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Private foundations don’t post open calls, so nobody can search them. We read IRS filings instead — 9.6 million grants from 174,053 foundations and grantmaking charities, searchable by what the money was actually for.
12 funders with a record of paying for “decriminalize”
Where the money went
Largest: $200,000 to UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN — to develop a national research framework to decriminalize mental illness
The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS FoundationLos Angeles, CACharity · may take applications
14 matching grants · $2.1M · through 2025Largest: $1.3M to EQUALITY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE — restricted for use for hiv-decriminalization initiative and to support sub-grants to the williams institute.
Drug Policy AllianceNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
12 matching grants · $372,500 · through 2023Largest: $60,500 to VOICES OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS AND LEADERS (VOCAL-NY) — to improve lives and reduce stigma, launch a campaign to decriminalize all drugs in nys, and guide the implementation of mat in prisons/jails in nys and to promote a health equity …
Decriminalize Sex WorkAustin, TXCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $494,000 · through 2024Largest: $190,000 to Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work — to lobby state governments to pass legislation, with the ultimate goal of decriminalizing consensual adult prostitution.
Largest: $1.4M to AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC — immigrants' rights project and decriminalizing poverty
Largest: $250,000 to THE URBAN INSTITUTE — to support research on and evaluation of drug decriminalization in oregon, with an overarching goal of strengthening the quality of social support systems for people who use drugs …
Donors TrustAlexandria, VACharity · may take applications
3 matching grants · $3.6M · through 2024Largest: $1.3M to Decriminalize Sex Work — for general operations
Largest: $184,000 to SERO PROJECT INC — health not prisons hiv decriminalization state campaign support
Drug Policy ActionNew York, NYCharity · may take applications
4 matching grants · $271,000 · through 2022Largest: $150,000 to COMMIT TO CHANGE WA — to support i-1922 legislation to decriminalize drugs in washington state
Largest: $30,000 to DECRIMINALIZE SEX WORK INC — general & unrestricted
Largest: $200,000 to International Legal Foundation — to promote efforts to decriminalize poverty and status.
The San Francisco FoundationSan Francisco, CACharity · may take applications
2 matching grants · $658,500 · through 2021Largest: $543,500 to SOCIAL GOOD FUND — program - for general operating support to advance an oakland-based equine program dedicated to positively impacting the mental health of youth from low-income communities of color…
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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 →