This is an online portal with information on donations that were announced publicly (or have been shared with permission) that were of interest to Vipul Naik. The git repository with the code for this portal, as well as all the underlying data, is available on GitHub. All payment amounts are in current United States dollars (USD). The repository of donations is being seeded with an initial collation by Issa Rice as well as continued contributions from him (see his commits and the contract work page listing all financially compensated contributions to the site) but all responsibility for errors and inaccuracies belongs to Vipul Naik. Current data is preliminary and has not been completely vetted and normalized; if sharing a link to this site or any page on this site, please include the caveat that the data is preliminary (if you want to share without including caveats, please check with Vipul Naik). We expect to have completed the first round of development by the end of July 2026. See the about page for more details. Also of interest: pageview data on analytics.vipulnaik.com, tutorial in README, request for feedback to EA Forum.
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Facebook page | equaljusticeinitiative |
| Website | http://www.eji.org |
| Twitter username | eji_org |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Justice_Initiative |
| Instagram username | eji_org |
| Cause area | Count | Median | Mean | Minimum | 10th percentile | 20th percentile | 30th percentile | 40th percentile | 50th percentile | 60th percentile | 70th percentile | 80th percentile | 90th percentile | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 16 | 300,000 | 808,438 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 160,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 300,000 | 525,000 | 850,000 | 1,000,000 | 2,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
| FIXME | 12 | 250,000 | 481,250 | 50,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 500,000 | 525,000 | 600,000 | 850,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Special Projects | 1 | 160,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 | 160,000 |
| Criminal justice reform | 1 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Diversity | 1 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Other | 1 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 | 5,000,000 |
| Donor | Total | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2009 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (filter this donee) | 6,000,000.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Ford Foundation (filter this donee) | 5,725,000.00 | 0.00 | 500,000.00 | 2,250,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 600,000.00 | 400,000.00 | 950,000.00 | 525,000.00 | 250,000.00 |
| Google.org (filter this donee) | 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,000,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Hewlett Foundation (filter this donee) | 160,000.00 | 0.00 | 160,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| MacArthur Foundation (filter this donee) | 50,000.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 50,000.00 | 0.00 |
| Total | 12,935,000.00 | 5,000,000.00 | 1,660,000.00 | 3,250,000.00 | 250,000.00 | 600,000.00 | 400,000.00 | 950,000.00 | 575,000.00 | 250,000.00 |
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Graph of top 10 donors (for donations with known year of donation) by amount, showing the timeframe of donations
| Donor | Amount (current USD) | Amount rank (out of 16) | Donation date | Cause area | URL | Influencer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | 5,000,000.00 | 1 | Other | https://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/equal-justice-initiative/1806-05987/ | -- | Program name: Other. | |
| Andrew W. Mellon Foundation | 1,000,000.00 | 3 | Diversity | https://mellon.org/grants/grants-database/grants/equal-justice-initiative/1708-04864/ | -- | Program name: Diversity. | |
| Hewlett Foundation | 160,000.00 | 13 | Special Projects | https://hewlett.org/grants/equal-justice-initiative-for-general-operating-support/ | -- | For General Operating Support. | |
| Ford Foundation | 500,000.00 | 8 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | General support to end mass incarceration and excessive punishment, challenge racial and economic injustice, and protect the rights of people of color in the United States. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; @@@9177888###Black or African American; United States; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| Ford Foundation | 250,000.00 | 10 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | General support to provide legal representation to indigent defendants and prisoners who have been denied fair and just treatment in the legal system. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; @@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| Ford Foundation | 2,000,000.00 | 2 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | For its Racial Justice Campaign to create an interactive museum and contemporary memorial commemorating the legacy of slavery, oppression and discrimination in the United States. Affected regions: 651###Montgomery###100; @@@9177888###Black or African American; United States; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| Google.org | 1,000,000.00 | 3 | Criminal justice reform/United States | https://www.google.org/our-work/inclusion/equal-justice-initiative/ | -- | Grantee is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society. Grant supports two projects: a museum examining African American history (called "From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration") and a national memorial to lynching victims (called the "Memorial to Peace and Justice"). Affected countries: United States. | |
| Ford Foundation | 250,000.00 | 10 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | General support to provide legal representation to indigent defendants and prisoners who have been denied fair and just treatment in the legal system. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; @@@9177887###Racial ethnic minority; United States; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| Ford Foundation | 600,000.00 | 6 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | General support to provide legal representation to indigent defendants and prisoners who have been denied fair and just treatment in the legal system. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; @@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American; United States; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| Ford Foundation | 100,000.00 | 14 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | For a training conference to develop a new field of experts to work on behalf of sentencing relief for people sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for offenses committed as juveniles. Affected regions: 1045###United States###100; @@@; United States; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| Ford Foundation | 300,000.00 | 9 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | For litigation, advocacy and communication strategies to eliminate juvenile life-without-parole sentences and ensure implementation of court decisions prohibiting it and to provide re-entry services. Affected regions: 332###Florida###30@@@571###Louisiana###30@@@1045###United States###40; @@@9177887###Racial ethnic minority; United States; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| Ford Foundation | 100,000.00 | 14 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | To recognize the organization's visionary leadership with a general support grant to provide representation to indigent defendants who have been denied fair treatment in the legal system. Affected regions: 934###South###50@@@1045###United States###50; @@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American; United States; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| Ford Foundation | 850,000.00 | 5 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | General support to provide representation to indigent defendants who have been denied fair treatment in the legal system & for work on racial bias in jury selection & the links between race & poverty. Affected regions: 934###South###50@@@1045###United States###50; @@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American; United States; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| Ford Foundation | 525,000.00 | 7 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | General support to provide representation to indigent defendants who have been denied fair treatment in the legal system and for the Race and Jury and Race in Poverty projects. Affected regions: 17###Alabama###50@@@934###South###50; 9177456###No Intention@@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American; United States; affected countries: FIXME. | |
| MacArthur Foundation | 50,000.00 | 16 | FIXME | https://www.macfound.org/grants/ | -- | To support efforts related to the issue of juvenile life without parole. Affected countries: United States; affected states: Alabama; affected cities: Montgomery. | |
| Ford Foundation | 250,000.00 | 10 | FIXME | http://www.fordfoundation.org/work/our-grants/grants-database/grants-all | -- | For the Race and Jury Project to improve the racial diversity of criminal trial juries through litigation, public education and advocacy. Affected regions: 934###South###100; 9177456###No Intention@@@9177888###Black or African American@@@9177891###Latin American; United States; affected countries: FIXME. |