Search Through Crime Grants in the U.S.

Vision

To reduce recidivism by seeing the lives of incarcerated individuals changed forever serving God, family and community.

Mission

Our mission is to develop and support programs that help incarcerated individuals successfully reenter society and stay out for life.

Values

• Incarcerated individuals have value in the eyes of God.
• Bob Barker Company has been serving the physical needs of incarcerated individuals since 1972.
• Bob Barker Company Foundation is giving back to the incarcerated community in order to prepare them physically, spiritually and emotionally for successful reentry into society.
• Reducing recidivism reduces crime resulting in a safer society.

Funding Amounts

Grants will generally be up to to $25,000 and will be dependent upon proven recidivism reduction and cost effective methods.

Community Grants

State Farm is committed to helping build safer, stronger and better-educated communities.

• ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​We are committed to auto and home safety programs and activities that help people manage the risks of everyday life.
• We invest in education, economic empowerment and community development projects, programs and services that help people realize their dreams.
• We help maintain the vibrancy of our communities by assisting nonprofits that support community revitalization.

Good Neighbor Citizenship company grants focus on safety, community development and education.

Focus Areas

Safety Grants

We strive to keep our customers and communities safe. That's why our funding is directed toward:

• Auto safety — improving driver, passenger, vehicle or roadway safety
• Home safety — shielding homes from fires, crime or natural disasters
• Disaster preparedness and mitigation
• Disaster recovery

Community Development

We support nonprofits that invest and develop stronger neighborhoods. That's why our funding is directed toward:

• Affordable housing — home construction and repair
• Commercial/small business development
• Job training
• Neighborhood revitalization
• Financial literacy
• Sustainable housing and transportation
• Food insecurity

Education

Our education funding is directed toward initiatives that support the following programs:

• Higher education
• K-12 academic performance
• K-12 STEM
• Pathways for college and career success

About the Henry T. Nicholas, III Foundation

The Foundation has been at the forefront nationally in supporting victims' rights, reflecting Dr. Nicholas' longstanding commitment to victims of violent crime. He has been a leader of the victims' rights movement since 1983, when his sister, Marsy, was murdered. He helped his parents found Justice for Homicide Victims, a leading non-profit organization that supports families of murder victims. Dr. Nicholas led the effort in 2008 to pass Marsy's Law, a state constitutional amendment that created a comprehensive Victims' Bill of Rights for California. Following this campaign, he formed Marsy's Law for All, an organization dedicated to enforcing the constitutional amendment, empowering victims' rights organizations, and creating a national movement to pass a victims' Bill of Rights as the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Through Marsy's Law for All, the Foundation provides legal, technical, media and other resources to support victims' rights organizations and initiatives.

Read more about us.

Grant Information

The Henry T. Nicholas, III Foundation was created in 2006 with the vision of enabling and assisting communities and individuals to reach their highest potential. The Foundation is dedicated to improving lives through investment in Education, Youth Sports, Technology, Science, Medical Research, Victim's Rights, and National Defense.

Since its inception, the Foundation has provided more than $2.7 million to numerous public charities and non-profit organizations engaged in helping people build better lives for themselves and their neighbors.

The theme that unites the Foundation's various efforts into a single mission is investing in people and their futures:

• Grants are provided to help young people build strong educational and athletic foundations that will lead to healthy, productive and successful lives as adults.
• Advancement in science, technology and medicine is supported because these fields are the key to future health and prosperity for people and communities.
• Aid and support is provided to help violent crime victims and their families, and to assist the heroes who defend our nation and their families, because without safety and security there is no future.

Protecting And Promoting The Human Rights of all People

Since 1948 the global community has developed an extensive body of international law and principles to protect human rights. But the development and implementation of these standards has always faced opposition. There remains a gulf between human rights rhetoric and the lived experience of so many people. We seek to close that gap.

We provide core, project, and seed funding in multi-year grants to organisations that work on five key priorities. We support efforts that ensure:

• justice for victims of international crimes;
• detention as a last resort and zero-tolerance for torture;
• full dignity for LGBTQI people;
• a healthy information sphere; and
• strong human rights movements.

