Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$2,692,847

Total expenses

$3,389,917

Contributions and grants received

$2,670,329

Grants paid

$143,307

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$0

Other revenue

$22,518

Total assets, end of year

$2,289,101

Total liabilities, end of year

$275,145

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,013,956

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,021,056

Management and general expenses

$329,752

Fundraising expenses

$39,109

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,021,056

Program services were 89.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• 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 LAUNCHED A NEW COHORT OF 10 COMMUNITIES THAT ARE STARTING DIRECT SERVICES PROGRAMS FOR SURVIVORS FROM THESE COMMUNITIES. WE CONTINUED TO CONVENE AND PROVIDE CAPACITY-BUILDING SUPPORT TO THE DEAF-LED SURVIVOR ADVOCACY PROGRAMS. WE ARE NOW WORKING IN MORE THAN 130 COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE TRAINED MORE THAN 5,900 PEOPLE AND PROVIDED INTENSIVE EXPERT GUIDANCE TO MORE THAN 1,300 PEOPLE ON IMPROVING SERVICES FOR SURVIVORS WITH DISABILITIES AND DEAF SURVIVORS. WE ALSO ENTERED THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING SPACE AND COMPLETED A YEAR-LONG ANALYSIS OF TRAFFICKING OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THE STATE OF SERVICES FOR TRAFFICKED SURVIVORS WITH DISABILITIES. WE FOUND WIDESPREAD GAPS AND BARRIERS IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING POLICY, CRIMINAL STATUTE, AND COMMUNITY-BASED AND SYSTEM-BASED RESPONSES THAT PREVENT TRAFFICKED VICTIMS WITH DISABILITIES FROM BEING IDENTIFIED AND SUPPORTED, AND THEIR CASES FROM BEING PROPERLY INVESTIGATED AND PROSECUTED.

  Expenses $1,677,445 · Grants $49,153 · Revenue $14,693

• 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 LAUNCHED 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. THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE MOSTLY IN RURAL OR REMOTE COMMUNITIES AND DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO TRAUMA-INFORMED INTERPRETERS.

  Expenses $600,960 · Grants $94,154 · Revenue $476

• ENDING CRIMINALIZATION AND INCARCERATION: WE LAUNCHED THE ENDING CRIMINALIZATION AND INCARCERATION PROGRAM TO END THE OVER-POLICING AND MASS INCARCERATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. AS AN INITIAL STEP, WE CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS ON DISABILITY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, INCLUDING A LITERATURE REVIEW, LISTENING SESSIONS WITH MORE THAN 60 PEOPLE WORKING IN THE REFORM SPACE, A SURVEY ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM TO MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE WHO WORK IN DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND A SURVEY ON DISABILITY EQUITY TO KEY CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM ORGANIZATIONS. USING THE INFORMATION WE LEARNED FROM THE LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS, WE DEVELOPED A PROGRAM PLAN TO GUIDE THIS PROGRAM'S WORK. WE ALSO ENGAGED PEOPLE FROM KEY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM SPACE AND TOOK STEPS TO RAISE AWARENESS WITHIN THIS SPACE ABOUT DISABILITY DISPARITIES IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. WE LAUNCHED SEVERAL COMMUNICATIONS CAMPAIGNS AND PROVIDED TRAININGS TO MORE THAN 600 PEOPLE WORKING IN THE REFORM LANDSCAPE ON THE OVERREPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND DEAF PEOPLE IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM.

  Expenses $503,489 · Revenue $986

• 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 13 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 ONLINE TRAINING. WE WERE ABLE TO REACH AND TRAIN MORE THAN 165 CORRECTIONS PRACTITIONERS ACROSS JUVENILE AND ADULT AGENCIES.

  Expenses $239,162 · Revenue $6,363

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

• GREGORY M KLEMM

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $300,201

  From this org

  $0

  From related orgs

  $240,251

  Other

  $59,950

  Hours/week

  1 + 42 related

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $0 + $219,352 related

  Bonus

  $0

  Other

  $0 + $20,899 related

  Deferred

  $0 + $12,768 related

  Nontaxable benefits

  $0 + $47,182 related

  Filer's total

  $0 + $300,201 related

• SUSAN SHAH

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  1

• NICHOLAS R TURNER

  TRUSTEE

  Total calculated

  $660,399

  From this org

  $0

  From related orgs

  $602,369

  Other

  $58,030

  Hours/week

  1 + 42 related

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $0 + $551,797 related

  Bonus

  $0 + $27,750 related

  Other

  $0 + $22,822 related

  Deferred

  $0 + $15,238 related

  Nontaxable benefits

  $0 + $42,792 related

  Filer's total

  $0 + $660,399 related

• NANCY SMITH

  PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $115,416

  From this org

  $104,173

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $11,243

  Hours/week

  40

• CHARITY HOPE SECRETARY DIR

  OF OPERATIONS & INNOVATIONS

  Total calculated

  $91,835

  From this org

  $74,552

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $17,283

  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. 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

• DEAFHOPE

  $67,742

  TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 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.

• INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR ADOLESCENTS

  $36,014

  TO PROVIDE EXPERTISE AROUND HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND TRAINING LAW ENFORCEMENT ON WORKING WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS WITH DISABILITIES.

• DEAF ABUSED WOMEN'S NETWORK

  $26,412

  TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE 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.

• ASIAN PACIFIC INSTITUTE ON GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

  $13,139

  TO PROVIDE EXPERTISE SURROUNDING ENHANCING ACCESS AROUND WORKING WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY CRIME VICTIMS.

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.

• VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC

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

• VERA ACTION INC

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

  Directly controlled by VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC

• PROJECT GUARDIANSHIP INC

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

  Directly controlled by VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

9 August 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202422229349300742

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