Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    PAYING CRIMINAL BAIL. IN 2020 MINNESOTA FREEDOM FUND POSTED APPROXIMATELY $10,000,000 IN CRIMINAL BAIL FOR THOSE WHO COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD. THIS AFFECTED APPROXIMATELY 610 MINNESOTANS, ALLOWING THEM TO TAKE CARE OF FAMILY, CHILDREN AND CONTINUE TO WORK WHILE THEIR CASES WERE BEING PROCESSED THROUGH THE COURT SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY, MINNESOTA FREEDOM FUND GRANTED $4,500,000 TO THE NATIONAL BAIL FUND NETWORK TO GIVE TO OTHER BAIL FUNDS AROUND THE COUNTRY. PAYING IMMIGRATION BONDS. IN 2020 MINNESOTA FREEDOM FUND POSTED APPROXIMATELY $2,070,000 IN IMMIGRATION BONDS, FREEING AN ESTIMATED 150 INDIVIDUALS, ENSURING THEY WERE NOT FURTHER HARMED BY OUR OPPRESSIVE FEDERAL DETENTION SYSTEM.JAIL SUPPORT. IN 2020 MINNESOTA FREEDOM FUND ASSISTED THE PEOPLE WE HELPED TO BE RELEASED BY SUPPORTING THEM WITH PAYING SOME OF THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH BEING ARRESTED, LIKE TRAVEL TO AND FROM COURT, A RIDE HOME FROM THE JAIL AND MORE.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $6.9M

  • Immigration and Pre-Trial Support

    IN 2022, MINNESOTA FREEDOM FUND WAS ACTIVE IN SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WITH IMMIGRATION BONDS AND PRE-TRIAL BONDS.MFF POSTED IMMIGRATION BONDS FOR 145 INDIVIDUALS. IN ADDITION, WE PROVIDED PARALEGAL SUPPORT ON NUMEROUS IMMIGRATION CASES, ASSISTED IN INTERPRETATION AT ICE OFFICES AND SUPPORTED OUR CLIENTS AFTER THEY WERE BONDED OUT. MFF POSTED 706 PRE-TRAIL BAILS (FOR 606 PEOPLE), MANY OF WHOM CHOSE TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL POST RELEASE SUPPORT SERVICES FROM OUR ORGANIZATION. SUPPORTIVE SERVICES INCLUDE ARRANGING RIDES TO COURT, CONNECTING CLIENTS WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, AND MORE.MFF SPENT TIME IN THE COMMUNITY PRESENTING AND EDUCATING PEOPLE ON THE HARMS OF PRE-TRIAL BAIL AND IMMIGRATION DETENTION.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $6M