Our Mission:

The Learning Bridge Foundation's primary mission is to provide grants to public charities, scholarships and for education and job training for men and women that have been caught in the cycle of poverty and discrimination that is frequently associated with a person’s race, background and prior incarceration.   We at the Learning Bridge believe in second chances, and in giving determined individuals a real chance at a better life.

How we do it:

We work with charities and schools primarily in Oklahoma in order to provide an education for individuals who qualify for scholarships.

Why Learning Bridge?

We started the Learning Bridge Foundation because we saw a need for a program like this during our work with other non-profits in Tulsa.   Working with families and individuals on a weekly basis, we see the potential many of them have, and our goal is to help them break the cycle of crime and poverty that they often find themselves in by providing a means to gain skills for a career.   Our objective through this foundation is to provide a vehicle for these often overlooked individuals to have a chance for a better life for themselves and their families.

The Learning Bridge Activities:

The activities of the Learning Bridge Foundation involves five primary tasks:

• The search for possible candidates for assistance

• Interviewing and evaluating the qualifications and needs of each candidate

• Developing an assistance and scholarship plan for the candidates

• Implementation of the scholarship plan

• Verification of compliance with the terms of the scholarship plan

The typical applicant comes from a background of poverty, and has limited financial resources and/or previous incarceration in the State of Oklahoma’s Prison System.   Depending on the applicant’s financial resources and other financial aid, most scholarships are approximately $2,500 to $6,000 for tuition, books and supplies, which is the approximate cost of a program from a trade school.   There may be a situation where the Foundation would fund a scholarship for a Bachelor’s Degree, where the cost could increase to $10,000 to $20,000.   This would be an unique situation, as most applicants do not have the educational background to qualify for a four year degree program.   

Mission & Values

Life Comes From It is a first of its kind grantmaking circle where decisions over funding are made by people heavily steeped in restorative justice, transformative justice and indigenous peacemaking. We seek to grow the movement for adopting restorative, transformative, and peacemaking practices throughout our society. We have come together around a shared vision of addressing harm through community solutions, without reliance on incarceration and punitive systems.

We aim to strengthen the foundation of restorative, transformative, and peacemaking practices led by people of color.

Our Mission

Life Comes From It is a grantmaking circle. We support grassroots movement-building work rooted in lived experience and relationships for restorative justice, transformative justice, and indigenous peacemaking.

Funding Values & Criteria

We aim to support projects, organizations and collaborations that embody these values:

• Commitment to working towards replacing criminalization and incarceration with alternative approaches to address violence and repair harm rooted in community solutions
• Prioritizing peacemaking development and indigenous initiatives led by Native people
• Rooting the work in the community’s own culture(s), language(s), place(s), faith(s), and belief system(s) so it reflects the people that engage in it
• Guided by the wisdom of people, families and communities of color
• Commitment to anti-oppression practices
• Supporting the creation of new thinking and language that is holistic, intersectional, interdependent, and liberatory
• Promoting and sustaining collective leadership, collaboration and partnership
• Living the values of the work internally and externally to build community and heal harm within and against communities
• Intergenerational inclusivity - people of all generations: youth, adults, elders are encouraged to apply​

The Four Fields

• Restorative Justice
• Transformative Justice
• Indigenous Peacemaking
• Land Based Projects 

What we Believe

• We believe that human relations can replace the work of institutions.
• ​We are invested in shifting power.
• ​We believe in doing no harm – not further victimizing people who have been victimized in the search for funding. We seek to keep an open door relationship with those who look for funding.
• ​We believe in interdependence and creating a culture where we do not pit one against another.
• ​We strive to build connections between restorative justice, transformative justice, indigenous peacemaking, and "justice, healing and soil."
• ​We hold an intersectional lens
• ​We emphasize the underlying spirit and values of the work rather than the categories we use to define our work. 
• ​Our vision is rooted in lived experience – as community activists, formerly incarcerated people, crime survivors, indigenous persons, and people of color— and has led us to 115 years of experience in restorative justice, transformative justice and indigenous peacebuilding.

