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Vera Institute of Justice Inc

Vera is a national organization that partners with impacted communities and government leaders to transform the criminal, legal, and immigration systems. Using policy, research, and communication expertise, vera works to end the overcriminalization and mass incarceration of people of color, immigrants, and people experiencing poverty.

$2.4M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
28
Itemized grants FY2025
42
Organizations funded FY2024
48%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Itemized, FY2025
$2.1M
The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025
$50,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$560,598
Organizations funded a year
23 to 122
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
17
Total assets, FY2025
$145M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 48% of the organizations Vera Institute of Justice Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $747k 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
Human ServicesCrime & LegalCivil RightsPublic BenefitHealthCommunity ImprovementOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving26$2.1M54%
FY202442$9.4M48%
FY202366$14M39%
FY2022122$38M77%
FY202156$3.2M29%
FY202064$3.4M58%
FY201932$1.9M63%
FY201823$1.8M100%
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Crime & Legal$45MHuman Services$12MHealth$5.1MCivil Rights$3.9MInternational$1.8MCommunity Improvement$1.7MPublic Benefit$1.4MEducation$1.3MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 256 grantees
All grantees of Vera Institute of Justice Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Acacia Center for Justice$8,884,54837%
Activating Change Inc$4,766,171481%
Immigrant Justice Corps Inc$3,755,700321%
Milpa$3,202,255433%
Kind Inc$2,367,62824%
Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition$1,872,167216%
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc$1,701,19315%
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education$1,538,37111%
International Rescue Committee INC$1,474,87620%
Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights$1,296,40912%
Catholic Charities of Los Angeles Inc$1,264,04712%
Public Counsel$1,258,98127%
Prisoners' Legal Services of New York Inc$1,244,355119%
Immigrant Defenders Law Center$1,220,41647%
Erie County Bar Association$1,191,7501n/a
Galveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project$1,154,901173%
Mid-South Immigration Advocates Inc$1,121,901153%
Project Guardianship Inc$1,043,908511%
National Partnership for New Americans$1,002,50048%
Central American Resource Center - CARECEN - of California$883,36125%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$855,76232%
Immigration Center for Women & Children$776,762111%
Community Justice Alliance Inc$757,013127%
Caminar Latino Inc$755,326422%
Michigan Advocacy Program$730,69313%
Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services Inc$698,467114%
The Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc$643,95912%
Catholic Charities Community Services Archdiocese of New York$608,22611%
New York Immigration Coalition Inc$595,00032%
End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin the Wi Coalition Against Domestic Violence$582,49446%
National Center for Victims of Crime Inc$521,21645%
Young Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area$495,48410%
Nationalities Service Center of Philadelphia$456,90723%
Coalition for Responsible Community Development$440,48017%
Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center$429,851218%
Americans for Immigrant Justice Inc F/K/A Fla Immigrant Advocacy Center$398,70917%
Forge Inc$392,405432%
Centro Legal de la Raza$390,49321%
Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership$384,46411%
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant$376,85919%
Church World Service Inc$374,17710%
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Oakland$353,86414%
East Bay Community Law Center$352,43213%
The Washington State Budget and Policy Center$349,09757%
The Commonwealth Institute for$343,40054%
Catholic Charities Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami Inc$342,82217%
Canal Alliance$332,25012%
Bet Tzedek$323,76112%
The Arc of the United States$322,63631%
New York University$318,36620%
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality Inc$310,96722%
Oregon Health & Science University$304,1212n/a
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston$304,11310%
