Racial Justice and Equity Organizations

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1	Name of Organization	Summary	Location

2	Movement for Black Lives	The Movement for Black Lives (MB4L) was created in 2014 as a space for Black organizations across the country to debate and discuss the current political conditions, develop shared assessments of what political interventions were necessary to achieve key policy, cultural wins, convene organizational leadership in order to debate and co-create a shared movement wide strategy. Under the fundamental idea that we can achieve more together than we can separately.	National
3	NAACP	African Americans are being harmed—both in infections and fatalities—in higher percentages. The NAACP is focused on highlighting the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on the Black community and amplifying the consistent mistreatment of our communities long before there was a pandemic.	National
4	Black Lives Matter	#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives.	National
5	Teaching Tolerance	Teaching Tolerance provides free resources to educators—teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners—to create civil and inclusive school communities where children are respected, valued and welcome participants. Their program emphasizes social justice and anti-bias that encourages children and young people to challenge prejudice and learn how to be agents of change in their own lives. Our Social Justice Standards show how anti-bias education works through identity, diversity, justice and action.	National
6	Equal Justice Initiative	Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) 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. EJI provides research and recommendations to assist advocates and policymakers in the critically important work of criminal justice reform. We publish reports, discussion guides, media, and other educational materials, and our staff conduct educational tours and presentations for thousands of students, teachers, faith leaders, professional associations, community groups, and international visitors every year	National
7	Albert Cobarrubias Justice Project/Silicon Valley De-bug	The Albert Cobarrubias Justice Project (ACJP) — comprised of a network of families, organizers, and advocates — is a community organizing model aimed at equipping communities with the tools and information needed to meaningfully impact their local criminal justice system. They call the approach, “participator defense.” This approach applies a community organizing ethic to the court process; encourages the active engagement of families and communities in the defense of a loved one who has had contact with the criminal justice system; holds the public agencies that make up the criminal justice system accountable; and brings a community presence to an isolating court process. The ACJP is a program of Silicon Valley De-Bug.	National
8	ENCORE Fund for Color Of Change	To serve as a catalyst for social, political, and economic change by cultivating and deploying resources that support efforts to achieve equity for people of color. ENCORE Fund - Encouraging New Consciousness On Race and Equity. ENCORE Fund was created by a coalition of social justice advocates, philanthropists, and Black Greeks. The coalition was formed to create a platform to uplift communities of color, and to create a world where systemic injustice and structural violence no longer exists. We raise capital to collaborate with and uplift communities of color, creating a world where equality is the standard. All proceeds go directly to partnering organizations to support their efforts.	National
9	Pimento Relief Fund	We’re partnering with Pimento, a Minneapolis restaurant, to provide black business without insurance relief after white supremacists set them on fire during the protests. Our goal is to raise $1,000,000 to help these businesses recover from the damages done.	Minnesota
10	Headwaters Foundation for Justice	Headwaters Foundation for Justice (HFJ) was established in 1984 when a group of thoughtful, progressive donors got together. They believed the people who directly experienced society’s injustices were essential to ending them. They used that belief to change philanthropy’s landscape, and created a new grantmaking model—one that shifted power away from funders and placed decision-making in the hands of the people. This was the start of an innovative, community-centered, trust-centered model.	Minnesota
11	Take Action Minnesota	TakeAction Minnesota is a multi-racial people’s organization building power for a government and economy that works for all of us. We’re a hub for Minnesota’s progressive movement, bringing together people and organizations to make more politically possible. Founded in 2006, TakeAction Minnesota exists because the challenges we face are bigger than one campaign or election cycle. With offices in St. Paul, St. Cloud, and Duluth, we’re organizing to change who decides and who benefits in our democracy and our economy.	Minnesota
12	Initiate Justice	Our mission is to end mass incarceration by activating the power of the people it directly impacts. We organize our members, inside and outside of prisons, to advocate for their freedom and change criminal justice policy in California.	Bay Area/CA
