To vindicate and free innocent victims unjustly and wrongly accused of crimes.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 20 volunteers and 14 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $356K a year · 15% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$701K
to officers and key staff · 31% of spending
Concern: pay to officers and key staff is 31% of spending; over 30%.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $3.8M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 2.1 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $2K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$967K
16% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 16% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
12
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 12 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$2.9M
+72% vs prior year
Spent
$2.3M
To programs
83%
Net assets
$5.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$2.9M
FY2024▲ +72%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$2.0M
FY2021$2.2M
FY2022$2.9M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$2.9M
Expenses
$2.3M
FY2024▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.8M
FY2021$1.9M
FY2022$1.9M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$2.3M
Net assets
$5.1M
FY2024▲ +41%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.6M
FY2021$2.9M
FY2022$3.7M
FY2023$3.6M
FY2024$5.1M

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 1987.

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Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $1.9M Management & general 12% · $260K Fundraising 6% · $129K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

20 people listed on the 990; $701K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Legal Director
$152,203Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$150,000Pt VII · Sec A
SR. Advocate
$143,958Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Legal Director
$122,500Pt VII · Sec A
Staff Investigator
$105,334Pt VII · Sec A
Director/Consultant
$27,000Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Paul Casteleiro ESQ$152,203$146,512$146,512$146,512$146,512
Corey Waldron$150,000$141,667$125,000$125,000$125,000
Kate Germond$143,958$135,935$127,804$127,804$127,804
Christina Francois$122,500$110,000$110,000——
Alan Maimon$105,334————
Warren J Cousins—$70,000$70,000$70,000$70,000
James C Mc Closkey———$36,000$46,000
James C McCloskey$27,000$36,000$36,000——

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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Freeing innocent people wrongly accused of crimes.

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1 program · $1.9M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

To free and vindicate from prison those who are completely innocent of crimes for which they have been wrongly convicted and imprisoned for life.

$1.9Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$2K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$2.9M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$100K
Money outPt IX
$2.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.9M
Managementcol C$260K
Fundraisingcol D$129K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$385K
Total assetsLn 16$6.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$967K
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A6
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b12
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.1M
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$329K
Investment incomeLn 3$100K
Gains on assetsLn 7$324
Total revenueLn 12$2.9M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$309K
SavingsLn 2$76K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$385K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$3.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16K
Other assetsLn 15$934K
Total assetsLn 16$6.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$967K
Net assetsLn 32$5.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 514
VolunteersI 620
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$348K$385K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.7M$3.8M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14K$16K
Total assetsLn 16$4.6M$6.1M
LiabilitiesLn 26$316K$967K
Net assetsLn 32$4.3M$5.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$170K$139K$19K$12K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$1.1M$871K$120K$74K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$19K$16K$2K$1K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$177K$145K$20K$12K
Payroll taxesLn 10$101K$83K$11K$7K
Legal feesLn 11b$9K$9K
Accounting feesLn 11c$27K$19K$7K$1K
Investment management feesLn 11f$23K$23K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$44K$44K
Office expensesLn 13$154K$115K$31K$8K
OccupancyLn 16$196K$176K$10K$10K
TravelLn 17$150K$150K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$7K$6K$361$361
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$46K$46K
All other expensesLn 24e$64K$45K$16K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.3M$1.9M$260K$129K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $2.9M$2.3M$624K$5.1M 990 PDF
FY2023 $1.7M$2.1M−$440K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2022 $2.9M$1.9M$1.0M$3.7M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.2M$1.9M$364K$2.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $2.0M$1.8M$205K$2.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $2,875,243 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,098,902$3,115,327
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year −$69,592$100,155
I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$357,655−$340,239
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,671,655$2,875,243
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,402,174$1,531,732
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $709,756$719,742
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,111,930$2,251,474
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$440,275$623,769
Part VI · Governance 12 of 14 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members12
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,875,243 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$329,067
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$2,786,260
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,115,327
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $99,831$99,831
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $324$324
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$340,239−$340,239
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$240,084$2,875,243
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,251,474 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $139,188 · Management $19,119 · Fundraising $11,803$170,110
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $870,715 · Management $119,601 · Fundraising $73,839$1,064,155
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $15,831 · Management $2,175 · Fundraising $1,342$19,348
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $144,758 · Management $19,886 · Fundraising $12,276$176,920
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $82,803 · Management $11,374 · Fundraising $7,022$101,199
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $9,050$9,050
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $18,583 · Management $6,637 · Fundraising $1,327$26,547
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $23,415$23,415
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $44,058$44,058
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $115,225 · Management $31,348 · Fundraising $7,715$154,288
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $176,237 · Management $9,791 · Fundraising $9,791$195,819
IX-17 TravelPrograms $150,103$150,103
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $6,496 · Management $361 · Fundraising $361$7,218
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $45,539$45,539
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $44,593 · Management $15,927 · Fundraising $3,185$63,705
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,863,179 · Management $259,634 · Fundraising $128,661$2,251,474
Part X · Balance sheet $6,067,051 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $305,805$309,317
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $42,007$76,094
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $1,206,768$867,710
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $39,092$41,929
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $13,535$16,434
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,674,614$3,821,955
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $305,523$933,612
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,587,344$6,067,051
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $17,737$41,665
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $298,180$925,566
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $315,917$967,231
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,107,505$4,341,276
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,163,922$758,544
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $4,271,427$5,099,820
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,587,344$6,067,051
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,099,820 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$2,875,243
XI-2 Total expenses$2,251,474
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$623,769
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$4,271,427
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$204,624
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,099,820

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