Funders to approach for Freedom Reads Inc

Hamden, Connecticut$3.6M revenue65 funders on file

Freedom Reads' mission is to bring joy, inspire hope, and help those inside confront what prison does to the spirit. We bring beautiful, handcrafted bookcases into prisons, transforming cellblocks into freedom libraries. The freedom library is a physical intervention into the landscape of plastic and steel and loneliness that characterizes prison. In an environment where the freedom to think, to contribute to a community, and even to dream about what is possible is too often curtailed, Freedom Reads reminds those inside that they have not been…

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Best betsLikely, smaller grants1 in 40$42k, your typical grant1 in 401 in 201 in 10$10k$30k$100k$300kChance of a first grant within two years →Likely grant for you →

Expected from this list$840k–$2.7Mover two years, from 12–18 new funders

Last two years (2023–24)$3.5Mfrom 27 new funders

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1The Heising-Simons FoundationSimilar grantees: Young Women's Freedom Center ($200k/yr), Just Futures Law Inc ($300k/yr), Civil Rights Corps ($240k/yr)1 in 13$170k
2NEO Philanthropy IncSimilar grantees: Young Women's Freedom Center ($50k/yr), Free the Slaves ($52k/yr), Just Futures Law Inc ($100k/yr)1 in 13$77k
3William Randolph Hearst FoundationSimilar grantees: Reach Out and Read Inc ($150k/yr), Reading Partners ($150k/yr)1 in 17$120k

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