OSI-Baltimore’s Criminal and Juvenile Justice Program seeks to reduce the use of incarceration and its social and economic costs without compromising public safety, and promote justice systems that are fair, are used as a last resort, and offer second chances. It supports advocacy, public education, research, grassroots organizing, litigation and demonstration projects that focus on reforming racial and social inequities at critical stages of the criminal and juvenile justice systems—from arrest to reentry into the community.
Advocates for Children and Youth
$100,000 over one year to engage in outreach and education to reduce the number of youth impacted by Maryland’s juvenile justice system, with fewer young people involved at every level.
Architects of Justice*
$15,000 over five months to support policy advocacy on youth justice reform in Maryland.
Baltimore Action Legal Team
$50,000 over one year to increase the capacity of the Baltimore Action Legal Team to improve police accountability, reduce pretrial incarceration, and engage Baltimore lawyers in supporting local social and racial justice movements.
Baltimore Civic Fund
$95,000 to enable the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice to meaningfully engage community partnerships critical to reduce violence in Baltimore, without a reliance on incarceration.
CASA de Maryland
$100,000 over 14 months to support the continued activities of the Campaign for Justice, Safety & Jobs to bring about policing reforms in Baltimore and Maryland.
Citizen’s Policing Project
$70,000 over two years to educate and mobilize Baltimore residents most impacted by over-policing.
Community Law in Action, Inc.
$25,000 over six months to provide general support.
Community Mediation Program, Inc.
$25,000 over one year to ensure meaningful community input into the City of Baltimore’s efforts to reduce violence.
Disability Rights Maryland*
$10,000 over one year to support policy advocacy on the decriminalization of homelessness in Maryland.
F.R.E.S.H. Fully Restoring Every Sons Hope
$25,000 over one year to engage in outreach and education to reduce the number of youth impacted at all levels of Maryland’s juvenile justice.
Homeless Persons Representation Project
$6,000 over one year to support grantee’s work on policy analysis, public education, and advocacy efforts to reduce the criminalization of homelessness in Baltimore and Maryland.
Jews United for Justice
$50,000 over one year to support grassroots organizing and education efforts to bring about race equity and restorative justice reforms in Baltimore and Maryland.
Job Opportunities Task Force, Inc.+
$150,000 over one year to provide general support.
Justice Policy Institute
$125,000 over one year to provide general support.
Life After Release
$30,000 over one year to engage in outreach and education to reduce the number of youth impacted at all levels by Maryland’s juvenile justice system.
Maryland Justice Project
$75,000 over two years to provide support to expand its capacity to reduce mass incarceration in Maryland, especially in the era
of COVID-19.
No Boundaries Coalition, Inc.
$50,000 over two years to provide general support.
Open Justice Baltimore
$6,800 over one year to conduct data mining and analysis to support the research of the Maryland criminal code conducted by the People’s Commission to Decriminalize Maryland.
Power Inside
$100,000 over two years to provide general support.
Power Inside
$50,000 over one year to provide general support.
Progressive Maryland Education Fund, Inc.
$50,000 over one year to provide general support.
Public Justice Center
$35,000 over one year to explore, support and, where viable, pursue legal actions designed to eliminate or reduce the use of money bail and bring about pretrial reform in Baltimore.
Restorative Response Baltimore
$50,000 over one year to provide general support.
* These grants were awarded through the Open Society Policy Center, a non-partisan and non-profit advocacy group that is part of Open Society Foundations.
+These grants were funded, in whole or in part, by additional one-time support from Open Society Foundations
