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VERA ACTION INC

EIN 85-3897516 BROOKLYN, NY

Revenue 2024
$1,931,133
Expenses 2024
$3,636,576

Program services were 100.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
04
NTEE code
I01
Classification
3000
Street
34 35TH ST UNIT 4 # 2A

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

Mission

VERA ACTION IS AN INDEPENDENT, BUT ALIGNED ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION TO THE VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE, A 501(C)(3). VERA ACTION HARNESSES THE POWER OF ADVOCACY, LOBBYING, AND POLITICAL STRATEGY TO END MASS INCARCERATION, PROTECT IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS, RESTORE DIGNITY TO PEOPLE BEHIND BARS, AND BUILD SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO END MASS INCARCERATION, PROTECT IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS, AND BUILD SAFE AND THRIVING COMMUNITIES.

  • MESSAGING JUSTICE:VERA ACTION PRODUCES PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH TO SHAPE A NATIONAL CONVERSATION ABOUT SAFETY AND JUSTICE THAT RECOGNIZES THAT WE CAN HAVE BOTH. WE USE TESTED MESSAGES AND POLLING IN OUR ISSUE ADVOCACY AND MEDIA CAMPAIGNS TO COUNTER FEAR-BASED NARRATIVES THAT OTHERWISE DOMINATE MEDIA AND POLITICAL DIALOGUE.STATE AND LOCAL ADVOCACY:VERA ACTION BRINGS DATA, EVIDENCE, AND SOLUTIONS TO THE POLICY ARENA. WE WORK IN OVER 20 STATEHOUSES AND CITY AND COUNTY LEGISLATURES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ON CAMPAIGNS FOR PRETRIAL JUSTICE, ENDING UNJUST FINES AND FEES, ADVANCING THE RIGHT TO COUNSEL FOR IMMIGRANTS, WINNING BUDGET INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SAFETY, AND MORE.FEDERAL POLICY:VERA ACTION ADVOCATES IN CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION TO IMPACT FEDERAL LEVERS FOR JUSTICE REFORM INCLUDING APPROPRIATIONS, EXECUTIVE ACTION, AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION. IN COALITION WITH OTHER ADVOCATES, WE LEAD OR ARE A PART OF FEDERAL CAMPAIGNS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO COLLEGE IN PRISON, WIN THE RIGHT TO GUARANTEED COUNSEL FOR IMMIGRANTS FACING DEPORTATION, AND ADVANCE SENTENCING REFORM, JAIL AND PRISON OVERSIGHT, AND POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY.

    Expenses $3,636,576 · Grants $197,640

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.

  • BARI MATTES

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JUSTIN TUCK

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • JAMES CADOGAN

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOHN SAVARESE

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SARAH WILLIAMS

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • NICHOLAS R TURNER

    PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $663,165
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $596,633
    Other
    $66,532
    Hours/week
    3 + 41 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $571,311 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $25,322 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $17,250 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $49,282 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $663,165 related

  • ROB YOUNG

    CHIEF FINANCIAL & OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $74,891
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $66,088
    Other
    $8,803
    Hours/week
    3 + 42 related

  • INSHA RAHMAN

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $386,747
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $355,153
    Other
    $31,594
    Hours/week
    9 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $331,613 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $23,540 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $16,724 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $14,870 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $386,747 related

  • ADAIR H IACONO

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $332,381
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $302,356
    Other
    $30,025
    Hours/week
    3 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $278,843 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $23,513 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,395 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $18,630 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $332,381 related

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
    $1,931,133
    Expenses
    $3,636,576
    Contributions
    $1,920,000
    Grants paid
    $197,640
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,201,437
    Expenses
    $3,454,452
    Contributions
    $5,200,000
    Grants paid
    $58,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,702,338
    Expenses
    $2,546,249
    Contributions
    $1,700,000
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $750,663
    Expenses
    $1,091,017
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,900,493

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,250,110
    Expenses
    $100,127
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,250,032

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.

Grants made

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.