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ABOLITION INC

ABOLITION INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$564k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$0
Net assets
$270k
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Abolition Inc does

Mission

Abolition Inc. is a nonprofit organization that supports system-impacted LGBTQ individuals through arts, storytelling, and engagement. The organization amplifies the voices of incarcerated people, promotes public awareness, and provides material and reentry-related support.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.

Abolition Inc. initiated program services in 2025. Activities included arts-based programming and community support.

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).

  1. Arts-based publishing and storytelling programs for incarcerated individuals. Activities included creative production, contributor distributions, and correspondence. Program services supported system- impacted LGBTQ individuals.

    $132,976 spentof which $77,045 as grants
    88% of program spending

  2. Direct program aid for legal and reentry-related support. Assistance addressed immediate needs of system-impacted individuals.

    $17,301 spentof which $17,301 as grants
    11% of program spending

  3. Community support and correspondence services for system-impacted individuals. Activities included outreach, educational engagement, and mutual support efforts.

    $1,299 spent
    1% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $151,576.

02The organization over time

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Casper N Cendre

Executive director

Board chair

Trae Stats

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

03Who funds it
04Its place in the field

Against its field

ABOLITION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 904 civil rights nonprofits its size.

Operating margin44% · top quartile
Months of reserve10.7mo · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

Organizations like ABOLITION INC

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

In California

Freedom for Immigrants77%Unlock Tomorrow75%Impact Guild Inc75%Allies in Arts75%Resolution Inc (Dba California Newsreel)74%Creative Acts73%The Appeal Inc73%Artistic Resources in Action Foundation73%

Nationally

Activating Change Inc78%Justice Arts Coalition Inc77%Freedom for Immigrants77%Inclusive Abundance Initiative Inc76%Abolitionist Law Center76%Artolution Inc75%Accountable Justice Action Fund75%Black and Pink Inc75%
05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

38% of spending goes to programs.

Program 38%Management 62%Fundraising 0%

Governance

7
board members
71%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 2 states

CA
TX

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds ABOLITION INC?
ABOLITION INC (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does ABOLITION INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to ABOLITION INC.
Who is the largest funder of ABOLITION INC?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like ABOLITION INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing