NonprofitsWilliam J Brennan Jr Center For Justice Inc

Education

William J Brennan Jr Center For Justice Inc

NEW YORK, NY

Total revenue

$57.9M

Total expenses

$50.6M

Net assets

$266.6M

Grants received

$125.6M

539 grants

EIN

133839293

Tax year

2023

Mission

See schedule o. The william j. Brennan, jr. Center for justice is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that seeks to improve the american systems of democracy and justice.

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$51.2M
Program service revenue
Investment income$5.9M
Other revenue$826K
Total revenue$57.9M

Expenses

Grants paid$316K
Salaries & benefits$29.4M
Fundraising$4.9M
Other expenses$21.0M
Total expenses$50.6M
Total assets$313.3M
Net assets$266.6M

People

39 listed

NameRoleCompensation

MICHAEL WALDMAN

PRESIDENT

Board

$623K

40 hrs/wk

JOHN ANTHONY BUTLER

VP/COO

Board

$369K

40 hrs/wk

ELISA MILLER

SECRETARY / GENERAL COUNSEL

Board

$276K

32 hrs/wk

MELISSA ESTOK

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Board

$118K

40 hrs/wk

HELEN HERSHKOFF

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

THOMAS JORDE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

DANIEL KOLB

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

RUTH LAZARUS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

PAUL LIGHTFOOT

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

TROY MCKENZIE

EX-OFFICIO

Board

1 hrs/wk

TREVOR MORRISON

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MELISSA MURRAY

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

WENDY NEU

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

FRANZ PAASCHE

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

STEVEN REISS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

STEPHEN SCHULHOFER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

EMILY SPITZER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

GERAD TORRES

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ADAM WINKLER

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

KENJI YOSHINO

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ROBERT ATKINS

BOARD CO-CHAIR (DECEMBER 2023)

Board

1 hrs/wk

PATRICIA BAUMAN

BOARD CO-CHAIR (DECEMBER 2023)

Board

1 hrs/wk

KIMBERLEY HARRIS

BOARD CO-CHAIR (PRESENT)

Board

1 hrs/wk

CHRISTINE VARNEY

BOARD CO-CHAIR (PRESENT)

