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Public Interest Projects

Grants to Public Interest Projects

  • $3,550,000Active Strategy

    2012 (Duration 1 year)

    Juvenile Justice

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Public Interest Projects manages large-scale collaborative grant-making funds and provides fiscal sponsorship and project management to initiatives that address social issues. The grant supports the third year of a five-year public policy campaign funded and administered by Public Interest Projects to bring about significant juvenile justice systems reform in states across the country.

  • $3,500,000Active Strategy

    2011 (Inactive Grant)

    Juvenile Justice

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK — Public Interest Projects manages large-scale, collaborative grant-making funds and provides fiscal sponsorship and project management to initiatives that address social issues. This grant will support the second year of a five-year public policy campaign to bring about significant juvenile justice systems reform in states across the country. National campaign activities include: identifying target states for policy reform, and overseeing state-based campaigns; investing in up to 16 state policy reform efforts; and national communications and outreach to promote reform and advance a national dialogue to support it nationwide.

  • $4,000,000Active Strategy

    2010 (Inactive Grant)

    Juvenile Justice

    NEW YORK, NEW YORK — To support the operations of a multi-state campaign to promote juvenile justice systems reform nationally (over 13 months).

The MacArthur Foundation awarded Public Interest Projects $11,050,000 between 2010 and 2013.

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