To promote justice and accountability in syria by ensuring that human rights violations are comprehensively documented, and that documentation data is securely preserved, catalogued, and analysed to advance transitional justice and peace-building.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
91¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$264K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2023 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
6 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $59K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 6 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
91%
of spending
Looks good: 91% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$264K
to officers and key staff · 8% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 8% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $68K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$655K
67% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 67% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
5
of 5 voting members
Looks good: 5 of 5 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.5M
+18% vs prior year
Spent
$3.5M
To programs
91%
Net assets
$322K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.5M
FY2023▲ +18%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$2.6M
FY2022$3.0M
FY2023$3.5M
FY2024$3.8M
FY2025$3.3M
Expenses
$3.5M
FY2023▲ +18%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.5M
FY2021$2.5M
FY2022$3.0M
FY2023$3.5M
FY2024$3.8M
FY2025$3.2M
Net assets
$322K
FY2023▲ +8%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$166K
FY2021$282K
FY2022$297K
FY2023$322K
FY2024$397K
FY2025$489K

From the FY2023 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2017.

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Where the money goes

91 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 91% · $3.2M Management & general 9% · $301K

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

7 people listed on the 990; $264K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$138,795Pt VII · Sec A
Legal Director
$124,791Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Mohammad Al Abdallah’s $140K as Executive Director is at the 52nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 1168 $1–10M international 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 · 6 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Mohammed Al Abdallah—$150,135$138,795$128,430——
Mohammad Al Abdallah$139,801———$121,864$112,186
Roger Phillips—$132,538$124,791$114,244——
Roger Philips$126,139—————
Roger L Philips————$110,204—
Hannah Grigg$102,612$107,154————

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

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  • 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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3 programs · $2.3M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Missing Persons

Under this program, sjac documents and investigates missing persons, mass graves, and detention centers, for the purposes of identification.

$905Kprogram expense
02

Documentation and Transitional Justice

Under this program, sjac conducts the documentation of severe human rights violations occurring during the syrian conflict. Sjac leads activities to lay the foundation of future meaningful transitional justice processes for syria, including programming on criminal accountability, truth-telling, institutional reform, reparation, and…

$774Kprogram expense
03

Capacity Building

By providing institutional and programming capacity building to groups led by survivors or families of victims of core international crimes in the syrian conflict, including providing small subgrants to the groups, sjac builds their compliance and financial capacity.

$667Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$68K
Grants paid · 7 grants · $682K · 2020–2024
Superbloom DesignCA · FY2024$16,500
Voices Project USA INCNY · FY2023$145,977
Superbloom DesignCA · FY2023$5,500
Voices Project USA INCNY · FY2022$149,469
Cesar File Group INCTX · FY2022$12,500
Voices Project USA INCNY · FY2021$307,258
Voices Project USA INCNY · FY2020$45,000

By the numbers

The FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.5M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Money outPt IX
$3.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.2M
Managementcol C$301K
Owns and owesPt X
$322K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$735K
Total assetsLn 16$977K
LiabilitiesLn 26$655K
PeoplePt VI, VII
7
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a5
IndependentVI 1b5
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$3.5M
Government grantsLn 1e$3.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$6K
Total revenueLn 12$3.5M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$235K
SavingsLn 2$500K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$735K
Other assetsLn 15$62K
Total assetsLn 16$977K
LiabilitiesLn 26$655K
Net assetsLn 32$322K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 512
VolunteersI 65
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$1.3M$735K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$977K
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.1M$655K
Net assetsLn 32$297K$322K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$151K$151K
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$743K$743K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$160K$149K$12K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$588K$545K$43K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$33K$31K$2K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$33K$30K$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10$61K$56K$4K
Legal feesLn 11b$53K$53K
Accounting feesLn 11c$72K$72K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.1M$993K$133K
Office expensesLn 13$22K$8K$15K
Information technologyLn 14$276K$276K
OccupancyLn 16$50K$46K$4K
TravelLn 17$84K$80K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$6K$6K$444
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$40K$32K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.5M$3.2M$301K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $3.3M$3.2M$92K$489K 990 PDF
FY2024 $3.8M$3.8M$75K$397K 990 PDF
FY2023 Viewing $3.5M$3.5M$24K$322K 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.0M$3.0M$15K$297K 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.6M$2.5M$117K$282K 990 PDF
FY2020 $1.5M$1.5M$32K$166K 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 F · Foreign O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $3,523,588 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $2,975,735$3,517,949
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,309$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $302$5,639
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,977,346$3,523,588
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $724,575$894,419
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $743,682$874,435
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $1,494,057$1,730,407
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,962,314$3,499,261
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $15,032$24,327
Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5
VI-1b Independent voting members5
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 $3,523,588 across 5 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$3,493,481
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$24,468
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$3,517,949
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $5,639$5,639
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $5,639$3,523,588
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,499,261 across 16 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $151,477$151,477
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $742,942$742,942
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $148,627 · Management $11,770$160,397
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $544,582 · Management $43,129$587,711
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $30,663 · Management $2,428$33,091
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $30,320 · Management $2,401$32,721
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $56,074 · Management $4,441$60,515
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $53,219$53,219
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $72,335$72,335
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $993,173 · Management $133,473$1,126,646
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $7,791 · Management $14,678$22,469
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $275,558$275,558
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $45,561 · Management $4,430$49,991
IX-17 TravelPrograms $80,344 · Management $3,822$84,166
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,602 · Management $444$6,046
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $32,071 · Management $7,906$39,977
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,198,004 · Management $301,257 · Fundraising $0$3,499,261
Part X · Balance sheet $976,612 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $141,461$235,385
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,142,082$499,993
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $132,278$179,264
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,864$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $436$0
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $5,105$61,970
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,423,226$976,612
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $465,181$488,814
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $660,794$108,560
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $0$57,660
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,125,975$655,034
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $295,711$319,817
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,540$1,761
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $297,251$321,578
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,423,226$976,612
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $321,578 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,523,588
XI-2 Total expenses$3,499,261
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$24,327
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$297,251
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$321,578

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