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Form 990-PFTax year 2024EIN 77-0457185

Fund for Nonviolence

A private foundation in Berkeley, CA. Its return for tax year 2024 lists 80 grants and $9.5 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2024 (period ending Dec 31, 2024), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

7 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2024

    $9,480,000

    Grants listed
    80
    Assets, end of year
    $73,162,882

  • Tax year 2023

    $5,649,000

    Grants listed
    65
    Assets, end of year
    $69,849,246

  • Tax year 2022

    $3,765,500

    Grants listed
    67
    Assets, end of year
    $3,849,401

  • Tax year 2021

    $3,395,000

    Grants listed
    56
    Assets, end of year
    $8,774,730

  • Tax year 2020

    $2,858,000

    Grants listed
    77
    Assets, end of year
    $7,363,383

  • Tax year 2019

    $1,445,500

    Grants listed
    43
    Assets, end of year
    $3,111,175

  • Tax year 2018

    $1,435,000

    Grants listed
    38
    Assets, end of year
    $3,235,787

Grants paid in 2024

80 grants, largest first

As listed on the return. Grants to individuals show as “Individual”, with purpose and amount only.

  1. PolicyLinkOakland, CA

    Program Support

    $1,000,000
  2. Equal Justice USASilver Spring, MD

    Program Support

    $1,000,000
  3. Equal Justice USASilver Spring, MD

    Program Support

    $500,000
  4. PolicyLinkOakland, CA

    Program Support

    $500,000
  5. Center For Death Penalty LitigationDurham, NC

    Program Support

    $472,000
  6. Equal Justice USASilver Spring, MD

    Program Support

    $350,000
  7. Center For Death Penalty LitigationDurham, NC

    Program Support

    $260,000
  8. Individual

    Program Support

    $250,000
  9. Tides CenterLos Angeles, CA

    Program Support

    $250,000
  10. Ohioans to Stop ExecutionsColumbus, OH

    Program Support

    $225,000
  11. Alliance for Safety and JusticeOakland, CA

    Program Support

    $170,000
  12. Individual

    Program Support

    $155,000
  13. Native Americans in PhilanthropyWashington, DC

    Program Support

    $150,000
  14. Tides FoundationLos Angeles, CA

    Program Support

    $150,000
  15. NEO PhilanthropyNew York, NY

    Program Support

    $130,000
  16. Catholic Mobilizing NetworkWashington, DC

    Program Support

    $125,000
  17. Witness to InnocencePhiladelphia, PA

    Program Support

    $125,000
  18. Get Free Movement FundLos Angeles, CA

    Program Support

    $125,000
  19. Center For Death Penalty LitigationDurham, NC

    Program Support

    $115,000
  20. Advancing Real Change IncBaltimore, MD

    Program Support

    $110,000
  21. NC Coalition for Alts to Death PenaDurham, NC

    Program Support

    $100,000
  22. Promise of Justice InitiativeNew Orleans, LA

    Program Support

    $100,000
  23. NV Coalition Against Death PenaltyReno, NV

    Program Support

    $100,000
  24. Individual

    Program Support

    $100,000
  25. Equity and TransformationBerwyn, IL

    Program Support

    $100,000
  26. Common JusticeBrooklyn, NY

    Program Support

    $100,000
  27. HUBB Arts and Trauma CenterNewark, NJ

    Program Support

    $100,000
  28. TX Coalition to Abolish Death PenalAustin, TX

    Program Support

    $90,000
  29. Individual

    Program Support

    $90,000
  30. Individual

    Program Support

    $85,000
  31. Individual

    Program Support

    $80,000
  32. Individual

    Program Support

    $75,000
  33. Individual

    Program Support

    $75,000
  34. KY Coalition to Abolish Death PenalLouisville, KY

    Program Support

    $75,000
  35. Individual

    Program Support

    $75,000
  36. Social Good FundRichmond, CA

    Program Support

    $75,000
  37. Individual

    Program Support

    $75,000
  38. Equal Justice USASilver Spring, MD

    Program Support

    $73,000
  39. Tides FoundationLos Angeles, CA

    Program Support

    $60,000
  40. The Phillips Black ProjectOakland, CA

    Program Support

    $50,000
  41. Individual

    Program Support

    $50,000
  42. Individual

    Program Support

    $50,000
  43. Third Space FoundationOklahoma City, OK

    Program Support

    $50,000
  44. Win Without War Education FundWashington, DC

    Program Support

    $50,000
  45. Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IWashington, DC