Board

1 hrs/wk

LESLIE BHUTANI

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

MAGGIE BLACKHAWK

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

ADAM B COX

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

KIMBERLY DAVIS

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

LESLIE FAGEN

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

SIBYL FRANKENBURG

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

DANIELLE GRAY

BOARD MEMBER

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOHN KOWAL

VP , PROGRAMS

Staff

$369K

40 hrs/wk

WENDY WEISER

DIRECTOR DEMOCRACY PROGRAM

Staff

$366K

40 hrs/wk

JEANINE PLANT-CHIRLIN

CHIEF OF STAFF

Staff

$351K

40 hrs/wk

JAEMIN KIM

VP DEVELOPMENT

Staff

$327K

40 hrs/wk

MANUEL MONGE

CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER

Staff

$292K

40 hrs/wk

LARRY NORDEN

SR. DIRECTOR, ELECTIONS & GOVT

Staff

$282K

40 hrs/wk

REBECCA WEITZMAN

VP, COMMUNICATIONS & STRATEGY

Staff

$248K

40 hrs/wk

LAUREN-BROOKE EISEN

SR. DIR., JUSTICE PROGRAM

Staff

$246K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

UNISPACE OF BOSTON LLC

CONSTRUCTION/ARCHITECTURE

$6.8M

GPS IMPACT

DIGITAL STRATEGY

$625K

TRILOGY INTERACTIVE

DIGITAL MARKETING SERVICES

$450K

GREEN KEY SOLUTIONS

RECRUITMENT COMPANY/EMPLOYMENT AGENCY

$335K

BRAND NEW SCHOOL

DIGITAL CAMPAIGN/CREATIVE AGENCY

$275K

Grants received

Showing 200 of 539

FromAmountPurposeYear
$10M
DEMOCRACY & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT - ADVANCE PROJECTS FOCUSING ON STATE & FEDERAL COURTS AND CONSTITUTIONS
2024
$5.0M
MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES
2024
$3M
CHARITABLE GIFT
2024
$1M
FURTHER 501(C)(3) CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2024
$750K
DEMOCRACY AND FELLOWS PROGRAM
2024
$500K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$347K
VOTING RIGHTS
2024
$330K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$300K
General Purpose
2024
$285K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY
2024
$270K
EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2024
$250K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2024
$250K
to improve American democracy and justice
2024
$200K
Program support to protect democratic institutions and the rule of law
2024
$175K
TO INCREASE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEM OF JAIL OVERUSE AND RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES AND THE NEED FOR SOLUTIONS AS PART OF THE SAFETY AND JUSTICE CHALLENGE
2024
$175K
Program support for the Emergency Powers Project
2024
$151K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$150K
IN SUPPORT OF ITS LAW AND NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM
2024
$150K
FOR ITS DEMOCRACY PROGRAM
2024
$150K
JUSTICE PROGRAM
2024
$125K
SUPPORT CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES
2024
$121K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2024
$100K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$100K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE LIBERTY & NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS RESEARCH AND POLICY WORK TO ENSURE THE US NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM USES TECHNOLOGY IN A WAY THAT RESPECTS INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND THE RULE OF LAWPARTICULARLY FOR IMMIGRANTS AND COMMUNITIES OF
2024
$100K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2024
$75K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$75K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2024
$75K
SUPPORT FOR COMM FOR SAFE & SECURE ELECTIONS PROJECT
2024
$66K
MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES
2024
$65K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$55K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$50K
DEMOCRACY
2024
$50K
Public, Societal Benefit
2024
$35K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$30K
FOR UNRESTRICTED USE
2024
$29K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$26K
General operating support
2024
$20K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$20K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$19K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$15K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$12K
Violence Prevention
2024
$11K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$11K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$11K
CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS AND ADVOCACY
2024
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
For general support
2024
$10K
GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$9K
EDUCATION
2024
$8K
UNRESTRICTED
2024
$8K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$7K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$7K
DONOR ADVISED, GENERAL
2024
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$5K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$2K
Matching gifts for general operating support
2024
$2K
Civil Rights
2024
$1K
MATCHING GIFTS
2024
$1K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$1K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$1K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$1K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$500
General & Unrestricted
2024
$500
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$400
EMPLOYEE OR TRUSTEE RECOMMENDED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT.
2024
$350
General & Unrestricted
2024
$200
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)
2024
$100
Program Assistance
2024
$10M
DEMOCRACY & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT - ADVANCE PROJECTS FOCUSING ON STATE & FEDERAL COURTS AND CONSTITUTIONS
2023
$5.9M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$1.8M
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$1.5M
PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR ELECTION DEFENSE INITIATIVES
2023
$1M
FURTHER 501(C)(3) CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$750K
DEMOCRACY AND FELLOWS PROGRAM
2023
$569K
MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES
2023
$500K
DEFENDING FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN 2024
2023
$500K
ADVANCING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2023
$500K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$500K
TO SUPPORT A RESEARCH PROJECT AIMED AT UNDERSTANDING AND RESPONDING TO THREATS AND VIOLENCE THAT HINDER FULL DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION AND EQUAL POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY.
2023
$413K
General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes
2023
$333K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$284K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2023
$250K
Healthy Democracy: Unrestricted operating support for fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026
2023
$250K
LIBERTY AND NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM
2023
$215K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2023
$200K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$200K
Program support for the Democracy Programs Governance and Judiciary projects
2023
$200K
FOR ITS DEMOCRACY PROGRAM'S FAIR COURTS, MONEY IN POLITICS, REDISTRICTING, AND NEW YORK REFORM PROJECTS
2023
$200K
Democracy
2023
$195K
For core support of its Democracy Program
2023
$175K
to increase public awareness of the problem of jail overuse and racial and ethnic disparities and the need for solutions as part of the Safety and Justice Challenge
2023
$175K
Program support for the Emergency Powers Project
2023
$160K
COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
2023
$156K
PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$156K
EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2023
$150K
TO SUPPORT THE BRENNAN CENTERS LIBERTY AND NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM, WHICH ENGAGES IN RESEARCH, ANALYSIS, ADVOCACY, AND EDUCATIONAL WORK TO STRENGTHEN OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH ON ISSUES RELATING TO THE USE OF FORCE
2023
$150K
JUSTICE PROGRAM
2023
$131K
MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES
2023
$100K
JCF GRANTS FROM DAFS AND ENDOWMENTS
2023
$100K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$100K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE LIBERTY & NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS WORK TOWARD A NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM THAT DEPLOYS TECHNOLOGY IN WAYS THAT RESPECT CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES AND THE RULE OF LAW
2023
$100K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE LIBERTY & NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS RESEARCH AND POLICY WORK TO ENSURE THE US NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM USES TECHNOLOGY IN A WAY THAT RESPECTS INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND THE RULE OF LAWPARTICULARLY FOR IMMIGRANTS AND COMMUNITIES OF
2023
$100K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$100K
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR COMMITTEE FOR SAFE & SECURE ELECTIONS PROJECT
2023
$85K
to Support Charitable Purpose
2023
$79K
FOR THE VOTING RIGHTS INITIATIVE. FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2023
$73K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2023
$61K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2023
$60K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$53K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$50K
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
2023
$50K
LIBERTY & NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAM
2023
$50K
Futhering the mission of the Org
2023
$50K
Futhering the mission of the Org
2023
$40K
Gun Violence Prevention & Justice Reform
2023
$40K
DEMOCRACY PROGRAM
2023
$36K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$36K
General operating support
2023
$31K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND FOR SYMPOSIUM
2023
$28K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$26K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$26K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$25K
GENERAL DONATIONS
2023
$25K
Grant award
2023
$25K
VOTING RIGHTS AND ELECTIONS
2023
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$20K
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & OTHER STUDENT SVC
2023
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$15K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$15K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$13K
Violence Prevention
2023
$11K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
CHARITABLE
2023
$10K
SUPPORT PROGRAM
2023
$10K
LEGAL SERVICES
2023
$10K
TO SUPPORT DEMOCRACY
2023
$10K
CHARITABLE GIFT
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$9K
UNRESTRICTED
2023
$8K
CIVIL RIGHTS/SOCIAL ACTION/ADVOCACY
2023
$8K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$8K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$7K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2023
$6K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$5K
CHARITABLE DONATION
2023
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$3K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
2023
$2K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$1K
Matching gifts for general operating support
2023
$1K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$1K
Voting Rights work
2023
$540
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$500
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSE
2023
$305
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$250
Hyams Employee Donation Matching
2023
$250
General Support
2023
$250
General & Unrestricted
2023
$200
General & Unrestricted
2023
$75
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$3.8M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$1.5M
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$1.0M
General Operating Support
2022
$1M
FURTHER 501(C)(3) CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2022
$750K
DEMOCRACY AND FELLOWS PROGRAM
2022
$750K
DEMOCRACY AND FELLOWS PROGRAM
2022

Funded by

$125.6M from 192 funders · 539 grants · 2017–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$31.5M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Popplestone Foundation

$20.5M · 3 grants · 2022–2024

The Ford Foundation

$8.9M · 11 grants · 2020–2024

Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund

$5.7M · 5 grants · 2018–2024

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

$5.0M · 4 grants · 2020–2023

Freedom Together Foundation

$4.3M · 5 grants · 2020–2024

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$3.7M · 7 grants · 2017–2023

Foundation For The Carolinas

$3.0M · 2 grants · 2023–2024

Details

EIN133839293
NTEE codeB40Z
Subsection03
Ruling date1995-09
Formed1995
Employees223
Volunteers27