Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth

Analysis

Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth reported income of $3.8m and spending of $3.5m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.1m to $3.8m (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 22%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 77th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Designing Justice & Designing Spaces ($3.8m), Greenburger Center for Social and Criminal Justice ($3.8m) and Child Protection Center Inc ($3.8m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $358k (10% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.9m. It paid $13k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $4.3m against liabilities of $155k, net assets of $4.1m. It reported 28 employees.