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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 “abolition”
Where the money went
Largest: $275,000 to POSSIBILITY LABS — abolition dream lab - advancing health and healing: to support a network of black movement leaders to devise new strategies and ways of working together to transform current system…
The District of Columbia Bar FoundationWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
6 matching grants · $592,306 · through 2023Largest: $180,012 to TORTURE ABOLITION AND SURVIVORS SUPPORT COALITION — fy24 atj grants
Nexus Community PartnersSaint Paul, MNCharity · may take applications
7 matching grants · $175,000 · through 2022Largest: $25,000 to Live Free Illinois — moving towards abolition fund
Largest: $988,500 to UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA CRUZ — to support "visualizing abolition," a collaborative arts-based initiative meant to educate the public about prison abolition
Largest: $100,600 to COMMUNITY PARTNERS FBO ORGANIZING ROOTED IN ABOLITION LIBERATION AND EMPOWE — general support for orale organizing rooted in abolition liberation and empowerment rapid response
Borealis PhilanthropyMinneapolis, MNCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $356,000 · through 2024Largest: $150,000 to ACLU OF NORTH CAROLINA LEGAL FOUNDATION — to support the work of triad abolition project
Largest: $100,000 to TORTURE ABOLITION AND SURVIVORS SUPP — general operating support
Largest: $75,000 to Fractured Atlas — donkeysaddle abolition project
Largest: $30,000 to TACCC TORTURE ABOLITION AND SURVIVOR SUPPORT SERVICES — general operating support
Largest: $100,000 to NATIONAL CENTER FOR YOUTH LAW — stopping institutional harm and supporting parent and infant mental health through alternatives to family policing: abolition study and innovation - a collaboration with irving har…
Largest: $1.8M to HUNT ALTERNATIVES — inclusive security, demand abolition, political parity, prime movers programs
Largest: $5,000 to TORTURE ABOLITION AND SURVIVORS SUPPORT COALITION — unrestriced grant
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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 →