben & Jerry's Foundation Inc · Boston Foundation Inc · Ms Foundation for Women Inc · Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc · A New Way of Life Reentry Project · The New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund Inc · Wild Geese Foundation Inc · Haymarket People's Fund Inc · New York Foundation · The Tow Foundation 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women & Girls funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women & Girls. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24
no gov · 30%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 22%
  • New Beginnings Reentry Services Inc: 55% of income from government
  • Justice for Housing Inc: 22% of income from government
  • Resist Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–24
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

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 34 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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