13	Ella Baker Center for Human Rights	The Ella Baker Center works locally, statewide, and nationally to shift resources away from prisons and punishment and towards opportunities that make our communities safe, healthy, and strong. We believe that what you water grows. That's why we mobilize everyday people to build power and prosperity in our communities. We must engage in a process of Truth and Reinvestment: telling the truth about the impact of our country’s long history of racial injustice, building the power of those who have been harmed, and engaging them as leaders to reinvest resources in healing our communities.	Bay Area/CA/National
14	Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice	We strive to benefit Oakland natives struggling against the mass policing and gentrification of our communities. We know that systems impacted youth and young adults are the experts on the issues affecting their own lives and must be involved in developing the policies that affect them. We are formerly incarcerated and systems impacted leaders dedicated to providing training and technical assistance to elevate youth voice and power.	Bay Area
15	United Roots	Youth members of United Roots have been highly impacted by street, domestic, sexual, emotional and/or economic violence. Since our opening in 2009, we have engaged over 5,000 low-income youth of color, and have an average youth membership of 200 youth a year, engaging up to 1,000 youth a year in events and community projects. United Roots houses many programs and community projects, and these programs create an ecosystem of opportunities for our young people.	Bay Area
16	Legal Services for Prisoners and Children	Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) is one of the first organizations in the country that was formed to support people in prison, specifically women, at a time when their struggles were nearly invisible. We have seeded and served as an incubator to trailblazing organizations like Critical Resistance, Justice Now, California Coalition for Women Prisoners, Prison Activist Resource Center and more. We have litigated dozens of cases resulting in trendsetting legal standards including expanding alternatives to incarceration, ending long term solitary confinement in California, and the protection of pregnant incarcerated women. Not only has our legal work protected the human rights and health of millions of currently and formerly incarcerated people, we’ve trained hundreds of attorneys and legal workers along the way.	Bay Area/CA
17	East Oakland Collective	The East Oakland Collective (EOC) is a member-based community organizing group invested in serving the communities of deep East Oakland by working towards racial and economic equity. With programming in civic engagement and leadership, economic empowerment and homeless services and solutions, we help amplify underserved communities from the ground up. We are committed to driving impact in the landscape, politics and economic climate of deep East Oakland. East Oakland Collective is a fiscally sponsored project of Social Good Fund.	Bay Area
18	Young Women's Freedom Center	Founded in 1993, Young Women’s Freedom Center (YWFC) is a leadership and advocacy organization led by systems-involved young and adult women and transgender gender non-conforming (TGNC) people of color who have grown up in poverty, worked in the underground street economy, and have been criminalized by social services such as foster care, welfare, and the mental health systems.	Bay Area/CA
19	The Justice Collaborative	The Justice Collaborative supplies deep legal, policy, communications, and networking support to visionary leaders and organizations working to end dehumanization and extreme vulnerability and build in their place a society with dignity and freedom for all of us, starting with those who are the most vulnerable.	National
20	Showing Up for Racial Justice	SURJ is a national network of groups and individuals working to undermine white supremacy and to work toward racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability. We work to connect people across the country while supporting and collaborating with local and national racial justice organizing efforts. SURJ provides a space to build relationships, skills and political analysis to act for change.	National
21	The National Council	Our mission is to end incarceration of women and girls. We do this by providing a membership platform of technical support, complex coalition building, and comprehensive resources that assist local initiatives to organize toward our shared goal of shifting from a criminal legal system to one based on human justice.	National
22	The Highlander Center	We are a catalyst for grassroots organizing and movement building in Appalachia and the South. We work with people fighting for justice, equality and sustainability, supporting their efforts to take collective action to shape their own destiny.	Appalachia/South
