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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 “detention”
Where the money went
Detention Watch NetworkWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
45 matching grants · $738,784 · through 2024Largest: $66,500 to Alliance for Global Justice — anti-detention work
Largest: $450,000 to IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER — for the immigrant justice network, texas-based work, and detention-related projects (dignity not detention, budget to save lives)
Largest: $412,634 to NEW YORK CITY CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY — to investigate the impact of pretrial detention on different defendant populations in new york city.
Largest: $210,000 to IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER — dignity not detention- promoting health equity for immigrants: to advance health by supporting a coalition of advocates developing strategies to divest from immigrant detention and…
Largest: $100,000 to NATIONAL JUVENILE DEFENDER CENTER — support for youth-centered research campaign to prevent "preventative detention"
New Mexico Association of CountiesSanta Fe, NMCharity · may take applications
17 matching grants · $542,504 · through 2023Largest: $273,965 to Metropolitan Detention Center Bernalillo County — infectious disease prevention
Largest: $50,000 to JUST DETENTION INTERNATIONAL SOUTH AFRICA — support for promoting acceptance and safety of lgbtiq+ people in places of detention to protect them from sexual abuse and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orient…
Largest: $175,000 to CIVIL RIGHTS EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT CENTER — core support for the immigration detention accountability project to protect the constitutional and civil rights of immigrants in detention and to ensure immigrants have adequate c…
Legal Services of New JerseyEdison, NJCharity · may take applications
9 matching grants · $16.9M · through 2024Largest: $3.8M to AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE — grants/assistance were awarded for the following legal services program:legal assistance for individuals facing detention or deportation $3,382,449iolta student legal intern progra…
Largest: $87,500 to LIS-MARIE ALVARADO — to conduct community organizing work to end child immigrant detention and to provide art healing workshops to children who have been impacted by detention and are still living with…
Tides FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $230,000 · through 2024Largest: $75,000 to JUST DETENTION INTERNATIONAL INC — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
Neo PhilanthropyNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $1.4M · through 2024Largest: $625,000 to Detention Watch Network — program 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 →