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← ALABAMA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ALABAMA APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,380,911
Total expenses
$1,304,044
Contributions and grants received
$1,346,326
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$57,464
Other revenue
-$22,879
Total assets, end of year
$1,357,326
Total liabilities, end of year
$521,776
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$835,550
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,141,930
Management and general expenses
$162,114
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,141,930

Program services were 87.6% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $150,397

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,195,929

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $57,464 · related or exempt $57,464

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $2,731

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $150,397

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $25,610

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$22,879 · excluded -$22,879

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $110,860 · program services $94,362 · management and general $16,498

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $601,503 · program services $568,132 · management and general $33,371

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $41,724 · program services $35,466 · management and general $6,258

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $71,043 · program services $55,229 · management and general $15,814

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $56,530 · program services $47,856 · management and general $8,674

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,975 · program services $7,208 · management and general $1,767

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $54,000 · program services $54,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $2,064 · management and general $2,064

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $49,827 · program services $45,399 · management and general $4,428

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,893 · program services $9,649 · management and general $244

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,917 · program services $12,449 · management and general $8,468

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $64,578 · program services $20,662 · management and general $43,916

  • 17 · Travel

    total $16,310 · program services $12,387 · management and general $3,923

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,278 · program services $67 · management and general $1,211

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $2,785 · management and general $2,785

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,365 · program services $5,856 · management and general $2,509

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIRECT PROGRAM COSTS

    total $152,139 · program services $152,139

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL FEES & DEV

    total $22,456 · program services $13,866 · management and general $8,590

  • 24c · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $8,797 · program services $7,203 · management and general $1,594

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $14,932 · end of year $11,063

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,006,999 · end of year $1,143,975

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $23,214

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $19,745

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $4,793 · end of year $3,469

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $182,663 · end of year $198,819

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,190 · end of year $10,438

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $442,495 · end of year $511,333

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $19 · end of year $5

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,132,654 · end of year $954,110

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$373,971 · end of year -$118,560

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

APPLESEED CONFRONTS UNJUST SYSTEMS THROUGH RESEARCH, BRIDGE BUILDING, AND ADVOCACY TO CREATE AN ALABAMA THAT PRIORITIZES JUSTICE AND OPPORTUNITY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

CONFRONTING UNJUST SYSTEMS WITH RESEARCH, BRIDGE BUILDING, AND ADVOCACY FOR JUSTICE AND OPPORTUNITY

  • ECONOMIC JUSTICE - RESEARCHING AND ADVOCATING JUSTICE TO THOUGHTFULLY TACKLE AND IMPLEMENT NEW POLICIES THAT STOP THE POVERTY TO PRISON PIPELINE BY HIGHLIGHTING THE EFFECTS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE DEBT, COURT FINES AND FEES, AND DIVERSION PROGRAMS. THE JEFFERSON COUNTY EQUITABLE FINES AND FEES PROJECT (JEFF), DRIVER'S LICENSE REFORM, AND TRAFFIC STOPS PROJECT ARE 3 PROJECTS COMPOSING THE ECONOMIC JUSTICE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $456,801

  • MASS INCARCERATION - THE HABITUAL FELONY OFFENDER PROJECT (HFOA) TARGETS MASS INCARCERATION IN ALABAMA PRISONS TO IMPROVE THE UNCONSTITUTIONAL PRISON SYSTEM AND ASSIST INDIGENT INCARCERATED PRISONERS SERVING LIFE SENTENCES TO OBTAIN NEW SENTENCES AND RELEASES, AND THEN AIDS THESE INMATES IN REHABILITATION, CRIME PREVENTION, AND RE-ENTRY PROGRAM SERVICES. ADDITIONALLY, THE SECOND CHANCE PROJECT TARGETS UNCONSTITUTIONAL PRISON SENTENCES FOR LOW-LEVEL OFFENDERS THAT RECEIVED HARSH AND SEVERE PUNISHMENTS IN THE COURT OF LAW. THROUGH THE SECOND CHANCE PROGRAM, THE CENTER ADVOCATES TO RECTIFY AND RELEASE THOSE IMPRISONED FROM THESE HARSH AND UNJUST PUNISHMENTS FOR MINOR CRIMES BY PROVIDING DIRECT LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR THESE INDIVIDUALS.

    Expenses $501,034

  • RACIAL JUSTICE, HEALTH FOR JUSTICE, AND GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY - ADVOCATING FOR EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, AND EQUITABLY DISTRIBUTED INFRASTRUCTURE VERSUS PRIORITIZING PUNISHMENT AND DEPRIVATION AMONGST ALABAMA'S POPULATION AND ITS AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. IN ADDITION TO THE HUMAN JUSTICE RIGHTS ADVOCACY, THESE PROGRAMS ALSO INVOLVE RESEARCHING AND ADVOCATING JUSTICE IN THE GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS THAT PURSUE PROFIT OVER THE FAIR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, AND SHINING A LIGHT ON HARMFUL GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT IMPACT VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $184,095

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Tiffanie Agee

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Ramona C Albin

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Michael P Carlson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Jennifer Commander

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Dr Natalie Davis

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Tiffany Degruy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kirk Forrester

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Benjamin Harmon

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Lyn Head

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Ashley Hugunine

    AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Duquette Johnston

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Will Lochamy

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Aylia McKee

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Danny Patterson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Ramzee Robinson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Barbara Royal

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Rev Gates Shaw

    TREASURER & AUDIT CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Dr Michael D Smith

    AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rev Manuel Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Rev Richard Williams

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Carla Crowder

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $138,205
    From this org
    $119,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,205
    Hours/week
    40

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
202513189349308851

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