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← WILLIAM J BRENNAN JR CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WILLIAM J BRENNAN JR CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$57,935,075
Total expenses
$50,635,203
Contributions and grants received
$51,226,115
Grants paid
$316,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$5,883,105
Other revenue
$825,855
Total assets, end of year
$313,321,773
Total liabilities, end of year
$46,713,492
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$266,608,281
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$36,672,381
Management and general expenses
$9,065,076
Fundraising expenses
$4,897,746
Program service expenses (Part III)
$36,672,381

Program services were 72.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

  • MICHAEL WALDMAN

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $676,258
    From this org
    $622,528
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,730
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $552,745
    Bonus
    $69,783
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,630
    Filer's total
    $676,258

  • JOHN ANTHONY BUTLER

    VP/COO

    Total calculated
    $407,560
    From this org
    $369,243
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,317
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $329,559
    Bonus
    $39,684
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,217
    Filer's total
    $407,560

  • WENDY WEISER

    DIRECTOR DEMOCRACY PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $405,249
    From this org
    $365,548
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,701
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $321,947
    Bonus
    $43,601
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,601
    Filer's total
    $405,249

  • JOHN KOWAL

    VP , PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $404,726
    From this org
    $368,596
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $36,130
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $328,565
    Bonus
    $40,031
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,030
    Filer's total
    $404,726

  • JEANINE PLANT-CHIRLIN

    CHIEF OF STAFF

    Total calculated
    $398,864
    From this org
    $350,987
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,877
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $308,974
    Bonus
    $42,013
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,777
    Filer's total
    $398,864

  • JAEMIN KIM

    VP DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $380,539
    From this org
    $326,852
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $53,687
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $280,322
    Bonus
    $46,530
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,100
    Nontaxable benefits
    $30,587
    Filer's total
    $380,539

  • MANUEL MONGE

    CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $332,685
    From this org
    $292,105
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $40,580
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,958
    Bonus
    $41,147
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $20,910
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,670
    Filer's total
    $332,685

  • LARRY NORDEN

    SR. DIRECTOR, ELECTIONS & GOVT

    Total calculated
    $312,584
    From this org
    $282,285
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,299
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $257,085
    Bonus
    $25,200
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,919
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,380
    Filer's total
    $312,584

  • LAUREN-BROOKE EISEN

    SR. DIR., JUSTICE PROGRAM

    Total calculated
    $294,576
    From this org
    $246,441
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $48,135
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,225
    Bonus
    $25,216
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $18,253
    Nontaxable benefits
    $29,882
    Filer's total
    $294,576

  • REBECCA WEITZMAN

    VP, COMMUNICATIONS & STRATEGY

    Total calculated
    $289,727
    From this org
    $247,578
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,149
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $228,328
    Bonus
    $19,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,834
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,315
    Filer's total
    $289,727

  • ELISA MILLER

    SECRETARY / GENERAL COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $285,664
    From this org
    $275,927
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,737
    Hours/week
    32

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,862
    Bonus
    $32,065
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,255
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,482
    Filer's total
    $285,664

  • MELISSA ESTOK

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $126,760
    From this org
    $118,425
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,335
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROBERT ATKINS

    BOARD CO-CHAIR (DECEMBER 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PATRICIA BAUMAN

    BOARD CO-CHAIR (DECEMBER 2023)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIMBERLEY HARRIS

    BOARD CO-CHAIR (PRESENT)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHRISTINE VARNEY

    BOARD CO-CHAIR (PRESENT)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LESLIE BHUTANI

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MAGGIE BLACKHAWK

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADAM B COX

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIMBERLY DAVIS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • LESLIE FAGEN

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SIBYL FRANKENBURG

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIELLE GRAY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • HELEN HERSHKOFF

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • THOMAS JORDE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • DANIEL KOLB

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • RUTH LAZARUS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAUL LIGHTFOOT

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TROY MCKENZIE

    EX-OFFICIO

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • TREVOR MORRISON

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MELISSA MURRAY

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • WENDY NEU

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRANZ PAASCHE

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEVEN REISS

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • STEPHEN SCHULHOFER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • EMILY SPITZER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • GERAD TORRES

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ADAM WINKLER

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KENJI YOSHINO

    BOARD MEMBER

    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. 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

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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

  • R STREET INSTITUTE

    $100,000

    BUILDING WEBSITE AND EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH COLLABORATION ON COMMITTEE FOR SAFE AND SECURE ELECTIONS.

  • CITIZENS NOT POLITICIANS

    $100,000

    OHIO REDISTRICTING REFORM CAMPAIGN.

  • PUBLIC POLICY AND EDUCATION FUND

    $50,000

    EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH COLLABORATION ON PUBLIC FINANCING CAMPAIGN IN NEW YORK.

  • WE THE VETERANS FOUNDATION

    $36,000

    SUPPORTING WE THE VETERANS' EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE VETERANS TO BECOME INVOLVED IN AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, AND EVALUATING WHAT MESSAGES RESONATE WITH THE VETERAN COMMUNITY.

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.

  • BRENNAN CENTER STRATEGIC FUND

    501(C)(4) · TO ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY ON ISSUES OF DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE. · NY · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by WILLIAM J BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
25 March 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540849349300949

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