Mission
Detention Watch Network seeks to end the cruel system of immigration detention via programs of grassroots organizing, strategic communications, and collective advocacy.
Public Charity
Detention Watch Network
Detention Watch Network is a Public Charity headquartered in Washington, DC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $3.1M revenue, $3.3M expenses, $7.0M total assets. 34 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $11.3M, appear in IRS filings.
EIN: 833874583
Washington, DC
Ethnic & Immigrant Centers
NTEE: P84
Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$3.1M
Total Expenses$3.3M
Total Assets$7.0M
Grant Records34
Funding Total$11.3M
Filing Years2021–2025
Where $100 goes at Detention Watch Network
How Detention Watch Network divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.
$71
Programs
the work itself
$24
Management
running the organization
$5
Fundraising
raising the next dollar
Inside the $71 for programs
$71
Detention Watch Network imagines a world where every individual lives and moves freely and a society in which racial equity is the norm and immigration is not criminalized
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.
Sample Grants Received
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY, PUBLIC & SOCIETAL BENEFIT, CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY
$378,000
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$363,950
Civic Participation
$311,900
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
$306,500
Program Grant
$300,000
Showing up to 5 of 34 total records — full history available with membership.
Officers & Directors
Board Member
Aaliya Zaveri
Managing Director
Aimee Nichols
Board Member
Alaide Vilches Ibarra
Program Director
Beom Sun Suh
Communications Director
Carly G Perez Fernandez
Board President
Danielle Alvarado
Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.
Top Grant Purposes
Financial Trends
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $3.1M | $3.3M | $7.0M |
| 2024 | $3.5M | $3.2M | $7.2M |
| 2023 | $2.5M | $3.3M | $6.9M |
| 2022 | $2.6M | $3.5M | $7.7M |
| 2021 | $5.0M | $2.5M | $8.5M |
Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue declined from $5.0M to $3.1M (-38%), with total assets most recently reported at $7.0M.
Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.