The funder's latest Form 990-PF says it gives only to organizations it has already chosen and does not accept unsolicited requests. An introduction is usually the only route.
No public data foundThe return states a posture but gives no instructions.
Application policy: Funds preselected organizations only, as stated on the FY2024 return.
What its returns show
Stated the same way on all 9 Form 990-PF returns on record (FY2016 to FY2024).
Philanthropy and grantmaking
25 grants on file · $679K · FY2016–2025
IRS 990 · FY2025
On its FY2024 Form 990-PF return this foundation listed grants to 2 named recipients.
These lines count this foundation's own Form 990-PF returns that the IRS has published as data. An amended return replaces its original. They describe past returns only.
This is a count from past returns. It does not say the foundation will consider a new request. How it is counted: names are compared as written on the returns, without "The" at the start, without endings such as "Inc" or "LLC", and without spaces and punctuation. A recipient also counts as already listed when our records link it to the same organization as an earlier recipient, or when its name is almost the same as an earlier name (a trigram similarity of 0.8 or more, where 1 means identical). The state on the grant row is not compared. Grants that the foundation marked as paid to an individual, such as a scholarship, are left out of both numbers, and no count is shown when most of its grants are marked that way. A person whom the foundation did not mark as an individual is still counted as a recipient. A recipient can still look new when its name is written very differently from year to year, and two different recipients with almost the same name can be counted as one.
Application guidance comes from the funder's own Form 990-PF, Part XV (the section where a private foundation says how to apply), shown as filed. It is the funder's words, not ours. These fields are free text and the IRS form cuts them short. Filers sometimes put whole sentences in the contact-name box. Shown exactly as filed.
Financials
Grants paid
$90K
FY2025 · grants and similar amounts paid
Total assets
$568K
FY2025 · end of year
Revenue
$95.8K
FY2025
Expenses
$94.1K
FY2025
Grants paid by year
Total assets by year
Where the money went · FY2025
Program services96%
Management and general4%
Fundraising0%
Form 990 splits expenses into program services, management and fundraising. The split is self-reported, and a grantmaker, a research institute and a direct-service nonprofit book the same work differently. A line the return does not carry reads "not available"; it is never counted as zero.
Year
Form
Revenue
Expenses
Grants paid
Assets
Net assets
FY2025
990
$95,776
$94,057
$90,000
$567,765
Figures are as reported on the e-filed return, with no restatement. Fiscal years are the funder's own tax year, labelled by the calendar year the period ends in. A blank line means the return does not carry that figure; a real zero shows as $0. When an amended return replaces an original, every figure here uses the amended return. The original is not shown. Giving is what the funder actually paid out toward its charitable purpose in the year (qualifying distributions on Form 990-PF, charitable disbursements otherwise). Assets are what it holds; giving is what moves.
What they fund
Recipient focus areas
Social science$196K · 5
Human services$160K · 7
Crime and legal$125K · 4
Civil rights$38.5K · 1
Where recipients are
CO$288K · 9
NY$218K · 6
NC$123K · 5
GA$30K · 3
AL$10K · 1
VI$10K · 1
Based on the 68% of grant rows we could match to an organization record. The rest stay as reported. The IRS assigns the NTEE category when it grants exemption. It often reflects the original filing, not today's giving.
Grants paid
25 on file
Recipient
Purpose
Amount
Year
Source
THE INNOCENCE PROJECTMatched to this organization because 10 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.NEW YORK, NY
INVESTIGATE WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS
$100,000
2019
Recipients are shown as the funder wrote them on the return. A recipient with a link was matched to an organization record; the rest stay as reported and are never guessed. Some links come from other funders' returns: when three or more of them wrote the same name and state with one EIN, and the city on this row matches, we use that EIN. The name on this row is still shown as this funder wrote it.
Officers and directors
Name
Title
Hours / week
Compensation
Stephen M Bruckner
PRESIDENT
0.10
$0
Kelly G Hamer
SECRETARY
0.10
$0
Jim M Perdue Jr
TREASURER
0.10
$0
Donald H Kidd
BOARD MEMBER
From the officer list on the latest e-filed return. Compensation is as reported there; a blank means the return carries no figure.
TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR TRIAL SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMS.
$40,500
2021
NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUNDMatched to this organization because 6 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2024. Counted Oct 9, 2026.NEW YORK, NY
TO ASSIST WITH COVID NEEDS AND SUPPORT EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE RACIAL JUSTICE AND EQUALITY
TO SUPPORT STATEWIDE PROJECT TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE DEATH PENALTY.
$30,000
2021
NATL INSTITUTE FOR TRIAL ADVOCACYBOULDER, CO
PROMOTE TRIAL ADVOCACY THROUGH EDUC
$20,000
2016
THE CENTER FOR DEATH PENALTY LITIGATIONDURHAM, NC
GRANT FUNDING TO PROVIDE REPRESENTATION TO THOSE ON DEATH ROW AS WELL AS PROVIDING CONSULTING, RESEARCH AND TRAINING SERVICES TO ATTORNEYS.
$18,000
2024
NATL INSTITUTE FOR TRIAL ADVOCACYBOULDER, CO
PROMOTE TRIAL ADVOCACY THROUGH EDUC
$12,000
2018
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTERMONTGOMERY, AL
FIGHT BOGOTRY / EQUAL JUSTICE
$10,000
2017
LEGAL SVCS OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDSSAINT CROIX, VI
ACCESS TO JUSTICE - THOSE IN POVERTY
$10,000
2017
GIDEON'S PROMISEMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2021 to 2023. Counted Oct 9, 2026.ATLANTA, GA
INDIGENT DEFENSE REFORM
$10,000
2018
GIDEON'S PROMISEMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2021 to 2023. Counted Oct 9, 2026.ATLANTA, GA
INDIGENT DEFENSE REFORM
$10,000
2017
THE INNOCENCE PROJECTMatched to this organization because 10 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.NEW YORK, NY
INVESTIGATE WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS
$10,000
2017
NATL INSTITUTE FOR TRIAL ADVOCACYBOULDER, CO
PROMOTE TRIAL ADVOCACY THROUGH EDUC
$10,000
2017
THE INNOCENCE PROJECTMatched to this organization because 10 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.NEW YORK, NY
THE INNOCENCE PROJECTMatched to this organization because 10 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2020 to 2025. Counted Oct 9, 2026.NEW YORK, NY
INVESTIGATE WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS
$10,000
2018
GIDEON'S PROMISEMatched to this organization because 3 grant-making charities wrote this name with its EIN. Source: Schedule I of their Form 990 returns, fiscal years 2021 to 2023. Counted Oct 9, 2026.ATLANTA, GA