Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION
FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,119,660 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($4,781,500). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 42
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $6.7M
What Families Against Mandatory Minimums Foundation does
Mission
Our mission is to create a more fair and effective justice system that respects our american values of individual accountability and dignity while keeping our communities safe.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
State programs: famm's state work has two components: (1) project states, which are the states in which we have aggressive, full-scale campaigns for reform led by in-state project directors, and (2) opportunity states, which are states in which we see an opportunity for reform, we seek to bring a unique or additional voice to the discussion, or are invited to testify or weigh in on a proposed reform. Family outreach and storytelling: famm's greatest asset has always been the stories of our members. Famm maintains a large network of families and formerly incarcerated people across the country to aid us in our fight for reform. We provide intensive training in storytelling and advocacy, and in turn highlight member stories and connect members to direct advocacy. Such opportunities include testifying before legislators, meeting with lawmakers and other officials, and speaking with the media.
$2,256,171 spentof which $66,000 as grants68% of program spendingFederal programs: famm is focused on eliminating federal mandatory minimum sentencing laws and improving advisory guidelines so that judges can make individualized assessments of offenders. We also work in prison policy reform, supporting policies that provide incarcerated individuals access to meaningful work and educational opportunities, as well as substance abuse and mental health treatment. We believe that all corrections facilities should be safe and that individuals who are incarcerated should remain close to their homes in order to maintain important family bonds. In our work to educate policymakers on these issues, famm hosts capitol hill lobby days, panels, and briefings; testifies before legislators; and advocates presidential pardons and commutations.
$1,038,107 spent32% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,294,278.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $3.6M to $6.4M (+79%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
95% of FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
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.
Board chair
Julie Stewart
Board chair & founder
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 9 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $1.8M → $2.4M.
23 of 42 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 61% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 42 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
79% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 73% · 2019 61% · 2020 34% · 2021 50% · 2022 32% · 2023 44% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
38% of FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
61% of FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $7.1M that is directly attributable, 88% of it comes from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 8 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M arriving through sponsors registered in 13 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION's revenue fell 40% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
77% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 46 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Families Against Mandatory Minimums · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION?
- FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 42 organizations whose IRS filings report $18,119,660 to it, the largest being Silicon Valley Community Foundation ($4,781,500). 21 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 61% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 42 organizations giving $18,119,660 in grants to FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION, 21 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION?
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $4,781,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAMILIES AGAINST MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOUNDATION find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 42 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