The Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River in Selma

Grant recipient EIN 95-4153420Civil rights

Who funds Death Penalty Focus?

15 private foundations gave Death Penalty Focus in Sacramento, CA $210,049 across 38 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

Grants received by year

Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

38 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. Lawrence E & Elaine Smith Irell FoundationSanta Monica, CA 2025

    To assist the organization in maintaining its commitment to bringing about the abolition of the death penalty.

    $15,000
  2. Ploughshares FoundationHighland Park, IL 2025

    General

    $6,000
  3. Lawrence E & Elaine Smith Irell FoundationSanta Monica, CA 2024

    To assist the organization in maintaining its commitment to bringing about the abolition of the death penalty.

    $7,000
  4. Ploughshares FoundationHighland Park, IL 2024

    General

    $6,000
  5. The Katie McGrath & JJ Abrams Family FoundationEncino, CA 2024

    Unrestricted support

    $5,000
  6. The Rosenthal Family FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2024

    To support new medical technologies and ensuring that medical care is a right for all and not a privilege

    $500
  7. Bruce Ford Brown Memorial TrustWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $500
  8. David D Dodge FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    General & Unrestricted

    $350
  9. Lawrence E & Elaine Smith Irell FoundationSanta Monica, CA 2023

    To assist the organization in maintaining its commitment to bringing about the abolition of the death penalty.

    $6,000
  10. The Ettinger Foundation IncNew York, NY 2023

    General support

    $5,000
  11. Ploughshares FoundationHighland Park, IL 2023

    General

    $5,000
  12. The Huneeus FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2023

    General operating purposes

    $2,500
  13. The Rosenthal Family FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2023

    To support equality and justice under the law, as well as mutual aid for populations in need.

    $500
  14. Bruce Ford Brown Memorial TrustWilmington, DE 2023

    General & Unrestricted

    $500
  15. Hall Family Foundation IRRV TREncino, CA 2023

    Humanitarian

    $258
  16. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $159
  17. Champions of Love Foundation IncBoston, MA 2022

    General

    $50,000
  18. Fund for NonviolenceBerkeley, CA 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $25,000
  19. Ploughshares FoundationHighland Park, IL 2022

    General

    $5,000
  20. Dudley T Dougherty Foundation IncIssaquah, WA 2022

    Organizing and communication support to accelerate death penalty abolition

    $2,200
  21. The Huneeus FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2022

    General operating purposes

    $2,000
  22. The Rosenthal Family FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2022

    Unrestricted grant

    $500
  23. Bruce Ford Brown Memorial TrustWilmington, DE 2022

    General & Unrestricted

    $500
  24. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $185
  25. Ada Brandon Charitable Foundation IncRandolph Ctr, VT 2022

    General Donation

    $25
  26. Dudley T Dougherty Foundation IncIssaquah, WA 2021

    General support

    $10,000
  27. Ploughshares FoundationHighland Park, IL 2021

    General

    $5,000
  28. The Katie McGrath & JJ Abrams Family FoundationEncino, CA 2021

    Unrestricted support

    $5,000
  29. The Rosenthal Family FoundationLos Angeles, CA 2021

    Unrestricted grant

    $1,000
  30. Bruce Ford Brown Memorial TrustWilmington, DE 2021

    General & Unrestricted

    $500
  31. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $155
  32. Ploughshares FoundationHighland Park, IL 2020

    General

    $5,000
  33. Bruce Ford Brown Memorial TrustWilmington, DE 2020

    General & Unrestricted

    $500
  34. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $217
  35. The Ray and Wyn Ritchie Evans FoundationCulver City, CA 2019

    General

    $11,000
  36. Dudley T Dougherty Foundation IncIssaquah, WA 2019

    General support

    $8,000
  37. Bruce Ford Brown Memorial TrustWilmington, DE 2019

    General & Unrestricted

    $500
  38. The Ray and Wyn Ritchie Evans FoundationCulver City, CA 2018

    General

    $17,500

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other civil rights organizations in Sacramento, CA and are not among Death Penalty Focus’s funders above.

  1. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 31 grants Preselected only $2,247,600 to similar organizations
  2. Sierra Health FoundationSacramento, CA 7 grants Accepts applications $45,250 to similar organizations
  3. The California Wellness FoundationLos Angeles, CA 11 grants Accepts applications $945,500 to similar organizations
  4. The Robert Wood Johnson FoundationPrinceton, NJ 8 grants Accepts applications $705,100 to similar organizations
  5. California Physicians' Service FDN DBA Blue Shield of California FDNSan Francisco, CA 26 grants Accepts applications $7,775,000 to similar organizations
  6. The James Irvine FoundationSan Francisco, CA 14 grants Preselected only $3,048,750 to similar organizations
  7. College Futures FoundationOakland, CA 8 grants Preselected only $2,730,000 to similar organizations
  8. Laura and John Arnold FoundationHouston, TX 4 grants Preselected only $1,464,324 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 95-4153420 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.