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12 funders with a record of paying for “solitary”
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National Religious CampaignWashington, DCCharity · may take applications
41 matching grants · $2.0M · through 2024Largest: $35,000 to FACTS EDUCATION FUND — grant to support california families against solitary confinement's project "a deeper dive into solitary: the continuance of an educational campaign against contemporary struggles …
Largest: $150,000 to NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION — first-time funding for new york's aclu to enforce state law prohibiting solitary confinement in new york's prisons and jails.
Largest: $200,000 to SOLITARY WATCH — core grant-project support
Abolitionist Law CenterPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $64,000 · through 2022Largest: $22,000 to PEOPLE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY — funding contractors working on the end solitary confinement campaigns
Largest: $8,400 to TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY — virtual levels, internal symmetries, stability of solitary waves
Largest: $100,000 to Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana — support for the justice and accountability center of louisiana's fees & costs reform project and louisiana stop solitary coalition.
Largest: $10,000 to NATIONAL RELIGIOUS CAMPAIGN AGAINST TORTURE — social workers and allies against solitary confinement - engaging in collaborative efforts to strengthen ties between academics, social work practitioners, advocates, and directly …
The River FoundationSherman Oaks, CA
2 matching grants · $2,000 · through 2023Largest: $1,000 to SOLITARY WATCH — to support work of investigating, documenting and disseminating information on the widespread use of solitary confinement in u.s. prisons
Straight Ahead OrganizationPittsburgh, PACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $74,908 · through 2022Largest: $37,454 to PEOPLE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY — funding contractors working on the end solitary confinement campaigns
Largest: $61,189 to Columbia University — the pennsylvania solitary study
Largest: $25,000 to CALIFORNIA FAMILIES AGAINST SOLITARY CONFINEMENT — for project support for california families against solitary confinement for a two-day symposium on the 10th anniversary of the california prisons hunger strike.
Southern Center for Human RightsAtlanta, GACharity · may take applications
1 matching grant · $22,500 · through 2023Largest: $22,500 to RestoreHer USAmerica Inc — grant to support work addressing solitary confinement practices in georgia and supporting survivors of solitary confinement.
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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 →