Organization · EIN 20-3671130 · Northhampton, MA · Civil rights & advocacy

Who funds Prison Policy Initiative?

16 private foundations reported paying Prison Policy Initiative $403,174 on returns for tax year 2023.

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

Funders 16

FoundationPaidPurpose as filedMatchSource
The Ford Foundation
New York, NY
$125,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation (Consolidated)
Chicago, IL
$100,000 to support policy research and advocacy highlighting the need for local criminal justice reform as part of the Safety and Justice Challenge Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
New York, NY
$50,000 FOR GENERAL SUPPORT Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Joyce Foundation
Chicago, IL
$35,000 Democracy Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Fierce Advocacy Fund
Philadelphia, PA · Preselected only
$25,000 UNRESTRICTED Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Falconwood Foundation
New York, NY
$17,500 GENERAL SUPPORT, UNRESTRICTED Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Ventus Charitable Foundation
Palm Beach Gardens, FL · Preselected only
$15,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation
Boston, MA
$10,000 SUPPORT FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS. Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 04/2024
Reed Foundation
New York, NY · Preselected only
$10,000 Charitable Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Mark W Blackman & Deborah Blackman Family Foundation
Darien, CT · Preselected only
$10,000 FULFILLMENT OF CHARITABLE PURPOSE
Filed as “PRISON POLICY INIATIVE”
Same address 0.64 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Edward & Verna Gerbic Family Foundation
West Hartford, CT · Preselected only
$2,000 Current Use for General Charitable Purposes Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 04/2024
Leaves of Grass Fund
Lincoln, MA · Preselected only
$1,500 CHARITABLE Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Auerbach Schiro Foundation
West Hartford, CT
$1,000 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
Helen & William Mazer Foundation
Berkeley Heights, NJ · Preselected only
$500 CHARITABLE PURPOSES. Exact name 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 09/2024
Amazonsmile Foundation
Seattle, WA · Preselected only
$424 GENERAL SUPPORT Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023
The Blum Family Foundation
Nashville, TN · Preselected only
$250 FOR ONE OR MORE EXEMPT PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN IRC SECTION 501(C)(3) Same address 1.00 Wrong? 990-PF
FYE 12/2023

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 Prison Policy Initiative

These foundations paid at least two of the 25 organizations that share the most funders with Prison Policy Initiative, 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 William & Flora Hewlett Foundation Menlo Park, CA
    Paid 20 of the 25 closest peers · $14.3M to them
  2. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 18 of the 25 closest peers · $6.01M to them
  3. The Rockefeller Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 17 of the 25 closest peers · $2.6M to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only
  4. The Cigna Group Foundation Philadelphia, PA
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $108K to them
  5. Ge Foundation Norwalk, CT
    Paid 14 of the 25 closest peers · $54K to them
  6. Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Princeton, NJ
    Paid 15 of the 25 closest peers · $680K to them
  7. American Express Foundation New York, NY
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $1.09M to them
  8. The Fine and Greenwald Foundation Aventura, FL
    Paid 12 of the 25 closest peers · $383K to them · Says it funds preselected organizations only

Organizations with the most funders in common

  1. Equal Justice Initiative Montgomery, AL
    7 shared funders · 383 funders in all
  2. Medecins Sans Frontieres USA New York, NY
    8 shared funders · 2370 funders in all
  3. William J Brennan Center for Justice New York, NY
    7 shared funders · 160 funders in all
  4. International Rescue Committee New York, NY
    7 shared funders · 769 funders in all
  5. The New York Public Library Astor Lenox and Tilden Foundations New York, NY
    6 shared funders · 221 funders in all
  6. World Central Kitchen Washington, DC
    6 shared funders · 1099 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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