We are an award-winning Louisiana-based 501(c)3 nonprofit operating nationally & dedicated to bettering the lives of women and girls impacted by incarceration.
New Orleans, LA
Joined April 2022
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Welcome to our Twitter! TPF is a Louisiana-based nonprofit dedicated to bettering the lives of women & girls impacted by incarceration. Vision: to remove obstacles to success & ensure that every woman & girl receives a fair chance to thrive & succeed. thurmanperryfoundation.com
🚨ANNOUNCEMENT: The October & remaining 2026 cycles of Mother’s Day 365 are canceled after a 2nd attempted theft/fraudulent use of program funds in 4 months
We’ll use the rest of 2026 to work w/ our legal & accounting teams to revamp fund distribution
Thanks for your patience!
CONGRATULATIONS to our September 2026 awardees of our Mother’s Day 365 housing relief program!
Martha T. of California and Roshawnda B. of Indiana!
October applications open 10/5! APPLY & SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter to stay UTD at thurmanperryfoundation.org
It sounds dumb but I really like for all of what we do at The Thurman Perry Foundation to be pretty. I send all our rent and mortgage relief checks in Barbie Pink envelopes and with floral stickers to close them. We send thank you cards to donors w/ flowers & butterflies 💕
CHICAGO: Women’s incarceration and the intersections therein matters. Women’s nuanced experiences under the carceral system matters.
To attend our panel in person, RSVP below!
To attend the virtual webinar from ANYWHERE, register today at this link: bit.ly/4htkPSl
Im so honored to be invited by the Chicago Torture Inquiry & Relief Commission to discuss women, incarceration, our work at thurmanperryfoundation.org & how abolition & reform efforts are leaving women behind nationwide
See y’all in Chicago Oct. 21! #women #incarceration #chicago
MEET DANIELLE, a 2024 recipient of The Perry Second Chances Scholarship!
We awarded Danielle a scholarship in order to complete her graduate school education at Columbia!
This cycle we are awarding $100,000 to 10 women nationwide! Apps open 11/15 at thurmanperryfoundation.org
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The carceral system is a black box, making it hard for students & teachers interested in the criminal legal system to study what’s happening inside the walls of prisons and jails.
📚 This back-to-school season, we put together some resources to fix that:
prisonpolicy.org/blog/2024/0…
This is where your donations go, y’all!
Our Girl Code initiative, which donates organic menstrual products to incarcerated women and girls, just hit 400,323 products donated NATIONWIDE.
Thank y’all for always supporting us at thurmanperryfoundation.org and the women we serve.
MEET Renee, a 2023 recipient of The Perry Second Chances Scholarship
Both of Renee’s parents cycled in & out of incarceration. We at ThurmanPerryFoundation.org chose Renee for her tenacity & desire to aid other system-impacted women
Applications for our new cycle open 11/15/2026!
DONT FORGET: I’m giving away rent and mortgage relief THIS WEEK for Labor Day Week!
Our September Applications for our Mother’s Day 365 programs are NOW OPEN ONLINE.
APPLY at thurmanperryfoundation.org
LADIES!
Need rent or mortgage relief? My nonprofit @ThurmanPerryFDN is opening September applications for our Mother’s Day 365 housing relief program!
We offer relief to mothers NATIONWIDE! Subscribe to our newsletter today at thurmanperryfoundation.org to stay up to date!
I LOVE when people send cards and letters to my nonprofit. As I care for my ailing mother, receiving this card from a formerly incarcerated mother and winner of our Mother’s Day 365 program truly warms my heart.
God bless y’all. ThurmanPerryFoundation.org
If you have ever donated to my nonprofit, retweeted a post, subscribed to our newsletter, or just sent kind thoughts, this is what your support went to.
Women.
I will never do anything in my life more important & life affirming than this.
THREE MORE DAYS, YALL!
We provide formerly incarcerated pregnant women and mothers with housing relief! Visit thurmanperryfoundation.org before SATURDAY.
We will NOT extend applications.
NEED RENT MONEY? Applications are open 8/2-8/8 for the August cycle of our Mother’s Day 365 housing relief program.
NEED MONEY FOR SCHOOL? Applications open 11/15 for The Perry Second Chances Scholarship. $10,000 PER WOMAN.
Subscribe today thurmanperryfoundation.org
It is my honor to announce that my nonprofit, The Thurman Perry Foundation, has established a partnership w/ the Formerly Incarcerated Transitions Clinic (FIT Clinic NOLA) to provide an annual grant for formerly incarcerated women to get free dental care nola.com/gambit/news/the_lat…
ARE YOU A MOM AND NEED YOUR RENT OR MORTGAGE PAID?
Subscribe to thurmanperryfoundation.org and make sure you mark your calendars for Aug 2-8th for when applications open for our Mother’s Day 365 housing relief program.
I’m so happy and proud to announce that my nonprofit is awarding $100,000 in scholarships this upcoming 7th cycle of The Perry Second Chances Scholarship. The largest amount of money we have EVER awarded in one cycle.
Subscribe to thurmanperryfoundation.org to stay up to date.
Now that edits for my upcoming book are almost done, it feels good to come up for air. I didn’t know this would take 5 years of the hardest work ever. Between the upcoming book tour and the preorder period, it ain’t over
BAD GIRLS coming soon. Available everywhere books are sold
HAPPY MENSTRUAL HYGIENE DAY!
I just finished packing up 2,000 organic menstrual products to ship to incarcerated women in South Carolina in Oconee County as well as incarcerated women at EBR Parish Prison, where I, myself, was incarcerated
To support: thurmanperryfoundation.org