23	The Fund for Black Newspapers	Black newspapers urgently need funding to provide the kind of leadership and good information that Black readers seek in this moment. Dozens of papers have partnered with Local Media Foundation to establish this fund program for participating Black news outlets — a key program of The Fund for Local Journalism — to support coverage of issues and protests surrounding the death of George Floyd for the benefit of Black readers. In addition, LMF will work with Black publishers to help them collaborate and share their content with each other as they cover these issues.	National
24	ACLU	Black people are being murdered and brutalized by police with near impunity. Act with us to end police brutality, demand racial justice, and defend our right to protest. Your donation will fuel our legal battles and urgent advocacy efforts.	National
25	Brooklyn Community Bail Fund	Brooklyn Community Bail Fund secures the freedom of New Yorkers who would otherwise be detained pretrial due to their poverty alone. We are committed to challenging the criminalization of race, poverty and immigration status, the practice of putting a price on fundamental rights, and the persistent myth that bail is a necessary element of the justice system.	New York
26	Chicago Community Bond Fund	The Chicago Community Bond Fund (CCBF) pays bond for people charged with crimes in Cook County, Illinois. Through a revolving fund, CCBF supports individuals whose communities cannot afford to pay the bonds themselves and who have been impacted by structural violence. Inability to pay bond results in higher rates of conviction, longer sentences, loss of housing and jobs, separation of families, and lost custody of children. By paying bond, CCBF restores the presumption of innocence before trial and enables recipients to remain free while fighting their cases. CCBF also engages in public education about the role of bond in the criminal legal system and advocates for the abolition of money bond. CCBF is committed to long-term relationship building and organizing with people most directly impacted by criminalization and policing.	Illinois
27	Northwest Community Bail Fund	The Northwest Community Bail Fund is a nonprofit organization advocating for bail reform and working to minimize the harm of the cash bail system by paying bail for people who would otherwise spend the pre-trial time in jail.	Washington
28	Bail Project Inc	The Bail Project National Revolving Bail Fund is a critical tool to prevent incarceration and combat racial and economic disparities in the bail system.	National
29	National Police Accountability Project	NPAP is a non-profit public interest organization dedicated to ending police abuse of authority through coordinated legal action, public education, and support for, and cooperation with, grassroots and victims organizations pursuing the same objectives.	National
30	The Loveland Foundation Therapy Fund	Loveland Therapy Fund provides financial assistance to Black women and girls nationally seeking therapy.	National
31	Unicorn Riot	Unicorn Riot is dedicated to exposing the root causes of dynamic social and environmental issues and exploring alternatives	National
32	Marshall Project	The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about the U.S. criminal justice system	National
33	Dream Corps	Dream Corps has the following 4 initiatives: - #cut50, a bipartisan initiative to reduce crime and incarceration in all 50 states. We empower people impacted by the criminal justice system to tell their stories. We advance policies to keep families together, make our communities safer, and deliver justice and healing. - #YesWeCode, which helps 100,000 young women and men of diverse backgrounds find success in the tech sector. Nearly 70% of our program graduates have secured internships, apprenticeships, or full-time jobs in the tech sector. Co-founded by Prince and Van Jones, Prince's commitment to ensuring that young people of color have a voice in the tech sector continues to help future visionaries create the tech of tomorrow. - Green For All, which works to build an inclusive green economy by moving $1 trillion dollars from polluters' pockets into low-income communities. Our goal is to make sure people of color and working families have a place and a voice in the climate movement. - #LoveArmy, a national network of people committed to mobilizing our grassroots network of over 130,000 people in all 50 states to stand up to hate, heal divides and work for a positive, inclusive future.	National
34	Race Forward	Race Forward advances racial justice through research, media and practice. 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. Race Forward publishes the daily news site Colorlines and presents Facing Race, the country’s largest multiracial conference on racial justice. Race Forward’s mission is to build awareness, solutions and leadership for racial justice by generating transformative ideas, information and experiences. We define racial justice as the systematic fair treatment of people of all races, resulting in equitable opportunities and outcomes for all and we work to advance racial justice through media, research, and leadership development.	National
35	Advancement Project	Rooted in the great human rights struggles for equality and justice. We exist to fulfill America's promise of a caring, inclusive and just democracy.	National
