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12 funders with a record of paying for “penalty”
Where the money went Roderick and Solange Macarthur → Death Penalty Information Center: $3.0M across 4 grants, latest 2024 Fund for Nonviolence → Center for Death Penalty Litigation: $1.5M across 6 grants, latest 2024 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Center for Death Penalty Litigation: $790K across 2 grants, latest 2023 Tides Foundation → Center for Death Penalty Litigation: $462K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation → Indiana Aids Fund Inc: $322K across 4 grants, latest 2025 Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc → Center for Death Penalty Litigation: $215K across 3 grants, latest 2024 International Society of → The Center for Death Penalty Litigation: $83K across 3 grants, latest 2025 The Butler Family Fund → Community Resource Initiative: $75K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Tides Center → Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Triangle Community Foundation Inc → Nc Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2024 David D Dodge Foundation → Death Penalty Action: $23K across 9 grants, latest 2025 Judith Filler Foundation → Texas Death Penalty Education Resou: $12K across 3 grants, latest 2022 Tides Foundation → Death Penalty Information Center: $373K across 4 grants, latest 2024 Fund for Nonviolence → Equal Justice USA: $350K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation → The Ucla Foundation: $270K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Tides Center → Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Foundation to Promote Open Society → Death Penalty Information Center: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Butler Family Fund → Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City: $40K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc → Nc Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty: $33K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Triangle Community Foundation Inc → North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty: $30K across 2 grants, latest 2022 David D Dodge Foundation → Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty: $8K across 3 grants, latest 2025 Judith Filler Foundation → Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement: $5K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Fund for Nonviolence → Equal Justice USA Inc: $300K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Tides Foundation → Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Inc: $125K across 3 grants, latest 2024 The Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation → Freestate Justice Inc: $96K across 2 grants, latest 2025 Tides Center → Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Inc: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Triangle Community Foundation Inc → Center for Death Penalty Litigation: $27K across 4 grants, latest 2024 The Butler Family Fund → Southern Center for Human Rights: $20K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Judith Filler Foundation → Aba Fund for Justice and Education: $5K across 1 grant, latest 2025 David D Dodge Foundation → Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty I: $1K across 1 grant, latest 2025 Fund for Nonviolence → Nv Coalition Against Death Penalty: $185K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Fund for Nonviolence → Center for Death Penalty Litigation: $180K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Fund for Nonviolence → Death Penalty Alternatives for Az: $155K across 2 grants, latest 2024 Fund for Nonviolence → Death Penalty Information Center: $125K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Tides Foundation → Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty: $120K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Tides Foundation → Nevada Coalition Against the Death Penalty: $114K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Fund for Nonviolence → Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty in: $95K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Fund for Nonviolence → Nevada Coalition Against the Death Penalty: $85K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Tides Foundation → Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Inc: $83K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Fund for Nonviolence → Southern Center for Human Rights: $80K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Fund for Nonviolence → Alliance for Global Justice: $80K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Fund for Nonviolence → Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Fund for Nonviolence → Death Penalty Alternatives for Arizona Inc: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2022 The Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation → Aids Law Project of Pennsylvania: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023 The Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation → Campaign for Southern Equality: $75K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Fund for Nonviolence → Community Initiatives: $65K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Fund for Nonviolence → Neo Philanthropy: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Tides Center → North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Fund for Nonviolence → Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy Inc: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Tides Center → Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Tides Center → Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty: $60K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Fund for Nonviolence → Neo Philanthropy Inc: $60K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Fund for Nonviolence → The Phillips Black Project: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Fund for Nonviolence → Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Dealth Penalty: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Fund for Nonviolence → Latino Justice Prldef: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Fund for Nonviolence → Mission Talk: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Tides Foundation → Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Fund for Nonviolence → Clarendon County Council On Aging Inc: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Fund for Nonviolence → Death Penalty Action: $50K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Tides Foundation → Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty: $50K across 2 grants, latest 2022 Fund for Nonviolence → Tides Foundation: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2023 Fund for Nonviolence → Fractured Atlas Inc: $40K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Fund for Nonviolence → Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty in: $35K across 1 grant, latest 2022 Tides Center → Center for Death Penalty Litigation: $32K across 3 grants, latest 2024 Fund for Nonviolence: $3.9M on this topic. Open the funder. Fund for Nonviolence $3.9M Roderick and Solange Macarthur: $3.0M on this topic. Open the funder. Roderick and Solange Macarthur $3.0M Tides Foundation: $1.4M on this topic. Open the funder. Tides Foundation $1.4M Foundation to Promote Open Society: $840K on this topic. Open the funder. Foundation to Promote Open So… $840K The Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation: $838K on this topic. Open the funder. The Elizabeth Taylor Aids Fou… $838K Tides Center: $392K on this topic. Open the funder. Tides Center $392K Z Smith Reynolds Foundation Inc: $248K on this topic. Open the funder. Z Smith Reynolds Foundation I… $248K The Butler Family Fund: $135K on this topic. Open the funder. The Butler Family Fund $135K Triangle Community Foundation Inc: $87K on this topic. Open the funder. Triangle Community Foundation… $87K International Society of: $83K on this topic. Open the funder. International Society of $83K David D Dodge Foundation: $32K on this topic. Open the funder. David D Dodge Foundation $32K Judith Filler Foundation: $23K on this topic. Open the funder. Judith Filler Foundation $23K Death Penalty Information Center: received $3.0M on this topic Death Penalty Information Center $3.0M Center for Death Penalty Litigation: received $1.7M on this topic Center for Death Penalty Litiga… $1.7M Center for Death Penalty Litigation: received $1.5M on this topic Center for Death Penalty Litiga… $1.5M Death Penalty Information Center: received $548K on this topic Death Penalty Information Center $548K Equal Justice USA: received $350K on this topic Equal Justice USA $350K Indiana Aids Fund Inc: received $322K on this topic Indiana Aids Fund Inc $322K Equal Justice USA Inc: received $300K on this topic Equal Justice USA Inc $300K The Ucla Foundation: received $270K on this topic The Ucla Foundation $270K Nevada Coalition Against the Death Penalty: received $199K on this topic Nevada Coalition Against the De… $199K Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Inc: received $185K on this topic Kentucky Coalition to Abolish t… $185K Nv Coalition Against Death Penalty: received $185K on this topic Nv Coalition Against Death Pena… $185K Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty: received $185K on this topic Texas Coalition to Abolish the… $185K Death Penalty Alternatives for Az: received $155K on this topic Death Penalty Alternatives for… $155K Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty: received $120K on this topic Missourians for Alternatives to… $120K Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Death Penalty: received $110K on this topic Tennesseans for Alternatives to… $110K Freestate Justice Inc: received $96K on this topic Freestate Justice Inc $96K Kentucky Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty in: received $95K on this topic Kentucky Coalition to Abolish t… $95K North Carolina Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty: received $90K on this topic North Carolina Coalition for Al… $90K The Center for Death Penalty Litigation: received $83K on this topic The Center for Death Penalty Li… $83K Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty Inc: received $83K on this topic Georgians for Alternatives to t… $83K Southern Center for Human Rights: received $80K on this topic Southern Center for Human Rights $80K Alliance for Global Justice: received $80K on this topic Alliance for Global Justice $80K Community Resource Initiative: received $75K on this topic Community Resource Initiative $75K Death Penalty Alternatives for Arizona Inc: received $75K on this topic Death Penalty Alternatives for… $75K Aids Law Project of Pennsylvania: received $75K on this topic Aids Law Project of Pennsylvania $75K Campaign for Southern Equality: received $75K on this topic Campaign for Southern Equality $75K Death Penalty Action: received $73K on this topic Death Penalty Action $73K Community Initiatives: received $65K on this topic Community Initiatives $65K Nc Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty: received $63K on this topic Nc Coalition for Alternatives t… $63K Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty: received $60K on this topic Missourians to Abolish the Deat… $60K Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty: received $60K on this topic Georgians for Alternatives to t… $60K Neo Philanthropy: received $60K on this topic Neo Philanthropy $60K Florida Center for Fiscal and Economic Policy Inc: received $60K on this topic Florida Center for Fiscal and E… $60K Neo Philanthropy Inc: received $60K on this topic Neo Philanthropy Inc $60K The Phillips Black Project: received $50K on this topic The Phillips Black Project $50K Tennesseans for Alternatives to the Dealth Penalty: received $50K on this topic Tennesseans for Alternatives to… $50K Latino Justice Prldef: received $50K on this topic Latino Justice Prldef $50K Mission Talk: received $50K on this topic Mission Talk $50K Clarendon County Council On Aging Inc: received $50K on this topic Clarendon County Council On Agi… $50K Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City: received $40K on this topic Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City $40K Tides Foundation: received $40K on this topic Tides Foundation $40K Fractured Atlas Inc: received $40K on this topic Fractured Atlas Inc $40K Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty in: received $35K on this topic Georgians for Alternatives to t… $35K Southern Center for Human Rights: received $20K on this topic Southern Center for Human Rights $20K Texas Death Penalty Education Resou: received $12K on this topic Texas Death Penalty Education R… $12K Project Hope to Abolish the Death Penalty: received $8K on this topic Project Hope to Abolish the Dea… $8K Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement: received $5K on this topic Texas Death Penalty Abolition M… $5K Aba Fund for Justice and Education: received $5K on this topic Aba Fund for Justice and Educat… $5K Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty I: received $1K on this topic Floridians for Alternatives to… $1K 12 funders, 49 recipients, grants matching “penalty” only. Ribbon width is proportional to the total given; each funder has its own colour (smaller funders in gray). Hover a name to isolate its flows, click a funder to open it. Drag to move around; zoom with the buttons, a double-click, or the wheel after clicking the map. Largest: $575,000 to Center For Death Penalty Litigation — 8th amendment project
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Largest: $162,000 to CENTER FOR DEATH PENALTY LITIGATION — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
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Largest: $90,000 to THE UCLA FOUNDATION — restricted to support the research work of williams institute in modernizing criminal laws and penalties for people living with hiv.
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Largest: $30,000 to TENNESSEANS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY — equity, human rights, and economic empowerment
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Largest: $5,000 to DEATH PENALTY ACTION — funds for a documentary series about people impacted by the death penalty and those fighting to end it
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Largest: $20,000 to Black Lives Matter Oklahoma City — blm okcs death penalty moratorium project is working to end the death penalty in oklahoma.
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Largest: $826,970 to Death Penalty Information Center — capital punishment education
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Largest: $5,000 to TEXAS DEATH PENALTY EDUCATION RESOU — rodney reed family attend oral argument of supreme court
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Largest: $75,000 to CENTER FOR DEATH PENALTY LITIGATION — for general operating support
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Largest: $15,000 to NC COALITION FOR ALTERNATIVES TO THE DEATH PENALTY — civ rts/soc actn
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Largest: $395,000 to CENTER FOR DEATH PENALTY LITIGATION — to support the infrastructure of the 8th amendment project, a national campaign to abolish the death penalty, fiscally sponsored by the grantee
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Largest: $35,000 to THE CENTER FOR DEATH PENALTY LITIGATION — grant funding to provide representation to those on death row as well as providing consulting, research and training services.
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