Organization · EIN 13-1941627 · Brooklyn, NY · Crime & legal

Who funds Vera Institute of Justice?

48 private foundations reported paying Vera Institute of Justice $10.6M on returns for tax year 2023.

48 funders · 8 foundations that fund peers · 6 closest peers

Funders 48

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Seattle, WA
$1,950,900 U.S. ECONOMIC MOBILITY & OPPORTUNITY Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Tenacre Foundation
Princeton, NJ · Preselected only
$1,942,757 GENERAL SUPPORT Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 04/2024
Laura and John Arnold Foundation
Houston, TX · Preselected only
$1,112,612
6 grant lines
TO SUPPORT THE RESTORING PROMISE INITIATIVE THAT PARTNERS WITH STATE DEPARTMENTS OF CORRECTIONS TO DESIGN AND RIGOROUSLY EVALUATE REIMAGINE… +5 more Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Public Welfare Foundation
Washington, DC
$725,000
3 grant lines
Support for Vera's True Line Project +2 more Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 09/2024
The Jpb Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$600,000 SAFE INITIATIVE AND UNIVERSAL REPRESENTATION Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Ford Foundation
New York, NY
$427,100
4 grant lines
FOR ITS NARRATIVE CHANGE WORK, MESSAGING JUSTICE, THAT USES PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH, TESTED MESSAGES, AND STORIES TO BUILD CONSENSUS THAT S… +2 more Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Wellspring Philanthropic Fund
New York, NY · Preselected only
$400,000
2 grant lines
NEW JUSTICE NEW ORLEANS +1 more Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 11/2024
The Thompson Family Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$400,000 TO AID THE DONEE ORGANIZATION IN CARRYING OUT ITS EXEMPT FUNCTIONS. Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 05/2024
Pritzker Family Foundation
Chicago, IL · Preselected only
$375,000
2 grant lines
SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The California Endowment
Los Angeles, CA · Preselected only
$360,408
2 grant lines
VERA CALIFORNIA - CENTERING HEALTH THROUGH A SYSTEM OF CARE: TO SUPPORT DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH ON HOW LOS ANGELES COUNTY CA… +1 more Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 03/2024
The Tow Foundation
New Canaan, CT · Preselected only
$250,000 UNRESTRICTED FUNDING Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Catena Foundation
Carbondale, CO · Preselected only
$250,000 IMMIGRATION - SCALE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND COLLABORATION FOR IMMIGRANTS FACING DEPORTATION. Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Charlotte, NC
$175,650
8 grant lines
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Pershing Square Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$160,000 TO SUPPORT VERA'S ENDING GIRLS' INCARCERATION INITIATIVE Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
WK Kellogg Foundation
Battle Creek, MI
$150,000 Promise of an Equitable Future Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 08/2024
The Joyce Foundation
Chicago, IL
$150,000 Mission Fund Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Zegar Family Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$150,000 GENERAL PURPOSE CONTRIBUTION Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Lm Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$150,000 ACHIEVE CHARITABLE PURPOSE Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Marty and Dorothy Silverman Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$110,000 GENERAL DONATION Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 07/2024
Surdna Foundation
New York, NY
$104,375 General Support Same street 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 06/2024

Amounts are as filed on each foundation's 990-PF for a tax year beginning in 2023. The match shows how the payee on the filing was linked to this EIN (what each match type means); hover or tap it for the score. Wrong? Report it.

Foundations that fund organizations like Vera Institute of Justice

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Vera Institute of Justice, but don't appear on its own funder list for 2023. This is a factual overlap from filings, not a recommendation or an endorsement.

  1. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 21 of the 25 closest peers · $19.2M to them
  2. The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
    Paid 20 of the 25 closest peers · $30.9M to them
  3. John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated) Chicago, IL
    Paid 21 of the 25 closest peers · $12.3M to them
  4. The Rockefeller Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 19 of the 25 closest peers · $22.6M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  5. The Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 19 of the 25 closest peers · $113K to them
  6. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 18 of the 25 closest peers · $1.42M to them
  7. Chubb Charitable Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $637K to them
  8. Sempra Foundation San Diego, CA
    Paid 16 of the 25 closest peers · $50.2K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. International Rescue Committee New York, NY
    20 shared funders · 769 funders in all
  2. American Civil Liberties Union Foundation New York, NY
    12 shared funders · 366 funders in all
  3. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY
    14 shared funders · 568 funders in all
  4. Medecins Sans Frontieres USA New York, NY
    16 shared funders · 2370 funders in all
  5. Southern Poverty Law Center Montgomery, AL
    12 shared funders · 616 funders in all
  6. Planned Parenthood Federation of America New York, NY
    15 shared funders · 755 funders in all

Where this comes from

Each row is a grant line from Part XV of a private foundation's Form 990-PF. The 990-PF has no field for the recipient's tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched the payee's name and address to the IRS Business Master File. How matching works and where it fails.

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