Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$4,350,932

Total expenses

$3,803,254

Contributions and grants received

$4,315,403

Grants paid

$128,708

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$35,529

Total assets, end of year

$2,778,916

Total liabilities, end of year

$217,282

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,561,634

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,444,270

Management and general expenses

$336,626

Fundraising expenses

$22,358

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,444,270

Program services were 90.6% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• CREATING PATHWAYS TO HEALING: WE WELCOMED FIVE NEW COMMUNITIES INTO OUR ACCESSING SAFETY NETWORK A DIVERSE GROUP OF DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS, RAPE CRISIS CENTERS, AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THEIR SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS WITH DISABILITIES AND DEAF SURVIVORS. WE ALSO CONTINUED TO WORK WITH 10 COMMUNITIES ON PROVIDING DIRECT SERVICES TO SURVIVORS FROM DISABILITY COMMUNITIES AND LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT COMMUNITIES. WE ARE NOW WORKING IN 135 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE TRAINED 7370 PEOPLE AND PROVIDED INTENSIVE EXPERT GUIDANCE TO 977 PEOPLE ON IMPROVING SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS WITH DISABILITIES AND DEAF SURVIVORS. WE ALSO FINALIZED A REPORT ON TRAFFICKING OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THAT DETAILS THE UNIQUE RISK FACTORS AND BARRIERS FACED BY TRAFFICKING VICTIMS WITH DISABILITIES. WE ALSO COMPLETED A TRAINING SERIES FOR FORENSIC NURSES ON MAKING THE SEXUAL ASSAULT EXAM ACCESSIBLE TO SURVIVORS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. FINALLY, WE BEGAN TO EXPLORE THE CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESSING ABUSE BY PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANTS.

  Expenses $2,036,048 · Grants $81,792 · Revenue $21,654

• EXPANDING DEAF SERVICES AND ADVOCACY: WE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TRAINING, EXPERT GUIDANCE, AND PEER TO PEER LEARNING EXCHANGES TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF "FOR DEAF, BY DEAF" VICTIM SERVICES PROVIDERS AND STRENGTHEN THE CAPACITY OF THE MORE THAN 20 PROGRAMS THAT EXIST ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE ALSO LAID THE FOUNDATION BOTH IN DESIGN AND PARTNERSHIPS TO ESTABLISH A NEW, NATIONAL "FOR DEAF, BY DEAF" VICTIM SERVICES PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE VIRTUAL CRISIS INTERVENTION AND LONG-TERM ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT TO DEAF VICTIMS WHO LIVE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN COMMUNITIES WITHOUT IN-PERSON DEAF SERVICES. WE CONTINUED THE NATIONAL SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER SERVICE FOR DEAF VICTIMS AN EFFORT DESIGNED TO CLOSE COMMUNICATION GAPS FOR DEAF VICTIMS OF CRIME WHO ARE ACCESSING VICTIM SERVICES FROM HEARING PROVIDERS. WE ARE PROVIDING THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND THE DEAF VICTIMS THEY SERVE WITH REMOTE SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION SERVICES USING SAFE AND SECURE TECHNOLOGY FREE OF CHARGE.

  Expenses $847,450 · Grants $46,916 · Revenue $3,077

• ENDING CRIMINALIZATION AND INCARCERATION: OUR TEAM PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES FOR STATE COURT SYSTEMS ON THE OVERREPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND DEAF PEOPLE IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. ADDITIONALLY, WE HOSTED OUR OWN VIRTUAL EVENT ON THE MASS INCARCERATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND FEATURED A GUEST PRESENTER. WE ALSO PROVIDED CONSULTATIONS AND SUPPORT TO DEFENSE ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER NON-PROFITS, SPECIFICALLY ON HOW TO ASK ABOUT AND PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND DEAF PEOPLE. IN THE SUMMER OF 2024, WE LAUNCHED A 5-PART TOOLKIT SERIES TITLED: PARTNERING WITH DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS TO ENHANCE CRIMINAL LEGAL REFORMS. THIS TOOLKIT INCLUDED TIP SHEETS AND GUIDANCE ON BEING MORE ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUDED STRATEGIES FOR PARTNERING WITH DISABILITY AND DEAF ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDING SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETERS. WE PROVIDED GUIDANCE ON USING THE TOOLKIT THROUGH A VIRTUAL WEBINAR TRAINING. WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND OUR PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKS WITHIN THE PUBLIC DEFENSE SPACE, BY HAVING INTENSIVE ENGAGEMENTS AND CONSULTATIONS WITH VARIOUS PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICES AND ORGANIZATIONS, TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE THE GAPS ARE, WHAT THE NEED IS, AND HOW WE CAN DEVELOP TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO HELP ACHIEVE THE BEST OUTCOMES FOR THEIR CLIENTS WITH DISABILITIES.

  Expenses $444,928 · Revenue $5,552

• HEALING BEHIND AND BEYOND BARS: WE CONTINUED OUR LONG-STANDING COMMITMENT AND WORK TO PROMOTE SEXUAL SAFETY BEHIND BARS. OUR WORK ENCOMPASSED MULTIPLE EFFORTS AND STRATEGIES TO ENSURE MEANINGFUL COMPLIANCE WITH THE PRISON RAPE ELIMINATION ACT (PREA) STANDARDS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON SUPPORTING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ACCESS FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND DEAF PEOPLE. WE PROVIDED SITE-BASED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND COACHING SUPPORT TO 7 LOCAL CONFINEMENT FACILITIES (ADULT JAILS, LOCKUPS, AND COMMUNITY CONFINEMENT FACILITIES). WE ALSO DEVELOPED RESOURCES, FACILITATED A VIRTUAL DISCUSSION SERIES FOR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL AGENCIES, AND DELIVERED A KEYNOTE PRESENTATION AT THE NATIONAL PREA COORDINATORS CONFERENCE IN JULY 2024 ON PREA AND SUPPORTING INCARCERATED PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND DEAF PEOPLE. ADDITIONALLY, WE FACILITATED A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION OF APPROXIMATELY 35 EXPERTS ACROSS DIVERSE FIELDS ON APPLYING SEXUAL ABUSE PREVENTION STRATEGIES FROM THE MILITARY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND COLLEGE CAMPUSES TO CORRECTIONS. WE WERE ABLE TO REACH AND TRAIN MORE THAN 270 CORRECTIONS PRACTITIONERS ACROSS JUVENILE AND ADULT AGENCIES.

  Expenses $115,844 · Revenue $4,661

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• ASIAN PACIFIC INSTITUTE ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

  $77,489

  TO PROVIDE EXPERTISE AND ENHANCING ACCESS TO CRIME VICTIMS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY CRIME VICTIMS

• DEAFHOPE

  $46,915

  TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSITANCE TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF DEAF ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND/OR STALKING AGAINST INDIVIDUALS IN THE DEAF AND DEAF/BLIND COMMUNITIES. TO PROVIDE PROJECT SUPPORT TO COLLECTIVELY DEVELOP A NEW VIRTUAL SERVICES PROGRAM FOR DEAF AND DEAFBLIND VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND/OR STALKING.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• PROJECT GUARDIANSHIP INC

  501(C)(3) · PROVIDES CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES AND MENTAL · NY

  Directly controlled by VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC

• VERA ACTION INC

  501(C)(4) · ADVOCACY FOR LEGAL AND IMMIGRATION REFORM · NY

  Directly controlled by VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC

• VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC

  501(C)(3) · PILOTS PROGRAMS TO END MASS INCARCERATION · NY

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

14 August 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202512269349301901

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