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Rights Behind Bars Inc
WASHINGTON, DC
Total revenue
$766K
Total expenses
$996K
Net assets
$267K
Grants received
$2.1M
32 grants
EIN
843084416
Tax year
2023
Mission
Rights Behind Bars works alongside incarcerated people to challenge the cruel and inhumane conditions of confinement.
Financials
FY 2023
Revenue
Contributions & grants$766K
Program service revenue—
Investment income—
Other revenue—
Total revenue$766K
Expenses
Grants paid$16K
Salaries & benefits$814K
Fundraising$824
Other expenses$126K
Total expenses$996K
Total assets$267K
Net assets$267K
People
5 listed
NameRoleCompensation
Samuel Weiss
Executive Director and Chair of Board
Board
$90K
40 hrs/wk
Janet Weiss
Director
Board
—
1 hrs/wk
Jane Dutton
Treasurer
Board
—
1 hrs/wk
Jamelia Morgan
Director
Board
—
1 hrs/wk
Elizabeth Cruikshank
Secertary
Board
—
1 hrs/wk
Grants received
Showing 32 of 32
FromAmountPurposeYear
$300K
TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO TRANSFORM PRISON CONDITIONS THROUGH DISABILITY RIGHTS LITIGATION.
2024
$15K
CHALLENGE THE CRUEL AND INHUMANE CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT THROUGH LITIGATION AND ADVOCACY
2024
$300K
TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO TRANSFORM PRISON CONDITIONS THROUGH DISABILITY RIGHTS LITIGATION.
2023
$13K
CHALLENGE THE CRUEL AND INHUMANE CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT THROUGH LITIGATION AND ADVOCACY
2023
$250K
TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IN PRISON.
2022
$25K
Appellate AdvocacyRights Behind Bars tracks conditions litigation and offers representation or other aid to uncounseled clients or small firm lawyers on appeal. Once on appeal, we often partner with pro bono appellate specialists or civil rights groups. Through our intervention, we make the strongest possible case to win on behalf of our immediate clients. Our interventions also establish strong case law that sends the message to prisons and jails that they are not above the law and will ultimately be held accountable for failing to treat incarcerated individuals with the dignity the law requires.Affirmative LitigationApproach trial litigation through a movement lawyering framework. This means that litigation is just one tool, among many, that are used to achieve the goals of the clients and movements served. Innovative trial litigation with public advocacy, education, media and organizing strategies are paired to ensure that our work has a broader and more sustainable scope than what
2022
Funded by
$2.1M from 15 funders · 32 grants · 2019–2024
Laura And John Arnold Foundation
$850K · 3 grants · 2022–2024
Vital Projects Fund Inc
$400K · 2 grants · 2023–2024
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
$397K · 5 grants · 2019–2023
The Skadden Foundation
$220K · 3 grants · 2022–2024
Harvard Law Review Association
$65K · 1 grant · 2022
The Weiss Family Foundation
$40K · 5 grants · 2020–2023
Leo Model Foundation Inc
$28K · 2 grants · 2023–2024
The Barbara Mcdowell And
$25K · 1 grant · 2022
Details
EIN843084416
NTEE codeP99
Subsection03
Ruling date2020-01
Formed2019
Employees8
Volunteers0