Public Charity

FREDERICK DOUGLASS PROJECT FOR JUSTICE

FREDERICK DOUGLASS PROJECT FOR JUSTICE is a Public Charity headquartered in WASHINGTON, DC. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $1.7M revenue, $932K expenses, $1.2M total assets. 29 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $2.0M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 843166690 WASHINGTON, DC Inmate Support NTEE: I43 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$1.7M
Total Expenses$932K
Total Assets$1.2M
Grant Records29
Funding Total$2.0M
Filing Years2020–2025

Mission

ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE:PROVIDE AND SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES FOR INCARCERATED CITIZENS AND TO SERVE AS A RESOURCE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF OPTIONS FOR REFORMING THE COUNTRY'S APPROACH TO INCARCERATION. THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS PROJECT FOR JUSTICE FACILITATES STRUCTURED MEETINGS AND RESPECTFUL CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN MEMBERS OF FREE SOCIETY AND PRISONERS SO THAT THEY CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER, FORM POWERFUL HUMAN CONNECTIONS, AND TRANSFORM BOTH OF THEIR LIVES AND SOCIETY AT LARGE.

Where $100 goes at Frederick Douglass Project for Justice

How Frederick Douglass Project for Justice divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 5 years.

$57 Programs the work itself
$30 Management running the organization
$13 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $57 for programs

$57
The douglass project has expanded the flagship prison visitation program to 24 sites in 14 states, with additional growth planned for fy26 and beyond
All program spending · Reported in the filing: 1,000 participants
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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

DIRECTOR Carmelle Norice-Tra Md
SECRETARY Faye Landes
CHAIR BEGIN Ilene Levy
CFO START 8/ Jacqueline Howells
DIRECTOR Jason Flom
DIRECTOR - E Mara Burros-Sandler

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Top Grant Purposes

Public Safety & Disaster Relief
$900,000 1 grant
General Support
$779,592 22 grants
Human & Social Services
$300,000 5 grants
Unspecified
$25,000 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $1.7M $932K $1.2M
2024 $394K $817K $466K
2023 $479K $664K $841K
2022 $1.3M $478K $1.0M
2020 $513K $243K $355K

Between 2020 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $513K to $1.7M (+239%), with total assets most recently reported at $1.2M.

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