Esperanza United$303,27143%
Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network$292,98427%
Youth Shelter Program of Westchester Inc$290,000214%
National Florence Crittenton Mission$285,731218%
Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy Inc$283,20914%
Ufw Foundation$263,70912%
Associated Catholic Charities Inc$263,70910%
New Mexico Voices for Children$250,61253%
Dignity and Power Now$250,00015%
HIAS and Council Migration Service of Philadelphia Inc$242,98322%
Latino Memphis Inc$237,338118%
Washington State University$235,0003n/a
University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc$235,00030%
Fiscal Policy Institute Inc$230,000215%
Opening Doors Inc$227,00212%
Deafhope$223,439416%
National Children's Advocacy Center Inc$220,81942%
The Advocates For Human Rights$220,69225%
Immigration Counseling Service Inc$219,242112%
Legal Services of New Jersey Inc$214,35510%
Justice for Our Neighbors-Nebraska$210,96715%
Operation Restoration$207,85734%
Hcm Strategists LLC$200,2352n/a
Legal Services for Children Inc$200,22616%
Florida Policy Institute Inc$200,000210%
Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network$200,0001n/a
Research Triangle Institute$199,69830%
Education Strategy Group LLC$197,6832n/a
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities$193,00040%
Ayuda Inc$188,22612%
Common Justice Inc$186,33641%
Jewish Family and Children's Service of Pittsburgh$183,24211%
Urban Justice Center$180,00011%
Casa Cornelia Legal Services$178,98415%
McCrummen Immigration Law Group$169,3551n/a
Young Women's Freedom Center$164,00051%
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill$161,5742n/a
Safe & Just Michigan$160,04026%
Amistad Law Project$160,000118%
Orlando Center for Justice$158,734113%
Women of Color Network Inc$156,21947%
Lively Law Firm$154,3551n/a
Immigration Project Inc$150,60517%
Heartland Human Care Services Inc$150,00010%
Cna Corporation$142,79220%
Florida Legal Services Inc$139,74215%
Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants Inc$134,03212%
Community Immigration Law Center$132,0001n/a
Brooklyn Defender Services$128,64920%
The Praxis Project Inc$118,33330%
Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto Inc$116,03212%
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$115,00020%
Youth Empowerment Project$110,03613%
Mano Amiga Sm$108,00054%
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of New Orleans$105,48411%
Catholic Community Services of Utah$105,4841n/a
Children's Law Center of California$105,14710%
The Justice & Diversity Center - Hap$100,0001n/a
New Life Worship Center$100,0001n/a
University of Nevada Las Vegas Foundation$100,00020%
California Rural Legal Assistance Inc$100,00011%
The Legal Clinic$100,0001n/a
American Gateways$100,00014%
Legal Aid Justice Center$100,00010%
New York Legal Assistance Group Inc$99,00010%
National Disability Rights Network Inc$96,59121%
OAR of Fairfax County$90,80024%
Orange County Justice Fund$87,857147%
Parole Preparation Project Inc$87,857112%
Deaf Ignite Inc$86,514317%
Civil Survival Project$85,00026%
Mauritanian Network for Human Rights in the US$82,5001n/a
National Sheriffs' Association$80,29531%
New Mexico Immigrant Law Center$79,11312%
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project$79,11310%
Oregon Criminal Justice Commission$78,6861n/a
Childrens Legal Center$75,24217%
Vermonters for Criminal Justice Reform$75,000115%
Excellence and Advancement Foundation$75,000112%
Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation$75,00011%
Grit Into Grace Inc$75,000121%
Freedom Community Center$75,00024%
Ho'Ola Lahui Hawaii$75,00011%
Offender Aid & Restoration Arlington Co OAR Arlington Alexandria Falls Church$75,00023%
Daughters Beyond Incarceration$75,000113%
People Living in Recovery$75,000219%
Mid-Minnesota Legal Assistance$71,13320%
Noahs House Inc$70,000213%
Girls for Gender Equity Inc$69,00031%
Onward a Legacy Foundation$68,4001n/a
Reality Speaking Inc$68,000250%
Shawano County 4-H Leaders Inc$67,995153%
Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota Inc$66,06721%
Nichols Center Inc$64,8001n/a
Restorative Arlington$64,800113%
Orange County Board of Elections$64,8001n/a
Center for Community Mediation and Facilitation$64,800133%
Communities for Restorative Justice Inc$64,8001n/a
Takeaction Mn Education Fund$62,50021%
Police Executive Research Forum$62,18021%
Cit International Inc$57,9301n/a
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence Inc$56,37021%
Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform Inc$55,00026%
