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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 “punished”
Where the money went
Largest: $64,000 to M NADEL — to organize a statewide screening tour of the documentary film cans cant stand" in order to educate the public about an archaic crimes against nature statute in louisiana and the h…
Largest: $225,000 to CHILDREN'S FUNDING PROJECT — funding the next generation - supporting youth health in california: to shift public investments from punishment and incarceration to health-promoting youth development in order to…
Largest: $150,000 to SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS INC — for solutions not punishment
George Kaiser Family FoundationTulsa, OKCharity · may take applications
5 matching grants · $868,228 · through 2024Largest: $326,650 to Teach Not Punish Fam Resource Ctr — best teach not punish program grant fy24
Largest: $200,000 to LEGAL ACTION CENTER OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK INC — no health no justice; moving from punishment to treatment to end mass incarceration
Largest: $826,970 to Death Penalty Information Center — capital punishment education
Largest: $250,000 to ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS — support for survived and punished
East Bay Community FoundationOakland, CACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $198,500 · through 2024Largest: $147,500 to ALLIED MEDIA PROJECTS — survived & punished, general support for fbo: survived and punished, support for survived and punished's important work in california aimed at ending the criminalization of surviva…
Largest: $22,499 to EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the united states, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable …
Largest: $100,000 to EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — eji is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the united states, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for …
Largest: $150,000 to SOCIAL & ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS — to support the charitable activities of solutions not punishment collaborative
Largest: $5,000 to EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE — to help end mass incarceration, excessive punishment, and racial inequality.
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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 →