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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMISTAD LAW PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$996,904
Total expenses
$1,062,726
Contributions and grants received
$996,000
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$1,125
Other revenue
$2,029
Total assets, end of year
$713,841
Total liabilities, end of year
$58,393
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$655,448
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$815,275
Management and general expenses
$231,083
Fundraising expenses
$16,368
Program service expenses (Part III)
$815,275

Program services were 76.7% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $996,000

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    other assets $1,125

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    other assets -$1,125

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$1,125 · excluded -$1,125

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $2,029 · related or exempt $2,029

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,029

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $472,778 · program services $382,950 · management and general $81,791 · fundraising $8,037

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $10,484 · program services $8,492 · management and general $1,814 · fundraising $178

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $38,242 · program services $30,976 · management and general $6,616 · fundraising $650

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,329 · program services $5,329

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $43,509 · program services $35,242 · management and general $7,527 · fundraising $740

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $18,000 · program services $14,922 · management and general $3,078

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $441 · fundraising $441

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $66,206 · program services $33,103 · management and general $33,103

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $8,874 · program services $7,188 · management and general $1,535 · fundraising $151

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,359 · program services $9,302 · management and general $862 · fundraising $195

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $28,021 · program services $22,697 · management and general $4,848 · fundraising $476

  • 17 · Travel

    total $31,193 · program services $25,267 · management and general $5,396 · fundraising $530

  • 20 · Interest

    total $16 · program services $13 · management and general $3

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,080 · program services $8,165 · management and general $1,744 · fundraising $171

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $36,918 · program services $29,903 · management and general $6,387 · fundraising $628

  • 24a · Other expenses: FISCAL SPONSORSHIP EXPE

    total $265,419 · program services $187,918 · management and general $73,603 · fundraising $3,898

  • 24b · Other expenses: FEES

    total $8,592 · program services $6,960 · management and general $1,486 · fundraising $146

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $7,209 · program services $5,839 · management and general $1,247 · fundraising $123

  • 24d · Other expenses: PROGRAM SERVICES

    total $806 · program services $806

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $250 · program services $203 · management and general $43 · fundraising $4

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $560,668 · end of year $541,017

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $145,476 · end of year $147,279

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $18,371 · end of year $16,019

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $4,000

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

    $16,378

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

    $13,578

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $9,400 · end of year $2,800

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $6,146 · end of year $2,726

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $18,791 · end of year $54,393

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $4,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $414,224 · end of year $145,491

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $307,046 · end of year $509,957

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

AMISTADLAWPROJECTISAPUBLICINTERESTLAWFIRMANDORGANIZINGPROJECTWORKINGTOEND MASS INCARCERATIONINPENNSYLVANIA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

AMISTAD LAW PROJECT IS A PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM AND ORGANIZING PROJECT WORKING TO END MASS INCARERATION IN PENNSYLVANIA.

  • 1.) CAMPAIGN TO END DEATH BY INCARCERATION: THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO FIND AVENUES FOR PEOPLE SENTENCED TO LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE IN PENNSYLVANIA TO RETURN TO THEIR COMMUNITIES. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE EDUCATED THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PA BOARD OF PARDONS, HELD PUBLIC OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ROLE IN LIFE AND LONG TERM SENTENCES, PROVIDED TECHNICAL AND SUPPORTIVE ASSISTANCE TO INCARCERATED PEOPLE AND THE FAMILES IN APPLYING FOR CLEMENCY, AND FILED LAWSUITS ON BEHALF OF LIFE-SENTENCED INDIVIDUALS TO FIND A PATHWAY HOME.2.) SHIFTING THE NARRATIVE AROUND CRIME AND POLICING: THIS PROGRAM AIMS TO SHIFT THE POPULAR NARRATIVE AROUND CRIME AND VIOLENCE IN PHILADELPHIA AND QUESTION THE ROLE OF POLICING AS A RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES. THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE CREATED VISUAL AND AUDIO MEDIA TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES TO HARM, HELPED SHAPE CONCRETE POLICY DEMANDS TO THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA IN RESPONSE TO THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD AND THE SUBSEQUENT UPRISINGS, CONDUCTED RESEARCH ON PHILADELPHIANS' IDEA OF PUBLIC SAFETY, AND DEVELOPED PROPOSALS FOR ALTERNATIVE RESPONSES.

    Expenses $815,275 · Revenue $2,029

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Stephanie Keene

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Candace McKinley

    SECRETARY/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christi Clark

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Martha Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Pardiss Kebriaei

    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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
4 October 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202432889349301508

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