Where to Donate to Help People Fighting for Racial Justice
More than a week after George Floyd was killed by police in Minneapolis, racial justice demonstrations continue across the country. Here’s how to donate money to a cause that actively fights police brutality and racial injustice. These include:
- National organizations fighting racism
- Bail and legal remedies for protesters
- Funds for victims and their families
The list of collateral and legal funds below is broken down by state if you want to direct your donation to a specific location. If not, Act Blue has a page where your donation is split among 39 community-backed foundations.
National organizations fighting racism
- NAACP
- Black lives matter
- South Poverty Law Center
- Campaign Zero
- Alliance for Justice
- Leaders’ Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- National Urban League
Bail funds and legal funds for protesters
National organizations
- Pledge project
- National Collateral Fund Network
- Act Blue (Donation divided among 39 public collateral funds)
- Lawyers’ Committee on Civil Rights According to the Law
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund
- ACLU
- LGBTQ Freedom Foundation
State level organizations
Minnesota
- Minnesota Freedom Foundation
- Know Your Rights Advocacy Initiative
- Communities banded together against police brutality
New York
- Free them all for public health
- Brooklyn Community Collateral Fund
- COVID Bail Out New York
- Buffalo Foundation Bail
- Albany Pledge for Black Lives
- BLM Rochester
California
- Freedom Foundation of the People’s City Council
- Democratic Socialists of America from Silicon Valley
- Fund for the fight against terrorism
- Bay Fund of the Bay Area Anti-Repression Committee
- Orange County Collateral Fund
- San Diego Community Foundation
- Bond fund for activists NorCal Resist and ICE Bond Fund
Alabama
Arizona
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
- Florida Justice Center
- (F) authorize the Public Bond Fund
- IOWC State Bail Fund
- Florida LGBTQ Freedom Foundation
- Tampa Bay Community Support Fund
- Alachua County COVID Bond Fund
- Jacksonville Community Action Committee
Georgia
Hawaii
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Missouri
- Missouri Black Protestor Foundation
- Kansas City Community Bail Fund
- #ICantBreathe KC Solidarity Fund
- Legal Foundation One Struggle KC
Nebraska
Nevada
North Carolina
- Freedom Fighter Bail Fund
- North Carolina Durham Community Collateral Fund
- Anti-racist activists foundation
Oklahoma
Ohio
- Columbus Freedom Foundation
- Canton / Akron Pledge Fund
- BLM Cleveland
- Community Beloved Church Bail Fund (Click the amount and click Cincinnati Bail Fund on the next screen)
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia Pledge Fund
- Philadelphia Community Bond Foundation
- Pittsburgh Bail Bukit Foundation
- Dauphin County Collateral Fund
- Post-jail support
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
- Nashville Community Bail Fund
- Hamilton County Bail Fund
- End Money Bail Knoxville
- Memphis Community Collateral Fund
- BLM Mid-South Peace Community Collateral Fund
Texas
- Restoration of the fund secured by the community of justice
- Luke 4:18 Pledge Fund
- 400 + 1 deposit
- Project Roar
- San Antonio Freedom Foundation
- Fianza Fund
- Texas Relief Fund
Utah
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin
Washington
The city canceled the bond in 1992 , but the BLM Washington branch is raising funds for legal support:
Funds for victims and their families
- George Floyd Memorial Fund
- Ahmaud Arbury Foundation
- Regis Korchinsky Foundation
- Jamie Johnson Foundation
- Harrison Destiny Funeral Fund
- Eric Rosalia Foundation
- Belly Mujinga Foundation
- Dion Johnson Foundation
- Aaron James Foundation
- Tony McDade Foundation
- Healing for Darnella
- Destiny’s Dream Scholarship
- James Scurlock Foundation
- Leslie Foundation Support
- Trever Belle Foundation
One final note: while the protests don’t seem to end anytime soon – which means the need for bail and legal funds will continue – it’s also helpful to make a donation to mutual funds. Twitter user Lyd has a whole thread with links to mutual funds in cities across the country, so consider that as well.