    Program Support

    $50,000
  46. Momentum CommunityLong Beach, CA

    Program Support

    $50,000
  47. Ella Baker Center for Human RightsOakland, CA

    Program Support

    $50,000
  48. Individual

    Program Support

    $50,000
  49. Beloved Community Center of GreensbGreensboro, NC

    Program Support

    $50,000
  50. Essie Justice GroupOakland, CA

    Program Support

    $50,000
  51. Pillars of the CommunitySan Diego, CA

    Program Support

    $50,000
  52. Community PartnersLos Angeles, CA

    Program Support

    $50,000
  53. Arizona Coalition for ChangePhoenix, AZ

    Program Support

    $50,000
  54. Center for Empowered Politics EducaOakland, CA

    Program Support

    $50,000
  55. Individual

    Program Support

    $50,000
  56. Equal Justice SocietyOakland, CA

    Program Support

    $50,000
  57. FirstRepairEvanston, IL

    Program Support

    $50,000
  58. FORCE DetroitDetroit, MI

    Program Support

    $50,000
  59. Individual

    Program Support

    $50,000
  60. Just Communities ArizonaTucson, AZ

    Program Support

    $50,000
  61. Legal Services for Prisoners with COakland, CA

    Program Support

    $50,000
  62. Mothering JusticeDetroit, MI

    Program Support

    $50,000
  63. Individual

    Program Support

    $50,000
  64. SOWEGA RisingAlbany, GA

    Program Support

    $50,000
  65. The Ahimsa CollectiveOakland, CA

    Program Support

    $50,000
  66. Individual

    Program Support

    $45,000
  67. Silicon Valley De-BugSan Jose, CA

    Program Support

    $40,000
  68. Silicon Valley De-BugSan Jose, CA

    Program Support

    $40,000
  69. Individual

    Program Support

    $25,000
  70. Center for Third World OrganizingOakland, CA

    Program Support

    $25,000
  71. Womens Foundation of CASanta Cruz, CA

    Program Support

    $25,000
  72. Individual

    Program Support

    $25,000
  73. American Friends of Combatants forNew York, NY

    Program Support

    $25,000
  74. Legal Services for Prisoners with COakland, CA

    Program Support

    $25,000
  75. Tides CenterLos Angeles, CA

    Program Support

    $25,000
  76. Ploughshares FundSan Francisco, CA

    Program Support

    $20,000
  77. Common Defense Education Fund IncNew York, NY

    Program Support

    $20,000
  78. Initiate JusticeLos Angeles, CA

    Program Support

    $20,000
  79. Texas Civil Rights ProjectAustin, TX

    Program Support

    $20,000
  80. Individual

    Program Support

    $10,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Civil rights12 grants $2,673,00040% of the total
  2. Community development4 grants $1,600,00024% of the total
  3. Crime and legal aid10 grants $1,472,00022% of the total
  4. Human services5 grants $280,0004% of the total
  5. Education4 grants $200,0003% of the total
  6. Public affairs1 grant $130,0002% of the total
  7. 5 other causes7 grants $365,0005% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. California26 grants $3,050,000
  2. New York8 grants $2,198,000
  3. North Carolina5 grants $997,000
  4. District of Columbia4 grants $375,000
  5. Ohio1 grant $225,000
  6. Illinois2 grants $150,000
  7. Pennsylvania1 grant $125,000
  8. Maryland1 grant $110,000
  9. Texas2 grants $110,000
  10. Arizona2 grants $100,000

Officers, directors and trustees

6 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Mona CadenaChair/Dir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Betsy FairbanksPres/CEO/Dir Hours 40Pay $326,822
  • Megan Kennedy-ChoaneDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Raquiba LabrieDirector Hours 1Pay $0
  • Carol MalnickTreas/Dir Hours 1Pay $0
  • Lynda MarinSect'y/Dir Hours 1Pay $0

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