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← LAWFARE PROJECT INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by LAWFARE PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,674,570
Total expenses
$3,441,405
Contributions and grants received
$3,474,081
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$41,200
Investment income
$159,289
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,051,462
Total liabilities, end of year
$235,624
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,815,838
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,721,701
Management and general expenses
$604,998
Fundraising expenses
$114,706
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,721,701

Program services were 79.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $28,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,446,081

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $381,319

  • 2a · Program service revenue: SERVICE FEES

    total $41,200 · related or exempt $41,200

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $159,289 · excluded $159,289

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $315,000 · program services $242,550 · management and general $9,450 · fundraising $63,000

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,162,441 · program services $1,103,638 · management and general $26,700 · fundraising $32,103

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $50,982 · program services $45,195 · management and general $2,595 · fundraising $3,192

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $76,770 · program services $69,950 · management and general $1,878 · fundraising $4,942

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $434,042 · management and general $434,042

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $99,098 · management and general $99,098

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $148,988 · program services $130,969 · management and general $18,019

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,378 · program services $10,368 · management and general $279 · fundraising $731

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $21,618 · program services $19,697 · management and general $529 · fundraising $1,392

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $58,334 · program services $53,152 · management and general $1,427 · fundraising $3,755

  • 17 · Travel

    total $61,225 · program services $52,014 · management and general $9,211

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $64,142 · program services $64,142

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $27,925 · program services $25,444 · management and general $683 · fundraising $1,798

  • 24a · Other expenses: PUBLIC EDUCATION AND IN

    total $526,715 · program services $526,715

  • 24b · Other expenses: LEGAL FUND EXPENSES

    total $377,867 · program services $377,867

  • 24c · Other expenses: BANK CHARGES AND CREDIT

    total $4,877 · management and general $1,084 · fundraising $3,793

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $3 · management and general $3

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $3,474,610 · end of year $1,016,111

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $3,420,188

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $1,200,615 · end of year $527,298

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $28,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $13,000 · end of year $1,100

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $58,765

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $105,552 · end of year $182,004

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $53,620

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,362,509 · end of year $3,727,714

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,220,164 · end of year $1,088,124

Mission and programs · 2023

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 WARRANTS2. TO FACILITATE LEGAL AND NONLEGAL RESPONSES TO THE PERVERSION 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 $2,227,883

  • IN 2020 THE LAWFARE PROJECT LAUNCHED A PROJECT KNOWN AS END JEW HATRED EJH. EJH IS A GRASSROOTS CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT WORKING TO ELIMINATE JEWHATRED 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 CHOOSEWITHOUT FEAR OF ATTACK OR PERSECUTION.

    Expenses $493,818

  • Revenue $41,200

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Marilyn Chinitz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Michele Lee Fine

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Brooke Goldstein

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $315,000
    From this org
    $315,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $315,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $315,000
  • Henry Shiner

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Alison Katz Wolfson

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gerard Filitti

    SENIOR COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $328,530
    From this org
    $315,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,530
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $315,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,530
    Filer's total
    $328,530
  • Ziporah Reich

    DR OF LITIGATION

    Total calculated
    $378,530
    From this org
    $365,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,530
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $315,000
    Bonus
    $50,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,530
    Filer's total
    $378,530
  • Benjamin Ryberg

    COO/DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $328,530
    From this org
    $315,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,530
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $315,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,530
    Filer's total
    $328,530

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
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443209349319894

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