COVID-19 & Protest Rapid Response Fund

COVID-19 & Protest Rapid Response Fund


The Philadelphia Bail Fund is working urgently to free as many of our neighbors as possible during this pandemic. There is an urgent need to post bail as COVID-19 threatens people in jail, where crowded living quarters and inadequate health care make conditions ripe for a viral outbreak.


We stand in solidarity with those protesting the murder of Walter Wallace, Jr. at the hands of Philadelphia police, and earlier this year we supported Philadelphians protesting the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis Police Department. We demand an end to police violence against Black communities and are committed to providing direct bail assistance to people participating in actions to ensure their safe return home.


Since January 2020, we helped bring over 300 people home from Philly’s jails. But we continue to receive a flood of referrals, as our neighbors continue to be held in cages.


Your donation helps us respond quickly by freeing our neighbors who remain in jail simply because they cannot pay bail. Your support now means we can free as many people as possible, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.




Our donors

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Leanna Randalls

donated

$10.66/M

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William O'Brien

donated

$100

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Emily

donated

$43.79/M

I am a runner and ever day I think of ahmaud arbery while on a run. This is for him and all of those fighting in his name.

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Charles

donated

$21.01

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Olivia Wines

donated

$12.67

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Roxanne

I was almost a victim of bail for alleged charges against me which I then had to fight an expensive battle against and thankfully won. Which was surely due to my white privilege. Nonetheless bail is bullshit. We have the technology to send people home and make sure they show up for court. I saw people in court sent to jail who couldn't make bail who were stuck in jail; their court date got deferred, they lost their job, their custody of their children and their apartments. I was really Disturbed and angry. I got lucky, my 76 yr old parents made it to pay bail with 5 minutes before they shut down. I was in line for the bus to go to prison. I have nightmares to this day. Those poor women I saw that day weren't that lucky, they lost all that. They would be five to ten years behind in all their hard work just to scramble back to the place they had been before being arrested.

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Amma Ansah

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Michael Puma

donated

$100

AH

Amy Hillier

donated

$259.11

With gratitude from Amy Hillier & Erin Cross

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Michelle

donated

$10.66

#DefundThePolice #BlackLivesMatter

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ASE360 INC

donated

$25

BB

Bridget’s BeachHouse LLC

donated

$250

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Taylor

donated

$50

Slow + steady

CR

Coastal Springs Float Lodge

donated

$1,000

K

Kyle

donated

$200

DM

Dwight Moore

donated

$50

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Leo

donated

$103.83

EM

Erin Moore

donated

$52.07

C

Ciro

RL

Rachel Liney

donated

$377

BLACK LIVES MATTER

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Elissa

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Christina

SS

Sam Straus

SG

Stefan Guimond

With love from red Saint John. Fight the power!

JS

Jason Seidner

Black Lives Matter

ZD

Zachary DeBevec

donated

$10.66

MH

Mark Haight

donated

$10.66

HT

Hassan Tanksley

donated

$52.07

AJ

Alyssa Jopling

donated

$30

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Scott

donated

$52.07