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ROCKY MOUNTAIN INNOCENCE CENTER

EIN 87-0647979 SALT LAKE CITY, UT

Revenue 2024
$895,567
Expenses 2024
$644,746

Program services were 40.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R60
Classification
1200
Street
358 S 700 E

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

THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN INNOCENCE CENTER (RMIC) WORKS TO PREVENT AND CORRECT THE WRONGFUL CONVICTION OF INNOCENT PEOPLE IN UTAH, NEVADA, AND WYOMING.

  • In 2024, the Rocky Mountain Innocence Center (RMIC) experienced a transformative year marked by growth, perseverance, and extraordinary breakthroughs in our mission to correct wrongful convictions. Thanks to the support of our funders, we expanded our legal team, strengthened our infrastructure, and pushed forward with renewed momentum. The addition of a new staff attorney and paralegal was a turning point. For the first time, our legal department grew beyond its two core attorneys, enabling us to manage more cases, more efficiently, with deeper investigative capacity. This expansion directly translated into action-cases moved forward faster, clients were reached more consistently, and our ability to pursue justice widened across state lines. Throughout the year, our team filed numerous post-conviction DNA petitions-crucial steps in the legal process that can mean the difference between freedom and continued incarceration. In one case, we pursued a compassionate release for a client in Wyoming. Though the request was denied, we have since launched a new effort: a posthumous pardon, seeking dignity and justice even beyond life. Collaboration proved essential to overcoming legal barriers. Working closely with Kirkland & Ellis and Las Vegas-based counsel, we tackled procedural challenges with shared resolve and strategic depth. But our impact wasn't limited to courtrooms. RMIC's educational outreach and community presence grew in powerful ways. Law students from the University of Utah, BYU, and BYU-Idaho joined our mission, contributing to real-world casework and gaining hands-on experience in innocence advocacy. We also brought our message to new audiences-presenting at the University of Nevada-Reno and the Utah Law Related Education Program-planting seeds of awareness and reform. The most powerful moments of 2024 came with the release of individuals who had spent decades imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit. On February 27, Adrian Gordon was released after 23 years behind bars. Just weeks later, on April 9, Jimmy Meinhard walked free after 27 years. And in May, a Nevada client who had been incarcerated for 24 years was granted a new trial following breakthroughs in DNA evidence. These cases are not just victories-they are testaments to the human cost of injustice and the life-changing power of our work. Our reach extended across Utah, Nevada, Texas, Missouri, and Maine. We traveled to meet with clients, conducted witness interviews, and filed critical appeals-including one to the Nevada Supreme Court following a denied DNA petition. In Oregon, we joined fellow advocates at the Western Innocence Organizations Conference, refining our strategy and deepening our coalition. Throughout the year, community engagement remained a cornerstone of our approach. In March, our Hope for the Innocent Breakfast featured exoneree Sean K. Ellis, whose story inspired attendees to remain steadfast in their support. In May, the Litigation Section Casino Night brought together legal professionals committed to the cause. And in November, a Utah Jazz game created a joyful space where clients, families, and supporters came together in solidarity.

    Expenses $263,663 · Revenue $11,975

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Erin Gettel

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jonathan Jemming

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Kurt London

    Immediate Past President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Lisa Nichols

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aaron Lyttle

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brad Masters

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bret Evans

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kate Conyers

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katey Pepin

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Sky Lazaro

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Wesley Harward

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristy Columbia

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $147,336
    From this org
    $143,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,336
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jennifer Springer

    Managing Attorney

    Total calculated
    $118,675
    From this org
    $115,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,675
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $895,567
    Expenses
    $644,746
    Contributions
    $870,921
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $604,231
    Expenses
    $473,902
    Contributions
    $550,481
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $453,144
    Expenses
    $389,180
    Contributions
    $423,807
    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
    $461,317
    Expenses
    $370,218
    Assets (EOY)
    $592,637

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $497,530
    Expenses
    $325,092
    Assets (EOY)
    $508,835

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $372,778
    Expenses
    $306,252
    Assets (EOY)
    $335,229

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $274,527
    Expenses
    $210,634
    Assets (EOY)
    $257,174

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $274,527
    Expenses
    $210,634
    Assets (EOY)
    $257,174

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $293,051
    Expenses
    $182,435
    Assets (EOY)
    $192,347

  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $176,029
    Expenses
    $188,129
    Assets (EOY)
    $79,998

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $219,247
    Expenses
    $188,062
    Assets (EOY)
    $93,408

  • 2013 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $160,249
    Expenses
    $166,760
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,027

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

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

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 13 October 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.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.