2020-08-03T21:19:48-07:00 2019-12-31 990 2019-01-01 831038418 The Legalization Project LEGA 5123875826 360 Nueces Street Suite 1102 Austin TX 78701 Rob Kampia Executive Director 5123875826 2020-08-03 136.49.210.156 2019 2020-09-23 17:36:50Z Robert D Kampia 360 Nueces Street Suite 1102 Austin TX 78701 1261501 0 X X 2018 DE The organization's work focuses on (1) ending marijuana prohibition in the United States, and (2) ending prostitution prohibition in the United States. 1 0 8 2 0 0 268164 1261501 0 0 0 0 0 0 268164 1261501 46000 799050 0 0 157418 308389 0 1000 6874 41197 249147 244615 1357586 23549 -96085 30684 11784 7135 81861 23549 -70077 TLP works to increase public support for -- and identify and activate supporters of -- non-punitive, non-coercive policies relating to marijuana and sex-work laws and regulations. The organization's work focuses on (1) ending marijuana prohibition in the United States, and (2) ending prostitution prohibition in the United States. 0 0 808707 668800 0 PUBLIC EDUCATION (sex work): TLP engaged in a range of activities to build support among the public for decriminalizing consensual adult prostitution, the most prevalent of which was day-to-day interactions with reporters in order to amplify TLP's message in the news media. In addition, the TLP staff were involved with (1) giving speeches; (2) producing brochures and briefing papers; (3) amplifying such information and documentation via web sites and social media; and (4) responding to inquiries from the public. 105366 105000 0 STATE LOBBYING GENERALLY (sex work): Through grant making, TLP supported efforts to change prostitution laws in various states, endeavored to change state-level laws in various states. 104225 0 0 CONFERENCES and COALITION BUILDING (sex work): TLP staffers attended and spoke at conferences; reached out to potential allies outside of conference settings; and strengthened relationships with existing allies with the purpose of building a stronger national coalition supporting the decriminalization of consensual adult prostitution. Specifically, TLP participated in conferences hosted by the American Public Health Association, Freedom Network, Law and Society Association, National Conference of State Legislatures, and Woodhull Freedom Foundation. 62107 0 0 NEW HAMPSHIRE (sex work): TLP assisted with organizing a statewide coalition in New Hampshire to focus initially on promoting the importance of (1) "Good Samaritan" policies that protect sex workers from arrest when reporting crimes outside the ambit of consensual sex work; and (2) establishing "medical rights" for sex workers, such that hospitals, doctor's offices, and other medical establishments would be prohibited from discriminating against people because of their profession. 34700 3000 0 RHODE ISLAND (sex work): TLP assisted with organizing a statewide coalition in Rhode Island to focus initially on creating a state-government commission to study the costs and benefits of decriminalizing consensual adult prostitution. 30653 0 0 LESSONS FROM NEW ZEALAND (sex work): TLP brought Dame Catherine Healy in New Zealand to the United States for the purpose of highlighting the success of New Zealand's national prostitution laws, which are the best in the world. (In 2018, Queen Elizabeth II gave Healy the title of Dame, because of her decades of work on improving the lives of sex workers in New Zealand, which is part of the United Kingdom.) TLP staffers arranged for Dame Healy to meet with allies and government officials in New Hampshire, New York City, Rhode Island, and Washington state. 27855 5000 0 RHODE ISLAND LOBBYING (sex work): The TLP staff assisted with lobbying the Rhode Island government to change the state's prostitution laws. 19598 0 0 CONFERENCES and COALITION BUILDING (marijuana): TLP staffers attended and spoke at conferences; reached out to potential allies outside of conference settings; and strengthened relationships with existing allies with the overarching purpose of ending marijuana prohibition in the United States. Specifically, TLP participated in conferences hosted by the Drug Policy Alliance, Institutional Capital & Cannabis Conference, Marijuana Business Daily, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, and Reason Foundation. 18316 0 0 CALIFORNIA (sex work): TLP sponsored public-opinion poll that assessed the views and level of support among California voters for decriminalizing consensual adult prostitution. 11695 0 0 AUSTIN EVENT (sex work): During the annual SXSW event in Austin, TLP hosted a reception featuring Dan Savage, and which drew attendance from opinion leaders visiting Austin from out of town, sex workers, and others. 8421 250 0 FLORIDA (sex work): TLP worked to generate news coverage and assist with coalition building in Florida, including purchasing and publicizing a billboard that drew attention to TLP's mission, as well as providing a mini-grant to SWOP Behind Bars, an allied organization. 8366 8000 0 MISSISSIPPI BALLOT INITIATIVE (marijuana): TLP provided support to the campaign to legalize medical marijuana in Mississippi via a voter initiative on the November 2020 ballot. 8366 8000 0 WASHINGTON STATE (sex work): Through grant making, TLP continued to provide financial support to the ongoing effort to make consensual adult prostitution essentially legal on the local level in Seattle. 