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Marking Public Welfare Foundation’s 75th Year
January 25, 2022
It’s 1947. Harry Truman is President, and it is the start of a Cold War that would last nearly 45 years. Bread costs 12 cents per loaf, and the minimum wage is…
Report on Challenges and Innovations in D.C.’s Criminal Justice System Now Available
May 25, 2021
Public Welfare Foundation is implementing a grantmaking strategy to focus on getting resources closer to the ground where promising solutions are happening. We…
Realizing a New Vision of Justice. It’s not a Moonshot.
June 9, 2020
On the heels of an unprecedented spring, we now find ourselves at a precipice, experiencing a cultural awakening.More and more people are waking up to the real…
Lessons in Place, Grantmaking & the City Within Our Nation’s Capital
October 29, 2019
This past January, Public Welfare Foundation announced that we would begin our new approach to transformative justice right here in our hometown of D.C.I was e…
Demand More: PWF Launches New Video Series Highlighting Community Reinvestment
September 9, 2019
“We can’t arrest our way out of this situation… It has not worked.” – Justin Cooper, Colorado Criminal Justice Reform CoalitionBillons of dollars have been was…
I Want Rebellion
August 20, 2019
Last year Public Welfare Foundation commissioned artist Kaliq Crosby to create two murals inside of the True Reformer Building that honor the building’s histor…
116 Years Later, We Dedicate the True Reformer Building to You!
July 15, 2019
If you are a Washingtonian, you’ve probably walked past our double doors across from historic Ben’s Chili Bowl more than a hundred times. Until recently, the s…