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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by LAWFARE PROJECT INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 24 November 2023. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Contributions and grants received
$3,088,282 changed to $3,467,747
Program service revenue
$525,000 changed to $145,535
Investment income
$0 changed to $48,907
Other revenue
$48,907 changed to $0
Program services expenses
$2,136,771 changed to $2,303,818
Management and general expenses
$223,193 changed to $57,731
Fundraising expenses
$182,478 changed to $180,894
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,136,771 changed to $2,303,821

Totals

Total revenue
$3,662,189
Total expenses
$2,542,443
Contributions and grants received
$3,467,747
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$145,535
Investment income
$48,907
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$4,688,225
Total liabilities, end of year
$105,552
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,582,673
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,303,818
Management and general expenses
$57,731
Fundraising expenses
$180,894
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,303,821

Program services were 90.6% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,467,747

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $425,149

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Management consulting services

    total $145,535 · related or exempt $145,535 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2b · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2c · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2d · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2e · Program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $48,907 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $48,907

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 9a · Gaming: gross income

    $0

  • 9b · Gaming: direct expenses

    $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $0

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11a · Other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11b · Other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11c · Other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0 · program services $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $300,000 · program services $191,329 · management and general $33,205 · fundraising $75,466

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $907,451 · program services $907,451 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $48,630 · program services $44,254 · management and general $1,337 · fundraising $3,039

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $56,721 · program services $51,616 · management and general $1,560 · fundraising $3,545

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $78,020 · fundraising $78,020

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $18,799 · program services $16,595 · management and general $348 · fundraising $1,856

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $138,645 · program services $138,645 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $41,937 · program services $38,163 · management and general $1,153 · fundraising $2,621

  • 17 · Travel

    total $54,551 · program services $40,913 · management and general $546 · fundraising $13,092

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $36,729 · program services $36,729 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $28,477 · program services $13,185 · management and general $15,179 · fundraising $113

  • 24a · Other expenses: Bank charges and credit card fees

    total $13,398 · program services $9,353 · management and general $903 · fundraising $3,142

  • 24b · Other expenses: Professional fees

    total $195,665 · program services $195,665 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24c · Other expenses: Public education

    total $332,062 · program services $332,062 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24d · Other expenses: Legal Fund Expenses

    total $287,858 · program services $287,858 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,500 · program services $0 · management and general $3,500 · fundraising $0

  • 26 · Joint costs (an allocation of the lines above)

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,524,306 · end of year $3,474,610

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $16,000 · end of year $1,200,615

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $13,000

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $77,379 · end of year $105,552

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,297,657 · end of year $3,362,509

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,165,270 · end of year $1,220,164

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

We are a global network of legal professionals that contribute our skills time and expertise to defending the civil and human rights of the Jewish people and fighting discrimination wherever we see it.

  • 1. To raise awareness about the phenomenon and speicific instances of lawfare assuring the subject matter receives the credibility and immediacy that it warrants; 2. To facilitate legal and non-legal responses to the perfersion and misapplication of international and national human rights law; 3. To identify potential lawfare threats and mobilize human and institutional resources to combat them; and 4. To bring diverse and interested parties together in a common forum to discuss the phenomenon.

    Expenses $1,992,859

  • In 2020 The Lawfare Project launched a project known as End Jew Hatred EJH. EJH is a grassroots civil rights movement working to eliminate Jew-hatred through peaceful direct action and education. It seeks to empower Jews with positivity and strength to discover and enjoy their heritage in whichever manner they choose without fear of attack or persecution.

    Expenses $310,962

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Benjamin Ryberg

    COO Director of Research

    Total calculated
    $314,660
    From this org
    $300,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,660
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,660
    Filer's total
    $314,660

  • Ziporah Reich

    Dr of Litigation

    Total calculated
    $314,660
    From this org
    $300,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,660
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,660
    Filer's total
    $314,660

  • Gerard Filitti

    Senior Counsel

    Total calculated
    $305,641
    From this org
    $290,981
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,660
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $290,981
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,660
    Filer's total
    $305,641

  • Brooke Goldstein

    Ex Dir and President of Board

    Total calculated
    $300,000
    From this org
    $300,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $300,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $300,000

  • Henry Shiner

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alison Katz Wolfson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Marilyn Chinitz

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michelle Lee Fine

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 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.

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.

  • Lincoln Centre for Human Rights Research

    N/A · Upholding human rights · CA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
18 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202400189349300800

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