The Soze Agency — Right of Return Fellowship

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Russell Craig with his piece Self Portrait, depicting his face on four canvases, painted over a backdrop of sentencing and parole papers from his conviction on drug charges, shown at the Truth to Power exhibit in Philadelphia, 2016. (Courtesy of Soze)

Grant investigator: Chloe Cockburn

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The Open Philanthropy Project recommended a grant of $300,000 to The Soze Agency via The Soze Foundation to support its Right of Return fellowship program for formerly incarcerated artists. This is a renewal and expansion of our December 2016 grant, which The Soze Agency used to support seven artists. Co-founders and previous fellows Jesse Krimes and Russell Craig will continue to provide mentorship and leadership for the new class.

This is a discretionary grant and falls within our focus area of criminal justice reform.