About Center for Public Justice
The Center for Public Justice’s recent giving is highly concentrated and targeted, primarily funding a single national advocacy/education organization with one modest grant to a state Baptist convention. Their awards emphasize programmatic support for organizations engaged in public policy education and faith-based educational activities. The pattern suggests the foundation uses large, repeat grants to influence national civic or social-policy conversations while also supporting religious education at the state level.
Focus Areas
National public policy and civic education advocacy (e.g., organizations like American Unity Fund)Faith-based/state-level religious education and programming (e.g., Baptist conventions)Targeted program support for advocacy campaigns and public-facing educational initiatives
Who They Fund
studentsschools and educational institutionseducators/teachers
Giving Approach
Highly concentrated giving: very few grants, dominated by large, repeat awards to a single national grantee with occasional small grants to faith-based organizations; favors one-time or multi-year large program support over broad, distributed giving.
About Center for Public Justice
Center for Public Justice’s recent grantmaking is defined by a large, repeated relationship with American Unity Fund: $828,000 in 2025 and $785,000 in 2023. That two-year pattern shows a funder making substantial, program-specific awards rather than spreading support across many recipients. The remaining recent grant is a much smaller $15,000 award to Baptist General Convention of Texas for educational program support, which adds a religious education dimension to the foundation’s portfolio. The foundation’s giving sits at the intersection of public policy education, civic engagement, and faith-based programming. Its grant list points to support for organizations that work in public-facing educational activities and in religious institutional settings. The presence of both a national advocacy-oriented grantee and a state Baptist convention suggests a narrow but deliberate portfolio, with most dollars concentrated in a small number of organizations. The pattern is also consistent with restricted, program-specific funding rather than general institutional support. Across the recent grants provided, the foundation appears to favor large awards where it can support defined educational or advocacy initiatives.
What Center for Public Justice Funds
Public policy education is a central thread in the foundation’s recent grants. The largest award, $828,000 to American Unity Fund in 2025, was designated for educational program support, and the same grantee received $785,000 in 2023 for program support. That repeated support suggests a sustained interest in public-facing policy education. Faith-based educational programming is another visible area. In 2025, the foundation gave $15,000 to Baptist General Convention of Texas for educational program support. That grant places religious education and institutional programming alongside civic education in the portfolio. The foundation also operates fellowship programs of its own, including the Equipping Ministries Fellowship for leaders of faith-based organizations and houses of worship, and the Civitas Fellowship for Congressional Staff. It also lists The Hatfield Prize for students and scholars focused on public justice and faith and public life.
How Center for Public Justice Gives
Grant size is highly uneven: the typical award size is p25 $400,000, median $785,000, and p75 $806,500, showing that most of the giving is concentrated in very large grants. The recent record also shows repetition: American Unity Fund appears in two different years with similarly sized awards, indicating an ongoing relationship rather than a one-off gift. The foundation makes no grants to individuals and no program-related investments. The available data points to restricted, program-specific support, with awards tied to educational or advocacy programming.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1.6M
Total Assets
$4.9M
Total Revenue
$5M
Total Expenses
$3.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $400K and $807K, with a median of $785K.
25th Percentile
$400K
Median
$785K
75th Percentile
$807K
Geographic Reach
Regional2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
STEPHANIE SUMMERS
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