Grants for crime prevention programs

Name: Top 25 grants made to crime prevention organizations
Creator: Cause IQ
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407 crime prevention organizations received at least $4.4 million in grants for the most recent fiscal year. This includes 442 grants made from 361 grantmaking organizations, with a median grant amount of $1,000. Of these 361 foundations, 90% made just a single grant to anti-crime orgs, and 3% made grants to four or more anti-crime orgs. This analysis is based on grantmakers that e-file their Form 990s, and likely is an undercount of grants.

$4,372,689

Total grant dollars given to crime prevention programs

442

Number of grants made annually to crime prevention programs

361

Number of grantmakers funding crime prevention programs

$1,000

Median grant size to crime prevention programs

Foundations that support crime prevention organizations

Out of all grants made to crime prevention programs, 71% came from small foundations with less than $10 million in assets. The top 10 grantmakers accounted for 82% of the dollar-value of grants to anti-crime orgs. Foundations funding anti-crime orgs also made grants to multiservice human service organizations, christian organizations, educational service providers, food banks, and religious organizations.

Foundation size

Foundation size	Number of grantmakers
Small	258
Medium	42
Large	61

Small foundations have <$10M in assets. Medium foundations have $10M to $50M in assets. Large foundations have >$50M in assets.

Foundation type

Foundation type	Number of grantmakers
Community	17
Private	278
Corporate	28
Other	38

Grants made

Grants made to anti-crime orgs	Number of grantmakers
1	327
2-3	23
4-10	10
11+	1

Top 10 foundations supporting crime prevention organizations

Grantmaker	State	Geographic focus	Percent of grant dollars to anti-crime orgs	Number of grants made to anti-crime orgs	Median grant size
Abbvie Foundation	IL	National	0.0%	12	$117
Westrock Foundation	GA	National	0.0%	10	$39
Seattle Foundation	WA	State	0.0%	7	$1,500
Shell Oil Company Foundation	TX	National	0.0%	7	$250
American Woodmark Foundation	VA	National	1.6%	5	$1,500
Baird Foundation	WI	National	0.3%	5	$1,500
NFL Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	4	$5,000
Dollar General Literacy Foundation	TN	National	0.1%	4	$2,000
JP Morgan Chase Foundation	NY	National	0.0%	4	$640
Carmax Foundation	VA	National	0.1%	4	$750

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Crime prevention organizations grantees

Crime prevention programs with more than $5 million in total revenues received 85% of all grant dollars. These larger organizations accounted for 26% of all anti-crime orgs.

Grant amounts

Size of grant	Number of grants
<$10k	441
$10k-$25k	0
$25k-$100k	0
$100k+	1

Grant amount by grantee size

Grantee annual revenue	Median grant size
<$100k	$1,300
$100k-$500k	$1,000
$500k-$1M	$1,800
$1M-$5M	$1,250
>$5M	$1,000

Grantee states

State of grantee	Number of grants
Texas	65
New York	39
Connecticut	36
California	32
Other	270

Grantee metros

Metro area of grantee	Number of grants
Dallas	43
New York City	37
Bridgeport	36
Chicago	22
Other	275

Top 25 grants made to crime prevention programs

Grantee	Grant size	Purpose	Grantmaker
March for Our Lives Action Fund	$3,500,000	Support for Nonpartisan Charitable and Educational Activities	March for Our Lives Foundation
Zona Seca	$5,000	Human Services	Santa Barbara Foundation
Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Benevolent Posse	$5,000	Human Services	Santa Barbara Foundation
Project Re-Direct-Youth and Family Services	$5,000	Financial Support	New Jersey Education Association (NJEA)
Ad Hoc Group Against Crime	$5,000	Support for the 10th Annual Community Guardian Awards in Kansas City, Missouri, May 9, 2019. 201903-6165	Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
The Albemarle County Police Foundation	$5,000	General Purposes	Charlottesville Area Community Foundation
Sandy Hook Promise Foundation	$5,000	General Charitable Purposes	Jordan L Shapiro Charitable Trust
Macon Regional Crime Stoppers	$5,000	Support the Macon Regional Crimestoppers	Robins Financial Credit Union
YouthZone	$5,000	Grant Distribution	Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines
Safe Streets Campaign	$5,000	General Operating Support	Greater Tacoma Community Foundation (GTCF)
Brotherhood of Men Mentor Group	$5,000	Human Services	Gulf Coast Community Foundation
About Our Kids	$5,000	Specific Program	Community Foundation of the Ozarks (CFO)
Heart and Hand Center	$5,000	Bga Award	Perlman Family Foundation
Seattle Police Foundation	$5,000	To Support Those in Need	Behind the Badge Foundation
Bethel Community Services / The Camas Prairie Food Bank	$5,000	Bethel Family Center	Oscar T and Olivann Hokold Foundation
S H E A R Sharing Hope Empowerment and Reaction	$5,000	Idp Subgrant: General Support	DEMOS A Network For Ideas and Action
Bethel Community Services / The Camas Prairie Food Bank	$5,000	Support of Family and Youth Support Programs	The Bamford Foundation
The Jason Foundation	$5,000	In Recognition of Work With the University of Montevallo	Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT)
Everytown for Gun Safety	$5,000	We're the Largest Gun Violence Prevention Organization in Americaand We're Winning.	Smith and Reilly Family Foundation
Calmer Choice	$5,000	Donation	Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust
Everytown for Gun Safety	$5,000	Board Discretionary	The Jacob and Valeria Langeloth Foundation
Bluebonnet Equine Humane Society	$5,000	General Support	The Lillie F and J Richard Senior Family
Passageworks Institute	$5,000	Charitable Purposes	Steiner King Foundation
The Jason Foundation	$5,000	Aid Organization Charitable Purposes	Bruce Family Foundation
Mary Nelsons Youth Day Foundation	$5,000	Supplies for the Annual School Supply Give Away. Funds Will Be Restricted for Children Prek-6Th	Jim and Juli Boeheim Foundation

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Methodology: To determine grants and grantees, Cause IQ analyzes electronically-filed Form 990, Form 990-EZ, and Form 990-PF financial disclosure documents, matching grantees to specific organizations using EINs and fuzzy matching logic. The "Crime prevention programs" category for this page is determined by the "I20: Crime Prevention" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.