36	National Urban League	The National Urban League is a historic civil rights organization dedicated to economic empowerment in order to elevate the standard of living in historically underserved urban communities.	National
37	African American Board Leadership Institute	The mission of the African American Board Leadership Institute is to strengthen nonprofit, public and private organizations through recruiting, preparing and assisting with the placement of African Americans on a broad range of governing boards.	National
38	National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering	NACME is the largest provider of college scholarships for underrepresented minorities pursuing degrees at schools of engineering. Our mission is to enrich society with an American workforce that champions diversity in STEM by increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in engineering and computer science.	National
39	United Negro College Fund	“A mind is a terrible thing to waste.” For more than seven decades, this principle has remained at the heart of UNCF, enabling us to raise more than $5 billion and help more than 500,000 students and counting not just attend college, but thrive, graduate and become leaders.	National
40	CODE2040	Our mission is to activate, connect, and mobilize the largest racial equity community in tech to dismantle the structural barriers that prevent the full participation and leadership of Black and Latinx people in the innovation economy.	National
41	Black Futures Lab	Black Futures Lab works with Black people to transform our communities, building Black political power and changing the way that power operates—locally, statewide, and nationally.	National
42	Campaign Zero	We can live in a world where the police don't kill people by limiting police interventions, improving community interactions, and ensuring accountability. Campaign Zero is the comprehensive platform of research-based policy solutions to end police brutality in America.	National
43	Freedom Fund Network	Each day, tens of thousands of LGBTQ people are held in jail or immigration detention because they cannot afford bail—for immigration status or charges like sleeping in public. With your help, the Freedom Fund posts bail to secure their release and safety. In tandem, we raise awareness of the epidemic of LGBTQ overincarceration. We strive towards a critical mass against mass detention.	National
44	The Marsha P. Johnson Institute	The Marsha P. Johnson Institute (MPJI) protects and defends the human rights of BLACK transgender people. We do this by organizing, advocating, creating an intentional community to heal, developing transformative leadership, and promoting our collective power.	National
45	Transgender Law Center	Transgender Law Center changes law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live safely, authentically, and free from discrimination regardless of their gender identity or expression.	National
46	Black Visions Collective	Black Visions Collective (BLVC) believes in a future where all Black people have autonomy, safety is community-led, and we are in right relationship within our ecosystems.	National
47	Black AIDS Institute	Our mission is to stop the AIDS epidemic in Black communities by engaging and mobilizing Black institutions and individuals in efforts to confront HIV.	National
48	Big Brothers Big Sisters of America	Now more than ever, vulnerable children and families are facing increased anxiety, stress, fear, and worry. We are taking immediate action to maintain and support the vital, life-changing mentoring relationships we facilitate, coach and support in order to fight social isolation of our most vulnerable young people and families.	National
49	Forward Together	Forward Together is a multi-racial organization that works with community leaders and organizations to transform culture and policy to catalyze social change. Our mission is to ensure that women, youth and families have the power and resources they need to reach their full potential. By developing strong leaders, building networks across communities, and implementing innovative campaigns, we are making our mission a reality.	National
50	The Center for Constitutional Rights	The Center for Constitutional Rights is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the creative use of law as a positive force for social change. CCR uses litigation proactively to advance the law in a positive direction, to empower poor communities and communities of color, to guarantee the rights of those with the fewest protections and least access to legal resources, to train the next generation of constitutional and human rights attorneys, and to strengthen the broader movement for constitutional and human rights. Our work began on behalf of civil rights activists, and over the last four decades CCR has lent its expertise and support to virtually every popular movement for social justice.	National
51	The US Human Rights Network	The US Human Rights Network is a national network of organizations and individuals working to strengthen a human rights movement and culture within the United States led by the people most directly impacted by human rights violations. They work to secure dignity and justice for all.	National
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