“‘There was an attention level to criminal justice in the wake of Black Lives Matter and George Floyd’s murder that has not been seen, really, for decades, and that translated to a dramatic increase in funding,’ said Impact Justice President Alex Busansky.”
“‘Much of the funding that came in was from new tech philanthropists; people that are not institutional funders, and the way I think they approach funding is much more a venture capital or investment model that prioritizes quick returns,’ said Busansky. ‘When that doesn’t happen, they’re done.'”