SUPPORT Protesters in the US NOW!
The following organizations are vetted to our best ability. This list contains only those people/groups/organizations that have international payment options. Groups that have enough funding are noted in Notes. We suggest donating to Black-led initiatives first! The list is not final, if you find any links not working or have additions to the list, please let us know via kontakt@blacklivesmatterberlin.de.
| Organisation | STATE | led by? | Category | International payments | NOTE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Healing Justice Network | MN | BIack, PoC | community & mutual aid support for wellness and healing justice practitioners | PayPal | |
| Cities Care Collective | MN | BIack, POC + white members of the LGBTQ+ community | childcare | GoFundMe, Credit Card, Debit Card | https://www.facebook.com/CitiesCareCollective/ |
| Arkansas Freedom Fund/Little Rock Freedom Fund | AR | Black | bail outs + supplies | No | |
| Tucson Second Chance Community Bail Fund | AZ | Black | bail outs | PayPal | |
| Anti Police-Terror Project | CA | Black | police abolition | PayPal | |
| Peoples Programs | CA | Black | PayPal | Money not used for bail will go to People's Breakfast Oakland | |
| San Diego - DeDe McClure Community Bail Fund | CA | Black | bail outs | GoFundMe | found a mention on: https://www.aclusandiego.org/racial-justice/ |
| People's Breakfast Oakland | CA | Black | bail assist, resources for the houseless | PayPal | |
| BLM Denver Bail Fund | CO | Black | bailouts and community building | GoFundMe, PayPal | |
| Colorado Freedom Fund | CO | Black | bail outs | Fundly | |
| East of the River Mutual Aid Fund | DC | Black | Covid 19 Aid | GoFundMe, Credit Card | money goes to Black Lives Matter DC |
| In Memory of Tony McDade | FL | Black | Memorial | GoFundMe, Credit Card, Debit Card | |
| Atlanta - Sister Song | GA | Black | Reproductive rights, abortion | PayPal | Indigenous and Black women for reproductive rights |
| I Run With Maud | GA | Black | Financial assistance for family and more | GoFundMe, Credit Card, Debit Card | Justice for Ahmaud Arbery |
| Atlanta Metro Mutual Aid Fund | GA | Black | mutual aid | PayPal | Also encouraging funds through Organization for Human Rights and Democracy |
| Let Us Breath Collective | IL | Black | arts, healing, and social organizing | PayPal | |
| Detroit Justice Center | MI | Black | economic opportunities and transforming the justice system (also through bailouts, but not exclusively) | Credit Card | Focus is not solely on bailouts |
| Detroit's Bail Fund | MI | Black | Bail outs | Credit Card, Debit Card, GoFundMe | As of 6/01 has enough support |
| Black Visions Collective | MN | Black | Credit Card | ||
| Official George Floyd Memorial Fund | MN | Black | Memorial | GoFundMe, Credit Card, Debit Card | |
| Reclaim the Block | MN | Black | police abolition | PayPal | asks that you support others from their list |
| Black Table Arts | MN | Black | art | PayPal | Donation button on website, accept credit cards and paypal |
| Black Women Speak | MN | Black | community organization and healing for Black womxn | PayPal | Website currently unavailable |
| Pimento Relief Fund | MN | Black | Business support after white supremacists set them on fire during the protests | PayPal | |
| One Struggle KC | MO | Black | bail out | Credit Card | |
| Mississippi Bail Fund Collective | MS | Black | bail out | PayPal | |
| Free Black Mamas | nationwide | Black | freeing incarcerated Black mothers | PayPal | National Bail Out Member |
| UndocuBlack Network | NY | Black | undocumented Black migrant advocacy | Credit Card | |
| BLM Cleveland | OH | Black | Bail outs, organisation support | PayPal | |
| Columbus Freedom Fund | OH | Black | bail outs | PayPal | |
| Toledo - Community Solidarity Response Network Community | OH | Black | bail outs, legal advice, know your rights trainings | PayPal | |
| BLM Oklahoma | OK | Black | bail outs, legal fund | PayPal | |
| Abolitionist Law Center | PA | Black | prison abolition | No | |
| Philly Real Justice | PA | Black | prison abolition | PayPal | |
| Austin - 400+1 Bail Fund | TX | Black | bail out | Credit Card | |
| BLM Houston | TX | Black | BLM chapter | PayPal | |
| Rest in Peace Aaron James "AJ" Sutton | VA | Black | funeral funds | Credit Card, GoFundMe | goal reached, still accepting donations |
| Life Builders United (fiscal sponsorship from Uprising Theater) | IL | Black - Geraldine Smith | care for children whose mothers are incarcerated // community outreach in Englewood // community garden project | PayPal | any donations made with the note Life Builders United - every dollar will go directly to life builders united |