Honor Grants

The MrBallen Foundation Honor Grant program provides financial grants to 501c3 organizations that support victims or families of victims who have been affected by a heinous crime.

These grants are awarded quarterly up to the amount of $25,000.

The Honor Grants can be used for a wide range of projects or programs. To qualify, your organization must provide services to victims and/or victims’ families of heinous, egregious, and/or accidental death or dismemberment.

The MrBallen Foundation accepts and welcomes applications year-round from any 501c3 registered organization that honors victims and supports families of heinous or violent crimes, regardless of the focus area for the quarter.

We are excited to announce a groundbreaking funding opportunity aimed at addressing critical needs in crime victim, behavioral health, and substance misuse services. Through a cooperative agreement with OVC, JBS is soliciting applications for the Supporting Children, Youth, and Families Affected by the Drug Crisis: Recruiting and Developing Peer Recovery Coaches initiative. The purpose of the Peer Recovery Coach initiative is to recruit, train, deploy and support paid family-centered peer recovery coaches to assist a person seeking recovery from substance misuse while also providing focused and intentional support to improve the well-being of children and youth who have experienced victimization as a result of the substance use, and the broader family unit. 

This initiative focuses on the expansion of the peer recovery workforce and the establishment of a specialization for family-centered peer services and increase organizational readiness and support for this workforce. We recognize the invaluable role that peer support plays in the journey to recovery, and this funding opportunity seeks to bolster that support system for the individual and their children and families who have also been impacted, while establishing the organizational support that promotes health and wellness of the workforce.

We invite proposals that align with these goals and look forward to catalyzing positive change in our communities through this innovative funding opportunity.

About

Targum Shlishi is a philanthropic foundation devoted to supporting positive change. Effecting positive change in the world is a creative act, an often noble endeavor that deserves attention, imitation, and support. There are many daunting problems facing world Jewry today, and those problems must be addressed. At Targum Shlishi, we believe in working toward solutions. Our goal is to find and support organizations dedicated to innovative problem solving. We celebrate the art of positive change by funding initiatives we believe will make a difference in a variety of areas related to Jewish life.

Targum Shlishi seeks innovative, unpublicized, and behind-the-scenes initiatives working for meaningful change that otherwise might not attract funding. Such are the causes that need our support most, and it is where our funding can have the greatest impact. The projects we fund range in scope from local to international; our goal is not to fund the highest profile projects but to fund those that are creative and, when possible, replicable.

We give strategically and we give knowledgeably, extensively researching the initiatives and their supporting organizations. Many of the projects Targum Shlishi supports are initiated by us, and we then work with others to implement the ideas. In addition, Targum Shlishi has partnered with other funders in collaborative endeavors several times. Further, Targum Shlishi also generates several of its own projects, such as producing books and websites.

Where practicable, Targum Shlishi promotes its ideas to other communities and distributes information and guidelines for establishing similar programs.

Targum Shlishi was founded in 1992 by Aryeh and Raquel Rubin and is based in Miami. The majority of our funding initiatives have been remarkably successful. On some occasions, projects have not lived up to the promise we saw in them, but such situations are learning experiences; the insight generated is applied to future projects or shared with other organizations. There is no blueprint for the type of organization or the type of project we support. In a very meaningful way, our choices are subjective—we need, quite simply, to sincerely believe in the project and its ability to make a difference. And while there is no overriding formula that dictates our funding, successful projects tend to be a complex mix of vision and practicality. We invest in management. We look for strong, committed leaders with senses of purpose, realistic work plans, concrete goals, and abundant optimism. We look for the promise of creative change.

Primary Areas of Giving

Education

Jewish education is the key to our future, and Targum Shlishi is deeply committed to furthering causes, programs, and initiatives related to education. Providing the best possible schooling for our children, lifelong learning opportunities for adults, and advancing scholarship are all of urgent necessity. Targum Shlishi’s support for education is wide-ranging and encompasses a diversity of projects. Examples include units of study at day schools, research grants for academic books, film projects, conferences, and websites. On the day school level, there are many challenges facing Jewish education and educators today. One is the challenge of fully incorporating progressive educational practices and theories; another challenge is the emergence of technology. Targum Shlishi is an active supporter of projects related to the digital era, and the foundation nurtured and funded many technology-related projects in the educational arena, including websites, podcasts, blended learning, and more.

