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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMISTAD LAW PROJECT.

Totals

Total revenue
$889,859
Total expenses
$879,695
Contributions and grants received
$879,829
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$10,030
Total assets, end of year
$740,061
Total liabilities, end of year
$18,791
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$721,270
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$722,428
Management and general expenses
$139,814
Fundraising expenses
$17,453
Program service expenses (Part III)
$722,428

Program services were 82.1% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $879,829

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $10,030 · related or exempt $10,030

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $10,030

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $186,788 · program services $186,788

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $233,712 · program services $153,690 · management and general $72,738 · fundraising $7,284

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,062 · program services $5,718 · management and general $1,222 · fundraising $122

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $34,453 · program services $27,896 · management and general $5,960 · fundraising $597

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $16,500 · program services $16,500

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $6,054 · fundraising $6,054

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $123,442 · program services $107,334 · management and general $15,952 · fundraising $156

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $19,825 · program services $16,052 · management and general $3,429 · fundraising $344

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $25,063 · program services $18,685 · management and general $5,978 · fundraising $400

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $28,987 · program services $23,471 · management and general $5,014 · fundraising $502

  • 17 · Travel

    total $47,725 · program services $38,643 · management and general $8,255 · fundraising $827

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $10,271 · program services $8,316 · management and general $1,777 · fundraising $178

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $25,459 · program services $20,614 · management and general $4,404 · fundraising $441

  • 24a · Other expenses: FISCAL SPONSORSHIP EXPE

    total $68,581 · program services $61,465 · management and general $6,888 · fundraising $228

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROGRAM SERVICES

    total $27,531 · program services $22,486 · management and general $5,041 · fundraising $4

  • 24c · Other expenses: FEES

    total $9,033 · program services $7,314 · management and general $1,563 · fundraising $156

  • 24d · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $8,760 · program services $7,093 · management and general $1,515 · fundraising $152

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $449 · program services $363 · management and general $78 · fundraising $8

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $612,379 · end of year $560,668

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $22,500 · end of year $145,476

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $18,371

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

    $18,130

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

    $8,730

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $13,297 · end of year $9,400

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $10,769 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $6,146

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,368 · end of year $18,791

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $414,169 · end of year $414,224

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $239,408 · end of year $307,046

Mission and programs · 2022

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 $722,428 · Revenue $10,030

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

Listed in Part VII

  • KRIS HENDERSON

    PRESIDENT UNTIL 9/30

    Total calculated
    $69,782
    From this org
    $57,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,782
    Hours/week
    40

  • DENEEKIE GRANT

    SECRETARY/TREASURER UNTIL 9/30

    Total calculated
    $59,855
    From this org
    $57,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $2,705
    Hours/week
    40

  • SEAN DAMON

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 9/30

    Total calculated
    $57,150
    From this org
    $57,150
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROBERT HOLBROOK

    DIRECTOR UNTIL 9/30

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHANIE KEENE

    CHAIR STARTING 10/1

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CANDACE MCKINLEY

    SECRETARY/TREASURER STARTING 10/1

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTI CLARK

    DIRECTOR STARTING 10/1

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARTHA WILLIAMS

    DIRECTOR STARTING 10/1

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PARDISS KEBRIAEI

    DIRECTOR STARTING 10/1

    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
2022
Filed
14 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202343199349304744

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