NonprofitsVera Institute Of Justice Inc

Crime & Legal-Related

Vera Institute Of Justice Inc

BROOKLYN, NY

Total revenue

$142.3M

Total expenses

$151.2M

Net assets

$125.8M

Grants received

$160.0M

524 grants

EIN

131941627

Tax year

2023

Mission

To end the overcriminalization and mass incarceration of people of color, immigrants, and people experiencing poverty.

Programs

3 programs

Advancing universal representation:the advancing universal representation initiative is driving a national movement for universal representation. Our goal is to establish a federal right to representation for all immigrants facing deportation. By fighting for universal representation, the initiative and its partners are keeping families together; disrupting the criminalization and deportation of immigrants and their families; and protecting people from the deplorable conditions of immigration detention.

Expenses: $3.4M

Restoring promiserestoring promise is an initiative of the vera institute of justice that seeks to transform prison cultures, climates, and spaces by partnering with correctional leaders to reimagine housing units for young adults and realign corrections policies and practices with a commitment to human dignity.

Expenses: $3.3M

Other programsreshaping prosecution, unlocking potential, beyond jails, ending girls' incarceration, redefining public safety, greater justice new york, activating change (formerly vera's center on victimization and safety), vera louisiana, vera california, true line, opening doors, fines and fees, new initiatives, economic impacts of incarceration.

Expenses: $32.9M

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$139.0M
Program service revenue
Investment income$2.5M
Other revenue$758K
Total revenue$142.3M

Expenses

Grants paid$9.5M
Salaries & benefits$38.4M
Fundraising$3.7M
Other expenses$103.3M
Total expenses$151.2M
Total assets$167.5M
Net assets$125.8M

People

32 listed

NameRoleCompensation

NICHOLAS R TURNER

PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR

Board

$612K

40 hrs/wk

EDWARD KWANGYOON CHUNG

VP, INITIATIVES

Board

$324K

40 hrs/wk

INSHA RAHMAN

VP, ADVOCACY & PARTNERSHIP

Board

$299K

40 hrs/wk

THERESA RAFFAELE JEFFERSON

VP, COMMS. & EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Board

$276K

40 hrs/wk

ADAIR H IACONO

GENERAL COUNSEL & SECRETARY

Board

$266K

40 hrs/wk

STACEY STRONGARONE

VP, CHIEF OF STAFF

Board

$262K

40 hrs/wk

GRETCHEN HASKINS PAGE

VP, DEVELOPMENT

Board

$252K

40 hrs/wk

JAMES PARSONS VP RESEARCH

& MONITORING EVALUATION & LEARNING

Board

$246K

40 hrs/wk

TRACEY THOMAS-WILMOT

VP, CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER

Board

$231K

40 hrs/wk

GREGORY M KLEMM CFO COO

ASSISTANT TREASURER, THRU 8/25/23

Board

$199K

40 hrs/wk

ANILU VAZQUEZ-UBARRI

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAMIEN DWIN

CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

TALI FARHADIAN WEINSTEIN

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

DEBO P ADEGBILE

VICE CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

EVAN C GUILLEMIN

TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

CARON BUTLER

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

NELSON O FITTS

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

HELAM GEBREMARIAM

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOHN GLEESON

TRUSTEE, THRU 12/31/2023

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAVID KLAFTER

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

LILI LYNTON

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOHN MADSEN

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

BARI MATTES

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

KHALIL GIBRAN MUHAMMAD

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

DANYA PERRY

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

JUSTIN TUCK

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

LOLA VELAZQUEZ-AGUILU

TRUSTEE

Board

1 hrs/wk

MARGARET R DIZEREGA

MANAGING DIR., INITIATIVES

Staff

$225K

40 hrs/wk

VICTOR OSAMUDIAME OBASEKI

MANAGING DIR., RACE, EQUITY, INCL.

Staff

$217K

40 hrs/wk

VINA MORRIS DIRECTOR

TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT & OPERATIONS

Staff

$214K

40 hrs/wk

DAVID NIDIFFER

DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

Staff

$206K

40 hrs/wk

NINA SIULC

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH, INITIATIVES

Staff

$199K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

ACACIA CENTER FOR JUSTICE INC

LEGAL & IMMIGRATION SERVICES

$16.5M

BLUE STATE DIGITAL INC

MARKETING SERVICES

$1.5M

LIVELY LAW FIRM

LEGAL SERVICES

$834K

FGS HOLDINGS LLC

PUBLIC RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS SERV

$616K

PACIFIC INTERPRETERS

TRANSLATION SERVICES

$472K

Grants received

Showing 200 of 524

FromAmountPurposeYear
$5.0M
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2024
$2.4M
Grant, Travel Grant - Higher Education in Prison Grantee Convening Grant, Closing the Pell Implementation Gap Grant, Travel Grant - National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators 2024 National Conference Grant, Helping the Field Prepare for Pell Reinstatement
2024
$2M
TO SUPPORT THE RESTORING PROMISE INITIATIVE THAT PARTNERS WITH STATE DEPARTMENTS OF CORRECTIONS TO DESIGN AND FACILITATE RIGOROUS EVALUATION OF REIMAGINED HOUSING UNITS FOR INCARCERATED YOUNG ADULTS IN A WAY THAT CENTERS HUMAN DIGNITY, SAFETY, AND RACE EQUITY.
2024
$1.6M
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$1M
TO CONTINUE SUPPORT FOR A HIGHER EDUCATION IN PRISON INITIATIVE
2024
$600K
SAFE INITIATIVE AND UNIVERSAL REPRESENTATION
2024
$500K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2024
$417K
TO SUPPORT PRETRIAL POLICY CAPACITY FOR GRANTEE'S BEYOND JAILS INITIATIVE, WITH THE OVERALL GOAL OF BUILDING COALITIONS AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES ON PRETRIAL REFORM.
2024
$300K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE TRUE LINE PROJECT FOR NARRATIVE CHANGE WORK THAT USES RESEARCH, TESTED MESSAGES, AND STORIES TO BUILD CONSENSUS THAT SAFETY AND JUSTICE ARE NOT IN CONFLICT AND THAT IMMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRATION PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN THE U.S.
2024
$300K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2024
$300K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$250K
CRIME & LEGAL-RELATED
2024
$250K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$250K
IN SUPPORT OF THE TRUE LINE PROJECT
2024
$200K
POVERTY RELIEF
2024
$150K
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
2024
$150K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$125K
CORE SUPPORT FOR VERA LOUISIANA FOR A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO REDUCING LOUISIANA'S RELIANCE ON INCARCERATION
2024
$100K
CORE SUPPORT FOR REDEFINING PUBLIC SAFETY INITIATIVE'S WORK TO STRENGTHEN AND INCREASE CIVILIAN CRISIS RESPONSE ALTERNATIVES THAT IMPROVE COMMUNITY SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE AND OUTCOMES
2024
$100K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2024
$100K
Evaluation of Legal Representation in the Chicago immigration court
2024
$95K
TO STUDY THE POLICY IMPACT OF PRETRIAL REFORM LEGISLATION.
2024
$75K
VERA CALIFORNIA - SUPPORTING SAFE, STABLE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES
2024
$53K
TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIES TO INCREASE HOUSING ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS.
2024
$50K
ENDING GIRLS INCARCERATION
2024
$47K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$40K
Justice Involved Youth Programming
2024
$30K
SUPPORT FOR UNLOCKING POTENTIAL
2024
$30K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2024
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT, UNRESTRICTED
2024
$20K
GENERAL FUND
2024
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$15K
VERA CALIFORNIA - STRENGTHENING HEALTH ADVOCACY VIA A SYSTEM OF CARE
2024
$10K
CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS AND ADVOCACY
2024
$10K
SOCIAL SERVICES
2024
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$8K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2024
$7K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2024
$7K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$5K
VERA CALIFORNIA - ADVANCING COMMUNITY HEALTH AND ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION
2024
$5K
FOR THE DONEE ORGANIZATIONS CHARITABLE USE
2024
$5K
TO HELP ACTIVITIES OF VAR PUBLIC CHAR INST WHICH ARE EXEMPT UNDER 501 (C) (3)
2024
$5K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2024
$2K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$2K
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$2K
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$750
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$600
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$252
FURTHERANCE OF THE ORG'S MISSION
2024
$50
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$9M
TO SUPPORT SCALING PLAN
2023
$5.0M
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2023
$2.0M
U.S. ECONOMIC MOBILITY & OPPORTUNITY
2023
$1.9M
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$719K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$600K
SAFE INITIATIVE AND UNIVERSAL REPRESENTATION
2023
$500K
UNLOCKING POTENTIAL INITIATIVE IN FY2024 AND/OR FY2025
2023
$500K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2023
$420K
TO SUPPORT THE RESTORING PROMISE INITIATIVE THAT PARTNERS WITH STATE DEPARTMENTS OF CORRECTIONS TO DESIGN AND RIGOROUSLY EVALUATE REIMAGINED HOUSING UNITS FOR INCARCERATED YOUNG ADULTS.
2023
$400K
TO AID THE DONEE ORGANIZATION IN CARRYING OUT ITS EXEMPT FUNCTIONS.
2023
$400K
Support for Vera's True Line Project
2023
$340K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2023
$308K
TO HELP REIMAGINE THE AMERICAN PRISON SYSTEM THROUGH STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AND EXPANDING AND EVALUATING THE RESTORING PROMISE INITIATIVE.
2023
$300K
VERA CALIFORNIA - CENTERING HEALTH THROUGH A SYSTEM OF CARE: TO SUPPORT DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH ON HOW LOS ANGELES COUNTY CAN CREATE SAFETY OUTSIDE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH AND OTHER PROGRAMS.
2023
$300K
SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
2023
$300K
Support for Vera Louisiana to launch a criminal justice data dashboard.
2023
$300K
FOR ITS NARRATIVE CHANGE WORK, MESSAGING JUSTICE, THAT USES PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH, TESTED MESSAGES, AND STORIES TO BUILD CONSENSUS THAT SAFETY AND JUSTICE ARE POSSIBLEAND THAT COMMUNITIES DO NOT HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN ONE OR THE OTHER
2023
$262K
ADVANCING UNIVERSAL REPRESENTATION INITIATIVE
2023
$250K
IMMIGRATION - SCALE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND COLLABORATION FOR IMMIGRANTS FACING DEPORTATION.
2023
$250K
UNRESTRICTED FUNDING
2023
$200K
POVERTY RELIEF
2023
$200K
TRUE LINE PROJECT
2023
$200K
NEW JUSTICE NEW ORLEANS
2023
$175K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$160K
TO SUPPORT VERA'S ENDING GIRLS' INCARCERATION INITIATIVE
2023
$150K
HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES
2023
$150K
Mission Fund
2023
$150K
Promise of an Equitable Future
2023
$150K
GENERAL PURPOSE CONTRIBUTION
2023
$150K
ACHIEVE CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$125K
CORE SUPPORT FOR VERA LOUISIANA FOR A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH TO REDUCING LOUISIANA'S RELIANCE ON INCARCERATION
2023
$121K
COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
2023
$119K
TO PILOT A RURAL JAILS RESEARCH AND POLICY NETWORK THROUGH THE CREATION OF RURAL JAIL RESEARCH AND POLICY HUBS IN TWO STATES.
2023
$100K
Evaluation of Legal Representation in the Chicago immigration court
2023
$100K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2023
$100K
TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING SENSIBLE TRAFFIC ORDINANCES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ("STOP"), GRANTEE'S RECENTLY LAUNCHED PROJECT TO DEVELOP DATA, EVIDENCE, AND SOLUTIONS TOWARDS CHANGING POLICY AROUND POLICE ENFORCEMENT OF MINOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
2023
$90K
TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF POLICY CHANGES REGARDING YOUTH ELECTRONIC MONITORING AND FINES AND FEES.
2023
$88K
CRIME & LEGAL-RELATED
2023
$75K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$75K
TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIES TO INCREASE HOUSING ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS.
2023
$75K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2023
$75K
SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
2023
$60K
VERA CALIFORNIA - STRENGTHENING HEALTH ADVOCACY VIA A SYSTEM OF CARE: TO SUPPORT DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH ON HOW LOS ANGELES COUNTY CAN CREATE HEALTH AND SAFETY OUTSIDE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
2023
$58K
CELEBRATION GRANT
2023
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$50K
"THE ENDING GIRLS INCARCERATION"
2023
$40K
Los Angeles Youth Diversion and Development
2023
$36K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$31K
General Operating Funds
2023
$31K
General operating funds
2023
$30K
2024 NY ORGANIZING TRAINING INSTITUTE
2023
$30K
UNLOCKING POTENTIAL PROJECT
2023
$27K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$26K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$25K
General Purposes
2023
$25K
GENERAL FUND
2023
$25K
Support for NOLA Grant
2023
$21K
THE GRANT IS BEING USED TO FUND THE CLIFFORD CHANCE FELLOW AT VERA ROLE WHICH SITS WITH THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE,
2023
$20K
RACIAL HEALING JUSTICE
2023
$16K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$14K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$10K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
GENERAL FUNDING
2023
$10K
EXEMPT PURPOSES
2023
$8K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
MATCHING GIFT
2023
$4K
MATCHING GIFT
2023
$2K
MATCHING GIFT
2023
$2K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$2K
GENERAL OPERATING - BOARD DISCRETIONARY
2023
$2K
Matching gifts for general operating support
2023
$2K
MATCHING GIFT
2023
$1K
TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION IN ENDING OVERCRIMINALIZATION AND MASS INCARCERATION OF PEOPLE OF COLOR, IMMIGRANTS, AND PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POVERTY
2023
$1K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$1K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$1K
TO HELP ACTIVITIES OF VAR PUBLIC CHAR INST WHICH ARE EXEMPT UNDER 501 (C) (3)
2023
$600
MATCHING GIFT
2023
$507
MATCHING GIFT
2023
$350
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2023
$250
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$153
MATCHING GIFT
2023
$150
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$150
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$150
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$100
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$100
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$100
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$50
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$50
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$50
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$50
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$25
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5.2M
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2022
$2.4M
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$2.1M
TO HELP REIMAGINE THE AMERICAN PRISON SYSTEM THROUGH STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AND EXPANDING AND EVALUATING THE RESTORING PROMISE INITIATIVE.
2022
$1.3M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$600K
SAFE INITIATIVE AND UNIVERSAL REPRESENTATION
2022
$600K
SAFE INITIATIVE AND UNIVERSAL REPRESENTATION
2022
$500K
NEW JUSTICE NEW ORLEANS
2022
$500K
Program support for Vera Louisiana to launch a criminal justice data dashboard.
2022
$500K
for project coordination and technical assistance to local jurisdictions seeking to reduce jail use safely and address racial and ethnic disparities as part of the Safety and Justice Challenge
2022
$350K
FOR VERA'S NARRATIVE CHANGE WORK THAT IDENTIFIES AND ELEVATES THE MESSAGES, COMMUNICATIONS FRAMES, AND STORIES THAT BUILD SUPPORT FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
2022
$300K
VERA CALIFORNIA - CENTERING HEALTH THROUGH A SYSTEM OF CARE: TO SUPPORT DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS AND RESEARCH ON HOW LOS ANGELES COUNTY CAN CREATE SAFETY OUTSIDE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC HEALTH AND OTHER PROGRAMS.
2022
$300K
Grant, Helping the Field Prepare for Pell Reinstatement
2022
$300K
SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES
2022
$296K
HUMAN SERVICES
2022
$251K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$250K
to raise awareness and address the overincarceration of people with disabilities as part of the Safety and Justice Challenge
2022
$250K
Mission Fund
2022
$250K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$250K
TO COLLABORATE WITH NONPROFIT PARTNERS TO PROMOTE A POSITIVE COMMUNITY SAFETY NARRATIVE
2022
$250K
UNRESTRICTED FUNDING
2022
$250K
provide general operating support to help the organization advance its mission of ending the overcriminalization and mass incarceration of people of color, immigrants, and people experiencing poverty
2022
$200K
TO AID THE DONEE ORGANIZATION IN CARRYING OUT ITS EXEMPT FUNCTIONS.
2022
$196K
TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS OF POLICY CHANGES REGARDING YOUTH ELECTRONIC MONITORING AND FINES AND FEES.
2022
$196K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$190K
IMMIGRATION - SCALE LEGAL REPRESENTATION AND COLLABORATION FOR IMMIGRANTS FACING DEPORTATION.
2022
$170K
GRANT MATCH TO SUPPORT VERA'S ENDING GIRLS' INCARCERATION INITIATIVE
2022
$150K
PROJECT SUPPORT: UNITING TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
2022
$150K
TO SUPPORT EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES BY PROSECUTORS.
2022
$150K
CORE SUPPORT FOR VERA NEW ORLEANS FOR A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH ADDRESSING MASS INCARCERATION IN NEW ORLEANS
2022
$150K
GENERAL PURPOSE CONTRIBUTION
2022
$150K
UNRESTRICTED FUNDING
2022
$150K
PROJECT SUPPORT: UNITING TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
2022
$125K
TO STUDY THE POLICY IMPACT OF PRETRIAL REFORM LEGISLATION.
2022
$124K
COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
2022
$105K
General Support
2022
$100K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2022
$100K
Evaluation of Legal Representation in the Chicago immigration court
2022

Funded by

$160.0M from 167 funders · 524 grants · 2016–2024

Blue Meridian Partners Inc

$34.5M · 4 grants · 2019–2023

Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund

$27.3M · 6 grants · 2018–2024

National Philanthropic Trust

$20.9M · 5 grants · 2019–2023

Laura And John Arnold Foundation

$13.3M · 29 grants · 2020–2024

John D And Catherine T Macarthur

$6.2M · 11 grants · 2020–2024

Tenacre Foundation

$4.4M · 2 grants · 2022–2023

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$4.1M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$4.1M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Details

EIN131941627
NTEE codeI20Z
Subsection03
Ruling date1962-10
Formed1961
Employees383
Volunteers17
VERA INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE INC — Mission, Financials & Grants Received | Grantivo