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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CIVIL SURVIVAL PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,666,936
Total expenses
$2,321,313
Contributions and grants received
$2,625,294
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$34,298
Investment income
$7,344
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,456,861
Total liabilities, end of year
$171,351
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,285,510
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,651,377
Management and general expenses
$543,159
Fundraising expenses
$126,777
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,651,377

Program services were 71.1% 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)

    $1,900,543

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $724,751

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Voting Rights

    total $34,298 · related or exempt $34,298

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,344 · related or exempt $7,344

  • 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

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other revenue

  • 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 $379,302 · program services $194,058 · management and general $113,276 · fundraising $71,968

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,013,959 · program services $870,192 · management and general $138,937 · fundraising $4,830

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $118,689 · program services $63,598 · management and general $32,623 · fundraising $22,468

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $221,968 · program services $169,964 · management and general $37,612 · fundraising $14,392

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $134,275 · program services $103,096 · management and general $23,461 · fundraising $7,718

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $43,995 · management and general $43,995

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $60,720 · management and general $60,720

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $8,624 · program services $5,119 · management and general $1,313 · fundraising $2,192

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $14,189 · program services $10,997 · management and general $3,192

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $11,144 · program services $9,972 · management and general $1,172

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $300 · program services $300

  • 17 · Travel

    total $14,210 · program services $11,711 · management and general $1,916 · fundraising $583

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,410 · program services $7,849 · management and general $304 · fundraising $257

  • 20 · Interest

    total $24 · management and general $24

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $1,000 · program services $500 · management and general $500

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Activities

    total $121,339 · program services $99,547 · management and general $21,792

  • 24b · Other expenses: Professional Staff Costs

    total $85,451 · program services $81,628 · management and general $3,823

  • 24c · Other expenses: Program Development & Mgmt

    total $79,204 · program services $17,210 · management and general $59,856 · fundraising $2,138

  • 24d · Other expenses: Postage and Shipping

    total $3,691 · program services $3,627 · management and general $64

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $819 · program services $2,009 · management and general -$1,421 · fundraising $231

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $555,329 · end of year $571,582

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $367,072

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $495,829 · end of year $514,471

  • 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 $2,319

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $1,415

  • 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

    end of year $2

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $111,271 · end of year $171,351

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $939,887 · end of year $1,124,293

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $161,217

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Civil Survival organizes system-impacted people, provides legal representation, and advocates for policy reform to restore opportunity to communities harmed by the criminal legal system.

  • In 2023, Civil Survival helped more clients than ever. Our team provided legal representation in 1,095 cases, focusing on legal financial obligation (LFO) relief, criminal record vacation, and vacation of unconstitutional drug possession convictions, among other areas. We also expanded opportunities for the community members to receive support in filing their own LFO, vacate and other reentry legal relief paperwork. Civil Survival launched an Attorney Office Hours program, where members of the public can easily schedule a meeting with an attorney to receive a summary of their eligibility for LFO relief or record vacation. We also continued to provide community members with free copies of their criminal history?the only service of its kind in Washington. In total, Civil Survival provided 782 criminal histories, allowing recipients to understand what might appear on a background check and which cases might be eligible for LFO reduction or record vacation.

    Expenses $779,114 · Grants $1,053,454

  • During its second year of operation, Civil Survival's Blake Civil Impacts Project helped low-income Washingtonians vacate over 100 unconstitutional drug possession convictions under State v. Blake and obtain LFO refunds. In addition to direct legal representation, Civil Survival distributed education materials to assist the public in obtaining a Blake vacation without an attorney. Civil Survival maintained a guide on its website that allows people to determine whether they have a Blake conviction. Civil Survival brought Blake information into the community, sharing resources with hundreds of people at community events and meetings.

    Expenses $622,086 · Grants $847,089

  • In 2023, Civil Survival organized people directly impacted by the criminal legal system to understand their rights and advocate for policies to restore opportunity to our community. We held weekly Game Changer meetings where directly impacted people came together to build community, support each other, learn more about resources in the community, and how to impact system change through legislative advocacy. Over the last year, Civil Survival has deployed a multifaceted approach to advocacy. In addition to direct representation, we have engaged in legal advocacy aimed at broad-based advancements in reentry law. Our amicus advocacy, for example, has blossomed over the last year to cover all the focal points of the organization, including community members with unconstitutional drug possession convictions and those with court fines they could not afford to pay. Like almost all of our work, the amicus briefs we filed were a collaborative effort with other legal and grassroots organizations, strengthening our collective power in the courts. Civil Survival also leveraged community partnerships to expand access to legal financial obligation relief. We organized a coalition of 21 community and legal organizations, successfully requesting that the Washington Supreme Court simplify and expand the relief provided by court forms that must be used in thousands of legal financial obligation cases each year. Civil Survival's community organizers worked alongside thirteen other community-based organizations to create an advocacy event to remember. The event focused on educating people both familiar and unfamiliar with the legislative process, and facilitating a connection with their legislators. A key aspect of the lobby day was to work with justice-impacted youth and adults to craft their lived experiences and stories into compelling narratives that convince legislators of the importance of their policy proposals. The organizing team continued their efforts to increase access to voting in jails by going into facilities to ensure that people are aware of their right to vote, and register to vote. In 2023, Civil Survival's organizers went into three different facilities, to connect with and educate people who were currently incarcerated in those institutions. This inreach into facilities is a core aspect of Civil Survival's work and, as always, we welcomed the partnership in this work of organizations in the juvenile justice space who are dedicated to reaching our youth.

    Expenses $250,177 · Grants $522,401 · Revenue $34,298

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Corey Guilmette

    Director

    Total calculated
    $165,781
    From this org
    $121,905
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,876
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,905
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $43,876 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $121,905 + $43,876 related
  • Tarra Simmons

    Director

    Total calculated
    $157,417
    From this org
    $113,461
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $43,956
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $113,461
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $43,956 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $113,461 + $43,956 related
  • Prachi Dave

    Director

    Total calculated
    $148,918
    From this org
    $143,936
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,982
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,936
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $4,982 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $143,936 + $4,982 related
  • Sugam Soni

    Total calculated
    $116,963
    From this org
    $112,311
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,652
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $112,311
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,652
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $116,963
  • Teresa Groves

    Total calculated
    $110,775
    From this org
    $106,251
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,524
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $106,251
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $4,524
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $110,775
  • Derek Boyd

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $1,400
    From this org
    $1,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Cynthia Brady

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $1,400
    From this org
    $1,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Amanda Dubois

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shon Hopwood

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Noel Vest

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tadeu Velloso

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Cleo Floyd

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Karen Cooper

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0
  • Heidi Bateman

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

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

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202423199349310812

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