Who We Are

Founded in 2007, The Bronx Freedom Fund was the first of its kind effort to disrupt the injustice of cash bail in New York City by posting bail for thousands of low-income New Yorkers incarcerated before trial. Through its decade-long effort to transform pretrial justice in New York, The Bronx Freedom Fund reunited thousands of families separated by bail, while pioneering the revolving bail fund model as a tool in the fight against mass incarceration and the criminalization of race and poverty.

On January 1, 2020, after more than a decade, The Bronx Freedom Fund stopped posting bails in light of long overdue reforms that ended cash bail for the majority of cases where charitable bail funds can provide assistance under state law. However, in light of subsequently enacted rollbacks, The Bronx Freedom Fund, once again stands ready to resume offering bail assistance. 

The fight to decarcerate our city and ensure pretrial justice for all New Yorkers is far from over. Along with our efforts, local groups like VOCAL-NY, Citizen Action, and the Center for Community Alternatives continuing the work of decarcerating New York.

 Over the years, we had the opportunity to serve thousands of New Yorkers  and see firsthand the human impact of restoring the presumption of  innocence and keeping people with their families, at their jobs, and out  of jail while they await trial. We were also lucky to partner with  amazing organizations and artists, including StoryCorps and cartoonist  Eleanor Davis, to share some of their stories. These stories remain a  testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the imperative to  always take action in the face of injustice.