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Robert Holbrook

Executive Director · Abolitionist Law Center

Executive Director at Abolitionist Law Center. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

Ambiguous identity This name matches 6 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$116K
Others who share this name
6

Who this is

Profile

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✓ Verified from filings
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Reported as Executive Director of Abolitionist Law Center, based in Pittsburgh, PA.
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Received $116K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Also listed as President/Executive Director of Straight Ahead Organization, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Robert Saleem Holbrook is a prominent advocate and leader in the movement to end mass incarceration, serving as the Executive Director of the Abolitionist Law Center and a Director on the advisory board of the Amistad Law Project. He spent 27 years in prison, including a decade in solitary confinement, for an offense committed as a juvenile, before his release in 2018 following a Supreme Court ruling.

While incarcerated, he co-founded the Human Rights Coalition and became a prolific writer on prison abuse and social injustice. Holbrook's work is dedicated to dismantling the carceral state, fighting against death by incarceration, and ending solitary confinement, and he also teaches at the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Carey Law School.

Compiled from public web sources (5 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
2018

Affiliations

Organizations

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Abolitionist Law Center Executive Director · $4.1M revenue · Pittsburgh, PATHE ABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER EXISTS TO PROMOTE THE RIGHTS OF PRISONERS AND THE WRONGLY-CONVICTED BY EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT INJUSTICES IN THE…pay $46K → $116KFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$116Kreported comp
Straight Ahead Organization President/Executive Director · $805K revenue · Pittsburgh, PATHE PURPOSES FOR WHICH THE CORPORATION IS ORGANIZED ARE TO PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 501(C)(4) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE…pay $45K → $4KFiled FY2024, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Robert Holbrook

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Robert Holbrook 1 organization · Charlotte, NCLife Connections of the Carolinas INC
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Robert Holbrook 1 organization · Philadelphia, PAAmistad Law Project
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Robert Holbrook 1 organization · Portland, MEB C and T Local 334 Retiree Health Plan Insurance Trust Nissen Div
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Robert Holbrook 1 organization · Wewoka, OKSeminole Nation Historical Society
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Robert Holbrook 1 organization · Portland, MEBakery Confectionery Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers Intl Uni
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Robert Holbrook 1 organization · Champaign, ILCharles W Christie Foundation

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Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

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Legal Director · FY2024
$110K
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Finance Director · FY2023
$97K
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Secretary/Finance Director · FY2024
$87K
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Secretary · FY2023
$65K
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Secretary · FY2020
$43K
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President · FY2024
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Vice President · FY2024
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Treasurer · FY2024
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Director · FY2024
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Director · FY2024
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Director · FY2024
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Director · FY2024

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