7496 0 0 ARIZONA EXPLORATORY BALLOT INITIATIVE (marijuana): TLP assisted marijuana-business leaders with their exploratory phase of whether to place a marijuana-legalization initiative on the November 2020 ballot in Arizona. 6746 0 0 NEW HAMPSHIRE LOBBYING (sex work): The TLP staff assisted with lobbying the New Hampshire government to change the state's prostitution laws. 3804 0 0 NEW YORK STATE (sex work): TLP participated in multiple coalitions in New York City, for the purpose of building support for (1) repealing New York State's statutory ban on "loitering for the purpose of engaging in prostitution"; (2) decriminalizing consensual adult prostitution; and (3) opposing the "entrapment model" of prostitution policy, which wrong-headedly seeks to protect only sex workers from arrest, while arresting adults who seek sex workers' services. 3311 1000 0 PUBLIC EDUCATION (marijuana): The TLP staff engaged with reporters to amplify through in the news media TLP's messaging in support of marijuana legalization. 251434 25250 0 1269732 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 DE NY TX X X Mary Landgraf 5123875826 360 Nueces Street Suite 1102 Austin TX 78701 Robert D Kampia Executive Director 20 0 X X X 107001 0 6072 107001 0 6072 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1261501 67297 1261501 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1261501 0 0 0 791050 791050 8000 8000 0 0 0 0 27072 17597 8663 812 0 0 0 0 231540 192167 38318 1055 2640 1620 1020 0 26249 21731 4395 123 20888 17222 3529 137 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4000 4000 0 0 1000 1000 0 0 0 0 110238 93512 15159 1567 2000 2000 0 0 5893 3232 2167 494 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 53448 53448 0 0 0 0 0 0 11511 11511 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2726 0 2726 0 public-opinion poll 17950 17950 0 0 online services 11986 7727 4226 33 food (while traveling) 7810 7810 0 0 rental of venue in NYC 6492 6492 0 0 15093 12663 777 1653 1357586 1269732 80980 6874 30684 9326 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3072 614 0 2458 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30684 11784 1537 1861 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80000 5598 0 7135 81861 X 0 0 0 0 23549 -70077 23549 -70077 30684 11784 X -96085 0 0 0 0 2459 X 0 0 0 X 268164 1261501 1529665 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 268164 1261501 1529665 274357 1255308 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1529665 0 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 164227 164227 1193359 1357586 210759 52690 0 0 0 0 48923 210759 259682 389523 0 0 47516 164227 211743 0 0 12231 52690 64921 97382 0 0 809 0 809 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3072 614 2458 0 0 0 0 2458 1 Decriminalize Sex Work 360 Nueces Street Suite 1102 Austin TX 78701 833561423 501(c)(3) 668800 To build public support for decriminalizing consensual adult prostitution in the United States. Campaign to Decriminalize Sex Work 360 Nueces Street Suite 1102 Austin TX 78701 832009448 501(c)(4) 105000 To decriminalize consensual adult prostitution in the United States. Project Prosper of Florida 1156 Pavia Drive Apopka FL 32703 450491407 501(c)(3) 8250 Grant to PPF included an $8,000 pass-through grant to COYOTE-RI, which was organizing a statewide coalition to build support for decriminalizing consensual adult prostitution in Rhode Island. Mississippians for Compassionate Care PO Box 2592 Ridgeland MS 39158 831401249 8000 Donation to the organization running the campaign to pass a voter initiative to legalize medical marijuana in Mississippi in November 2020. 2 2 TLP issued monthly grant payments to a political operative in Seattle who operated as a "Form 1099" independent contractor. 1 8000 For work with the executive branch of the Seattle government to end local arrests for consensual adult prostitution. Schedule I, Part I, Line 2 TLP issues so few grants that the monitoring process is simply composed of regular communications between certain members of the TLP staff and the grantees. X 2 67297 Sold the stock for cash. 0 0 0 0 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b This Form 990 was meticulously reviewed by TLP's board of directors before the form was submitted to the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The principal founding donor of TLP helped establish the Executive Director's initial compensation in 2018, which was then updated in 2019. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 TLP maintains in its Austin office the organization's key institutional documents. In addition to mailing documents to interested persons upon request, the organization also makes some of its key documents available on its web site. Examples of key documents include: (1) the initial Form 1023 that established TLP's 501(c)(3) tax status; (2) the annual Forms 990; (3) the organization's internal policy prohibiting discrimination and harassment among the staff, board of directors, and outside consultants; and (4) another internal policy for avoiding conflicts of interest among the staff and board of directors. TLP also uploads its annual Forms 990 to charity-related websites, including Charity Navigator, the Economic Research Institute, and Candid (which is the offspring of the Foundation Center's and GuideStar's merger in February 2019). Form 990, Part XI, Line 9 TLP purchased one laptop computer in February 2019, which is depreciating in value using a typical 5-year, straight-line methodology.