“Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.”
—Dr. Cornel West
Priority
Supporting bold new ideas and policy proposals and initiatives for transforming U.S. detention/incarceration policy.
Description
The DR Fund’s Justice program supports initiatives and efforts to ensure more humane policies within detention systems and, preferably, to dramatically reduce the number of those incarcerated in favor of more just and equitable alternatives that provide healing to crime victims’ families and truly safer communities. We are especially interested in grassroots organizing, power building, and effective advocacy efforts to advance decarceration policies on a national scale.
Geographic Focus
National
2023 Grant Partners
Business Capacity Development Alliance (for Canary Impact Fund) | Brooklyn, NY | $55,000 |
Dream.org | Oakland, CA | $112,500 over 2 years |
Gamaliel Faith & Democracy Campaign | Chicago, IL | $55,000 |
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (for Funders for Justice) | Calabasas, CA | $2,500 |
Tides Foundation (for Mass Liberation Fund) | San Francisco, CA | $155,000 over 3 years |
W. Haywood Burns Institute | Oakland, CA | $55,000 |
2022 Grant Partners
Action for Safety and Justice | Sacramento, CA | $200,000 over 2 years |
Dream.org | Oakland, CA | $57,500 |
Gamaliel Faith & Democracy Campaign | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
RestoreHER | Fayetteville, GA | $100,000 over 2 years |
Research Foundation of CUNY (for Institute for Justice & Opportunity) | New York, NY | $65,000 |
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (for Formerly Incarcerated, Convicted People & Families Movement) | Calabasas, CA | $150,000 over 2 years |
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (for Funders for Justice) | Calabasas, CA | $2,500 |
2021 Grant Partners
Dream Corps | Oakland, CA | $40,000 |
Dream Corps (for Canary Impact Fund) | Oakland, CA | $100,000 over 2 years |
Gamaliel Faith & Democracy Campaign | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
Just Detention International | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 |
New Way of Life (for Formerly Incarcerated, Convicted People & Families Movement) | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 |
Research Foundation of CUNY (for Institute for Justice & Opportunity) | New York, NY | $65,000 |
Salzburg Global Seminar | Washington, DC | $100,000 over 2 years |
Tides Advocacy (for Alliance for Safety and Justice Action Fund) | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 |
Tides Foundation (for Mass Liberation Fund) | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 over 2 years |
W. Haywood Burns Institute | Oakland, CA | $100,000 over 2 years |
2020 Grant Partners
Abolitionist Law Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $50,000 |
The Bail Project | Venice, CA | $50,000 |
Center for Constitutional Rights | New York, NY | $150,000 |
Council on Criminal Justice | Washington, DC | $75,000 |
Detention Watch Network | Washington, DC | $50,000 |
Gamaliel Faith & Democracy Campaign | Chicago, IL | $50,000 |
Good Nation Foundation | New York, NY | $55,000 |
Grassroots Leadership | Austin, TX | $25,000 |
Neighborhood Funders Group | Oakland, CA | $2,000 |
New Way of Life (for Formerly Incarcerated, Convicted People & Families Movement) | Los Angeles, CA | $75,000 |
Project on Government Oversight | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
Research Foundation of CUNY (for Institute for Justice and Opportunity) | New York, NY | $63,000 |
Salzburg Global Seminar | Washington, DC | $50,000 |
Tides Foundation (for The Justice Collaborative) | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 over 2 years |
Tides Foundation (for Mass Liberation Fund) | San Francisco, CA | $75,000 |
Urban Justice Center (for Freedom Agenda) | New York, NY | $100,000 over 2 years |
Vera Institute of Justice | New York, NY | $75,000 |
W. Haywood Burns Institute | Oakland, CA | $100,000 |
2019 Grant Partners
Council on Criminal Justice | Washington, DC | $75,000 |
Detention Watch Network | Washington, DC | $30,000 |
Dream Corps (for Canary Impact Fund) | Oakland, CA | $100,000 over 2 years |
FJC (for New York Youth Justice Initiative) | New York, NY | $3,500 |
Grassroots Leadership | Austin, TX | $40,000 |
Jewish Council for Public Affairs | New York, NY | $50,000 |
Neighborhood Funders Group | Oakland, CA | $1,500 |
Project on Government Oversight | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
Research Foundation of CUNY (for John Jay College of Criminal Justice) | New York, NY | $55,000 |
Rutgers the State University of New Jersey (for Rikers Public Memory Project) | Newark, NJ | $15,000 |
Tides Advocacy (for Florida Rights Restoration Coalition) | San Francisco, CA | $100,000 over 2 years |
W. Haywood Burns Institute | Oakland, CA | $30,000 |
2018 Grant Partners
Abolitionist Law Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $50,000 over 2 years |
Campaign for Youth Justice | Washington, DC | $35,000 |
Center for Popular Democracy | Brooklyn, NY | $19,000 |
FJC (for New York Youth Justice Initiative) | New York, NY | $5,000 |
Fund for the City of New York (for Center for Court Innovation) | New York, NY | $29,000 |
Grassroots Leadership | Austin, TX | $40,000 |
New Venture Fund (for Community Justice Reform Coalition) | Washington, DC | $30,000 |