Women’s Issues

For women this is an exciting time of growth and change. True, lasting, positive change must be nurtured, tended, and enthusiastically encouraged over time for it to take root. The women of today are increasingly questioning the status quo, assuming leadership roles, and making critical contributions, in contrast to what was expected in the past, when women typically were relegated to supporting roles. Targum Shlishi is wholly dedicated to supporting the changing roles that women and girls are assuming in spiritual, religious, communal, and social settings. It is essential that our women and girls receive the same rigorous intellectual and spiritual training and support that men and boys receive. The foundation has supported several initiatives designed to enable the voices of Jewish women to be heard loudly and clearly, from within the synagogues and without. Projects supported vary widely, from educational programs that ordain Orthodox women to organizations that advocate for the rights of agunot.

Israel

Causes related to Israel are of core concern to Targum Shlishi, from promoting understanding among factions within the country to encouraging peace in the Middle East to countering the growing worldwide propensity to delegitimize Israel. In its early years as a foundation, Targum Shlishi took part in several fact-finding missions to the country, both privately and with official delegations. The foundation’s support has traditionally included programs that provide aid to Israeli educational institutions and its citizens, such as educational and spiritual initiatives for children and adults free loans, food rescue, and food for the holidays. Additionally, in recent years Targum Shlishi has turned its focus to supporting urgent issues related to the well-being of Israel both at home and abroad.

Holocaust Awareness

Support of projects related to Holocaust awareness, education, and combatting denial is critically important; Targum Shlishi believes that in the face of steadily rising anti-Semitism, increasing knowledge of the Holocaust is essential. In its first two decades as a foundation, Targum Shlishi’s commitment in this area focused on bringing the remaining Nazi war criminals to justice, in the belief that these individuals must be held fully accountable for their crimes, regardless of the passage of time. To that end, Targum Shlishi provided ongoing support for the Israel office of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, working closely with its director, Dr. Efraim Zuroff, and often assuming an active role in initiatives. In more recent years, the foundation has increasingly turned its focus to research and academic and community programs that promote accurate knowledge of the Shoah.

Our Mission Statement

The Von Voigtlander Family Foundation, an irrevocable charitable trust under Michigan law was created by Jeff and Kathleen Von Voigtlander.

Our mission is to make the world a better place by being part of the building and strengthening of those in need of assistance.

• The Foundation will strive to support public education through grants to education institutions for scholarships, extracurricular programs, athletics, technology, and motivational speakers for assemblies, as well as other educational needs.
• We will strive to make a difference in the lives of under-privileged, disabled and terminally ill children through grants to hospitals and other public charities for medical research, education, and programs dedicated to helping such children achieve their dreams.
• Since recreation and the preservation of land for the enjoyment of everyone ties to the well-being of both young and old, the Foundation will make grants to those public charities that work to protect our parks and recreational areas.
• We will also make grants in support of programs at public charities that are dedicated to the rescue and protection of animals due to disaster, abandonment, or abuse, as well as the training of dogs for special needs children and the disabled.
• The Foundation will focus on supporting our military and veterans affairs programs.

Areas of Focus:

Youth - Assisting our youth is an important facet of our Foundation’s mission. Providing scholarships to deserving students in need, supporting our public schools, and assisting programs and camps for disadvantaged children are ways that we strive to help our youth. Supporting these programs can benefit those with and without disabilities by giving them a sense of accomplishment and inclusion.

Animals - Pets are important members of many families. Our Foundation seeks to support animals of all kinds, from relocation and homing efforts, to assistance after natural disasters, to training service animals to assist with disabled members of our community.

Conservation -Our Foundation strives to support our community recreations areas, such as bike and hike trails. In addition to the many health benefits that these areas provide, such as reducing obesity and diminishing chronic diseases, recreational areas provide social benefits and support for our youth. Reducing crime and uniting families are some of the social benefits, and decreasing drug and alcohol use are ways that these areas support our youth population.

