2021-08-31T03:41:00-00:00 2020-12-31 Alta CPA Group LLC 59 Franklin Street Annapolis MD 21401 990 2020-01-01 813422012 CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS CIVI 2028444975 1601 CONNECTICUT AVENUE Room 800 WASHINGTON DC 20009 CLAUDIA WITHERS COO 2021-08-31 true Jeffrey S Griffith P01081433 4103495101 2021-08-31 2 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z ALEXANDER KARAKATSANIS 1601 CONNECTICUT AVENUE STE 800 WASHINGTON DC 20009 6850438 false X https://www.civilrightscorps.org/ X 2016 DC CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS CRC IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO CHALLENGING SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES LEGAL SYSTEM A SYSTEM THAT IS BUILT ON WHITE SUPREMACY AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY. CONT. ON SCHED O 6 5 43 0 5755495 6678176 3831363 0 31483 34572 14470 137690 9632811 6850438 506005 412364 0 2590307 3372686 0 180448 1624378 1482643 4720690 5267693 4912121 1582745 10531970 12564305 238125 687715 10293845 11876590 X CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS CRC IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO CHALLENGING SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES LEGAL SYSTEM A SYSTEM THAT IS BUILT ON WHITE SUPREMACY AND ECONOMIC INEQUALITY. CONT. ON SCHED O false false 4193788 412364 CRC IS BEST KNOWN FOR ITS LITIGATION, WHICH CHALLENGES THE ROUTINE PRACTICES THAT ENABLE MASS INCARCERATION, INCLUDING THE NEAR-UNIVERSAL RELIANCE ON MONEY BAIL, THE GROWING USE OF FINES AND FEES TO FUND THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM, PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT, AND THE FAILURE TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE COUNSEL. THESE PRACTICES ARE BOTH IMMORAL AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL. EVEN WHERE OUR LITIGATION IS ONGOING, WE CAN HAVE AN IMMEDIATE IMPACT. OUR LITIGATION HAS RELEASED AT LEAST 13,000 PEOPLE FROM JAIL IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS CUT THE JAIL POPULATION IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS BY 22 STRUCK DOWN LOUISIANAS COURT FUNDING SYSTEM ON FINANCIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST GROUNDS AND MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR MORE THAN 291,000 POOR TENNESSEANS WHOSE DRIVERS LICENSES WERE REVOKED FOR NONPAYMENT OF COURT DEBT OR TICKETS TO HAVE THEIR LICENSES REINSTATED. WE CURRENTLY HAVE MORE THAN 20 CASES IN ACTIVE LITIGATION. 4193788 true true false true false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false false true true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 37 0 true 43 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 6 5 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false false X X CLAUDIA WITHERS 2028444975 1601 CONNECTICUT AVENUE STE 800 WASHINGTON DC 20009 ALEXANDER KARAKATSANIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 040.00 X X 166506 0 13320 CLAUDIA WITHERS COO 040.00 X 155393 0 14151 ERIC HALPERIN CEO 032.00 X 142446 0 13221 RYAN C DOWNER DIRECTOR OF LITIGATION 040.00 X 133110 0 13095 TARA MIKKILINENI SENIOR ATTORNEY 040.00 X 135897 0 5643 CYNTHIA JONES CHAIR 002.00 X X 0 0 0 ZOE TOWNS TREASURER 002.00 X X 0 0 0 MILICA BOGETIC SECRETARY 002.00 X X 0 0 0 REGINALD DEWAYNE BETTS DIRECTOR 002.00 X 0 0 0 SEEMA GAJWANI DIRECTOR 002.00 X 0 0 0 RAJ JAYADEV DIRECTOR 002.00 X 0 0 0 733352 59430 5 false true false 6678176 6678176 34572 34572 113646 113646 113646 MISCELLANEOUS INCOME 900099 24044 24044 24044 6850438 24044 34572 387364 387364 25000 25000 0 0 792783 650796 108294 33693 0 1958314 1607580 267506 83228 102996 84549 14069 4378 297912 244556 40695 12661 220681 181157 30145 9379 0 2215 1395 820 79954 50338 29616 0 0 128238 80737 47501 0 36127 29690 4902 1535 8773 7202 1198 373 0 636133 522201 86896 27036 85627 68011 17486 130 0 3137 2575 429 133 0 0 141782 116389 19367 6026 8366 6867 1143 356 CLIENT TRIAL COST AND SUPPLIES 47391 47391 DUES, LICENSES FEES 35762 29357 4885 1520 CONSULTANTS 218505 218505 ONLINE SERVICES RESEARCH 50633 50633 0 5267693 4193788 893457 180448 3281334 4353438 5999500 5999500 231424 1229038 39715 74786 1043966 232408 884012 811558 95985 95985 10531970 12564305 124826 497213 113299 190502 238125 687715 X 8681411 8965358 1612434 2911232 10293845 11876590 10531970 12564305 1582745 X false true X true false false X 805337 3646713 5132674 9586498 6678176 25849398 113646 113646 805337 3646713 5132674 9586498 6791822 25963044 25963044 12 5764 21073 31843 34572 93264 0 12 5764 21073 31843 34572 93264 0 14470 24044 38514 805349 3652477 5153747 9632811 6850438 26094822 X 0.00000 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 7599 7599 5260094 5267693 413385 103346 II-B 1B CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS LOBBYING HOURS WERE SPENT URGING FEDERAL DECARCERATION COVID AND URGING FEDERAL PHONE JUSTICE COVID APPX. 40. ADDITIONAL TIME WAS DEDICATED TO FEES/FINES/VOTING BILL FEDERAL LEGISLATION BEING INTRODUCED BY REP. VELAZQUEZ. ALSO, IN 2020 CRC EXPENDED LOBBY HOURS FOR SECTION 5 BAIL BILL NEVER INTRODUCED AND THE INVEST-DIVEST BILL PROPOSAL. false 695718 118502 577216 217949 68945 149004 130299 44961 85338 811558 Financial derivatives and other financial products Closely-held equity interests Federal income taxes 6850438 6850438 6850438 5267693 5267693 5267693 false TEXAS JAIL PROJECT 13121 LOUTTA ROAD STE 1330 CYPRESS TX 77429 452666807 C3 95500 PROGRAM SUPPORT THE W HAYWOOD BURNS INSTITUTE 475 14TH STREET STE 800 OAKLAND CA 94612 810594086 C3 139364 PROGRAM SUPPORT TIDES FOUNDATION 1012 TARNEY AVENUE SAN FRANCISCO CA 94129 510198509 C3 152500 PROGRAM SUPPORT 3 ASSISTANCE 1 25000 X X X false false false false false false false ALEXANDER KARAKATSANIS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 166506 13320 179826 ERIC HALPERIN CEO 142446 13221 155667 CLAUDIA WITHERS COO 155393 14151 169544 Form 990, Part I, Line 1 ORGANIZATIONS MISSION STATEMENT CONTINUATION 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. Form 990, Part III, Line 1 ORGANIZATIONS MISSION STATEMENT CONTINUATION 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 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.