NACDL FOUNDATON FOR CRIMINAL JUSITCE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

I99

Classification

1000

Street

1660 L ST NW 12TH FLOOR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• FOURTH AMENDMENT CENTER: THE NACDL FOURTH AMENDMENT CENTER ("THE CENTER") WAS ESTABLISHED TO SAFEGUARD THE FUNDAMENTAL VALUES EMBODIED IN THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS FROM UNREASONABLE GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE, SEARCHES, AND SEIZURES IN THE DIGITAL AGE. NEW TECHNOLOGIES, SUCH AS GPS TRACKING DEVICES; AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS, BIOMETRIC SURVEILLANCE, INCLUDING FACIAL RECOGNITION TECHNOLOGY; AND A WIDE RANGE OF TECHNOLOGIES THAT FOSTER THE COLLECTION OF BULK DATA THREATEN TO UNDERMINE BASIC PRIVACY RIGHTS. THE CENTER BUILDS ON NACDL'S STEADFAST COMMITMENT TO LIMIT UNREASONABLY INTRUSIVE GOVERNMENT CONDUCT THROUGH THE UNIQUE CAPACITY OF THE NATION'S DEFENSE BAR TO CHALLENGE THE LIMITS OF GOVERNMENT CONDUCT IN THE CONTEXT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS. THE CENTER MAINTAINS AN INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING CORE RESOURCES TO CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS AND THEIR CLIENTS: (1) ADVANCED EDUCATION ON EMERGING ISSUES AT THE INTERSECTION OF TECHNOLOGY, PRIVACY, AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS; (2) A DYNAMIC TOOLKIT OF RESOURCES TO HELP LAWYERS IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO CHALLENGE GOVERNMENT SURVEILLANCE; AND (3) A TACTICAL LITIGATION SUPPORT TO ASSIST IN CASES THAT PRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHALLENGE THE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT INFRINGE ON THE FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS OF CITIZENS.

  Expenses $1,168,841 · Grants $1,168,841

• FIRST STEP ACT RESOURCE CENTER: THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND RESOURCES TO DEFENSE COUNSEL, RECRUIT PRO BONO COUNSEL, SUBMIT AMICUS CURIAE BRIEFS, AND EDUCATE POLICYMAKERS TO ENSURE THAT THE FIRST STEP ACT PROVIDES THE BROADEST POSSIBLE RELIEF TO LONG-SERVING FEDERAL PRISONERS. THIS INCLUDES EFFORTS TO SECURE RE-SENTENCING OR COMPASSIONATE RELEASE AND TO ENSURE THAT EARNED TIME CREDITS, WHICH CAN REDUCE A PRISONER'S TIME IN CUSTODY, ARE AVAILABLE AS BROADLY AS POSSIBLE.

  Expenses $329,261 · Grants $329,261

• ARNOLD VENTURES COUNSEL AT FIRST APPEARANCE: THE EARLY AND CONTINUOUS ACCESS TO COUNSEL IN VIRGINIA PROJECT EVALUATES THE LOGISTICAL AND PRACTICAL IMPACTS OF PROVIDING ACCESS TO COUNSEL STARTING AT INITIAL APPEARANCE. THE WORK INCLUDES A FOURJURISDICTION RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL (RCT) PILOT THAT WILL COLLECT DATA ON THE SHORT- AND LONGER-TERM EFFECTS OF ACCESS TO COUNSEL FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN CUSTODY AT INITIAL APPEARANCE. AREAS OF STUDY INCLUDE EFFECTS ON PRETRIAL RELEASE, APPEARANCE RATES, CASE OUTCOMES, AND CLIENT SATISFACTION AND PERCEPTIONS. THE PILOT WILL BE COMPLIMENTED BY A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN THAT WILL ELEVATE DIRECTLY IMPACTED VOICES AND EXPERIENCES ALONG SIDE THE PILOT PROJECT DATA TO CREATE AND SHARE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ON THE VALUE OF EARLY ACCESS TO COUNSEL.

  Expenses $320,986 · Grants $320,986

• GENERAL SUPPORT; CLEMENCY PROJECT; RETURN TO FREEDOM; FEDERAL TRIAL PENALTY; STATE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY; CRIMINALIZATION OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; TRIAL PENALTY

  Expenses $903,897 · Grants $903,897

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $2,276,552

  Expenses

  $2,799,911

  Contributions

  $2,098,233

  Grants paid

  $2,722,985

• 2023

  Revenue

  $3,575,726

  Expenses

  $2,855,859

  Contributions

  $3,521,804

  Grants paid

  $2,742,162

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,736,410

  Expenses

  $2,759,599

  Contributions

  $1,614,280

  Grants paid

  $2,679,474

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,798,036

  Expenses

  $3,651,637

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,076,574

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,578,222

  Expenses

  $2,807,045

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,203,648

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,981,209

  Expenses

  $1,604,535

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,122,776

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,062,695

  Expenses

  $1,141,226

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,335,641

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,016,420

  Expenses

  $799,957

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,854,903

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $700,108

  Expenses

  $733,128

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,705,845

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $714,425

  Expenses

  $734,462

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,570,684

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $829,447

  Expenses

  $659,680

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,543,105

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $504,974

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,396,540

• 2011 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $559,420

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,087,203

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS

  $2,742,162

  2023 · IMPROVE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS

  $2,722,985

  2024 · IMPROVE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

• NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS

  $2,676,329

  2022 · IMPROVE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND

  $50,000

  2024 · IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE

• JEWISH COMMUNAL FUND

  $50,000

  2022 · IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $34,250

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• ASSETS UNDER MOVEMENT

  $32,500

  2024 · General operating support

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $25,000

  2022 · HUMAN SERVICES

• THE RHODE ISLAND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $20,000

  2024 · EQ - EQUITY (PRIMARY)

• JEWISH FEDERATION FOUNDATION

  $20,000

  2023 · EQUITY

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $13,200

  2024 · HUMAN SERVICES

• JEWISH FEDERATION FOUNDATION

  $10,000

  2024 · EQUITY

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $10,000

  2023 · HUMAN SERVICES

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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