Form 990 for tax year 2023
Filed by THE PHILLIPS BLACK PROJECT A PUBLIC INTEREST NON PROFIT LAW OFFICE.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,509,146
- Total expenses
- $2,118,916
- Contributions and grants received
- $1,096,573
- Grants paid
- $5,162
- Program service revenue
- $2,357,992
- Investment income
- $6,104
- Other revenue
- $48,477
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,809,957
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $113,435
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $1,696,522
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,963,870
- Management and general expenses
- $155,046
- Fundraising expenses
- $0
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,963,870
Program services were 92.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Line items
Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.
Revenue
Part VIII, the statement of revenue.
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1a · Federated campaigns
$0
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1b · Membership dues
$0
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1c · Fundraising events
$0
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1d · Related organizations
$0
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1e · Government grants (contributions)
$531,597
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$564,976
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1g · Noncash contributions included above
$0
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2a · Program service revenue: LEGAL REPRESENTATION - GOVERNMENT FUNDED
total $1,218,713 · related or exempt $1,218,713 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2b · Program service revenue: LEGAL REPRESENTATION
total $1,139,279 · related or exempt $1,139,279 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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2f · All other program service revenue
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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3 · Investment income
total $6,104 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $6,104
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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6c · Rental income or loss
real property $0 · personal property $0
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7c · Gain or loss
securities $0 · other assets $0
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8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c
$0
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11a · Other revenue: REIMBURSEMENT
total $43,977 · related or exempt $43,977 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11d · All other revenue
total $4,500 · related or exempt $4,500 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$48,477
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $1,000 · program services $1,000
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $4,162 · program services $4,162
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $131,574 · program services $123,368 · management and general $8,206
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $877,186 · program services $823,120 · management and general $54,066
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $75,540 · program services $74,164 · management and general $1,376
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $77,633 · program services $72,454 · management and general $5,179
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $30,410 · management and general $30,410
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11g · Fees: other
total $733,550 · program services $730,000 · management and general $3,550
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13 · Office expenses
total $20,116 · program services $18,505 · management and general $1,611
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14 · Information technology
total $18,163 · program services $16,018 · management and general $2,145
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16 · Occupancy
total $35,567 · program services $260 · management and general $35,307
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17 · Travel
total $65,145 · program services $63,156 · management and general $1,989
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20 · Interest
total $3,596 · management and general $3,596
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $420 · program services $420
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23 · Insurance
total $19,474 · program services $12,718 · management and general $6,756
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24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE & COMMUNICATION
total $16,647 · program services $16,647 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
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24b · Other expenses: LEGAL REPRESENTATION EXPENSES
total $6,958 · program services $6,103 · management and general $855 · fundraising $0
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24c · Other expenses: BOOKS & SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $1,775 · program services $1,775 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $35,682 · end of year $1,171,188
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $3 · end of year $15
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $535,043 · end of year $486,056
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $21,439 · end of year $20,973
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,511
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10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$420
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $0 · end of year $1,091
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $95,323 · end of year $99,467
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15 · Other assets
end of year $31,167
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $212,564 · end of year $39,371
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19 · Deferred revenue
end of year $42,533
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24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $150,000
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25 · Other liabilities
end of year $31,531
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $268,074 · end of year $1,107,297
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $56,852 · end of year $589,225
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
PHILLIPS BLACK CONSIST OF INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONERS COLLECTIVELY DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO PRIONERS IN THE UNITED STATES SENTENCED TO THE SEVEREST PENALTIES UNDER LAW. PHILLIPS BLACK FURTHER CONTRIBUTES TO THE RULE OF LAW BY CONSULTING WITH CAPITAL COUNSEL, CONDUCTING DEATH PENALTY CLINICAL TRAINING, AND DEVELOPING RESEARCH ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
PHILLIPS BLACK CONSISTS OF INDEPENDENT PRACTITIONERS COLLECTIVELY DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO PRISONERS IN THE UNITED STATES SENTENCED TO THE SEVEREST PENALTIES UNDER LAW. PHILLIPS BLACK FURTHER CONTRIBUTES TO THE RULE OF LAW BY CONSULTING WITH CAPITAL COUNSEL, CONDUCTING DEATH PENALTY CLINICAL TRAINING, AND DEVELOPING RESEARCH ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.
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LEGAL REPRESENTATION - PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO PRISONERS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Expenses $1,963,870 · Grants $5,162 · Revenue $2,357,992
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Jennifer MerriganJENNIFER MERRIGAN
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $125,000
- From this org
- $125,000
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
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Jay FergusonJAY FERGUSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Jonathan BrounJONATHAN BROUN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.
Grants on this return
No itemized grants to organizations on this return.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2023
- Filed
- 5 March 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2023v6.0
- Source object
- 202540729349300909
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