About Justice Innovation
A community justice organization that centers safety and racial justice in partnership with communities, courts, and people most impacted to reimagine justice and build safe communities.
Focus Areas
Building Justice in the Court SystemInvesting in CommunitiesHousing JusticeReducing Harm and ViolenceAccess to JusticePeople-Centered ResponsesWomen, Girls, and Gender JusticeAI & Justice / Technology and Ethics
Who They Fund
justice-involved individuals on supervised releaseresidents of Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan (borough-level focus)clients of court-based resource centersmunicipal/city agencies as grant recipients/subrecipients
About Justice Innovation
Justice Innovation Inc’s grantmaking is built around supervised release, court-based legal support, and community justice infrastructure. One of its largest recent awards went to The Fortune Society for a Bronx supervised release grant, while another major grant supported Fund for the City of New York on an OCA grant. Those examples reflect a pattern of funding implementation partners that deliver services inside court-linked systems rather than standalone advocacy alone. The foundation also backs organizations working at the intersection of justice, reentry, and neighborhood-based support. Recent grants include Brownsville Think Tank Matters Inc for a CMS passthrough grant and Legal Services NYC for an OCA grant, alongside support for resource-center models such as the Manhattan Justice Resource Center. The organization’s stated focus areas include building justice in the court system, investing in communities, housing justice, reducing harm and violence, access to justice, people-centered responses, women, girls, and gender justice, and AI & justice / technology and ethics. Across these awards, Justice Innovation Inc functions as a regular funder that uses project-restricted and subcontractor-style grants to move resources through collaborating institutions, courts, and service providers.
What Justice Innovation Funds
In court-system work, Justice Innovation Inc supported Fund for Public Health in NY Inc with a Manhattan Justice Resource Center grant and Legal Services NYC with an OCA grant, pointing to a strong role in legal support and court-adjacent service delivery. It also funded Cases - Center for Alternative Sentencing & Employment Services for the Manhattan Justice Resource Center, extending that same resource-center model through another service partner. The foundation’s community and reentry-related giving shows up in awards to The Osborne Association for MOCJ Reset and to Exodus Transitional Community for a Brooklyn supervised release grant, both tied to justice-involved people and supervised-release support. For place-based community work, Brownsville Think Tank Matters Inc received a CMS passthrough grant, and Jacob a Riis Neighborhood Settlement received grants under the Mayor’s Action Plan, including awards in Queens and Long Island.
How Justice Innovation Gives
Typical grant size sits at $24,374 at the 25th percentile, $45,258 at the median, and $177,700 at the 75th percentile, which shows a spread from mid-sized awards to much larger contract-style commitments. The recent record also shows repeated support for some organizations across multiple years, including Legal Services NYC and Jacob a Riis Neighborhood Settlement, as well as several recurring justice-service partners. Justice Innovation Inc is a regular funder, not a DAF, and it does not fund individuals or make program-related investments. The grants shown are largely project-restricted and subcontractor-style, often tied to named initiatives or implementation work.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$5.6M
Total Assets
$80M
Total Revenue
$127.6M
Total Expenses
$126.6M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $24K and $178K, with a median of $45K.
25th Percentile
$24K
Median
$45K
75th Percentile
$178K
Geographic Reach
Regional8 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
MATTHEW SAVAGO
Accepts unsolicited proposals
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Justice Innovation Funds
Top 2 recipient countries by grant volume for Justice Innovation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 166 | $15.9M | 99.4% |
| 2 | Canada | 1 |
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