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington$52,74210%
Ascentria Community Services Inc$52,74210%
Human Rights Initiative of North Texas Inc$52,74211%
Catholic Diocese of Arlington$52,7421n/a
American Conservative Union Foundationinc$50,00011%
Monarch Services-Servicios Monarca$50,00021%
National Center for Youth Law$50,00010%
The Love More Movement Inc$49,9842n/a
International Association for Indigenous Aging$49,829256%
NAMI National$49,79210%
The Korean American Family Service Center Inc$49,64912%
Proyecto Maria$47,5542n/a
Huntsville Bail Fund$47,000213%
Innovations Human Trafficking Collaborative$46,40627%
Washtenaw Intermediate School District$45,0001n/a
Justice Matters INC$45,00049%
Alma Center Inc$43,26922%
Horizon House Inc$40,00011%
The First 72$40,00022%
Prison Fellowship Ministries$40,00020%
Feed the Hungry Inc$40,0002n/a
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois$37,8872n/a
Soul Sisters Leadership Collective Inc$37,50021%
Hale Opio Kauai Inc$36,00013%
Kentucky Youth Advocates Inc$35,00031%
Southern Vision Alliance$35,00030%
Jail Project of Texas$35,00037%
Deep Center Incorporated$35,00041%
The International Organization for Adolescents Inc$34,262217%
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center Inc$33,79211%
Victim Rights Law Center Inc$32,56421%
Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc$32,50011%
Central United Methodist Church$32,5002n/a
Working Families Organization Inc$32,0001n/a
Lancaster Bail Fund$32,000120%
Deaf Unity Inc$31,887111%
History Associates Inc$31,5151n/a
Public Policy and Education Fund of New York Inc$30,00020%
Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada$30,00012%
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition$30,00011%
Promise Arizona$30,000110%
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People$30,0003n/a
Pennsylvania Prison Society$30,00031%
Asian Pacific Institute on Gender-Based Violence$29,95921%
Community Agency for Resources Advocacy & Services$28,75027%
Triangle Inc$28,59520%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$26,64710%
BakerRipley$26,00010%
Texas Organizing Project Education Fund$25,00010%
Southern Center for Human Rights$25,00030%
Emancipate NC Inc$25,00021%
University of Maine School of Law Foundation$25,00012%
Houston Immigration Legal ServicesCollab$25,00011%
Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services$23,05111%
Truth Pharm Inc$22,5002n/a
Rape Crisis Intervention of North Central California$22,24113%
Next Level Empowerment Program Inc$22,0711n/a
Community Catalyst Inc$22,01610%
Regents of the University of California at Berkeley$21,5001n/a
The Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc$21,00010%
Mixteca Organization Inc$20,5981n/a
Tree of Life Cog$20,0001n/a
Immigration Services and Legal Advocacy$20,00012%
American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee Foundation Inc$20,00021%
Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault$20,00010%
St Paul's Episcopal Church$19,9741n/a
Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota$18,10710%
Transgender Law Center$17,00010%
First Christian Church$16,3201n/a
Uc Law Sf Foundation$16,00010%
Chattanoogans in Action for Love Equality and Benevolence$15,25515%
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People$15,0001n/a
One Voice$15,00020%
Mountain Association for Community Economic Development Inc$15,00020%
Sprout Nola$15,0001n/a
Grassroots Leadership Inc$15,00020%
Partnership for Safety and Justice$15,0001n/a
Black Alliance for Just Immigration$15,00010%
Volunteers of America Inc$15,0002n/a
Center for Transformative Action$15,00010%
West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy Inc$15,00021%
Michigan Organizing Project$15,00020%
Columbia County Sanctuary Movement Inc$15,00011%
New Orleans Youth Alliance$15,00011%
Alliance for a Just Society$15,00020%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$15,00010%
Workers Center For Racial Just NFP$15,00021%
Prosecutors' Center for Excellence$13,56923%
Life After Release Inc$10,0001n/a
The Liberty Initiative Inc$10,00015%
River Valley Organizing$10,0001n/a
American College of Emergency Physicians$9,65910%
Deaf and Abused Women's Network$8,95312%
Volunteers of America Inc$8,8021n/a
No Exceptions$8,3341n/a
Mercy Junction Peace and Justice Ce$8,3331n/a
Mountain Dreamers$7,50011%
Los Angeles General Medical Center Foundation Inc$5,11010%
Whitney Plantation Museum$5,0101n/a
Connecticut Womens Hall of Fame Inc$5,00011%