Military Veterans - Supporting those who have served is extremely important to the members of our Foundation. This includes the families of veterans, who are advocates in assisting veterans in getting the services they need and deserve. Supporting the training of service dogs for our veterans suffering from PTSD or other physical and mental disabilities is something we are all passionate about.

The purpose of the OVW Training and Technical Assistance Initiative (TA Initiative) is to provide direct training and technical assistance (TTA) to current and potential OVW recipients and subrecipients to enhance their efforts to successfully implement projects supported by OVW grant funds. OVW's TA Initiative is designed to strengthen and build the capacity of civil and criminal justice system professionals and victim service providers across the nation to respond effectively to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking (i.e., the four VAWA crimes) and foster partnerships and collaboration among organizations to address these crimes.

Support for Victims of Domestic Violence

Molly Maid has always looked for ways to give back to our communities. In 1996, our founders established the Ms. Molly Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports victims of domestic violence. Our mission is not only to increase public awareness of domestic violence, but also to provide assistance to local agencies that support victims in the communities we serve.

Why We Do It

The Ms. Molly Foundation believes that everyone deserves to feel comfortable and safe in their own homes. Despite the fact that millions of domestic violence cases are reported each year, it’s still the most underreported crime in the United States. We empower our communities to put an end to this cycle of violence and help give victims the opportunity to live happily.

We believe that one donation can help to:

• End domestic violence in one generation.
• Stop the cycle of violence in families.
• Teach children the definition of a healthy family.
• Empower victims who've lost hope.

Our non-profit organization reaches out to countless communities every year to request support for victims of domestic violence.

About

The Joan and Tim Fenton Foundation is a non-profit corporation established by Joan and Tim Fenton for the purpose of promoting charitable, artistic, religious, educational, literary and scientific endeavors. The foundation is based in Salt Lake City, Utah and is qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Joan and Tim Fenton Foundation Grant

The Joan and Tim Fenton Foundation has been established to implement the charitable interests of the Joan and Tim Fenton family.

The foundation has a broad spectrum of philanthropic interests and supports endeavors that:

• Encourage and support the long-term preservation and enhancement of the quality of life of all humankind, especially of families and children;
• Assist the disenfranchised of society, such as but not limited to, abused spouses and children, in order that they receive the full benefits of membership in society and fulfill their potential as human beings;
• Promote medical research and the development of innovative medical technologies for saving lives and alleviating pain and suffering;
• Promote the development of the arts, including art education in schools, assistance of promising young artists, and support of performing arts organizations;
• Promote community development and security, adequate and affordable housing, and education and job training;
• Promote law and order generally and provide youth with alternatives to gangs, crime and socially nonproductive behavior;
• Protect and enhance the environment, preserve wild and open spaces, and promote development of parks and green spaces;
• Promote the development of science, culture and recreation;
• Promote world peace and unity through a greater understanding, tolerance and harmony among religious, national and ethnic groups;
• Advance the programs at private and state universities and colleges that are consistent with the foundation’s charter; and,
• Advance the mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in all its places.

Our Mission

The Sorenson Legacy Foundation is a non-profit corporation established by the late biotechnology pioneer and entrepreneur James LeVoy Sorenson and his wife, education philanthropist Beverley Taylor Sorenson, to promote charitable, artistic, religious, educational, literary, and scientific endeavors. The foundation is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The Sorenson Legacy Foundation was created to improve the lives of others and the world in which we live. The foundation supports a wide range of endeavors, from community development and health care to scientific and artistic pursuits.

What We Fund

Education

As a teacher, Beverley believed the arts are essential to broadening our children’s minds starting in elementary. She helped promote legislation so Utahn children would be exposed to more of the arts. She saw the arts as equal in importance in the development and success of children as sciences and math. Education continues to be a focus area for the foundation because she was a champion for the cause.

