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Find a List of Black and African- American focused charities promoting black health, education, rights and community development. Includes ratings and reviews of the charities.
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Donations will go toward paying bail or bonds to release protesters jailed in states with bail or bond systems. If you’d like to make a localized contribution to a bail fund in a city or state not shown below, the National Bail Fund Network lists the funds you can donate to in all states with bail or bond systems. 43 Bail Funds You can support right now (F)empower Community Bond Fund Columbus Freedom Fund; Columbus, Ohio Dallas Bail Fund for Protesters Louisville Community Bail Fund National Bail Fund Network COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund People’s Program Bail Out Fund; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Single donations will be split between multiple organizations, with the ability to adjust what goes where. Act Blue Bail, Mutual Aid, and Racial Justice Organization Funds |
Donations will go toward organizations that support Black and brown journalists or focus on issues central to communities of color, including criminal-justice reform. Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting |
Donations will go toward providing mental-health care and education to Black communities and individuals. Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network Peoples Oakland; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Donations will go toward providing medical aid, including COVID-19 and reproductive care, to Black, brown, and other minority communities. BET and United Way COVID-19 Relief Fund COVID-19 Bail Out NYC; New York City Dennehotso Families COVID-19 Relief Fund Mobile Outreach and Outdoor Drop-In National Black Disability Coalition |
Donations will go toward Black-voter education initiatives and supporting Black political candidates. Fair Fight; national, but mainly Georgia |
Donations will go toward legislative efforts to overturn systemically racist policies at either national, state, or local levels. Alliance to Mobilize Our Resistance; Rhode Island American Civil Liberties Union Austin Justice Coalition; Austin, Texas Black Lives Matter Global Network Color of Change Education Fund Dallas Alliance Against Racial and Political Repression; Dallas, Texas Moms Demand Action; donations will be matched dollar for dollar by Everytown, Moms Demand Action’s parent organization Take Action Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill, North Carolina The Refugee Dream Center; Rhode Island |
Donations will go toward police-reform initiatives, including efforts to redistribute police funding to other social services. Communities United for Police Reform Communities United Against Police Brutality Equality for Flatbush; Brooklyn, New York The National Police Accountability Project
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Donations will go toward prison-reform efforts to stop excessive punishment, mass incarceration, incarceration in general, and the creation of new jails and prisons. |
Moral Governance; San Diego, California NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Restoring Justice; Texas Transgender Law Center Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project Up Against The Law Legal Collective; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Donations will go toward providing immediate mental-health and health-care support, monetary support, and education to Black LGBTQ communities. Black Trans Advocacy Coalition COVID-19 Community Response Grant Black Trans Travel Fund; New York City Emergency Release Fund; New York City F2L Relief Fund; New York State For The Gworls Party; donations are collected through Venmo, PayPal, and Cash App The Heavenly Angel Fund Project Homeless Black Trans Women Fund; Atlanta, Georgia |
Donations will go toward rebuilding businesses and other parts of Black communities where protests have occurred and/or have been hit particularly hard by the Coronavirus pandemic. The Lake Street Council; Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnesota Rapid Response Coalition; Twin Cities, Minnesota My Block My Hood My City; Chicago, Illinois Pimento Relief Fund; Minneapolis, Minnesota Rebuilding Oakland Black Businesses Fund; Oakland, California West Broadway Business & Area Coalition; Minneapolis, Minnesota |
Donations will go toward arts, technical, or other programs for Black and brown people. 1 Hood; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Assata’s Daughters; Chicago, Illinois Black Feminist Project; New York City BOOM Concepts; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en la Lucha; Twin Cities, Minnesota Tournament Haus Ballroom Microgrants; Portland, Oregon; Tacoma and Seattle, Washington Twin Cities Recovery Project; Twin Cities, Minnesota |
Donations will go toward funding initiatives for educating Black and brown youth, such as programs for coding, activism camps, and providing books for schools. Colin Kaepernick Know Your Rights Camp HOPE Crew: Hands-On Preservation Experience
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Donations will go toward medical aid, financial aid, educational programs, and other services for disabled Black, indigenous people of color. Disability Justice Culture Club |
* Credit: Most of the information in the table above retrieved from:
New York Magazine (2020, June 25). The Strategist: 142 ways to donate in support of Black lives and communities of color. New York Magazine. Retrieved from https://nymag.com/strategist/article/where-to-donate-for-black-lives-matter.html.
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Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. Their mission is to help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. As a national online force driven by 1.7 million members, we move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America. Sign up to receive updates on campaigns and other ways you can get involved.
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Founded in 1981, Race Forward brings systemic analysis and an innovative approach to complex race issues to help people take effective action toward racial equity. Founded in 2002, CSI catalyzes community, government, and other institutions to dismantle structural racial inequity and create equitable outcomes for all. In 2017, Race Forward united with Center for Social Inclusion to become the new Race Forward. (Race Forward Website).
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