Minnesota Freedom Fund
At Minnesota Freedom Fund, we aim to dismantle wealth-based detention, reform courts, and uphold community power in the voting booth.
REDEFINING FREEDOM SINCE 2016
Today, as the largest bail fund in the United States we are shifting focus from bail payments to systemic reform.
FOUNDING
GROWTH
By 2018, the organization grew and secured pre-trial release for over 113 people across the Twin Cities.
MOVEMENT
By March 2020, the fund had supported bail for 500 cases, including some involving ICE detention. Following the George Floyd uprising, the fund recieved $40 million in donations.
strategic Pivot
REDEFINING FREEDOM SINCE
2016
Today, as the largest bail fund in the United States we are shifting focus from bail payments to systemic reform.
FOUNDING
In 2016, Minnesota Freedom Fund was created by students at the University of Minnesota. After
receiving a $10,000 fund from the Carlson School of Management, they bailed out 33 people from pre-trial detention in the first year.
GROWTH
By 2018, the organization grew and secured pre-trial release for over 113 people across the Twin Cities.
MOVEMENT
By March 2020, the fund had supported bail for 500 cases, including some involving ICE detention. Following the George Floyd uprising, the fund recieved $40 million in donations.
strategic Pivot
TOGETHER,
WE CAN FREE-
THE COURTS,
THE VOTES,
THE PEOPLE.
Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 6398
- Minneapolis, MN 55406
Hours
- Monday—Friday
- 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Contact
- info@mnfreedomfund.org