Seattle Clemency Project EIN 81-2992437 Form 990 (PDF) Claim this org

Seattle Clemency Project FY2021 filing

Not yet claimed Claim this org →

Provides free legal help and reentry support to help reformed individuals avoid deportation and reduce sentences. For fiscal year 2021 it reported $499K in revenue, $473K in expenses, and $455K in net assets.Pt I

Type
Public charity (501(c)(3)) · Crime & Legal
Location
Kent, WA
Website
www.seattleclemencyproject.org
Filings
4 on file (2021–2021)
Revenue
$499KFY2021
Expenses
$473K
Net assets
$455K
People
19
Filings
4
Updates
0
More identity details & actions ⌄
EIN  81-2992437 Public charity (501(c)(3)) Kent, WA
Form 990 (PDF)
You’re viewing the FY2021 filing — not the latest on file. See the latest (FY2024) →
Compare with another nonprofit →
Figures match the IRS filing checked 9/3/26 · see original: IRS
Is this your organization?
Claim this profile to manage it and share your story.
Claim
Provided by the organization

This section is blank until Seattle Clemency Project claims this page.

Know this organization? Claim it to add your story

Size
$1–10M
What they do
Provides free legal help and reentry support to help reformed individuals avoid deportation and reduce sentences.
Leadership
Anthony Powers · Re-Entry Director · $86K
Money in and out
$499K revenue, $473K expenses
Bottom line
72% program efficiency
Where the money goes · FY2021
Total revenue
$499K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$473K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$455K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expenses (Pt I · Ln 19): $26K
Where spending went · Part IX cols B–D
Program services $0.72 Management & general $0.28
Program efficiency
72%
of spending reaches programs
Operating runway
11.8mo
months of highly liquid reserves at operating expense rate
Surplus margin
+5%
revenue over expenses, this year

Summary of the Filing

Part I · fiscal year 2021 · Form 990
Revenue
$499K
FY2021
Expenses
$473K
FY2021
Total assets
$464K
FY2021
Total liabilities
$9K
FY2021
Total revenue
$499K
Pt VIII · Ln 12
Total expenses
$473K
Pt IX · Ln 25
Net assets
$455K
Pt X · Ln 32
Revenue less expensesPt I · Ln 19$26K
Total assetsPt X · Ln 16$464K
Program-expense ratioPt IX · col B72%
Voting members of governing bodyPt I · Ln 32
Independent voting membersPt I · Ln 41
Mission & Programs · Part III

Where the work happens

3 program services account for $321K of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2021.
01

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 housing employment counseling addiction treatment training education and pro bono legal support.

$193Kprogram expense
02

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.

$90Kprogram expense
03

Immigration Defense

Seattle Clemency Project's Immigrant Post-Conviction relief works with the Northwest Immigrant RIghts Project to identify individuals who may be able to terminate deportation with post-conviction relief from old criminal convictions.

$38Kprogram expense

Run this program? Claim this org to tell your story

Identity & Classification

Form 990 Header · IRS Business Master File
Legal nameHdr · item CSeattle Clemency Project
EINHdr · item D81-2992437
Principal addressHdr · item CKent, WA
WebsiteHdr · item Jwww.seattleclemencyproject.org
Year of formationHdr · item Lpending
State of legal domicileHdr · item MWA
Exempt statusHdr · item I501(c)(3) · active
NTEE classificationIRS BMFCrime & Legal (I01)
Ruling yearIRS BMFJul 2016

Governance & Policies

Part VI
Voting members of the governing bodyPt VI · Ln 1a2
Independent voting membersPt VI · Ln 1b1
Conflict-of-interest policyPt VI · Ln 12aNo
Whistleblower policyPt VI · Ln 13Yes
Document retention policyPt VI · Ln 14Yes
CEO/top-official compensation independently reviewedPt VI · Ln 15aNo
Family or business relationships among officers/directorsPt VI · Ln 2No

Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Re-Entry Director
$86,000Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$75,000Pt VII · Sec A
Development Director
$36,000Pt VII · Sec A
Legal Director
$30,833Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Director
$27,500Pt VII · Sec A
Progoram Administrator
$26,250Pt VII · Sec A
Program Administrator
$19,708Pt VII · Sec A
Immigration Post-Conviction Release Manager
$18,000Pt VII · Sec A

Jennifer Pasquerella’s $128K as Legal Director is at the 47th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1146 $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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021
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.

See Seattle Clemency Project executive salaries →

Are you one of these people? Claim this org to confirm your role

Statement of Revenue

Part VIII
Contributions & grants$394K · 79%
Other revenue$105K · 21%
Contributions & grants79%$394K
Other revenue21%$105K
Total revenueLn 12$499K

Statement of Functional Expenses

Part IX · allocated across program, management, and fundraising
Allocation · columns B–D
Program services $0.72 Management & general $0.28
Program services72%$342K
Management & general28%$131K
Total functional expensesLn 25$473K

Balance Sheet

Part X · end of year
CashLn 1$464K
Total assetsLn 16$464K
Total liabilitiesLn 26$9K
Total net assetsLn 32$455K
Months of cash on handcomputed11.8

Financial Metrics

Form 990 · FY2021 · each ratio shown with the dollars behind it
Liquidity & Payout
Operating runway
Highly liquid reserves $464K · Operating expenses/yr $473K
11.8 months
Where the money goes
Program services
Program services $342K · Total expenses $473K
72%
Management & General
Management & general $131K · Total expenses $473K
28%
Fundraising
Fundraising $0 · Total expenses $473K
0%
Cost to raise $1
Fundraising expense $0 · Solicited contributions $394K
Solicited contributions below reporting floor
Where the money comes from
Contribution dependence
Contributions & grants $394K · Total revenue $499K
79%
Government reliance
Government grants $0 · Total revenue $499K
0%
Earned-income share
Program service revenue $0 · Total revenue $499K
0%
Investment reliance
Investment income $0 · Total revenue $499K
0%
Program self-sufficiency
Program service revenue $0 · Total expenses $473K
0%
Growth & trend
Revenue growth (YoY)
This year $499K · Prior year —
No prior year on file
Net-asset trend (YoY)
End of year $455K · Beginning of year —
Beginning net assets not meaningfully positive — showing dollar change
Balance sheet
Surplus Margin
Revenue $499K · Expenses $473K
+5%
Liabilities-to-Assets
Total liabilities — · Total assets $464K
Net-asset ratio
Net assets $455K · Total assets $464K
98%
Marketable Investment Share
Publicly traded securities (Pt X, ln 11) $0 · Other securities (Pt X, ln 12) $0 · Total assets (Pt X, ln 16) $464K
0%
People & payroll
Highest Reported Total Compensation
Individual Anthony Powers · Reported title Re-Entry Director · Highest reported compensation $86K · Total expenses $473K
18%
Personnel share
Salaries, benefits & payroll (Pt IX 5-10) $344K · Total expenses $473K
73%
Peer comparison

Same NTEE category, revenue band, and state where available. Descriptive — not a grade.

MetricThis orgPeer medianPercentile
Program ratio 72%
Overhead ratio 28%
Fundraising cost ratio 0%
Investment management fee ratio 0%
Legal fee ratio 0%
Accounting fee ratio 1%
Fundraising fee ratio 0%

Straight from the Form 990 — descriptive, not an evaluation. A ratio is hidden when its base is zero or too small to be meaningful; the dollars are always shown.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
See all 5 funders →
Grants paid · 4 grants · $119K · 2023–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$40,273
Unitemized GrantFY2024$34,068
Unitemized GrantFY2023$23,493
Unitemized GrantFY2023$21,277

Similar Organizations

Closest in mission — by what they do
See all organizations like Seattle Clemency Project →

Compare

Search another nonprofit to view revenue, expenses, assets, key metrics, and leaders side by side

Filings & Schedule Manifest

Part IV
III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
FY2024 (Latest)$2.2M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2023$1.4M revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2022$991K revenue · ⤓ 990 PDF
FY2021$499K revenue · viewing · ⤓ 990 PDF

Want to add your own materials alongside these filings? Claim this org

Sources

Every figure above is drawn from these filings
Form 990 e-file (XML) · FY2021IRS
Classification, formation year, addressIRS Business Master File
Names, privacy, and removal requests More

The names, titles, and compensation shown on this page are reproduced from IRS Form 990 filings, which are public records.

Philanthropy.org does not alter the content of those filings. All information appears exactly as reported by the filing organization for the tax year shown.

We publish only information contained in the public IRS filing — and less than the filing contains. Our profile pages do not display street addresses, telephone numbers, personal email addresses, or other personal contact information, even where the filing includes them.

Many people share the same name. A name shown on this page reflects only what one organization reported in one IRS filing for one tax year. It should not be interpreted as identifying any other individual with the same or a similar name.

If you are no longer affiliated with the organization, your name will generally stop appearing in future IRS filings once the organization no longer reports you. Pages for tax years in which you were reported remain published because those filings remain part of the public record.

Philanthropy.org does not alter or remove IRS filing records. Removing a page from this website would not remove the underlying IRS filing, which remains publicly available from the IRS and other publishers of the same information.

If you believe the IRS filing itself is inaccurate, corrections must be made by the filing organization or the IRS directly.

If you ARE the filing organization, claim this org and add context

Made it to the end? Claim this organization

All figures are derived from public IRS Form 990 filings and are presented without evaluation of any organization. philanthropy.org does not rate, score, or rank organizations, including the peer-cohort and compensation comparisons above.