| GoodKids MadCITY | IL | Black and Brown folx | youth, political, resources | No | |
| BALT - Baltimore Action Legal Team | MD | Black and white, mostly women | bail outs | Credit Card | founded and run by lawyers |
| Du Nord Riot Recovery Fund | MN | Black business owner, private person | Black and Brown businesses support and property repair | GoFundMe, Credit Card, Debit Card | https://www.facebook.com/DuNordCraftSpirits/, https://www.dunordcraftspirits.com/ |
| Housing Justice League of Atlanta | GA | Black led, multiracial | housing justice | Credit Card | |
| Nashville Community Bail Fund | TN | Black led, multiracial board | bail outs | Credit Card, PayPal | |
| Twin Cities Recovery Project | MN | Black majority + staff & board members | support for addiction & mental illness | Credit Card, GoFundMe | Currently, there are two campaigns on gofundme |
| SisTers PGH | PA | Black trans women and other trans WOC | PayPal | gofundme LGBTQIA COVID-19 Relief Fund: https://www.gofundme.com/f/pittsburgh-covid19-lgbtqia-emergency-relief-fund | |
| The Okra Project | NY | Black trans* womxn | home cooked food, covid aid, mental health fund for Black trans* people | PayPal | |
| NC Community Bail Fund of Durham | NC | Black woman | bail fund | PayPal | paypal through their website https://www.nccbailfund.org/donate |
| New Orleans Safety and Freedom Fund | LA | Black Women | bail outs | Credit Card | Focus is on helping incarcerated women. Run by a group called Operation Restoration whose founder Syrita Steib was herself formerly incarcerated |
| Assata's Daughters | IL | Black Womxn | political education, leadership development, mentorship rooted in Black radical traditions | Credit Card | |
| Black Immigrant Collective | MN | Black, immigrants | mutual aid support, deportation & detention defense, legal support | PayPal | |
| Al Maa'uun | MN | Black, muslim, led by Imam Makram El-Amin | food, groceries, critical supplies and medicine | Credit Card, Debit Card | Launchgood campaign ends June 14, 2020. |
| Disability Justice Mutual Aid Fund | NY | Black, organized by @sheabutterfemme on Twitter | mutual aid | PayPal | mutual aid for disabled protesters fighting for Black liberation, short-term fund, ends June 16th 2020 |
| Women for Political Change | MN | Black, PoC | investing in the leadership & political power of young women, trans & non-binary individuals | Credit Card | Currently, there are two gofundme campaigns by an individuals in support of women for political change. Don't know how trustworthy they are! |
| Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha | MN | Black, PoC and immigrant workers | worker organization | PayPal, Credit Card | payment is through Facebook |
| 3Wall | IL | Black, POC, People with Disabilities | arts | PayPal | |
| Femme Empowerment Project | MN | Black, QTI BPOC femmes | community organization, and medical training | No | https://www.instagram.com/femmeempowermentproject/ |
| Molasses Chicago | IL | Black, Queer, Trans Woman | No | ||
| Isuroon | MN | Black, Somali, East-African | community support and empowerment for Somali women and girls | Credit Card, PayPal | https://www.isuroon.org/ , https://www.facebook.com/Isuroon.org/ |
| Silicon Valley DSA | CA | Black, white | Temporary Bail Fund | Credit Card, Plaid | in collaboration with; https://nlgsf.org/ |
| Florida Justice Center | FL | Black, white | Bail, legal defense, reentry and support | Credit Card, Bank Transfer | |
| Freedom Fund | FL | Black, white | bail outs | Credit Card, PayPal | LGBTQIA+ |
| Traffick Free | IL | Founder is Asian, Staff is POC | labor and sex trafficking safe house | Credit Card | |
| May 28 NYC Bail Out | NY | Free Them All for Public Health | bail outs | No | no longer accepting donations / associated w/ Free Them All for Public Health |
| Pittsburgh Bail Fund | PA | incarcerated men serving life sentences | bail outs | Credit Card, GoFundMe | |
| Rebuild Migizi! | MN | Indigenous + mixed | Financing to rebuild | PayPal | Burned down in the protest |
| Latino Community on Lake Street | MN | Latinx | funds for Latinx owned businesses | GoFundMe, Credit Card, Debit Card | no website but contact person on gofundme donation page |
| Connecticut Bail Fund | CT | Latinx, white | bail outs | No | Also run several other intersectional organisations |
| Trans Emergency Release Fund | NY | LGBT, race unclear | bail outs | Credit Card, Apple Pay | specifically for bailing out trans people |
