2024-10-23T10:36:25-00:00 2023-12-31 821650312 Alta CPA Group 59 Franklin St 2nd Floor Annapolis MD 21401 990 2023-01-01 813422012 CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS CIVI 2028444975 1601 CONNECTICUT AVENUE APT 800 WASHINGTON DC 20009 CLAUDIA WITHERS COO 2028444975 2024-10-23 true Jeffrey Griffith P01081433 4103495101 2024-10-23 2023 2024-10-15 13:58:12Z CLAUDIA WITHERS 1601 CONNECTICUT AVENUE STE 800 WASHINGTON DC 20009 9701116 false X https://www.civilrightscorps.org/ X 2016 DC CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS CRC IS A NON-PROFITORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO CHALLENGING SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES LEGAL SYSTEM A SYSTEM THAT IS BUILT ON WHITE SUPREMACY AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY. 9 8 52 8 0 7072126 5495651 0 17709 148058 697441 2146 7787276 5645855 159470 341735 0 4201151 4815849 0 286510 1539607 1508449 5900228 6666033 1887048 -1020178 17066795 15924714 2360329 2144111 14706466 13780603 X WE WORK TO SHIFT POWER TO COMMUNITY-LED MOVEMENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE LED BY BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST AFFECTED BY THIS LEGAL SYSTEM, SO THEY CAN BUILD SUFFICIENT POWER TO CREATE STRUCTURAL CHANGE. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O. false false 5431968 341735 CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS IS A NATIONAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT CHALLENGES SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE IN THE US LEGAL SYSTEM. WE HAVE PIONEERED LANDMARK NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION THAT HAS FREED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FROM ILLEGAL JAILING, WON SUBSTANTIAL MONETARY DAMAGES FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY, AND SET THE AGENDA FOR INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES SAFER. CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS WORKS HARD TO BE AN ACTIVELY ENGAGED ALLY TO LOCAL AND NATIONAL MOVEMENTS TO END MASS CRIMINALIZATION, AND TO REPLACE SYSTEMS WITH ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY SAFETY MECHANISMS THAT ENABLE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES TO FLOURISH. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O 5431968 true true false true false false false false false false true false false true true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 37 0 true 52 true false false false false false false false false false false false false X 9 8 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false X CLAUDIA WITHERS 2028444975 1601 CONNECTICUT AVENUE STE 800 WASHINGTON DC 20009 DANIELLE DUPUY-WATSON CEO 040.00 X 176520 0 28137 CLAUDIA WITHERS COO 040.00 X 175960 0 18662 ALEXANDER KARAKATSANIS FOUNDER 040.00 X X 175600 0 13249 PETER SANTINA MANAGING ATTORNEY 040.00 X 152517 0 34167 BINA AHMAD SENIOR ATTORNEY 040.00 X 156159 0 25584 SEBASTIAN DOROTHY DIRECTOR OF POLICY 040.00 X 160100 0 17424 JEFFREY STEIN DEPUTY DIR OF LITIGATION 040.00 X 154471 0 23044 KATHERINE HUBBARD DEPUTY DIR OF LITIGATION 040.00 X 151144 0 17098 RYAN DOWNER DIRECTOR OF LITIGATION UNTIL 9/2023 040.00 X X 112426 0 15691 ZOE TOWNS TREASURER 002.00 X X 0 0 0 MILICA BOGETIC DIRECTOR 002.00 X 0 0 0 REGINALD DWAYNE BETTS DIRECTOR 002.00 X 0 0 0 RAJ JAYADEV DIRECTOR 002.00 X 0 0 0 IMELME UMANA CHAIR 002.00 X X 0 0 0 GINA CLAYTON JOHNSON DIRECTOR 002.00 X 0 0 0 NAOMI MURAKAWA DIRECTOR 002.00 X 0 0 0 1414897 193056 9 false true false ELIZA LEIGHTON WRIGHT 7401 MAPLE AVENUE TAKOMA PARK MD 20912 CONSULTANT 102700 1 5495651 5495651 84318 84318 4119001 4055261 