Totals
- Total revenue
- $3,021,275
- Total expenses
- $3,428,593
- Contributions and grants received
- $2,951,671
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $69,604
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,222,000
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $710,875
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $3,511,125
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $3,081,804
- Management and general expenses
- $245,052
- Fundraising expenses
- $101,737
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $3,081,804
Program services were 89.9% 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)
$1,881,034
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$1,070,637
-
3 · Investment income
total $0
-
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
-
5 · Royalties
total $0
-
6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
-
8a · Fundraising events: gross income
$95,289
-
8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses
$34,138
-
8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $61,151
-
9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
-
10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
-
11a · Other revenue: Other revenue
total $8,453 · related or exempt $8,453
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$8,453
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
-
1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $0
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $0
-
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
-
4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $193,814 · program services $181,640 · management and general $6,219 · fundraising $5,955
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $2,044,627 · program services $1,916,195 · management and general $65,612 · fundraising $62,820
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $225,950 · program services $211,318 · management and general $7,662 · fundraising $6,970
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $175,828 · program services $164,819 · management and general $5,596 · fundraising $5,413
-
11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $22,669 · program services $22,669
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $26,524 · management and general $26,524
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $245,070 · program services $126,499 · management and general $118,555 · fundraising $16
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $0
-
13 · Office expenses
total $14,339 · program services $12,985 · management and general $925 · fundraising $429
-
14 · Information technology
total $32,001 · program services $29,660 · management and general $1,040 · fundraising $1,301
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $122,265 · program services $114,638 · management and general $3,841 · fundraising $3,786
-
17 · Travel
total $158,491 · program services $155,903 · management and general $631 · fundraising $1,957
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $2,788 · management and general $901 · fundraising $1,887
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $4,099 · program services $3,842 · management and general $130 · fundraising $127
-
23 · Insurance
total $17,315 · program services $13,580 · management and general $3,283 · fundraising $452
-
24a · Other expenses: Event
total $35,017 · program services $224 · management and general $6 · fundraising $34,787
-
24b · Other expenses: Dues and memberships
total $32,916 · program services $25,987 · management and general $1,512 · fundraising $5,417
-
24c · Other expenses: Program supplies
total $23,056 · program services $23,056
-
24d · Other expenses: Staff training and development
total $22,012 · program services $21,241 · management and general $403 · fundraising $368
-
24e · All other expenses
total $29,812 · program services $57,548 · management and general $2,212 · fundraising -$29,948
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
-
1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $2,295,739 · end of year $2,481,645
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $1,801,430 · end of year $1,565,399
-
4 · Accounts receivable
end of year $0
-
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
-
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
-
7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
-
8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $29,912 · end of year $43,693
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$10,249
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$5,807
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $8,540 · end of year $4,442
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
end of year $0
-
12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
-
13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
-
14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $233,385 · end of year $126,821
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $165,501 · end of year $132,564
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $6,035 · end of year $1,875
-
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable
beginning of year $21,600 · end of year $7,200
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $257,427 · end of year $569,236
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $1,796,680 · end of year $1,909,447
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,121,763 · end of year $1,601,678
Mission and programs · 2023
Mission
UNCOMMON LAW'S MISSION IS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO JUSTICE AND HEALING FOR PEOPLE IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION. WE DELIVER TRAUMA-INFORMED, HEALING-CENTERED MENTAL HEALTH AND LEGAL COUNSELING TO HELP PROVIDE A SAFE PATHWAY HOME FOR PEOPLE CURRENTLY SERVING LENGTHY PRISON TERMS IN CALIFORNIA PRISONS. WE REPRESENT PEOPLE IN THEIR PAROLE HEARINGS AND HABEAS PETITIONS, AND WE ENGAGE IN LITIGATION AND POLICY ADVOCACY TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC DISCRIMINATION IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. WE ALSO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR PEOPLE IN PRISON, ATTORNEYS, FAMILY MEMBERS, AND LAW STUDENTS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL QUALITY OF PREPARATION FOR AND REPRESENTATION IN PAROLE HEARINGS. OUR CLIENTS CANNOT BE RELEASED FROM PRISON UNLESS AND UNTIL THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED IN COUNSELING AND OTHER TRAINING PROGRAMS, AND CAN SHOW THE CALIFORNIA PAROLE BOARD THEY CAN SAFELY REJOIN THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE HELP THEM GET READY TO MAKE THAT SHOWING.
Activities or mission (Part I)
UnCommon Law fights to ensure that all people incarcerated for violent crime have access to healing, justice, and effective legal representation.Through our unique, trauma-informed model of advocacy, we provide the space currently missing in the system for healing, accountability, and safe pathways home from prison. In developing new self narratives, the people we serve are able to more effectively disrupt violence inside and outside prison, and become leaders who change negative societal narratives about those incarcerated for violent crime. Our groundbreaking approach is changing policy and outcomes, driven by the voices and experiences of system-impacted communities.
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UnCommon Law provided parole resources (by mail and through online access), phone support, and legal trainings to over 9,000 incarcerated people and community members across the State.Our attorneys represented 68 clients in the parole hearing process, with 35scheduled parole hearings and 15 parole grants. Additionally, we provided 20written consultations which help non-clients reflect on their past hearing andbetter prepare for their next hearing
Expenses $3,081,804
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We launched a cohort at our second location of the Home After Harm program: Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP). In addition to this inaugural cohort at SVSP, we launched the second cohort at California State Prison- Los Angeles County (Lancaster) following the first Lancaster graduation in 2022.UnCommon Laws Policy team introduced a bill to the California State Legislature, SB82, to increase judicial oversight and legal protections for people challenging parole denials.
As filed on the 2023 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Keith WattleyKEITH WATTLEY
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $193,814
- From this org
- $193,814
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 60
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $193,814
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $193,814
-
Lilliana B Paratore
Dir. Legal Service
- Total calculated
- $127,391
- From this org
- $127,391
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Katy Dybwad
Dir.Finance & Oper
- Total calculated
- $123,471
- From this org
- $123,471
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Ann M Roge
Dir of Dev. & Comm
- Total calculated
- $101,460
- From this org
- $101,460
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 40
-
Erin Scott
Finance Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Carletha Sterling
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Kwame Marfo
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Ernest Hammond III
Board member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Satch Slavin
Board member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Eddy Zheng
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Rob Eber
Fundraising Chr
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Paul Petrequin
Audit 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 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Written employment contract
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 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
- 2023
- Filed
- 16 October 2024
- IRS schema version
- 2023v5.1
- Source object
- 202402909349301445
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