California · Public charity
The Bail Project Inc
The bail project ("tbp") is a national nonprofit organization that pays bail for people in need, reuniting families and restoring the presumption of innocence. See schedule o for continuationtbp posts bail on behalf of their clients and helps them return to court by providing reminders of their court appearances, helping solve problems…
- $510k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 40%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $75,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $345,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 2 to 9
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $59M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 40% of the organizations The Bail Project Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $510k | 25% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $703k | 40% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $2.9M | 29% |
| FY2022 | 9 | $2.0M | 22% |
| FY2021 | 9 | $392k | 78% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $58k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operation Restoration | $1,749,894 | 6 | 19% |
| Community Advocates for Just and Moral Governance | $1,694,300 | 3 | 21% |
| Freedom Community Center | $1,021,700 | 4 | 22% |
| Lawndale Christian Legal Center | $900,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Highlander Research & Education Center Inc | $324,800 | 3 | 1% |
| Craven County Community Bail Fund | $182,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Texas Organizing Project Education Fund | $96,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Excelsior Wellness | $91,793 | 3 | 0% |
| Texas Organizing Project | $91,771 | 2 | n/a |
| Jail Project of Texas | $88,342 | 2 | 20% |
Show all 16 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operation Restoration | $1,749,894 | 6 | 19% |
| Community Advocates for Just and Moral Governance | $1,694,300 | 3 | 21% |
| Freedom Community Center | $1,021,700 | 4 | 22% |
| Lawndale Christian Legal Center | $900,000 | 1 | 15% |
| Highlander Research & Education Center Inc | $324,800 | 3 | 1% |
| Craven County Community Bail Fund | $182,750 | 3 | n/a |
| Texas Organizing Project Education Fund | $96,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Excelsior Wellness | $91,793 | 3 | 0% |
| Texas Organizing Project | $91,771 | 2 | n/a |
| Jail Project of Texas | $88,342 | 2 | 20% |
| The Bronx Freedom Fund Inc | $83,731 | 2 | 93% |
| The Liberty Initiative Inc | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Liberty Initiative Fund | $49,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Operation Liberation | $48,750 | 1 | n/a |
| Restoring Justice | $27,199 | 2 | 3% |
| Mano Amiga Sm | $9,700 | 1 | 2% |
Where it is load-bearing
The Bail Project Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 12 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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: Vera Institute of Justice Inc · Borealis Philanthropy · Tides Center · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Impactassetsinc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Bail Project Inc
- How much does The Bail Project Inc give?
- The Bail Project Inc reported 4 grants totaling $509,730 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 2 and 9 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does The Bail Project Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (52%), Human Services (24%), Community Improvement (16%).
- Who are The Bail Project Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Operation Restoration ($1.7M), Community Advocates for Just and Moral Governance ($1.7M), Freedom Community Center ($1.0M).
- Does The Bail Project Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 40% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Bail Project Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Vera Institute of Justice Inc, Borealis Philanthropy, Tides Center.
- Where is The Bail Project Inc based?
- The Bail Project Inc is based in CA.
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