Public Welfare Foundation aims to catalyze a transformative approach to justice that is community-led, restorative, and racially just.
It’s time to catalyze a transformative approach to justice.
Charles Edward Marsh founded the Public Welfare Foundation in 1947 with an intentionally vague name to give the Foundation the ability to evolve with time. For more than 70 years, Public Welfare Foundation has adapted to meet the challenges of changing times through its mission – to advance justice and opportunity for people in need.
With over 2.3 million people in America’s jails and prisons, another 18 million with a felony conviction, and an estimated 70 million people with criminal justice contact, the scale and severity of the nation’s criminal justice system is a uniquely American problem unmatched by any other developed nation. At this critical moment in history, Public Welfare is focusing on catalyzing a transformative approach to justice that is community-led, restorative, and racially just.
Driving change through targeted, multi-disciplinary investments.
Public Welfare Foundation believes that the best ideas bubble up from communities so we work to close the gap between philanthropy and community-level work, engaging deeply in and with the communities we fund.
We operationalize our investments in target locations, working with communities to drive transformation from multiple angles including policy advocacy, grassroots organizing, leadership development, and demonstration projects. Public Welfare is committed to funding innovative solutions and investing in the leadership of those most proximate to the issues facing this nation.
Focusing our efforts on criminal justice and youth justice reforms allows Public Welfare to achieve greater impact in the overhaul of the systems that were created to marginalize and contain our nation’s most vulnerable populations.
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