| National Lawyers Guild of Los Angeles | CA | multiracial | legal funds | PayPal | |
| Alachua County COVID-19 Bond Fund | FL | multiracial | bail outs | Credit Card, Bank Transfer | are covering gainesville as well as tallahassee protesters |
| Atlanta Solidarity Fund | GA | multiracial | jail support & bail | Credit Card | Action Community Network may take 3.4% of proceeds for internal expenses; only direct link I could find to Atlanta Fund |
| Hawai'i Community Bail Fund | HI | multiracial | bail outs | Credit Card, Plaid | project by:https://www.dsahonolulu.org/ |
| Northside business support | MN | multiracial | Business support | No | |
| PPNA - Renters Support Fund | MN | multiracial | rent support | PayPal | |
| Brooklyn Community Bail Fund | NY | multiracial | bail outs | Credit Card | needs met for demonstration bail |
| Bed Stuy Strong | NY | multiracial | mutual aid | PayPal | |
| Portland Freedom Fund | OR | multiracial | bail outs, prison abolition | PayPal, GoFundMe | For BPoC only, they also have an additional donation site with instruction for use on their FB page: https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/ExpressDonation.aspx?ORGID2=93-1009519&vlrStratCode=skilwencRWjrtwqzZUqEexsEu4acO482zNVnfE4aqLYQT3%2f5uiHsmDcY263hN%2bKV |
| Bukit Bail Fund of Pittsburgh | PA | multiracial | bail outs, prison abolition | Credit Card | Bukit and Jailbreak are working together |
| Philly Bail Fund | PA | multiracial | Bail outs, prison reformation | PayPal, Credit Card, Plaid | |
| Pittsburgh - Jailbreak - Aftercare Jail Support | PA | multiracial | bail outs, jail support, rides home, etc | Credit Card, GoFundMe | Bukit and Jailbreak are working together |
| FANG Community Bail Fund | RI | multiracial | bail outs, esp in COVID pandemic; actually an anti-fracking organization | Credit Card, GoFundMe | And Massachusetts |
| Mid-South Peace and Justice Center - Community Bail Fund | TN | multiracial | bail fund/local BLM chapter | Credit Card, PayPal | |
| Restoring Justice - Houston | TX | multiracial | bail outs, general fund | Credit Card, Debit Card | |
| Support Protestors Arrested by SLCPD | UT | multiracial | bail fund | Credit Card, GoFundMe | goal reached, still accepting donations |
| Free the 350 Bail Fund | WI | multiracial | bail outs | PayPal | |
| Abolition Action Group's Grocery Fund | NY | multiracial | mutual aid | PayPal | 08/06 Temporary Paypal freeze, currently setting up new account |
| IMAN (Inner City Muslim Action Network) | GA | Muslim Majority POC | Credit Card | ||
| IMAN (Inner City Muslim Action Network) | IL | Muslim Majority POC | Credit Card | ||
| Luke 4:18 Bail Fund | TX | multiracial | bail fund | Credit Card | |
| Division of Indian Work | MN | Native-American | worker organization | Credit Card | https://www.diw-mn.org/ , https://www.facebook.com/DivisionofIndianWork/ |
| Little Earth Residents Association | MN | Native-American | food & safety needs for residents | Credit Card, Debit Card, PayPal | |
| Migizi Communications | MN | Native-American | rebuilding of sacred community space | GoFundMe, PayPal, Credit Card | Donation button ('MIGIZI Direct') on website does not accept payments from outside the U.S. & Canada. Alternative site for international payments: https://www.givemn.org/organization/Migizi-Communications |
| Powwow Grounds | MN | Native-American | café providing food + supplies | PayPal | website Pow Wow Grounds is part of NACDI (Native American Community Development Institute donations also via NACDI webpage) |
| Joyce Preschool | MN | office team manly white, teachers Latinx | covid relieve fund food, groceries, support paying benefits for Joyce families | Credit Card, Debit Card, PayPal | History & Vision of Joyce School: https://www.joycepreschool.org/history-vision/ |
| AAAN (Arab American Action Network) | IL | Palestinian | community organizing, youth education | PayPal | |
| Uprising Theater | IL | Palestinian and supported by Jewish Ally | arts/artists/PPE | PayPal | any donations made with the note #Blackartmatters - every dollar will go directly into the pockets of a Black social justice artist |
| West Broadway Business and Area Coalition | MN | part of Northside business support | |||
| The Bail Project | MI | Poc & white | Bail outs | PayPal, Credit Card | |
| Buffalo Bail Fund | NY | private person, unclear | bail outs | Credit Card | not reaching goal so all money will be returned |
| Vegas Freedom Fund | NV | Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (multiracial) | Credit Card, PayPal | ||
