Galaxy Gives
Galaxy Gives is a private foundation that provides flexible, multi-year grants and fellowships to leaders and organizations working to transform the criminal legal system and support community healing. The site lists the organization's mission, funding approach, application/nomination process, and team (including founders Mike and Sukey Novogratz).
Source: Website · Mar 2026
Ideal Applicant
Experienced leaders or established organizations working on criminal legal system reform and community healing, particularly those considered for leadership fellowships or large flexible grants and who can be nominated or preselected.
Good Fit
- • Clear alignment with criminal legal reform, community healing, or social justice work.
- • Established organizational track record or a recognized leader who could be nominated.
- • Capacity to manage multi-year, flexible funding and relationship-based stewardship.
- • Existing regional presence or partnerships in New York given past recipients.
Geography
Observed grants in the available year were concentrated in New York and the foundation lists New York as its home state, showing a narrow local footprint in the documented giving year.
Recipient Variety
The latest observed active giving year shows only two distinct recipients, with a single large grant making up most of that year's dollars, indicating a small and concentrated recipient set for the observed period.
New Applicants
The foundation explicitly states it funds only preselected nominees and the observed history is small and concentrated; direct evidence of regular new-recipient turnover is limited, so unfamiliar applicants are unlikely to enter the portfolio without nomination or a prior relationship.
Source: Zeffy Agent · Mar 2026
