The Equal Justice Fund
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
NEJA's general fund that supports equal justice causes beyond the scope of specialty funds.
Geographic Scope: National
Focus Areas:
- Publicizing precedent-setting struggles for justice on a national scale
- Enlisting clergy, attorneys, civil rights activists and others to support equal justice efforts
- Promoting grassroots methods and winning strategies
Key Information:
- NEJA operates with unpaid volunteer staff to maximize the impact of donations
- Funds are used for needs additional to or beyond the scope of the seven specialty funds
- Enables dissemination of winning grassroots methods to wider constituencies
Contact:
- National Equal Justice Association (NEJA)
- 123 Webster Street
- San Francisco, CA 94117
- 415-552-5833
What National Equal Justice Association Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 3
- Total given
- $83K
- Median grant
- $30K
- Range
- $23K–$30K
- By dollars: California 100%. Top recipient cities: Sacramento, CA; Santa Cruz, CA.
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Social justice
- Human rights
- Criminal justice
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