2017-05-10T03:20:57-05:00 2016-12-31 521511275 RAFFA PC 1899 L STREET NW SUITE 850 WASHINGTON DC 20036 990 2016-07-28 813422012 CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS CIVI 2027939105 910 17TH STREET NW 5TH FLOOR WASHINGTON DC 20006 ALEXANDER KARAKATSANIS SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 2027939105 2017-05-10 1 FRANK H SMITH P00639053 2028225000 2017-05-09 207.238.152.33 2017-05-10 04:20:44 ED P 2068A00ABC0F57F0B625F2814A44784351942D35 DAB48F1DB241BD34F7C51364F39BEF4B5B3312C9 2016 2021-01-29 14:40:06Z X X ALEXANDER KARAKATSANIS 910 17TH STREET NW 5TH FLOOR WASHINGTON DC 20006 805349 0 X WWW.CIVILRIGHTSCORPS.ORG X 2016 DC TO CHALLENGE SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE IN THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM. 7 7 8 7 0 0 805337 0 12 0 805349 0 0 122516 0 0 25229 147745 657604 667836 10232 657604 X CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO CHALLENGING SYSTEMIC INJUSTICE IN THE AMERICAN LEGAL SYSTEM. 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 AND TO CREATE A LEGAL SYSTEM THAT PROMOTES EQUALITY AND HUMAN FREEDOM. CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS WILL CARRY OUT ITS EXEMPT PURPOSES BY PROVIDING LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO POOR PERSONS AND COMMUNITIES, AS WELL AS OTHER MARGINALIZED PERSONS AND GROUPS, WHO ARE FACING CHALLENGES TO THEIR LEGALLY-GUARANTEED HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS. 0 0 124976 LITIGATION - CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS SEEKS TO DEFEND INDIGENT CLIENTS AND COMMUNITIES' HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS IN ORDER TO UPHOLD JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM. CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS WORK IS GUIDED BY THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF REDUCING SOCIAL, ECONOMIC, AND RACIAL INEQUALITY AND ALL FORMS OF COERCION NATIONWIDE. SPECIFICALLY, CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS AIMS TO PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY AND OTHERWISE ON THE MARGINS OF POVERTY IN DEFENSE OF THEIR HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THREATS TO THOSE RIGHTS. CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS USES CIVIL RIGHTS LAWSUITS TO COUNTER ATTACKS ON CIVIL LIBERTIES, EQUALITY, AND HUMAN FREEDOM THROUGH THE LEGAL SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS LITIGATES CASES AND EDUCATES THE PUBLIC CONCERNING POLICE AND PROSECUTORIAL ABUSE, PARTICULARLY THOSE ABUSES INVOLVING THE POLICING AND PROSECUTION OF LOW-INCOME PERSONS/COMMUNITIES AND PERSONS/COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYERS, INCLUDING OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HAVE SUCCEEDED IN PIONEERING NEW LEGAL CHALLENGES AGAINST DETAINING ARRESTEES IN JAIL BASED SOLELY ON THEIR INABILITY TO MAKE A MONETARY PAYMENT. USING THE EQUAL PROTECTION AND DUE PROCESS CLAUSES OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, THEY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY ARGUED IN JURISDICTIONS NATIONWIDE THAT POOR DEFENDANTS CANNOT BE HELD IN JAIL FOR MERE WANT OF MONEY IF A WEALTHIER DEFENDANT WOULD GO FREE IN A SIMILAR SITUATION. THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN LOWER JAIL POPULATIONS, SAFER JAILS, REDUCTION OF CRIME, COST SAVINGS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND PREVENTION OF THE VIOLATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARD THE GOAL OF PROTECTING THESE BASIC CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOR INDIGENT AND MARGINALIZED PEOPLE. 124976 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 X ALEXANDER KARAKATSANIS 2027939105 910 17TH STREET NW 5TH FLOOR WASHINGTON DC 20006 MILICA BOGETIC PRESIDENT 5.00 X X 0 0 0 CHESA BOUDIN CHAIRPERSON AND TREASURER 5.00 X X 0 0 0 REGINALD DWAYNE BETTS DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 SEEMA GAJWANI DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 CYNTHIA JONES DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 FRED O SMITH JR DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALEXANDER KARAKATSANIS SECRETARY AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 60.00 X X 0 0 513 0 0 513 0 0 0 0 0 805337 805337 12 12 805349 0 0 12 513 513 109308 101677 7631 2448 2448 10247 9531 716 4271 4013 258 2103 1527 576 194 194 8100 8100 7234 7234 2527 2527 FILING FEES 800 800 147745 124976 22769 0 51826 616010 0 667836 10232 0 10232 X 0 657604 0 657604 0 667836 657604 0 X 0 0 0 X 805337 805337 805337 805337 805337 12 12 805349 X SCHEDULE A, PART II, COLUMN (E) AS CIVIL RIGHTS CORPS WAS INCORPORATED ON JULY 28 2016, ITS INITIAL FEDERAL FORM 990 FOR THE PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 WAS A SHORT PERIOD RETURN. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE DRAFT FEDERAL FORM 990 IS FIRST REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AFTER THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REVIEWS 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 MIGHT RESULT IN A POSSIBLE EXCESS BENEFIT TRANSACTION. THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED ANNUALLY TO ALL DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, MEMBERS OF BOARD COMMITTEES, AND STAFF. ALL COVERED INDIVIDUALS SHALL 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 SHALL MAKE 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'S ATTENTION. 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.