Donations
Want to donate, but scared you’re accidentally give your hard-earned money to a less-than-stellar organization? Worried your money won’t go to the right places? Not sure where to start? Well, we took care of that for you, and we based our decisions on the following criteria:
501(c)3 Non-profit status
Organization operates on a national level
No direct political or religious affiliation
Mission aligns with ours
Board members are 70% Black
Donations are key funding – no investors or key funders
Transparent financial records
Money goes directly towards programming & support for Black folks
Check the press / reputation of the org to ensure nothing negative
Unit donation – how much money spent per person helped
Has been in operation for at least 2 years (not reactive to recent uprising)
In order to be included in our recommendation list, organizations must meet 80% of our criteria.
national bail out
The National Bail Out collective is a Black-led and Black-centered collective of abolitionist organizers, lawyers, and activists building a community-based movement to support our folks and end systems of pretrial detention and ultimately mass incarceration. We are people who have been impacted by cages – either by being in them ourselves or witnessing our families and loved ones be encaged. We are queer, trans, young, elder, and immigrant.
transgender law center
Grounded in legal expertise and committed to racial justice, Transgender Law Center employs a variety of community-driven strategies to keep transgender and gender nonconforming people alive, thriving, and fighting for liberation.
the loveland foundation
The Loveland Foundation is committed to showing up for communities of color in unique and powerful ways, with a particular focus on Black women and girls. Our resources and initiatives are collaborative and they prioritize opportunity, access, validation, and healing. We are becoming the ones we’ve been waiting for.
national association of black journalists
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is an organization of journalists, students and media-related professionals that provides quality programs and services to and advocates on behalf of Black journalists worldwide.
Founded by 44 men and women on December 12, 1975, in Washington, D.C., NABJ is the largest organization of journalists of color in the nation.
equal justice initiative
Founded in 1989 by Bryan Stevenson, a widely acclaimed public interest lawyer and bestselling author of Just Mercy, EJI is a private, 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides legal representation to people who have been illegally convicted, unfairly sentenced, or abused in state jails and prisons. We challenge the death penalty and excessive punishment and we provide re-entry assistance to formerly incarcerated people.