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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SECOND LOOK PROJECT.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 27 February 2026. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$809,566 changed to $759,566
Contributions and grants received
$809,566 changed to $759,566

Listed only on the later return

  • Erin Ponder

Listed under a different title

  • Samiyyah Ali: Director then Secretary

Totals

Total revenue
$809,566
Total expenses
$793,659
Contributions and grants received
$809,566
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$491,802
Total liabilities, end of year
$240,785
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$251,017
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$691,200
Management and general expenses
$102,459
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$691,200

Program services were 87.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $377,159

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $432,407

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $56,192 · program services $56,192

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $557,923 · program services $557,923

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $18,201 · program services $18,201

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $50,450 · program services $50,450

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $10,167 · management and general $10,167

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $5,050 · management and general $5,050

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,742 · management and general $2,742

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,502 · management and general $4,502

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $59,419 · management and general $59,419

  • 17 · Travel

    total $5,123 · program services $5,123

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,729 · management and general $6,729

  • 24a · Other expenses: Subscriptions, Dues & License

    total $8,374 · management and general $8,374

  • 24b · Other expenses: Licenses

    total $2,304 · management and general $2,304

  • 24c · Other expenses: Payroll Processing

    total $2,136 · management and general $2,136

  • 24d · Other expenses: Other Program Expenses

    total $1,949 · program services $1,949

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,398 · program services $1,362 · management and general $1,036

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $297,630 · end of year $480,717

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $122,841 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $1,924 · end of year $1,755

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $9,330 · end of year $9,330

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $195,076 · end of year $235,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,539 · end of year $5,785

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $235,110 · end of year $251,017

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE SECOND LOOK PROJECT WAS FOUNDED TO PROVIDE ADVOCACY AND LEGAL SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS GIVEN EXTREME SENTENCES AS YOUTH IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

  • OUR PROGRAM SERVICES IN 2024 CONSISTED OF DIRECT REPRESENTATION, TRAINING AND LITIGATION SUPPORT WORK FOR OTHER ATTORNEYS, AND ADVISING PEER ORGANIZATIONS DOING SIMILAR WORK. FOR OUR DIRECT REPRESENTATION WORK, OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2024 WERE MAINTAINING A DIRECT REPRESENTATION CASELOAD AND CONTINUING WORK ON THEIR CASES, OVER 10 OF WHICH REACHED A RESOLUTION IN 2024. FOR OUR TRAINING WORK, WE COLLABORATED WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO DEVELOP AND DISTRIBUTE A TRAINING CURRICULUM AND TO PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT TO PRO BONO AND COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEYS.

    Expenses $691,200 · Grants $594,235

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • James Zeigler

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $52,026
    From this org
    $52,026
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Rakesh Kilaru

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ameen Beale

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Premal Dharia

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Bailey

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Abbe Smith

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deborah Golden

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheila Dugan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Samiyyah Ali

    Director

    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
2024
Filed
13 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523179349306052

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