Higher Education in Prison programme grants
Funds college-in-prison access and quality in the US South, including an explicit priority for research, evaluation and awareness building on higher education in prison as a strategy for reducing mass incarceration, plus reentry transition support to community colleges.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (varies by call)No per-grant minimum or maximum is published. The page reports programme totals of roughly $2 million awarded in 2025, $2.1 million in 2024 and $1.9 million in 2023 across all grantees.
- Timing
- Varies by programmeNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.No published deadline. Interested organisations are asked to make contact through the foundation's form to discuss alignment with the funding strategy before any application.
- Who can apply
- Community organisation, Practitioner
- Eligibility
- Organisations must be based in and/or focused on the US South and aligned with the programme's priorities; the foundation prioritises programmes serving BIPOC communities most affected by incarceration. Prospective grantees make contact through the foundation's form rather than an open competition.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- higher education in prison · reentry · mass incarceration · programme evaluation · us south
- Apply at
- https://laughinggull.org/higher-education-in-prison/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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