Promise of Justice Initiative

Promise of Justice Initiative is a litigation and advocacy coalition that seeks to improve prison conditions and enact liberal criminal justice policies with a focus on Louisiana.

At-A-Glance

Location: New Orleans, LA View on map
Tax ID: 46-1307037
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $2,915,378 Revenue: $2,022,523 Expenses: $3,013,312

Promise of Justice Initiative is a litigation and advocacy coalition that seeks to improve prison conditions and enact liberal criminal justice policies with a focus on Louisiana.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2025 $2,915,378 $2,022,523 $3,013,312 View
2024 $4,043,626 $4,589,771 $2,894,092 View
2023 $2,400,598 $3,690,441 $3,244,378 View
2022 $1,982,394 $3,041,454 $3,056,404 View
2021 $1,590,768 $3,074,449 $2,377,652 View
2020 $895,300 $1,738,404 $1,441,767 View

Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 28

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Diamond Samantha KennedyEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$162,500

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $16,239,400
  • Number of Grants: 168
  • Number of Funders: 67

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$2,000,0002024 Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management IncCOMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
$2,000,0002024 MacKenzie ScottThe Promise of Justice Initiative (PJI) is a decarceration legal organization that uses criminal defense, civil rights and impact litigation, policy advocacy, and community power building as tools to fight for and build the promise of dignity, autonomy, and justice.
$815,0002021 Fwd.us Education Fund, Inc.CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION GRANT
$500,0002025 Public Welfare FoundationTo support PJI's statewide criminal legal reform efforts aimed at improving prison conditions and decarcerating the incarcerated population
$486,0002023 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundationto support planning for Freedom to Grow
$362,3042021 Arnold VenturesTO ADDRESS FORCED PRISON LABOR PRACTICES IN LOUISIANA.
$350,0002023 Public Welfare FoundationSupport to Promise of Justice Initiative for a Louisiana commutation project.
$325,0002020 Fwd.us Education Fund, Inc.ISSUE EDUCATION
$300,0002022 The Ford FoundationGeneral support to advocate for criminal justice reform, civil rights protections, the abolition of the death penalty, and ending other excessive inhumane punishments
$300,0002021 Public Welfare FoundationSupport for unanimous juries & build capacity at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition
$300,0002020 The Ford FoundationGeneral support to advocate for criminal justice reform, civil rights protections, the abolition of the death penalty, and ending other excessive inhumane punishments
$295,0002022 Fwd.us Education Fund, Inc.CRIMINAL JUSTICE EDUCATION GRANT
$282,4592022 Justice Catalyst IncSUPPORT FOR CONDUCTING IMPACT LITIGATION
$258,0002022 Public Welfare FoundationGeneral Support
$250,5002021 Vanguard CharitableFOR RECIPIENT'S EXEM
$250,0002024 The Ford FoundationTie-off general support to advocate for criminal justice reform, civil rights protections, the abolition of the death penalty, and ending other excessive inhumane punishments
$250,0002023 Arnold VenturesTO SUPPORT LITIGATION THAT ENDS THE FARM LINE AT THE LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY AND DEVELOP A MODEL THAT CHALLENGES UNSAFE AGRICULTURAL PRISON LABOR IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.
$250,0002020 Blue Meridian PartnersTo provide covid-19 support
$205,0002024 Wellspring Philanthropic FundGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$200,0002024 Public Welfare FoundationSupport for East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Coalition (PJI) 24-26
$200,0002022 Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Inc.GENERAL
$200,0002020 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$170,0002021 Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$170,0002021 Coefficient GivingTo support the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison Reform Coalition in its ongoing efforts to reduce the number of people imprisoned in the East Baton Rouge jail
$150,0002024 The Just Trust for EducationGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT