Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Jul 2016.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
58 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
26 people listed on the 990; $1.1M paid to officers and key staff.
Jennifer Pasquerella’s $128K as Legal Director is at the 47th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1147 $1–10M crime & legal nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Pasquerella | $128,333 | — | — | — |
| Anthony Powers | $79,562 | $102,125 | $86,409 | $86,000 |
| Jeffrey Ellis | $96,000 | $102,000 | $46,750 | — |
| Jennifer Smith | $80,625 | $90,000 | $90,000 | $75,000 |
| Angela Powers | $83,333 | $71,000 | $10,000 | — |
| Vidal Vincent | $75,000 | $81,000 | $70,125 | — |
| Willa Osborn | — | $30,533 | $78,400 | $30,833 |
| Marcus Price | $77,333 | $71,000 | $27,958 | — |
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
Programs and updates
Provides free legal help and reentry support to help reformed individuals avoid deportation and reduce sentences.
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Early Release from Prison Program
Our early release program matches individuals who are good candidates for early release from prison through either the clemency, prosecutor-initiated resentencing or the juvenile parole board processes.
Re-Entry and Mentoring Program
Re-Entry and Mentoring Program: The Reentry and Mentoring Program seeks to help each client heal and prosper by assisting in the creation of individualized reentry plans that include referrals to housing, employment, counseling, addiction treatment, training/education, and pro bono legal support.
Immigration Defense
The Seattle Clemency Project's Immigrant Post-Conviction Relief work partners with the Northwest Immigrant Right Project to identify individuals who are eligible to petition for termination of old deportation orders if they get post-conviction relief from old criminal convictions.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2024 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY24 | End FY24 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $345K | $834K |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $345K | $834K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $43K | $15K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $302K | $819K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1 | $0 | $0 | ||
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $74K | $74K | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $1.1M | $883K | $182K | |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $76K | $76K | ||
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $104K | $104K | ||
| Legal feesLn 11b | $8K | $8K | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $6K | $6K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $13K | $13K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $63K | $63K | ||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $19K | $19K | ||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $141K | $141K | ||
| TravelLn 17 | $11K | $11K | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $86K | $86K | ||
| InsuranceLn 23 | $4K | $4K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $2K | $0 | $2K | $0 |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $1.7M | $976K | $610K | $86K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest Viewing | $2.2M | $1.7M | $517K | $819K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $1.4M | $1.4M | −$49K | $302K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $991K | $1.1M | −$126K | $329K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $499K | $473K | $26K | $455K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $2,189,678 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 9 of 10 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $2,189,678 across 10 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,672,288 across 15 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $834,499 assets, 9 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $819,024 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2024 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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