63740 63740 63740 MISCELLANEOUS INCOME 900099 2146 2146 2146 5645855 2146 148058 163505 163505 178230 178230 0 0 1607955 1335501 191972 80482 0 2389624 1984724 285294 119606 228805 190037 27316 11452 288811 239874 34481 14456 300654 249711 35895 15048 0 16053 10037 6016 99210 62029 37181 0 16860 16860 215712 134870 80842 0 38881 32293 4642 1946 4200 3489 501 210 0 532140 441974 63531 26635 151525 125851 18090 7584 0 9345 7761 1116 468 0 0 134525 111731 16061 6733 20980 17425 2505 1050 CLIENT TRIAL COST AND SUPPLIES 25718 25718 DUES, LICENSES FEES 43800 40955 2005 840 CONSULTANTS 123247 123247 ONLINE SERVICES RESEARCH 76253 76253 0 6666033 5431968 947555 286510 6310294 4550764 5999500 3078035 2174730 501413 5342 11246 1102694 569126 641214 533568 5642180 1935715 1607508 17066795 15924714 264891 344858 2095438 1799253 2360329 2144111 X 12140544 12713400 2565922 1067203 14706466 13780603 17066795 15924714 -1020178 94315 X false true X true false false X 9586498 6791822 6608277 7769567 5495651 36251815 9586498 6791822 6608277 7769567 5495651 36251815 4471369 31780446 31843 34572 11359 17719 64318 159811 14470 24044 246 38760 36450386 0.87190 0.85770 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 17787 17787 6648246 6666033 483302 120826 413385 457020 445011 483302 1798718 2698077 7599 1837 21963 17787 49186 103346 114255 111253 120826 449680 674520 7599 1837 21963 17787 49186 II-B 2 ATTORNEYS HAVE PROVIDED TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND ADVOCACY SUPPORT TO LEGISLATION IN CALIFORNIA RELATED TO BAIL REFORM, AND TO LEGISLATION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RELATED TO THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM GENERALLY. false 750262 310267 439995 220027 142607 77420 132405 116252 16153 533568 Financial derivatives and other financial products Closely-held equity interests DEPOSITS 61450 RIGHT OF USE ASSET 1546058 1607508 Federal income taxes DEFERRED LEASE LIABILITY 1799253 1799253 X 5723310 94315 94315 5628995 16860 16860 5645855 6649173 6649173 16860 16860 6666033 X 2 CRC IS EXEMPT FROM FEDERAL INCOME TAXES UNDER SECTION 501 C 3 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE IRC. ACCORDINGLY, NO PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES HAS BEEN MADE ITHE ACCOMPANYING COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. CRC IS NOT A PRIVATE FOUNDATION. false PURE JUSTICE 3418 HWY S SOUTH STE B-134 HOUSTON TX 77082 822261227 C3 75000 PROGRAM SUPPORT TIDE FOUNDATION 1012 TORNEY AVENUE SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129 943213100 C3 60000 PROGRAM SUPPORT OPEN COLLECTIVE FOUNDATION 440 N BARRANCA AVENUE STE 3717 COVINA CA 91723 814004928 C3 25000 PROGRAM SUPPORT 3 PROGRAM FINANCING 2 178230 X false false false false false false false false false ALEXANDER KARAKATSANIS FOUNDER 175600 5250 799 181649 CLAUDIA WITHERS COO 175960 10241 8421 194622 JEFFREY STEIN DEPUTY DIR OF LITIGATION 154471 9360 13684 177515 KATHERINE HUBBARD DEPUTY DIR OF LITIGATION 151144 4590 12508 168242 BINA AHMAD SENIOR ATTORNEY 156159 9540 16044 181743 DANIELLE DUPUY-WATSON CEO 176520 5460 22677 204657 SEBASTIAN DOROTHY DIRECTOR OF POLICY 160100 9653 7771 177524 PETER SANTINA MANAGING ATTORNEY 152517 9540 24627 186684 Form 990, Part III, Line 1 ORGANIZATIONS MISSION STATEMENT CONTINUATION WE WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS ACCUSED AND CONVICTED OF CRIMES, THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE CURRENTLY OR FORMERLY INCARCERATED, ACTIVISTS, ORGANIZERS, JUDGES, AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO CHALLENGE MASS HUMAN CAGING, TO CREATE A LEGAL SYSTEM THAT PROMOTES EQUALITY AND HUMAN FREEDOM, AND TO DISMANTLE WHITE SUPREMACY. CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS ENGAGES IN ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SPECIALIZES IN INNOVATIVE, SYSTEMIC CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION WITH THE GOAL OF RE-SENSITIZING THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND OUR CULTURE TO THE INJUSTICE AND BRUTALITY THAT CHARACTERIZE THE CONTEMPORARY U.S. LEGAL SYSTEM.WE WORK TO SHIFT POWER TO COMMUNITY-LED MOVEMENTS, PARTICULARLY THOSE LED BY BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST AFFECTED BY THIS LEGAL SYSTEM, SO THEY CAN BUILD SUFFICIENT POWER TO CREATE STRUCTURAL CHANGE. WE WORK WITH INDIVIDUALS ACCUSED AND CONVICTED OF CRIMES, THEIR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE CURRENTLY OR FORMERLY INCARCERATED, ACTIVISTS, ORGANIZERS, JUDGES, AND GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO CHALLENGE MASS HUMAN CAGING, TO CREATE A LEGAL SYSTEM THAT PROMOTES EQUALITY AND HUMAN FREEDOM, AND TO DISMANTLE WHITE SUPREMACY. CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS ENGAGES IN ADVOCACY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION AND SPECIALIZES IN INNOVATIVE, SYSTEMIC CIVIL RIGHTS LITIGATION WITH THE GOAL OF RE-SENSITIZING THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND OUR CULTURE TO THE INJUSTICE AND BRUTALITY THAT CHARACTERIZE THE CONTEMPORARY U.S. LEGAL SYSTEM. Form 990, Part III, Line 4A PROGRAM DESCRIPTION CONTINIUED WE ARE MOST COMMONLY KNOWN FOR OUR BAIL LITIGATION SUCCESS IN SEVERAL LANDMARK CASES INCLUDING A CASE STRIKING DOWN CALIFORNIAS MONEY BAIL PRACTICES AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND A CASE STRIKING DOWN NEVADAS MONEY BAIL PRACTICES, AND IN SEVERAL OTHER PLACES, INCLUDING NEW ORLEANS, ALABAMA, ST. LOUIS, SEVERAL COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE, DALLAS, AND HOUSTON. MOST RECENTLY CRC WON A CLASS ACTION CHALLENGING THE PRE-ARRAIGNMENT USE OF MONEY BAIL IN LOS ANGELES, CA. OUR VICTORIES IN COURT AND WITH POLICYMAKERS HAVE CHANGED HOW THE BAIL SYSTEM WORKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE AND OUR PARTNERS HAVE DRIVEN MUCH OF THE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE BAIL ISSUE SINCE 2016, AND OUR CASES, TRAININGS, PUBLIC NARRATIVE, AND POLICY WORK HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE MAJOR CHANGES IN THIS AREA OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS. OUR FINES AND FEES OUTCOMES INCLUDE CASES STRIKING DOWN DEBTORS PRISONS, PRIVATE PROBATION, AND DRIVERS LICENSE SUSPENSION PRACTICES IN MULTIPLE STATES, INCLUDING HUGE VICTORIES IN TENNESSEE ON BOTH AND A LANDMARK 5TH CIRCUIT CASE STRIKING DOWN LOUISIANAS COURT-FUNDING SCHEME THAT RELIES ON FINES AND FEES. WE WON AND SETTLED A CASE INVOLVING AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND PREDATORY PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAM AGAINST A NOW DEFUNCT PRIVATE COMPANY RUNNING A MARIJUANA DIVERSION PROGRAM IN ARIZONA. ADDITIONAL OUTCOMES INCLUDE WINNING PROSECUTOR MISCONDUCT CASES, INCLUDING A CASE AGAINST THE NEW ORLEANS DA FOR USING FAKE SUBPOENAS AND ILLEGAL MATERIAL WITNESS WARRANTS TO JAIL CRIME VICTIMS, AND A CASE AGAINST THE MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA DA FOR A FEE-BASED PRETRIAL DIVERSION SCHEME THAT MADE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITH A PRIVATE COMPANY BY CHARGING PEOPLE MONEY TO DISMISS THEIR MARIJUANA CASES. WE HAVE ALSO BROUGHT CASES INVOLVING POLICING, AND A RIGHT TO HUG CASE INVOLVING THE CHILD WELFARE SYSTEM.WE HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN OUR POLICY WORK AS WELL. FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD, THE CRC POLICY TEAM SUPPORTED THE MOVEMENT FOR BLACK LIVES BY CO-LEADING ALONG WITH ESSIE JUSTICE GROUP THE DRAFTING OF AN OMNIBUS, PARADIGM-SHIFTING FEDERAL BILL THE BREATH ACT WHICH SOUGHT TO REIMAGINE HOW THIS COUNTRY KEEPS COMMUNITIES SAFE. SPANNING HOUSING, HEALTH, EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, ECONOMIC JUSTICE, REPARATIONS, AND CRIMINAL-LEGAL POLICY CHANGES, THE BILL IS A COMPREHENSIVE ROADMAP TO GUIDE PROGRESSIVE POLICYMAKING. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11 THE DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 99O IS FIRST REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OPERATIONS TEAM. AFTER THE REVIEW OF THE DRAFT FORM 990, IT IS THEN CIRCULATED TO THE FULL BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12C THE PURPOSE OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS TO PROTECT CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS INTEREST WHEN IT IS CONTEMPLATING ENTERING INTO A TRANSACTION OR ARRANGEMENT THAT MIGHT BENEFIT THE PRIVATE INTEREST OF AN OFFICER OR DIRECTOR OR MIGHT RESULT IN A POSSIBLE EXCESS BENEFIT TRANSACTION. THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY IS DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY TO ALL DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, MEMBERS OF BOARD COMMITTEES, AND STAFF. ALL COVERED INDIVIDUALS HAVE TO SIGN AN ANNUAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED A COPY OF THIS POLICY, UNDERSTAND IT, AND AGREE TO ABIDE BY ITS TERMS. WHENEVER A DIRECTOR, OFFICER, OR COMMITTEE MEMBER BECOMES AWARE OF A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST, WHETHER FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE, S/HE MAKES THE SITUATION KNOWN TO THE BOARD OR COMMITTEE AS THE CASE MIGHT BE AND PROVIDE ALL FACTS MATERIAL TO UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF THE CONFLICT, INCLUDING WHETHER THE INTERESTED PERSON BELIEVES HIS OR HER ABILITY TO MAKE AN INDEPENDENT DECISION BASED SOLELY ON THE BEST INTEREST OF CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS HAS BEEN COMPROMISED. IF THE INTERESTED PERSON INVOLVED DOES NOT MAKE THIS DISCLOSURE, ANOTHER DIRECTOR OR COMMITTEE MEMBER WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT SHOULD DRAW IT TO THE BODY ATTENTION. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15A THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SURVEYED EXECUTIVE SALARIES AT COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS TO DETERMINE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND CONCLUDED THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS SALARY WAS LOWER THAN MARKET. AS A RESULT, THE COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD OF DIRETORS ADJUSTED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS SALARY REGIMEN TO INCREASE THE SALARY TO MARKET WITH ROOM TO GROW Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15B THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SURVEYED EXECUTIVE SALARIES AT COMPARABLE ORGANIZATIONS TO DETERMINE EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND CONCLUDED THAT THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS SALARY WAS LOWER THAN MARKET. AS A RESULT, THE COMMITTEE AND THE BOARD OF DIRETORS ADJUSTED THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS SALARY REGIMEN TO INCREASE THE SALARY TO MARKET WITH ROOM TO GROW. THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNDERWENT THE SAME PROCESS IN SETTING THE SALARY FOR THE NEWLY CREATED POSITION OF CEO. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.