Where it is load-bearing

Vera Institute of Justice Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 11 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAcacia Center for Justice: $8,884,548 over 3y, 7.1% of budgetActivating Change Inc: $4,766,171 over 4y, 81% of budgetImmigrant Justice Corps Inc: $3,755,700 over 3y, 21% of budgetMilpa: $3,202,255 over 4y, 33% of budgetKind Inc: $2,367,628 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetCapital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition: $1,872,167 over 2y, 16% of budgetFlorence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc: $1,701,193 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetAmerican Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education: $1,538,371 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $1,474,876 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHeartland Alliance for Human Needs and Rights: $1,296,409 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCatholic Charities of Los Angeles Inc: $1,264,047 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetPublic Counsel: $1,258,981 over 2y, 6.6% of budgetPrisoners' Legal Services of New York Inc: $1,244,355 over 1y, 19% of budgetImmigrant Defenders Law Center: $1,220,416 over 4y, 7.0% of budgetGalveston-Houston Immigrant Representation Project: $1,154,901 over 1y, 73% of budgetMid-South Immigration Advocates Inc: $1,121,901 over 1y, 53% of budgetProject Guardianship Inc: $1,043,908 over 5y, 11% of budgetNational Partnership for New Americans: $1,002,500 over 4y, 8.0% of budgetCentral American Resource Center - CARECEN - of California: $883,361 over 2y, 5.3% of budgetRefugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services: $855,762 over 3y, 2.3% of budgetImmigration Center for Women & Children: $776,762 over 1y, 11% of budgetCommunity Justice Alliance Inc: $757,013 over 1y, 27% of budgetCaminar Latino Inc: $755,326 over 4y, 22% of budgetMichigan Advocacy Program: $730,693 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetDiocesan Migrant & Refugee Services Inc: $698,467 over 1y, 14% of budgetThe Door - a Center of Alternatives Inc: $643,959 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetCatholic Charities Community Services Archdiocese of New York: $608,226 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetNew York Immigration Coalition Inc: $595,000 over 3y, 1.8% of budgetEnd Domestic Abuse Wisconsin the Wi Coalition Against Domestic Violence: $582,494 over 4y, 6.1% of budgetNational Center for Victims of Crime Inc: $521,216 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetYoung Men's Christian Association of the Greater Houston Area: $495,484 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNationalities Service Center of Philadelphia: $456,907 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetCoalition for Responsible Community Development: $440,480 over 1y, 6.5% of budgetPennsylvania Immigration Resource Center: $429,851 over 2y, 18% of budgetAmericans for Immigrant Justice Inc F/K/A Fla Immigrant Advocacy Center: $398,709 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetForge Inc: $392,405 over 4y, 32% of budgetCentro Legal de la Raza: $390,493 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetChicago Cook Workforce Partnership: $384,464 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetEast Bay Sanctuary Covenant: $376,859 over 1y, 8.8% of budgetChurch World Service Inc: $374,177 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCatholic Charities of the Diocese of Oakland: $353,864 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetEast Bay Community Law Center: $352,432 over 1y, 3.2% of budgetThe Washington State Budget and Policy Center: $349,097 over 5y, 6.8% of budgetThe Commonwealth Institute for: $343,400 over 5y, 4.1% of budgetCatholic Charities Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami Inc: $342,822 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetCanal Alliance: $332,250 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetBet Tzedek: $323,761 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetThe Arc of the United States: $322,636 over 3y, 1.2% 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 200.

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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.

Equal Justice WorksDC57.2× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Equal Justice Works · Borealis Philanthropy · Immigrant Justice Corps Inc · Fwdus Education Fund Inc · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Public Welfare Foundation Inc · Immigrant Legal Resource Center · Tides Center · Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · New Venture Fund

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 Vera Institute of Justice Inc

How much does Vera Institute of Justice Inc give?
Vera Institute of Justice Inc reported 28 itemized grants totaling $2,142,324, out of $2,422,399 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 23 and 122 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Vera Institute of Justice Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (60%), Human Services (16%), Health (7%).
Who are Vera Institute of Justice Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Acacia Center for Justice ($8.9M), Activating Change Inc ($4.8M), Immigrant Justice Corps Inc ($3.8M).
Does Vera Institute of Justice Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Vera Institute of Justice Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Equal Justice Works, Borealis Philanthropy, Immigrant Justice Corps Inc.
Where is Vera Institute of Justice Inc based?
Vera Institute of Justice Inc is based in NY.

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 264 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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