Tides Foundation Accepting Applications for State Strategies Segment of the Death Penalty Mobilization Fund
Two-year grants of up to $80,000 per year will be awarded to nonprofits working to abolish the death penalty at the state and/or federal levels; consideration will also be given to projects focusing on reform....
Deadline: August 15, 2008
Posted: July 3, 2008

Pride Foundation Announces Pacific Northwest Fall Grants Program
A total of $65,000 will be awarded to nonprofits in Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and Oregon working to provide education, advocacy, and human services to the LGBT community, people affected by HIV/AIDS, and their friends and families....
Deadline: August 29, 2008
Posted: June 26, 2008

CarEth Foundation Offers Funding for Human Rights Work
The foundation will provide funding for nonprofits working to establish human rights, promote progressive activism, and enforce compliance mechanisms around human rights standards....
Deadline: September 11, 2008
Posted: June 6, 2008

Herb Block Foundation Accepting Letters of Intent for Defending Basic Freedoms Program
Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded for anti-discrimination projects with the purpose of defending basic freedoms guaranteed in the U.S. Bill of Rights....
Deadline: October 6, 2008 (Letters of Intent)
Posted: June 6, 2008

Impact Fund Offers Support for Public Interest Litigation
Grants of up to $25,000 will be awarded to nonprofit legal entities, private attorneys, and small law firms working to advance justice in civil and human rights, environmental law, and/or poverty law....
Deadline: Quarterly
Posted: October 30, 2007

Open Society Institute Seeks Letters of Inquiry for Sentencing & Incarceration Alternatives
Funding is available to nonprofit, government, and academic groups working on campaigns, research, and policy reform initiatives designed to reduce the scale of incarceration in the United States....
Deadline: Rolling
Posted: June 6, 2007

Institute of International Education's Scholar Rescue Fund Supports Scholars Under Threat
Matching funds are available to support temporary stays at institutions worldwide for scholars from any country and any discipline whose lives and work are threatened in their home countries....
Deadline: (Rolling)
Posted: March 2, 2007

Bread and Roses Community Fund Offers Support for Social Change Programs in Delaware Valley
Grants up to $10,000 for the Racial and Economic Justice Fund and up to $6,000 for the Future Fund are available to help groups using community organizing to promote racial and economic justice at the local, state, national, and international levels....
Deadline: October 4, 2005; October 17, 2005
Posted: July 11, 2005