The foundation continues to support seven major universities in the development of elementary arts studies. The goal of education funding will always be to improve the breadth and depth of the art education and experiences of young students. Whether that be by supporting elementary programs or teachers who develop the talents of students.

Health Care

Having never fulfilled his dream of becoming a doctor, James devoted much of his fortune to provide better medical assistance for saving lives and alleviating pain and suffering.

Grants are awarded to facilities that work toward improving these aims as well as medical research, medical technologies, and other innovations that provide safe health care and quick recoveries.

Innovation

James was always interested in how to improve products or processes and never settled for the status quo. His 60+ patents are proof of his desire to innovate areas to improve quality of life and equality of experience.

Grants are awarded to organizations that share the same passion for technological advances and care for humanity. Unlike the other areas funded, innovation grants are open to any category or sector where innovative ideas and technologies can change the lives of people for the better.

Community

Both James and Beverley Sorenson were committed to improving the lives of those in their communities. From a young age, James served others including through a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The foundation recognizes the ways to help our communities are vast. Grants are given to programs that focus on protecting and preserving the environment, assisting the disenfranchised of society, and promoting understanding and tolerance in our world.

Projects

Ideas include, but are not limited to, projects and programs which: 

Education

• promote the development of the arts, including art education in schools
• assist promising young artists
• support performing arts organizations
• promote education and job training

Innovation

• enhance the quality of life of all humankind
• promote the development of science, culture, and recreation
• protect and enhance the environment
• promote the development of parks and green spaces

Health Care

• promote medical research
• develop innovative medical technologies for saving lives
• alleviate pain and suffering

Community

• encourage and support the long-term preservation of families and children;
• assist the disenfranchised of society, such as abused spouses and children
• promote community development and security and adequate and affordable housing
• promote law and order generally
• provide youth with alternatives to gangs, crime, and socially nonproductive behavior
• promote world peace and unity through greater understanding and tolerance
• advance the mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Law & Science Program considers proposals that address social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules, as wellas studies of how science and technology are applied in legal contexts. The Program is inherently interdisciplinary and multi-methodological.Successful proposals describe research that advances scientific theory and understanding of the connections between human behavior and law, legal institutions, or legal processes; or the interactions of law and basic sciences, including biology, computer and information sciences, STEM education, engineering, geosciences, and math and physical sciences. Scientific studies of law often approach law as dynamic, interacting with multiple arenas, and with the participation of multiple actors.

Fields of study include many disciplines, and often address problems including, though not limited, to:

• Crime, Violence, and Policing
• Cyberspace
• Economic Issues
• Environmental Science
• Evidentiary Issues
• Forensic Science
• Governance and Courts
• Human Rights and Comparative Law
• Information Technology
• Legal and Ethical Issues related to Science
• Legal Decision Making
• Legal Mobilization and Conceptions of Justice
• Litigation and the Legal Profession
• Punishment and Corrections
• Regulation and Facilitation of Biotechnology (e.g., Gene Editing, Gene Testing, Synthetic Biology) and Other Emerging Sciences and Technologies
• Use of Science in the Legal Processes

Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Foundation

The Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Foundation is a catalyst for positive change in the lives of those living with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. It is our mission to award grants to organizations and institutions doing work that will have a tangible impact on the field of mental health. Our vision is a better world, where those afflicted with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder might no longer feel the isolation so often associated with the disease.

Every grant the foundation awards starts with a single question: “Would this have benefited Sidney?” Our namesake was a member of the well-known family who founded the Stix Baer and Fuller department store chain. A brilliant businessman who was only limited by his illness, Sidney accumulated a great deal of wealth in his lifetime, but no amount of money was enough to soothe the overwhelming struggles associated with his schizophrenia.

In honor of Sidney R. Baer, Jr., the foundation has identified five grant segments where we believe our funds will make the biggest difference for those suffering from serious mental illness. Education, criminal justice, reintegration, clinical research, and social support are all aspects of Sidney’s day-to-day life where greater access to understanding and resources would have improved his quality of life

Criminal Justice Grants

According to a study cited by the Council of State Governments Justice Center, an estimated 2 million individuals suffering from serious mental illness are jailed each year. Despite the fact that most of these individuals are arrested for nonviolent crimes like trespassing, disturbing the peace, or drug use; research shows that mentally ill inmates tend to be incarcerated for longer, return to prison more frequently, and cost more to incarcerate than those without mental illness. Sidney R. Baer, Jr. himself is a part of this statistic.

