Alabama · Public charity
Equal Justice Initiative
Refer to schedule o.
- $37M
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $30M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $30,000,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $30,000,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2022 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $475M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 100% of the organizations Equal Justice Initiative funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $30M | 0% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $20M | 100% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $375k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Legacy Foundation | $50,000,000 | 2 | 100% |
| West Alabama Food Bank Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Fathers of St Edmund Southern Missions Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Montgomery AIDS Outreach Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Greater Birmingham Ministries | $50,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Food Bank of East Alabama Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| The Society of St Andrew Inc | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Helping Hand Food Ministry | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Alabama Power Foundation Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Equal Justice Initiative
- How much does Equal Justice Initiative give?
- Equal Justice Initiative reported 1 itemized grants totaling $30,000,000, out of $37,004,966 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2023.
- What does Equal Justice Initiative fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2024, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (99%), Food & Nutrition (1%).
- Who are Equal Justice Initiative's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2024: The Legacy Foundation ($50M), West Alabama Food Bank Inc ($100k), Fathers of St Edmund Southern Missions Inc ($50k).
- Does Equal Justice Initiative fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Equal Justice Initiative?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alabama Power Foundation Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is Equal Justice Initiative based?
- Equal Justice Initiative is based in AL.
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