The Doe Fund - Funding

Funding

While some of The Doe Fund's projects are self-sustaining, the charity also receives funding from major corporations, foundations, and private individuals. It has received multiple grants from the Carnegie Corporation, which has supported more than 550 New York City arts and social service institutions since its inception in 2002. In June 2011, The Doe Fund was one of seven organizations to receive a grant from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) through the Enhanced Transitional Jobs Demonstration program. The $5.6 million award was given to support the Ready, Willing & Able transitional jobs program and was earmarked to help parolees—many of them non-custodial parents—gain employment and stay out of prison. The DOL set a goal for the funded programs to cut their participants expected criminal recidivism rates by half.