From pre-arrest treatment options to training for law enforcement officials and discounted specialized legal services, it is the goal of The Sidney R. Baer, Jr. Foundation to provide grants to the organizations and individuals who are striving to make a difference in this area of the mental health field.

Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity

The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative announced the opening of the nomination period for the Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity and called for putting forward inspiring humanitarians from across the globe. The announcement was made during a special event at the Matenadaran, where the names of 2021 Aurora Humanitarians were also revealed in accordance with the tradition.

The Aurora Prize for Awakening Humanity is a global humanitarian award, whose mission is to recognize and support those who risk their own lives, health or freedom to save the lives, health or freedom of others suffering as a result of violent conflict, atrocity crimes or other major human rights violations. On behalf of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide and in gratitude to their saviors, an Aurora Prize Laureate receives a US $1,000,000 award and a unique opportunity to continue the cycle of giving by supporting the organizations that help people in need.

“Being named the 2020 Aurora Prize Laureates has helped us immensely – it added value to our efforts and opened so many doors for us to further increase our impact. In our line of work, support means so much. That is why we encourage everyone, wherever they may live, to nominate the people who inspire them for this award. You never know, it might just be the help your hero or heroine needs right now,” said Ilwad Elman who leads the Elman Peace and Human Rights Centre in Somalia together with her mother Fartuun Adan. Fartuun Adan and Ilwad Elman became the Aurora Prize Laureates in 2020, after being chosen among other 585 unique candidates nominated for the Prize.

About the Prize

Any person can submit a nomination for candidates they believe have overcome great personal challenges to help others. Each nomination is reviewed by a panel of professionals and experts in the humanitarian field. The Aurora Humanitarians and the Prize Laureate are then chosen from the shortlisted nominees by the Aurora Prize Selection Committee comprised of Noble Prize Laureates, former high officials and global human rights activists. A more detailed description of the Aurora Prize criteria and selection process is available here.

Nominations are carefully vetted and reviewed through a rigorous process. The Laureate is determined by the Selection Committee based on the following criteria: 

• Courage  - The extent to which the Nominee’s actions demonstrate:  
• Courage in helping others survive 
• Having overcome significant risks for the sake of helping others survive 
• Going beyond the call of duty of professional obligations for the sake of helping others survive 
• Commitment  - The extent to which the Nominee’s actions demonstrate: 
• An explicit intention to help others survive 
• A direct involvement in helping others survive
• A commitment to common moral values such as integrity, freedom, justice, honesty, truthfulness, responsibility and compassion 
• Impact  - The extent to which the Nominee’s actions demonstrate: 
• An impact on saving lives 
• A long-term effect in saving lives
• Inspiration to others to save lives, directly or indirectly
• Saving lives of a large number of individuals 

Any members of the public, as well as members of national assemblies, governments, academic and other institutions, can nominate candidates for the Aurora Prize.

Background

The Foundation for Improvement of Justice, Inc. is a private, not-for-profit organization that was founded for the purpose of improving local, state and federal systems of justice. Our mission is to recognize innovative and effective works and/or programs whose efforts have made positive influential differences in the United States criminal and civil judicial arenas.

Our intent is to encourage further improvement in the various systems of justice in the United States through both recognition and reward.

Awards Program

The Foundation accepts nominations of individuals and/or organizations who have contributed unique improvements to the civil or criminal justice systems within the United States. 

Annual award winners are chosen based solely on the blind nomination. The number of winners selected each year is based on a percentage of the nominations received. The award package includes: a Paul H. Chapman Medal, a check for $15,000, a framed certificate, and an expenses paid trip to the awards banquet in Atlanta, Georgia.

Please note that these are awards for successful accomplishments inclusive of innovative programs which have proven effective and can serve as models for others. Recipients are not required to render any further services as a condition of receiving an award. 

