Emergency Release Fund: FY2022 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 84-3951807)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$3.6M
FY2021	$460K
FY2022	$116K
FY2023	$66K
FY2024	$50K
FY2025	$43K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$327K
FY2021	$163K
FY2022	$562K
FY2023	$392K
FY2024	$162K
FY2025	$149K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$3.3M
FY2021	$3.6M
FY2022	$2.7M
FY2023	$2.4M
FY2024	$2.3M
FY2025	$2.2M

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 2020.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

96%

Program services 96% · $537K Management & general 4% · $25K Fundraising 0% · $103

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

2 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Martin Kaminer

President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Armin Zomorodi

Treasurer/Secretary

$0Pt VII · Sec A

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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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Helps friends and family free people held in pre-trial detention, prioritizing trans, gender non-conforming, intersex individuals, and juveniles.

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1 program · $537K · in their own filed words · FY2022

01

Emergency Release Fund was formed in 2020 to help transgender, gender-nonconforming and intersex people, as well as others in the community, that cannot otherwise afford bail, obtain their release from detention.

$537Kprogram 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 · FY2024

Deanfox Foundation INCFY2024$300

Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$300

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$116K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$116K

Money outPt IX

$562K

Ln 25

Programscol B$537K

Managementcol C$25K

Fundraisingcol D$103

Owns and owesPt X

$2.7M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$204K

Total assetsLn 16$2.7M

LiabilitiesLn 26$4K

PeoplePt VI, VII

2

listed · VII A

PaidVII A0

Voting boardVI 1a2

IndependentVI 1b2

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$116K

Total revenueLn 12$116K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$204K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$204K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.5M

Total assetsLn 16$2.7M

LiabilitiesLn 26$4K

Net assetsLn 32$2.7M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 646

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

Line	Start FY22	End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$325K	$204K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$3.3M	$2.5M
Total assetsLn 16	$3.6M	$2.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$7K	$4K
Net assetsLn 32	$3.6M	$2.7M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Accounting feesLn 11c	$15K	$5K	$10K	$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$129K	$116K	$13K	$0
Office expensesLn 13	$1K	$515	$411	$103
Information technologyLn 14	$908	$454	$454	$0
TravelLn 17	$175	$0	$175	$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$416K	$415K	$1K	$0
Total functional expensesLn 25	$562K	$537K	$25K	$103

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest	$43K	$149K	−$105K	$2.2M	990 PDF
FY2024	$50K	$162K	−$112K	$2.3M	990 PDF
FY2023	$66K	$392K	−$326K	$2.4M	990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing	$116K	$562K	−$446K	$2.7M	990 PDF
FY2021	$460K	$163K	$297K	$3.6M	990 PDF
FY2020	$3.6M	$327K	$3.3M	$3.3M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash

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Part I · Summary $116,042 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $460,190$116,042

I-9 Program service revenue$0

I-10 Investment income$0

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $460,190$116,042

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $27,939$0

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefits$0

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $135,152$561,755

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $163,091$561,755

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $297,099−$445,713

Part VI · Governance 2 of 2 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body2

VI-1b Independent voting members2

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo

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

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $116,042 across 3 lines filed

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$116,042

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$116,042

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$116,042

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $561,755 across 6 lines filed

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $4,994 · Management $10,110 · Fundraising $0$15,104

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $115,718 · Management $12,858 · Fundraising $0$128,576

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $515 · Management $411 · Fundraising $103$1,029

IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $454 · Management $454 · Fundraising $0$908

IX-17 TravelPrograms $0 · Management $175 · Fundraising $0$175

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $414,916 · Management $1,047 · Fundraising $0$415,963

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $536,597 · Management $25,055 · Fundraising $103$561,755

Part X · Balance sheet $2,745,491 assets, 9 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $324,612$204,386

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $500$0

X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $3,261,043$2,541,105

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $3,586,155$2,745,491

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,610$3,759

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $6,610$3,759

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,579,545$2,741,732

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,579,545$2,741,732

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $3,586,155$2,745,491

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $2,741,732 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$116,042

XI-2 Total expenses$561,755

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$445,713

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,579,545

XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$392,100

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$2,741,732

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2022 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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Emergency Release Fund FY2022 filing

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