Death Penalty Mobilization Fund State Strategies
DPMF State Strategies 2011 Cycle:
The application period for the 2011 DPMF State Strategies funding cycle has already closed. Any organization doing state-based work to achieve the goals of the DPMF was eligible to submit an LOI. Please check back in Spring 2011 for more information on the next cycle.
General Information:
The Death Penalty Mobilization Fund (DPMF) is a collaborative of Tides Foundation and The Advocacy Fund that supports strategic collaborations of local, regional or national nonprofits [501(c)(3)’s and 501(c)(4)’s] working to abolish the death penalty at the state and/or federal levels.
Background Information:
DPMF was initiated in 2000 by a Tides donor and is sustained through the support of individual and institutional partners. To date, the DPMF has awarded over $4.2 million in grants.
Death Penalty Mobilization Fund – State Strategies Grants:
The upcoming State Strategies segment of the DPMF, in coordination with Funders for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (FADP), will provide grants to state-based activist organizations working on death penalty abolition or reform efforts in the US. Grants can be used for organizational and/or staff capacity, campaign development or implementation, public education, and direct and grassroots lobbying. Priority will be given to states where a grant will make a significant contribution towards securing a concrete victory or strategic outcome. (See note below regarding the coordination between the DPMF State Strategies process and the FADP’s LOI process.)
RESTRICTIONS ON GRANTMAKING
- DPMF does not support the production of videos or films.
- DPMF does not support the writing and publication of books and other publications but may consider strategic distribution of publications.
- DPMF does not support capital defense/legal representation (unless activities include a systemic change component.)
- DPMF does not support dissertations, postgraduate work or research.
- DPMF will not provide support to individuals. In particular, journalistic and academic projects are not supported.
Questions:
Please contact Tides at deathpenalty@tides.org with any questions regarding the LOI, proposal and submission process. For more substantive programmatic questions, please contact Pat Clark at dpfunding@gmail.com noting “Tides DPMF question” in the subject line.
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CONTACT DPMF
TIDES FOUNDATION
THE ADVOCACY FUND
P.O. Box 29903
San Francisco, CA 94129-0903
Tel: 415.561.6400
Fax: 415.561.6401
deathpenalty@tides.org












