Funding search · EIN 131655255 · New York, NY
Naacp Legal Defense & Educ Fund
A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.
- 59
- grants reported
- $2.2M
- total given
- 2021–2024
- filing years
- $40,000
- median grant
Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.
What they fund
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Funding pattern
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Top recipients
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- Justice Unity & Social3 grants · $175,000
- Fusion Partnerships2 grants · $130,000
- Southern Center for Human Rights2 grants · $120,000
- League of Women Voters of Florida1 grant · $120,000
- Charleston Area Justice2 grants · $75,000
- Red Hook Initiative2 grants · $75,000
- Organizing Black1 grant · $65,000
- Florida Rising Together2 grants · $65,000
- Organizing Black1 grant · $65,000
- Georgia Educators for Equity2 grants · $60,000
Giving over time
Grant history
All 59 reported grants, largest first.
- $120,000
League of Women Voters of Florida · Orlando, FL · 2022
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $80,000
Fusion Partnerships · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $80,000
Southern Center for Human Rights · Atlanta, GA · 2022
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $65,000
Organizing Black · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To further support community organizers in grassroots activism
- $65,000
Organizing Black · Baltimore, MD · 2022
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $60,000
Justice Unity & Social · Columbus, OH · 2023
To further support community service events
- $60,000
Kentucky Civic Engagement - Black Grant · Lexington, KY · 2023
To further support community organizing and leadership development in kentucky
- $60,000
Justice Unity & Social · Columbus, OH · 2022
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $55,000
Justice Unity & Social · Columbus, OH · 2024
To further support community service events
- $50,000
Common Counsel Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To further support criminal justice reform
- $50,000
Kentucky Civic Engagement · Lexington, KY · 2022
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $50,000
Red Hook Initiative · Brooklyn, NY · 2022
To further suppost the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $50,000
The E3 Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2022
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $50,000
Tulsa Community Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2022
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $50,000
Baltimore Action Legal Team · Balitmore, MD · 2021
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $50,000
Charleston Area Justice · North Charleston, SC · 2021
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $50,000
Coalition of Concerned Mothers · Upper Marlboro, MD · 2021
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $50,000
Fusion Partnerships · Baltimore, MD · 2021
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $50,000
Jacksonville Community Action · Jacksonville, FL · 2021
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $50,000
Justice for Greenwood Fdn · Tulsa, OK · 2021
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $50,000
Nat'L Institute for Peer Support · North Bethesda, MD · 2021
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $50,000
Northstar Fund · New York, NY · 2021
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $50,000
Tides Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2021
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program, which is to provide support for the needs of women who are incarcerated through its anchor campaign #FreeBlackMamasDMV and to women re-entering their community by… read allTo further support the mission of the Sponsored Program, which is to provide support for the needs of women who are incarcerated through its anchor campaign #FreeBlackMamasDMV and to women re-entering their community by working with them on efforts to end cash bail by illuminating the inhumanity of bail and pretrial detention. less
- $50,000
Together South Carolina · Columbia, SC · 2021
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $50,000
Tulsa Community Fndn · Tulsa, OK · 2021
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $40,000
Charleston Area Justice Ministries · North Charleston, SC · 2023
To further support restorative practices in the criminal justice and social justice areas
- $40,000
Florida Rising Together · Miami, FL · 2023
To further support public education and other charitable activities
- $40,000
Georgia Educators for Equity · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To provide general support
- $40,000
Sncc Legacy · Washington, DC · 2023
To further support community engagement conference
- $40,000
Southern Center for Human Rights · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To further support protester defense and general operations
- $40,000
Tulsa Community Foundation · Tulsa, OK · 2023
To further support general operations
- $40,000
Florida Rising Together · Miami, FL · 2022
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $35,000
Equity and Transformation · Chicago, IL · 2023
To provide general support
- $31,692
African American Cultural · Washington, DC · 2021
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $30,000
Communities Foundation · Poughkeepsie, NY · 2024
Grant designated as a contribution to young black lawyers organizing coalition (ybloc), a fiscally sponsored project of communities foundation of texas, to be used solely charitable purposes
- $30,000
Fusion Partnerships · Baltimore, MD · 2023
To further support criminal justice reform
- $30,000
Players Philanthropy Fund · Towson, MD · 2022
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $25,000
Community Partners · Los Angeles, CA · 2023
To further support warrant clinic events
- $25,000
Housing Justice League · Atlanta, GA · 2023
To further support building community power program
- $25,000
Kentucky Civic Engagement - Kcet Grant · Lexington, KY · 2023
To further support civic participation program
- $25,000
Red Hook Initiative · Brooklyn, NY · 2023
To further support the freedom schools program
- $25,000
Southern Vision Alliance · Durham, NC · 2023
To further support criminal justice program
- $25,000
Charleston Area Justice · North Charleston, SC · 2022
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $25,000
Ohio Families Unite Against Police Brutality · Dayton, OH · 2022
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $25,000
Pure Justice · Houston, TX · 2022
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $25,000
Florida Rising Together · Miami, FL · 2021
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $20,000
Charleston Area Justice Ministries Ministries · North Charleston, SC · 2024
To further support restorative practices in the criminal justice and social justice areas
- $20,000
Georgia Educators for Equity · Atlanta, GA · 2022
To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
- $10,000
Advancement Project · Washington, DC · 2024
Mobilizer sponsorship for advancement project's 25th anniversary gala
- $10,000
Mississippi Votes · Jackson, MS · 2023
To further support community engagement convening
- $10,000
Terence Crutcher Foundation Fund · Tulsa, OK · 2023
To further support human services, education, arts, culture to improve the quality of life across oklahoma.
- $8,000
Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity · North Miami, FL · 2023
To further support bold land and stewardship grant
- $7,500
University of Mississippi · University, MS · 2024
Stipend for recipient of the naacp ldf judge louis h. Pollak fellowship
- $7,500
Howard University School of Law · Washington, DC · 2023
To support summer intern (pollak summer internship program)
- $7,500
The City University of New York School of Law · Long Island City, NY · 2023
To support summer intern (pollak summer internship program)
- $7,000
University of North Dakota · Grand Forks, ND · 2022
To further support the mission of the sponsored program.
- $6,850
Dance Theatre of Harlem · New York, NY · 2024
Tickets for the 2025 vision gala
- $6,750
Tulane Law School · New Orleans, LA · 2024
Stipend for recipient of the naacp ldf judge louis h. Pollak fellowship
- $5,750
Faulkner University · Montgomery, AL · 2024
Stipend for recipient of the naacp ldf judge louis h. Pollak fellowship
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