Philadelphia Community Bail Fund
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Philadelphia Community Bail Fund
@phillybailout.bsky.social
Founded in 2017, our mission is to end cash bail and pretrial detention in Philadelphia. Until that day comes, we post bail for our neighbors who cannot afford to pay.

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#FreeThemAll #EndCashBail #PrisonsDontWork
We are raising funds to support this year's Youth Holiday Bail Out through November 27th. Help us bring youth age 21 and under home for the holidays. We are trying to raise $50,000 to bring youth home for the holidays.
October 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
PCBF thanks the Philadelphia Foundation for their recent grant of $50,000 from the S Albert Fund. This grant will enable us to do the vital work of helping to free our neighbors who are jailed pretrial because they cannot afford bail and offer support once they come home.
September 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
You can also donate to our bail fund at phillybailout.org/donate. Your donation will help us bail out our neighbors jailed for protesting. Any funds not used for this season of protests will go to our general fund to help us continue to free our neighbors and support free speech in the future.
June 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
PCBF is gearing up to support our neighbors arrested for protesting to defend the rights and lives of ALL of us. We are accepting bail requests for folks arrested while protesting. Visit phillybailout.org to submit a request. Also, our hotline will open Saturday. Call 267-225-6047.
June 13, 2025 at 12:57 PM
PCBF sincerely thanks our comrades at Believers Bail Out for granting us $87,500 from zakat funds #freeblackmamas who are Muslim. We're posting bail 2x more this month to wrap up our Black Mama's Bail Out campaign. So far we've bought back the freedom of 26 Black mamas and caregivers for $225,079
June 9, 2025 at 8:54 PM
We are not accepting new bail requests until we re-open in September. We are processing the last bail requests from Black Mama's Bail Out and will finish posting bail for that campaign on June 27th.
June 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We are up to $44,508 to #freeblackmamas as of 6:40PM on Mother's Day! There are 5 hours to go before our fundraiser ends.

We've bought back the freedom of 12 mamas so far.
Help us reunite more Black mamas and caregivers by giving at phillybailout.org/donate
May 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Our fundraiser ends midnight this Sunday. So there is still time to give! phillybailout.org/donate

You can also refer a Black mama or caregiver for help. We plan to keep freeing Black mama's through the end of June! Send a request at www.phillybailout.org or call 267-225-6047.
#freeblackmamas
May 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Families for Ceasefire Philly and a host of other organizations are holding a From Philly to Palestine Mother's Day March on May 11 at 1pm at Love Park.
May 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Girls Justice League is hosting a Bake Sale Saturday May 10th from 11:30 to 1:30pm At the Walnut Street West Library (40th and Walnut)
May 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
We've raised $33,362 to #FreeBlackMamas! Thank you to everyone who has given and who are holding fundraisers. A huge thanks to RG Philly for their recent fundraiser that brought it in a lot of money!

We are raising money through Mother's Day! You can give at phillybailout.org/donate
May 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
You can also refer a Black mother or caregiver for help! A Black mama is any Black woman or femme who is a mother or a caregiver in their family or community! You can apply at www.phillybailout.org or by calling our Bail Hotline at 267-225-6047.
April 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We are trying to match $75,000 grant from National Bail Out so that we can pay bail for Black mothers and caregivers this spring. Last year you helped us buy back the freedom of 35 people, including several pregnant or recently pregnant women!

You can give at phillybailout.org/donate
April 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
As of this afternoon, we've raised $6,490 of our $75,000 goal! Mother's Day is 13 days away. Can you help us reach our goal of raising $75,000 by Mother's Day? Please help us #FreeBlackMamas by donating and spreading the word to your networks!

phillybailout.org/donate
April 28, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This morning we posted bail for the last youth on our list for the Youth Holiday Bail Out. We raised $51,320 to buy back the freedom of kids jailed pretrial on high cash bail. We were able to free 10 kids this year for $85,130!

Thank you to everyone who donated! phillybailout.org/donate
April 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
You can refer a Black mama for help. Eligible folk include Black mothers, caregivers of kids or ill, disabled, or elderly folk, transwomen and GNC folk. Cis-men who are custodial parents or primary caregivers will also be considered. Apply at phillybailout.org or call 267-225-6047. #freeblackmamas
April 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
PCBF is joining comrades across the country in raising money to #freeblackmamas this spring. We are bailing out Black mamas and caregivers held pretrial on high bails. Help us match the $75,000 granted to us by @nationalbailout.bsky.social by donating at phillybailout.org/donate until Mother's Day!
April 11, 2025 at 2:29 AM
We will be closed to new bail requests starting Sunday March 30th at 11:59PM so that we can prepare for Black Mama's Bail Out. We will begin accepting requests for bail help for Black mamas and caregivers in mid-April. Look for that announcement soon!
March 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Update!! We've changed the time of our Virtual Volunteer Meeting so as not to conflict with mobilizations planned for Saturday. We are now meeting on Thursday April 3rd from 6:30 to 8pm. Register at tinyurl.com/PCBFBMBO
#freeblackmamas
March 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Since 2017 we've freed 212 people for over $2.9 million! The community did that! There are many ways to plug in such as fundraising, outreach, greeting folk as they come home, and planning our Healing Retreat. Help us free Black mothers and caregivers! Questions? Email [email protected]
March 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
We're gearing up for our 8th Black Mama's Bail Out! We are inviting the community to volunteer to make this year's campaign a success! Join us for a Virtual Volunteer Meeting Saturday April 5 at 11:30AM. Learn how you can plug in! Register at tinyurl.com/PCBFBMBO
#FreeBlackMamas
March 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
So far we've freed 8 kids held on cash bail for $67,610. We hope to free more next week. Our window for accepting bail requests for children and youth held on cash bails of $150,000 or higher closes Friday Feb 14th. Call 267-225-6047 or apply at phillybailout.org. #endcashbail
February 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
So far we've helped free 4 youth from cages for $32,570! Thank you to all who gave to this year's Youth Holiday Bail Out including Believer's Bail Out (believersbailout.org) who helped us bring 2 of these young people home!
We hope to bring more youth home next week. (Post 1 of 2) #endcashbail
January 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
We are accepting referrals of youth age 21 and under until Feb 14th! We will consider requests above our normal cap as funds allow.
You can apply online at phillybailout.org. If you can't apply online, you can leave a detailed message on our Bail Hotline at 267-225-6047.
#EndCashBail #FreeThemAll
January 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
We managed to raise $67,916 to free children and youth held on high bails! And that tally is not even counting donations made by mail. Thank you to all who've given. We hope to bring home our first round of kids next week!
January 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM