Public Charity

Office of the Appellate Defender

Office of the Appellate Defender is a nonprofit organization categorized as Public Charity based in New York, NY. Its most recent IRS filing (2025) reports revenue of $6.9M, expenses of $6.3M, total assets of $7.1M. Imperigo tracks 20 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $299K.

EIN: 133468351 New York, NY Public Interest Law NTEE: I83 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$6.9M
Total Expenses$6.3M
Total Assets$7.1M
Grant Records20
Funding Total$299K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

OAD STRIVES TO ENSURE THAT POOR PEOPLE CONVICTED OF FELONIES RECEIVE FULL AND EQUAL ACCESS TO JUSTICE BY PROVIDING EXCEPTIONAL APPELLATE REPRESENTATION, IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF INDIGENT DEFENSE REPRESENTATION THROUGH EDUCATION & TRAINING, AND ADVOCATING FOR SYSTEMIC REFORM OF NYC'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

Where $100 goes at Office of the Appellate Defender

How Office of the Appellate Defender divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$86 Programs the work itself
$13 Management running the organization
$1 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $86 for programs

$86
The Office of the Appellate Defender (oad) is one of New York city's oldest providers of appellate representation to poor people convicted of felonies, and the city's second…
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

PRESIDENT & ATTORNEY-IN-CHARGE Caprice R Jenerson
BOARD MEMBER Caroline Heller
BOARD MEMBER Dani R James
DEPUTY ATTORNEY-IN-CHARGE David Bernstein
BOARD MEMBER David Gopstein
BOARD MEMBER Douglas S Zolkind

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Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$240,630 15 grants
Human & Social Services
$49,200 4 grants
Fundraising & Sponsorship
$9,150 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $6.9M $6.3M $7.1M
2024 $6.7M $6.2M $7.2M
2023 $6.4M $5.3M $7.2M
2022 $5.2M $4.5M $5.0M
2021 $4.3M $4.3M $4.2M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $4.3M to $6.9M (+60%), with total assets most recently reported at $7.1M.

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