The Foundation considers accomplishments in the following categories:

• Legal Reform
• Crime Prevention
• Child Protection
• Speeding the Process
• Crime Victims’ Rights
• Alternative Sentencing
• Lowering the Cost
• Improvements to Civil Litigation Process
• Other Significant Efforts

Please see FAQs for additional guidelines.

The Global Pluralism Award celebrates and supports efforts and achievements that advance pluralism. The Award is given every two years to individuals, organizations, government bodies and private sector actors, from any country, that demonstrate exceptional and sustained achievement in building more inclusive societies in which human diversity is protected and valued.

Three Award winners will share a total prize pool of CAD $150,000. The monetary prize will be equally divided among the three Award winners (CAD $50,000 each).

In addition to the financial Award, the Centre will work with Award winners to develop a program of in-kind support and engagement. This may include communications support, opportunities to engage in activities of the Centre and other organizations, residency/internships at the Centre,  inclusion in the Centre’s pluralism education and training initiatives, etc.

Candidates need to demonstrate an exceptional and sustained contribution to pluralism. The Centre defines pluralism as an ethic of respect for human differences. Pluralism is a positive response to diversity, grounded in mutual recognition and respect. Pluralism results from the daily decisions taken by state institutions, civil society organizations and individuals to recognize and value human differences. Belonging is the goal of pluralism. In pluralist societies, choices are made to ensure the full participation of all people in political, economic and socio-cultural life. Every person becomes a valued member of society – regardless of gender, sexual orientation, nationality, ability, racial, ethnic, religious or cultural differences. Inclusive societies are promoted by a wide range of actors from multiple disciplines including, but not limited to, legal reform, human rights, democracy promotion, social cohesion, education, ethnic relations, conflict resolution, peacebuilding, migration and integration, media, arts and culture, etc.

About Us

The Bernau Family Foundation exists to promote the long term improvement of individual lives and the development of positive leadership.

Our vision is a society in which everyone is a healthy, active, contributing member who feels the civic responsibility to continue learning, to teach and mentor, and to encourage one another to grow in grace and faith.

The Bernau Family Foundation promotes the long term improvement of individual lives and development of positive leadership by funding organizations which offer more than a temporary solution for an improved quality of life, giving preference to those organizations or groups which instill in the individuals touched the importance of the following values: substance free living, elimination of personal violence and crime, civic responsibility, continuing education for gainful employment, and faith. The Bernau Family Foundation supports organizations which have mentor programs that work one on one with individuals whose changed lives will continue to have a positive impact on the people in their own sphere of influence.

Religious and Nonprofit Security Grant

To provide grants to nonprofit organizations including, but not limited to, religious nonprofits, “by and for” organizations, or cultural community centers, to fund the physical security or repair of such institutions.

To reduce the likelihood and effects of hate and bias crimes based on their mission, ideology, or beliefs.

Background

The Washington State Department of Commerce hereafter called "COMMERCE,” is initiating this Request for Applications (RFA) to solicit applications from those qualified and interested in grant funding for nonprofit organizations including, but not limited to, religious nonprofits, “by and for” organizations, or cultural community centers, to fund renovation or other security investments. Grant recipients must substantiate that they have been targeted or are at risk because of their mission, ideology, or beliefs.

$100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2026 and $100,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal year 2027 are provided solely for the department to provide grants to nonprofit organizations including, but not limited to, religious nonprofits, "by and for" organizations, or cultural community centers, to fund the physical security or repair of such institutions. Grant recipients must substantiate that their site or sites have been subject to or at risk of physical attacks, threats, vandalism, or damages based on their mission, ideology, or beliefs and demonstrate a need for investments in physical security enhancements, construction or renovation, target hardening, preparedness planning, training, or exercises.

CoreCivic Foundation

About

As the philanthropic arm of CoreCivic, the mission of the CoreCivic Foundation is to support former offenders, victims of crime and abuse, and underserved youth. We accomplish this by providing time, resources, and service to nonprofit organizations working with these groups.