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 20212024. 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

$606,692
2021
$777,000
2022
$708,000
2023
$141,850
2024

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 all
  • $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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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.