About Justice and Education Fund
The Justice and Education Fund was founded on a belief in the inherent dignity of all human beings. The Fund serves a vision where all people can participate in decisions that affect them, share equitably in knowledge, wealth, and resources, and are free to achieve their full human potential.
Focus Areas
Popular educationK-12 and community education curriculumLeadership developmentMovement buildingImmigrant rightsGender equalitySocial justiceSocial impact investing
Who They Fund
faith-based congregations and organizationsstudents and learnersreaders, writers, and literary communitiesgeneral public/community beneficiaries
About Justice and Education Fund
The Justice and Education Fund Inc. puts popular education and movement-building at the center of its grantmaking, with repeated support for organizations that produce curriculum, social media content, and educational tools for civic and social change. Its active programs emphasize Popular Education Schools in the Global South and the United States, along with grants for leadership development and public understanding of historical, social, economic, and political conditions affecting marginalized communities. Recent grants show a strong emphasis on media and education infrastructure. The largest award in the current list went to People's Welfare Association in Madison for charitable, religious, literary, or educational purposes, including multiple follow-on grants over several years. The funder also backed People's Dispatch and Break Through Media in New York for educational purposes, reflecting a pattern of support for organizations that communicate political and social analysis to broad audiences. Other grants point to organizing and civic education work rather than direct service alone. Union De Vecinos De Piso Aliso in Los Angeles received several awards, and Code Pink in Venice, California, also appears in the recent record. Across the list, the funder supports groups working through education, organizing, and public-facing content to advance social justice and related community goals.
What Justice and Education Fund Funds
Popular education is the clearest throughline in the grant record. The Justice and Education Fund Inc. awarded $1,264,785 to People's Dispatch in New York for charitable, religious, literary, or educational purposes, and later gave $701,659 to Peoples Dispatch in the same city for the same broad purpose. Movement communications is another visible area. Break Through Media in New York received $977,000 in 2025, and Breakthrough Bt Media Inc. received $442,657 in 2024, $257,936 in 2023, and $170,000 in 2024. The funder also supports community organizing and advocacy. Union De Vecinos De Piso Aliso in Los Angeles received $251,475 in 2023, $83,000 in 2024, and $20,000 in 2024, while Code Pink in Venice received $250,856 in 2024 and Codepink Women for Peace received $109,735 in 2023.
How Justice and Education Fund Gives
Typical grants are mid-sized but uneven. The distribution runs from a p25 of $27,618 to a median of $109,735 and a p75 of $257,936, while the recent list also includes several multimillion-dollar awards. Recipients appear across multiple years, including repeated grants to People's Welfare Association, Breakthrough Bt Media Inc, Union De Vecinos De Piso Aliso, and Black Agenda Report. The funder is a regular funder rather than a DAF, and it does not make program-related investments or grants to individuals. Unsolicited applications are not indicated in the program descriptions.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.5M
Total Assets
$279K
Total Revenue
$5.6M
Total Expenses
$10.7M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $28K and $258K, with a median of $110K.
25th Percentile
$28K
Median
$110K
75th Percentile
$258K
Geographic Reach
National5 states funded
About 43% of grants go to recipients in NY.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
SUNG MO CHUNG
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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