| Spiral Collective | MN | QTPoC | reproductive justice & support in abortion | PayPal | |
| Brave Space Alliance | IL | Queer and Trans POC | Credit Card | ||
| Homeless Black Trans Women Fund | GA | Trans Latinx | General funding | GoFundMe, Credit Card | Funding for homeless shelters for Black trans women |
| No One Left Behind Fund | AL | unknown | No | ||
| The Montgomery Bail Out | AL | unknown | Credit Card, PayPal | Part of National Bail Out network | |
| Black People’s Justice Fund | AZ | unknown | |||
| APTP Sacramento | CA | unknown | |||
| Bay Area Anti-Repression Committee Bail Fund | CA | unknown | bail outs | No | instagram: @antirepression_bayarea |
| Los Angeles - Peoples City Council Freedom Fund | CA | unknown | bail outs + supplies | GoFundMe | didn't find website info |
| Freedom Fighters DC Fund | DC | unknown | bailouts, on the ground in DMV | No | |
| Miami - (F)empower | FL | unknown | Bail | PayPal | LGBTQIA+, Artist collective to empower femmes |
| Atlanta Solidarity Fund | GA | unknown | Credit Card | ||
| Eastern Community Bond Project | IA | unknown | Community Organization | Credit Card | Des Moines focused. Donations through website, accepts credit cards. Utilizes software of Network for Good, and New York registered corporation and nonprofit. Must opt out of FB post to be anonymous. |
| Care Kitchen | IL | unknown | supplementing the suspended free breakfast and lunch program - Chi shut down the public school free breakfast and lunch program during the demonstrations | GoFundMe, Credit Card | |
| Chi On the Ground | IL | unknown | PayPal | ||
| Chicago Community Bond Fund | IL | unknown | bonds | Credit Card, PayPal | If you give your money to only one Chicago group - give it to them |
| Chicago Freedom School | IL | unknown | PayPal | ||
| My Block My Hood My City | IL | unknown | Neighborhood Relief, Volunteer Organizers | Credit Card | |
| NAARPR (National Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression) | IL | unknown | Organized the mass demonstration in Chicago on Saturday May 30th | Credit Card, GPay | |
| Louisville Community Bail Fund | KY | unknown | bail outs | Credit Card | Not sure how it's funded, but the Action Network seems to be well-funded and connected |
| Southside Harm Reduction | MN | unknown | support & clean supply for people using substances | PayPal | |
| Unicorn Riot | MN | unknown | decentralized, non-profit left-wing journalism | PayPal | |
| Kansas City Community Bail Fund | MO | unknown | bail out | PayPal | Part of National Bail Fund Network |
| Fargo & Moorhead Mutual Aid | ND | unknown | mutual aid | PayPal | |
| Nebraska Left Coalition - Neighbors for Common Good | NE | unknown | COVID financing for community | PayPal | Community-based leftist organisation |
| Dallas - DAARPR* | TX | unknown | against police brutality & oppression | Credit Card, Debit Card, GoFundMe | *Dallas Alliance Against Racist & Political Repression |
| DC Resistance Fund | VA | unknown | Financing for political action | Credit Card, GoFundMe | |
| Richmond Community Bail Fund | VA | unknown | bail outs | Credit Card, Debit Card, Cryptocurrency | |
| Roanoke Community Bail Fund | VA | unknown | bail outs | Credit Card, Debit Card | goal reached, still accepting donations |
| Northwest Community Bail Fund | WA | unknown | bail outs, general decarceration, legal support | Credit Card | |
| Milwaukee Freedom Fund | WI | unknown | |||
| Huntsville Bail Fund | AL | white | bail outs | PayPal | apparently connected to The Cochran Law Firm in Huntsville, Alabama |
| Lawrence Bail Fund | KA | white | bail outs | PayPal | Prioritizing bail-outs for Blacks folks, thereafter sending money to Kansas City |
| The Massachusetts Bail Fund | MA | white | bail outs | Credit Card, Debit Card | Sole employee Michael Cox is an advocate for LGBTQ and HIV positive people. He was also formerly incarcerated |
| Minnesota Freedom Fund | MN | white | bail outs | PayPal | As of 5/29 has enough support |
| The Liberty Fund | NY | white | bail outs | Credit Card | city-run and funded by private donor |
| Social Venture Partners Dallas | TX | white | general financing and support | No | Non-specific organisation for financing and networking |
| PDX Protest Bail Fund | OR | white (Public faces) | Bail out, legal fund & support | Credit Card, GoFundMe | They are nearly at their funding target any overflow will be directed to Black led organisations. They are prioritising BIPoc protesters for legal help and bail as well as those without stable housing. |
| Northstar Health Collective | MN | Has enough support |