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THE SENTENCING PROJECT

EIN 52-1472546 WASHINGTON, DC

Revenue 2024
$8,346,667
Expenses 2024
$5,599,399

Program services were 71.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
1150 CONNECTICUT AVE NW STE 601

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).

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.

  • HENDERSON HILL

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • SANTHA SONENBERG

    VICE-PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • MARK MACDOUGALL

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • ASHLEY MCSWAIN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • MARC M HOWARD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • ANGELA J DAVIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • CYNTHIA JONES

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • MARC MAUER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • EBONY UNDERWOOD

    DIRECTOR -SERVED FROM 1/24-4/24

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • JASON HERNANDEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.7

  • KARA GOTSCH

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $221,207
    From this org
    $195,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,207
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $190,000
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,507
    Filer's total
    $221,207

  • ASHLEY NELLIS

    CO-DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $163,036
    From this org
    $142,061
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,975
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $142,061
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,766
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,209
    Filer's total
    $163,036

  • NAZGOL GHANDNOOSH

    CO-DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH

    Total calculated
    $148,801
    From this org
    $134,442
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,359
    Hours/week
    40

  • NICOLE PORTER

    DIRECTOR OF ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $158,553
    From this org
    $137,580
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,973
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $137,580
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,242
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,731
    Filer's total
    $158,553

  • JOSH ROVNER

    DIRECTOR OF YOUTH JUSTICE

    Total calculated
    $141,868
    From this org
    $120,007
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,861
    Hours/week
    40

  • DANIEL BARASH

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $169,996
    From this org
    $136,643
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,353
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $136,643
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,493
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,860
    Filer's total
    $169,996

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 — 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
    $8,346,667
    Expenses
    $5,599,399
    Contributions
    $8,204,600
    Grants paid
    $204,266
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,149,060
    Expenses
    $5,505,348
    Contributions
    $3,955,725
    Grants paid
    $279,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,900,239
    Expenses
    $3,722,016
    Contributions
    $4,852,090
    Grants paid
    $184,120
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,900,239
    Expenses
    $3,722,016
    Contributions
    $4,852,090
    Grants paid
    $184,120

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.

Grants made

  • OK APPLESEED

    $65,000

    2023 SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS, STORY COLLECTION FROM CURRENTLY INCARCERATED PERSONS, THE HIRING OF AN ORGANIZER TO FURTHER NARRATIVE CHANGE AND TO BRING THE DIRECTLY IMPACTED COMMUNITY INTO THE FOLD

  • OK APPLESEED CENTER FOR LAW & JUSTICE

    $65,000

    2024 SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS, STORY COLLECTION FROM CURRENTLY INCARCERATED PERSONS, THE HIRING OF AN ORGANIZER TO FURTHER NARRATIVE CHANGE AND TO BRING THE DIRECTLY IMPACTED COMMUNITY INTO THE FOLD

  • TOGETHER LOUISIANA

    $25,000

    2022 THIS ORGANIZATION IS LED BY IMPACTED PERSONS ACROSS LA, WITH GROUND ORGANIZERS WORKING ACROSS THE STATE. WE HAVE FUNDED CIVIC EDUCATION ACADEMIES ON LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE AND ELDER PAROLE WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE IN EVERY PARISH, FOCUSING ON RURAL PARISHES WITH IMPACTED COMMUNITIES THAT ARE OFTEN NOT INCLUDED IN THIS WORK. THOSE PARISHES ALSO OVERLAP WITH POWERFUL DECISION-MAKERS IN THE LA STATE LEGISLATURE. THE SENTENCING PROJECT PARTICIPATES IN WEEKLY PLANNING MEETINGS TO HELP GUIDE CAMPAIGN STRATEGY AND OFFER OUR COMMUNICATIONS FOR MEDIA PRESSURE AND NARRATIVE CHANGE.

  • DROP LWOP NEW ENGLAND

    $20,000

    2024 SUPPORT EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS AROUND POLICY REFORMS NEEDED TO MITIGATE HARSH SENTENCING FOR PEOPLE IN NEW ENGLAND

  • RELEASE AGING PEOPLE IN PRISON (RAPP)

    $20,000

    2022 THE GRANTEE SHALL USE THE GRANT FUNDS FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING THE GRANTEE'S NON-PARTISAN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE GRANTOR'S EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN ON ELIMINATING THE USE OF MANDATORY LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE SENTENCES, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON AGING PERSONS. SPECIFICALLY, THIS GRANT WOULD ALLOW FOR MONTHLY SUPPORT STIPENDS FOR FOUR DIRECTLY IMPACTED COMMUNITY LEADERS IN SYRACUSE AND BUFFALO. THROUGH OUTREACH AND ORGANIZING, RAPP WILL RECRUIT CANDIDATES, AND AFTER A SERIES OF TRAINING, THEY WILL HELP LEAD OUR WORK BY PARTICIPATING IN TOWN HALLS, DOOR-TO-DOOR CANVASSING, PRESS CONFERENCES, AND OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS. WITH THE SUPPORT OF THESE FOUR COMMUNITY LEADERS, RAPP WILL ENGAGE IN THE AFOREMENTIONED TACTICS AND EVENTS AS A MEANS OF GROWING OUR BASE OF DIRECTLY IMPACTED PEOPLE AND RECRUITING AND TRAINING NEW LEADERS IN OUR WORK TO END EXTREME SENTENCES.

  • CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ALTERNATIVES INC

    $20,000

    2023 SUPPORT NON-PARTISAN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE GRANTOR'S EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO ADVANCE SENTENCING REFORM IN NEW YORK STATE.

  • CHICAGO VOTES

    $20,000

    2023 COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND EMPOWERMENT TO GATHER DATA ON THE NUMBER OF LEADERS BEING DEVELOPED TO ADVOCATE FOR SYSTEMIC CHANGE TO INSTITUTIONS, AND OUR ABILITY TO GIVE YOUNG PEOPLE LEADERSHIP ROLES IN OUR WORK.

  • YOUTH LAW CENTER

    $20,000

    2023 SUPPORTING EDUCATION AND TRAINING EFFORTS FOR TN YOUTH JUSTICE FORUM MEMBERS AND SUPPORTING YOUTH AND SYSTEM-IMPACTED PEOPLES EFFORTS TO EDUCATE LEGISLATORS, AGENCY ADMINISTRATORS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, AND OTHERS ON THE IMPACT OF TRYING YOUTH AS ADULTS

  • RELEASE AGING PEOPLE IN PRISON (RAPP)

    $20,000

    2023 SUPPORT NON-PARTISAN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE GRANTOR'S EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN ON ELIMINATING THE USE OF MANDATORY LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE SENTENCES, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON AGING PERSONS.

  • COLORADO CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM COALITION

    $20,000

    2024 CONDUCT TRAINING SESSIONS ON JAIL-BASED VOTING AND PROVIDE TRAINING RELATED TO CIVID EDUCATION FOR LEGAL-SYSTEM COMMUNITIES

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Grants received

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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

Listed as of 10 September 2026, under deductibility PC.

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.