Grants received by year
Every foundation grant, by year
Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.
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The Weiss Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA
2025
To support the exempt purpose of the organization
$15,000 -
Laura and John Arnold FoundationHouston, TX
2024
To support efforts to transform prison conditions through disability rights litigation.
$300,000 -
Vital Projects Fund IncNew York, NY
2024
General support
$200,000 -
The Skadden FoundationWhite Plains, NY
2024
Payment for fellows
$80,472 -
The Weiss Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA
2024
To support the exempt purpose of the organization
$15,000 -
Leo Model Foundation IncPhiladelphia, PA
2024
Challenge the cruel and inhumane conditions of confinement through litigation and advocacy
$15,000 -
Laura and John Arnold FoundationHouston, TX
2023
To support efforts to transform prison conditions through disability rights litigation.
$300,000 -
Vital Projects Fund IncNew York, NY
2023
General support
$200,000 -
The Skadden FoundationWhite Plains, NY
2023
Payment for fellows
$71,107 -
The Weiss Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA
2023
To support the exempt purpose of the organization
$15,000 -
Leo Model Foundation IncPhiladelphia, PA
2023
Challenge the cruel and inhumane conditions of confinement through litigation and advocacy
$13,000 -
Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA
2023
General support
$224 -
Laura and John Arnold FoundationHouston, TX
2022
To improve the conditions for individuals with disabilities in prison.
$250,000 -
The Skadden FoundationWhite Plains, NY
2022
Payment for fellows
$68,807 -
The Barbara McDowell and Gerald S Hartman Foundation IncFalls Church, VA
2022
Appellate AdvocacyRights Behind Bars tracks conditions litigation and offers representation or other aid to uncounseled clients or small firm lawyers on appeal. Once on appeal, we often partner with pro bono appellate specialists or civil rights groups. Through our intervention, we make the strongest possible case to win on behalf of our immediate clients. Our interventions also establish strong case law that sends the message to prisons and jails that they are not above the law and will ultimately be held accountable for failing to treat incarcerated individuals with the dignity the law requires.Affirmative LitigationApproach trial litigation through a movement lawyering framework. This means that litigation is just one tool, among many, that are used to achieve the goals of the clients and movements served. Innovative trial litigation with public advocacy, education, media and organizing strategies are paired to ensure that our work has a broader and more sustainable scope than what
$25,000 -
The Weiss Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA
2022
To support the exempt purpose of the organization
$10,000 -
The Weiss Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA
2022
To support the exempt purpose of the organization
$5,000 -
The Weiss Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA
2022
To support the exempt purpose of the organization
$5,000 -
JKW Foundation TR UA 092597New York, NY
2022
General support
$2,500 -
Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA
2022
General support
$342 -
Laura and John Arnold FoundationHouston, TX
2021
To support disability-rights litigation challenging abusive prison conditions.
$250,000 -
The Skadden FoundationWhite Plains, NY
2021
Payment for fellows
$32,891 -
Leo Model Foundation IncPhiladelphia, PA
2021
General support
$13,000 -
David L Klein Jr FoundationKing of Prussia, PA
2021
Operating support
$10,000 -
The Weiss Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA
2021
To support the exempt purpose of the organization
$5,000 -
The Skadden FoundationWhite Plains, NY
2021
Payment for fellows
$4,358 -
JKW Foundation TR UA 092597New York, NY
2021
General support
$2,500 -
Bruce & Melissa Fischer Family FDNNew York, NY
2021
General charitable & educational purposes
$2,000 -
Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA
2021
General support
$242 -
The Weiss Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA
2020
To support exempt purpose of the organization.
$5,000 -
The Next Generation FoundationLancaster, PA
2020
General purpose
$5,000 -
Bruce & Melissa Fischer Family FDNNew York, NY
2020
General charitable & educational purposes
$2,000 -
Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA
2020
General support
$151 -
The Weiss Family FoundationPalo Alto, CA
2019
To support exempt purpose of the organization.
$5,000
Funders of similar organizations nearby
Foundations that gave to other human services organizations in Washington, DC and are not among Rights Behind Bars Inc’s funders above.
- The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation 197 grants Accepts applications $7,987,800 to similar organizations
- The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc 679 grants Accepts applications $7,465,328 to similar organizations
- JPMorgan Chase Foundation 73 grants Preselected only $3,637,058 to similar organizations
- Verizon Foundation 96 grants Preselected only $2,231,429 to similar organizations
- Eugene & Agnes E Meyer Foundation 65 grants Accepts applications $2,379,730 to similar organizations
- Annie E Casey Foundation Inc 96 grants Preselected only $10,508,634 to similar organizations
- The Pfizer Foundation Inc 53 grants Preselected only $5,009,367 to similar organizations
- Open Society Institute 41 grants Accepts applications $6,159,773 to similar organizations
About this match
Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 84-3084416 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.