Initiate Justice
Funding Overview
From IRS Form 990 filings · 2019–2025
Total received
$6.1M
Foundation funders
38
Grants recorded
94
Years covered
2019–2025
Who funds Initiate Justice?
Initiate Justice is funded by 38 grantmakers, led by Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1.3M), Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc ($1.1M), The Heising-Simons Foundation ($525K). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $6.1M in grants to Initiate Justice between 2019–2025.
Show all 38 funders
| Progressive Multiplier Fund | $25,000 | 2 | 2022–2023 |
| The Sentencing Project | $20,000 | 2 | 2023–2024 |
| Southern California Grantmakers | $20,000 | 1 | 2020 |
| Tides Foundation | $14,000 | 1 | 2022 |
| Proteus Fund Inc | $12,500 | 1 | 2020 |
| Techsoup Global | $5,003 | 1 | 2023 |
| Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 2022 |
| Chamberlin Family Philanthropy | $5,000 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hope Share Care Foundation Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 2021 |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | $900 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Walker Foundation Inc | $656 | 5 | 2020–2024 |
| The Rhe Charitable Foundation | $256 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Yelp Foundation | $10 | 1 | 2020 |
Funding over time
Grant dollars and counts received per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $10K (2019) to $2.1M (2022). In 2025 it made 5 grants totaling $315K.
What grants has Initiate Justice received?
Individual grants from IRS Form 990 filings, newest first
| Year | Funder | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Weingart Foundation | UNRESTRICTED OPERATING SUPPORT | $135,000 |
| 2025 | California Community Foundation | CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | $75,000 |
| 2025 | Kautz Family Foundation | CHARITABLE | $50,000 |
| 2025 | Common Cause Education Fund | CA - VOTING & ELECTIONS | $45,000 |
| 2025 | East Bay Community Foundation | CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR GENDER FOCUSED CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMIC CHANGE, ORGANIZING AND POLICY ADVOCACY WORK IN LOS ANGELES AND ACROSS CALIFORNIA | $10,000 |
| 2024 | Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | General operating support | $282,000 |
| 2024 | Skyline Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT | $250,000 |
| 2024 | The Schmidt Family Foundation | STRENGTHENING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | $100,000 |
| 2024 | The Heising-Simons Foundation | FOR GENERAL SUPPORT | $100,000 |
| 2024 | Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund | TO IMPROVE VOTING ACCESS FOR PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND ORGANIZE AND ENGAGE MEMBERS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF PRISON. TO SUPPORT A NEW INDEPENDENT REVENUE GENERATION PROJECT WITH SUPPORT FROM THE PROGRESSIVE MULTIPLIER FUND. | $70,000 |
| 2024 | Kautz Family Foundation | CHARITABLE | $50,000 |
| 2024 | Reissa Foundation | General operating Support | $25,000 |
| 2024 | Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation | General Operating Support | $25,000 |
| 2024 | California Community Foundation | CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | $20,000 |
| 2024 | East Bay Community Foundation | CRIMINAL JUSTICE CHANGE WORK, ORGANIZING AND POLICY ADVOCACY IN LOS ANGELES AND IN CALIFORNIA | $20,000 |
| 2024 | Fund for Nonviolence | Program Support | $20,000 |
| 2024 | The Sentencing Project | ACTIVATING THE POLITICAL POWER OF THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION. | $10,000 |
| 2024 | The California Endowment | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT: TO SUPPORT AN ORGANIZATION THAT ADVOCATES FOR HEALTH AND LIVELIHOODS OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN SACRAMENTO. | $10,000 |
| 2024 | The Walker Foundation Inc | CHARITABLE DONATIONS | $103 |
| 2023 | Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc | General operating support | $252,000 |
| 2023 | Skyline Foundation | GENERAL SUPPORT | $250,000 |
| 2023 | The Heising-Simons Foundation | FOR GENERAL SUPPORT | $100,000 |
| 2023 | Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation | GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | $75,000 |
| 2023 | Silicon Valley Community Foundation | Civic Participation | $59,400 |
| 2023 | Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr Fund | TO IMPROVE VOTING ACCESS FOR PEOPLE IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND ORGANIZE AND ENGAGE MEMBERS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF PRISON; FOR THE FUND'S 70TH ANNIVERSARY. | $57,000 |
| 2023 | Kautz Family Foundation | CHARITABLE | $50,000 |
| 2023 | Liberty Hill Foundation | FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. | $30,000 |
| 2023 | Reissa Foundation | General & Unrestricted | $25,000 |
| 2023 | Liberty Hill Foundation | FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. | $25,000 |
| 2023 | Fund for Nonviolence | General Support | $20,000 |
Showing 30 most recent of 94 recorded grants.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who funds Initiate Justice?
Initiate Justice is funded by 38 grantmakers, led by Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($1.3M), Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc ($1.1M), The Heising-Simons Foundation ($525K). In total, IRS Form 990 filings record $6.1M in grants to Initiate Justice between 2019–2025.
Who is Initiate Justice's largest funder?
Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest recorded funder of Initiate Justice, with $1.3M across 3 grants (2020–2023).
How much grant funding has Initiate Justice received?
IRS 990 filings record $6.1M in grants to Initiate Justice across 94 grants from 38 funders between 2019–2025. Filings are published on a delay, so recent grants may not appear yet.
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