Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in May 1996.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
67 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
31 people listed on the 990; $130K paid to officers and key staff.
Nancy Haydt’s $130K as Executive Director is at the 86th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1032 $100K–1M civil rights & advocacy 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.
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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 2Yes
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Educates the public about the death penalty and its alternatives.
Questions for Death Penalty Focus
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Education and social media outreachdeath penalty focus has increased our online communications and are one of the most popular anti-death penalty organizations on each of the major social media platforms, thereby extending the reach and impact of our messaging.
Moving forward toward death penalty abolitiondeath penalty focus has assumed a leadership role in the abolition of the death penalty in california. In collaboration with the california anti-death penalty coalition, the californians for peace and justice, american civil liberities union, the catholic mobilizing network, league of women…
Additional projectsdpf publishes reports of exoneration, miscarriage of justice, scheduled executions, and injustice. DPF maintains a website that provides information about the death penalty and our work toward abolition.
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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 FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $229K | $246K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $0 | $0 |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $229K | $246K |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $24K | $159K |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $205K | $87K |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $201K | $137K | $41K | $24K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $19K | $13K | $4K | $2K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $17K | $11K | $3K | $2K |
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $6K | $6K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $1K | $1K | ||
| Information technologyLn 14 | $34K | $34K | ||
| OccupancyLn 16 | $10K | $10K | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $3K | $3K | ||
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $44K | $28K | $13K | $2K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $2K | $2K | ||
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $337K | $227K | $80K | $30K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 Latest | $306K | $230K | $76K | $290K | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $263K | $243K | $19K | $214K | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $396K | $393K | $2K | $195K | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $419K | $314K | $105K | $193K | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 Viewing | $220K | $337K | −$118K | $87K | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $219,512 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 25 of 25 board members independent, 4 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $219,512 across 6 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $337,033 across 10 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $245,952 assets, 11 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $87,255 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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