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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by SJAC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,341,236
Total expenses
$3,248,884
Contributions and grants received
$3,334,852
Grants paid
$173,056
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$6,384
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,989,894
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,500,593
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$489,301
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,966,566
Management and general expenses
$282,318
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,966,566

Program services were 91.3% 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)

    $3,135,362

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $199,490

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $6,384 · excluded $6,384

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $3,014 · program services $3,014

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $170,042 · program services $170,042

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $162,988 · program services $150,851 · management and general $12,137

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $644,785 · program services $598,757 · management and general $46,028

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $30,167 · program services $27,362 · management and general $2,805

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $45,028 · program services $40,839 · management and general $4,189

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $66,519 · program services $60,332 · management and general $6,187

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $18,230 · program services $17,289 · management and general $941

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $69,950 · management and general $69,950

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,851,138 · program services $1,755,571 · management and general $95,567

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $33,794 · program services $3,530 · management and general $30,264

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $53,916 · program services $48,492 · management and general $5,424

  • 17 · Travel

    total $69,521 · program services $68,244 · management and general $1,277

  • 20 · Interest

    total $1,042 · program services $794 · management and general $248

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,416 · program services $5,933 · management and general $483

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFF TRAINING

    total $17,263 · program services $14,579 · management and general $2,684

  • 24b · Other expenses: LICENSES AND PERMITS

    total $4,617 · program services $740 · management and general $3,877

  • 24c · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $298 · program services $197 · management and general $101

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE

    total $156 · management and general $156

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $549,328 · end of year $247,714

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $458,176 · end of year $1,480,246

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $202,167 · end of year $141,307

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $168,445 · end of year $120,627

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $471,354 · end of year $399,292

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $346,882 · end of year $984,364

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $162,931 · end of year $116,937

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $386,220 · end of year $462,072

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $10,729 · end of year $27,229

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO PROMOTE JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN SYRIA BY ENSURING THAT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS ARE COMPREHENSIVELY DOCUMENTED, AND THAT DOCUMENTATION DATA IS SECURELY PRESERVED, CATALOGUED, AND ANALYSED TO ADVANCE TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE AND PEACE-BUILDING.

  • DOCUMENTATION AND TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE - UNDER THIS PROGRAM, SJAC DOCUMENTS SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE SYRIAN CONFLICT. SJAC LEADS ACTIVITIES TO LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE MEANINGFUL TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE PROCESSES FOR SYRIA, INCLUDING PROGRAMMING ON CRIMINAL ACCOUNTABILITY, TRUTH-TELLING, INSTITUTIONAL REFORM, REPARATIONS, AND MEMORIALIZATION, AS APPLICABLE.

    Expenses $1,213,488

  • INVESTIGATIONS AND CASE BUILDING - SJAC INVESTIGATES CORE INTERNATIONAL CRIMES COMMITTED IN SYRIA BY ALL PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT, PUBLISHES FINDINGS, AND SUPPORTS ACCOUNTABILITY PROCESSES.

    Expenses $824,637

  • MISSING PERSONS - UNDER THIS PROGRAM, SJAC DOCUMENTS AND INVESTIGATES MISSING PERSONS, MASS GRAVES, AND DETENTION CENTERS, FOR THE PURPOSES OF IDENTIFICATION.

    Expenses $766,921 · Grants $170,042

  • TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN RIGHTS - SJAC STRIVES TO IMPROVE THE CYBER SECURITY OF ITS OPEN-SOURCE DATABASE SOFTWARE, AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $152,556 · Grants $3,014

  • CAPACITY BUILDING - BY PROVIDING INSTITUTIONAL AND PROGRAMMING CAPACITY BUILDING TO GROUPS LED BY SURVIVORS OR FAMILIES OF VICTIMS OF CORE INTERNATIONAL CRIMES IN THE SYRIAN CONFLICT, INCLUDING PROVIDING SMALL SUBGRANTS TO THE GROUPS, SJAC BUILDS THEIR COMPLIANCE AND FINANCIAL CAPACITY.

    Expenses $8,964

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Jill Miller

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Erica Razook

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Daniel Serwer

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Clint Williamson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mark Smith

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mohammad Al Abdallah

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $162,988
    From this org
    $139,801
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,187
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,801
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,027
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,160
    Filer's total
    $162,988

  • Roger Philips

    LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $129,571
    From this org
    $126,139
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,432
    Hours/week
    40

  • Hannah Grigg

    SENIOR PROGRAM OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $116,225
    From this org
    $102,612
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,613
    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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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
2025
Filed
22 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202631759349301313

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