NonprofitsRights Behind Bars Inc

Human Services

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
$200K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$80K
PAYMENT FOR FELLOWS
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
$200K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$147K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$71K
PAYMENT FOR FELLOWS
2023
$15K
TO SUPPORT THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
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
$69K
PAYMENT FOR FELLOWS
2022
$65K
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
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
$10K
TO SUPPORT THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2022
$7K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$6K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$5K
TO SUPPORT THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2022
$5K
TO SUPPORT THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2022
$3K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$84K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$84K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$10K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$2K
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
2021
$20K
RIGHTS & JUSTICE
2020
$13K
General Support
2020
$5K
TO SUPPORT EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION.
2020
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$2K
GENERAL CHARITABLE & EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
2020
$76K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019

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
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