Massachusetts · Public charity
Massachusetts Bail Fund
The Massachusetts Bail Fund pays cash bail for those who cannot afford it and works to end pre-trial detention and supervision in all of its forms.
- $19k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2022
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Massachusetts Bail Fund’s FY2024 grant dollars went to Peace Development Fund, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2024 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Itemized, FY2024
- $10k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2020 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $6.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 100% of the organizations Massachusetts Bail Fund 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 1 | $14k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $1.6M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Liberation Fund | $725,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Abortion Fund of Ohio | $50,000 | 1 | 2% |
| FANG Collective | $14,000 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 3 recipients with no EIN on record ($779k), not named here.
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About Massachusetts Bail Fund
- How much does Massachusetts Bail Fund give?
- Massachusetts Bail Fund reported 1 itemized grants totaling $10,000, out of $19,015 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2022.
- What does Massachusetts Bail Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2022, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (75%), Health (3%), Environment (1%).
- Who are Massachusetts Bail Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2022: Black Liberation Fund ($725k), Abortion Fund of Ohio ($50k), FANG Collective ($14k).
- Does Massachusetts Bail Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Where is Massachusetts Bail Fund based?
- Massachusetts Bail Fund is based in MA.
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