New Venture Fund (for Youth First Initiative) | Washington, DC | $30,000 |
Project on Government Oversight | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
Research Foundation of CUNY (for John Jay College of Criminal Justice) | New York, NY | $50,000 |
Tides Center (for Detention Watch Network) | San Francisco, CA | $25,000 |
2017 Grant Partners
Abolitionist Law Center | Pittsburgh, PA | $25,000 |
Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth | Washington, DC | $100,000 over 2 years |
College and Community Fellowship | New York, NY | $7,500 |
FJC (for New York Youth Justice Initiative) | New York, NY | $5,000 |
Fractured Atlas (for Working Narratives) | New York, NY | $20,000 |
Grassroots Leadership | Austin, TX | $30,000 |
Just Leadership USA | New York, NY | $40,000 |
Research Foundation of CUNY (for John Jay College of Criminal Justice) | New York, NY | $50,000 |
2016 Grant Partners
Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
Center for Constitutional Rights | New York, NY | $150,000 over 3 years |
Center for Mindfulness and Criminal Justice | Berkeley, CA | $25,000 |
Fractured Atlas (for Working Narratives) | New York, NY | $20,000 |
John Jay College of Criminal Justice | New York, NY | $50,000 |
Just Leadership USA | New York, NY | $50,000 |
New Venture Fund (for Youth First Initiative) | Washington, DC | $50,000 over 2 years |
New York Juvenile Justice Initiative | New York, NY | $2,500 |
Project on Government Oversight | Washington, DC | $20,000 |
Sentencing Project | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
Tides Center (for Detention Watch Network) | San Francisco, CA | $50,000 over 2 years |
Vera Institute of Justice | New York, NY | $25,000 |
2015 Grant Partners
Bard Prison Initiative | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY | $25,000 |
Center for Constitutional Rights | New York, NY | $50,000 |
Detention Watch Network | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
John Jay College of Criminal Justice | New York, NY | $60,000 |
Just Detention International | Los Angeles, CA | $20,000 |
Just Leadership USA | New York, NY | $50,000 |
Sentencing Project | Washington, DC | $35,000 |
Sheltering Arms | New York, NY | $25,000 |
Working Narratives-Nation Inside | Wilmington, NC | $20,000 |
Youth First! Initiative | Arlington, VA | $20,000 |
Youth Represent | New York, NY | $20,000 |
2014 Grant Partners
Advocates for Children of New York | New York, NY | $20,000 |
Bard Prison Initiative | Annandale-on-Hudson, NY | $25,000 |
Center for Constitutional Rights | New York, NY | $50,000 |
Detention Watch Network | Washington, DC | $25,000 |
Episcopal Social Services* | New York, NY | $25,000 |
Fortune Society* | New York, NY | $25,000 |
John Jay College of Criminal Justice | New York, NY | $50,000 |
Just Leadership USA | New York, NY | $15,000 |
Sentencing Project | Washington, DC | $35,000 |
Vera Institute of Justice | New York, NY | $25,000 |
Working Narratives-Nation Inside | Wilmington, NC | $20,000 |
Youth Represent* | New York, NY | $25,000 |
2013 Grant Partners
Advocates for Children of New York School Justice Project |
New York, NY | $20,000 |
Bard Prison Initiative Women’s Program |
New York, NY | $25,000 |
Center for Constitutional Rights | New York, NY | $50,000 |
Center for NuLeadership | New York, NY | $20,000 |
Detention Watch Network | Washington DC | $25,000 |
Fortune Society Better Living Center |
Queens, NY | $40,000 |
Sentencing Project | Washington, DC | $30,000 |
2012 Grant Partners
Advocates For Children of New York School Justice Project |
New York, NY | $20,000 |
Center for Court Innovation Brownsville Youth Court |
New York, NY | $30,000 |
College And Community Fellowship Education from the Inside Out |
New York, NY | $70,000 over 2 years |
Detention Watch Network | New York, NY | $20,000 |
Fortune Society Better Living Center |
New York, NY | $40,000 |
Getting Out and Staying Out | New York, NY | $25,000 |
John Jay College Of Criminal Justice | New York, NY | $100,000 over 2 years |
Sentencing Project | National | $30,000 |
Youth Represent | New York, NY | $70,000 over 2 years |
2011 Grant Partners
Center for Court Innovation Brownsville Youth Court |
New York, NY | $30,000 |
Fortune Society Better Living Center |
New York, NY | $30,000 |
Getting Out and Staying Out | New York, NY | $25,000 |
Mayors Fund to Advance New York City New York City Department of Probation |
New York, NY | $25,000 |
Sentencing Project | National | $30,000 |
Vera Institute of Justice Brooklyn for Brooklyn |
New York, NY | $50,000 |
2010 Grant Partners
College & Community Fellowship Education Inside/Out Coalition |
New York, NY | $100,000 over 2 years |
Common Ground Brownsville Partnership |
New York, NY | $50,000 |
The Dome Project | New York, NY | $15,000 |
Episcopal Social Services Network in Prisons/Network in Communities |
New York, NY | $15,000 |
The Horticultural Society of New York GreenHouse/GreenTeam |
New York, NY | $15,000 |
John Jay College of Criminal Justice Prison to College Pipeline |
New York, NY | $100,000 over 2 years |
Peace Alliance Educational Institute Youth Promise Act |
Washington, DC | $25,000 |
Vera Institute of Justice Brownsville Partnership |
New York, NY | $50,000 |
Voices Unbroken | New York, NY | $10,000 |
Women on the Rise Telling Her Story | New York, NY | $20,000 |
Youth Represent | New York, NY | $50,000 over 2 years |