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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “abolish”
Where the money went
Largest: $100,000 to Abolish Slavery Network March On Foundation — abolish slavery network
Largest: $125,000 to COALITION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY AND TRAFFICKING — unrestricted operating support
Largest: $75,000 to CAMPAIGN FOR THE FAIR SENTENCING OF YOUTH — support to expand and enhance the movement to abolish extreme sentencing for youth
Tides CenterSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $180,000 · through 2022Largest: $30,000 to TEXAS COALITION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $175,000 · through 2024Largest: $50,000 to KENTUCKY COALITION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY INC — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
Largest: $120,000 to Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking — to support the organization's programs
Largest: $95,000 to KENTUCKY COALITION TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY IN — general & unrestricted
Conrad N Hilton FoundationWestlake Village, CA
3 matching grants · $590,000 · through 2024Largest: $210,000 to COALITION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY AND TRAFFICKING — to learn from survivors of human trafficking and provide direct services that increase their self-sufficiency, and to advance a network of stakeholders - including catholic sisters…
Largest: $125,000 to ABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER — continued support for advocacy to curtail or abolish solitary confinement in pennsylvania.
Largest: $7,500 to TEXAS COALITION TO ABOLISH THE DEAT — tcadp 2026 annual conference
California Access To Justice CommissionCarmichael, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $265,000 · through 2023Largest: $146,250 to Coa to Abolish SlaveryTraff — program support
California Foundation for StrongerCarlsbad, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $150,000 · through 2024Largest: $70,000 to COALITION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY &TRAFFICKING — provide support to local charities
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Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV and Form 990 Schedule I, tax years 2019–2025. These are grants already paid, a record of what an organization funds rather than an open call. Private foundations rarely accept unsolicited applications and the route in is usually a program officer; grantmaking charities and associations more often run real application cycles, so check their website. How this data is built, and its limits →