OUR MISSION: ENDING MASS INCARCERATION

Just Impact advises donors of all types who wish to achieve maximum impact with their dollars in the movement to end mass incarceration.

We are field experts who operate like an external program team, offering grants management, strategic assessments, donor education, and high-impact funding opportunities to our network of donors.

THE PROBLEM

Mass incarceration in America is a social and economic disaster.

Millions of people cycle through jails and prisons each year, and come out worse. 1 in 2 Americans has an immediate family member who’s been incarcerated. This traumatic cycle does not make communities safer and fuels deepening poverty. The system targets people of color, especially Black and indigenous people. Many see this as the leading racial justice issue of our day.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Right now, we have a once in a lifetime chance to change this.

There is a unique convergence of opportunity, talent, and strategy to change policies and practices impacting millions of people. High-impact organizations are ready to absorb funding.

The Just Impact fund structure increases the collective impact of individual donors by pooling capital and deploying it strategically.

WE BELIEVE THAT THE WAY TO CREATE MASSIVE CHANGE IS TO FUND MOMENTUM.

We look for sparks created by strategically coordinated, talented people on the ground and we add support to achieve both individual wins and to open the way for efforts to activate others.

We execute a national strategy that centers local, directly impacted knowledge and leadership.

We support movement through seasons of rapid change and high growth, as well as times of recovery, evaluation, and planning.

We fund dynamic campaigns that feed off of each other and consistently spark new efforts, while growing the number of people who are committed to this work.

OUR VALUES

  • Our highly experienced grant and program teams handle all aspects of diligence, grant management, compliance, and execution.

    We help ensure your dollars are making an impact without you having to worry about overhead and management.

  • We invest in innovative, undervalued leaders who can deliver on change, and who deeply understand the problems they are working to solve, including through direct lived experience.

    We invest boldly to ensure that our grantees have a chance to really take their shot. 

  • We work in deep partnership with directly affected communities and leaders. 

    We show our work. We are truthful about the risks and opportunities that we are presenting.

    We assess the return on investment on our grants.

    We test our assumptions and learn from our mistakes.

  • We seek to partner with donors interested in minimal fuss, and maximum impact.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

  • “Chloe understands that achieving racial equity requires major criminal justice reform and that breaking through on criminal justice reform requires innovative, Black-led organizing. Just Impact is an important leader in philanthropy because they continually push themselves to be more effective, which means being open to new ideas and refusing to let Black leaders get pushed to the sidelines.”

    — Rashad Robinson, President of Color Of Change

  • “Back in 2016, as I was fighting to restore the rights and voices of my fellow formerly incarcerated Floridians, I had a difficult time finding donors who understood the potential of our work – until I met Chloe. She was my first believer. She understood the power of formerly incarcerated leaders on the ground working to free the vote and become full citizens in our democracy.”

    — Desmond Meade, Executive Director of Florida Rights Restoration Coalition

  • “Chloe has been a champion for women, particularly Black and Brown women, who are uniquely positioned to be powerful advocates for change because of our own experiences with the criminal legal system. Chloe has been a committed and values-aligned supporter of our work to heal, build collective power and drive social change.”

    — Gina Clayton, Executive Director of Essie Justice Group

  • “I’ve admired Chloe’s immense commitment, strategic acumen, and the creativity she brings to the work of ending mass incarceration. I look forward to collaborating with her to back powerful leadership and innovative strategies for criminal justice reform.”

    Ana Zamora, Founder & Executive Director of The Just Trust

  • “I've worked with Chloe and her team for over 6 years to advise and direct nearly all of my social justice related grant making. Chloe really listens to what I hope to achieve annually, and works closely with my team and I to come up with plans that get us to our goals (as she did in particular with our soil and justice portfolio). With Chloe, I've been able to harness the power of iterative grant cycles - we adjust and adapt annually in order to accelerate change over a multi-year horizon. This is the opposite of static grant making - her style is entrepreneurial, dynamic and keenly boots on the ground.”

    — Nicole Shanahan, President of Bia-Echo Foundation

  • “Chloe has been a wonderful mentor to us as we have ramped up to speed in the criminal justice reform space. We have relied heavily on her expertise and strategy and look forward to continuing to partner closely.”

    — Billy Watterson, Director of Galaxy Gives