Nonprofit · EIN 84-3166690
FREDERICK DOUGLASS PROJECT FOR JUSTICE INC
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20044
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,736,045 | $931,568 | $804,477 | $1,243,240 | $10,905 | $1,232,335 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $394,369 | $816,814 | -$422,445 | $465,518 | $37,660 | $427,858 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $478,608 | $663,925 | -$185,317 | $840,678 | $15,627 | $825,051 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,733,908
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $2,137
- Other revenue
- $0
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Other salaries and wages
- $450,382
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $524,426
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $22,682
- Accounting fees
- $109,961
- Travel
- $53,027
- Program services (functional)
- $497,730
- Management and general (functional)
- $264,031
- Fundraising (functional)
- $169,807
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $465,518
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,243,240
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $10,905
- Net assets, end of year
- $1,232,335
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $642,335
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $590,000
- Gross receipts
- $1,736,045
- Employees
- 27
- Year formed
- 2019
- State of legal domicile
- DC
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARC HOWARD | PRESIDENT Officer | 8 | $98,322 |
| JACQUELINE HOWELLS | CFO START 8/ Officer | 25 | $29,423 |
| ILENE LEVY | CHAIR BEGIN Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| MICHAEL RYAN | CHAIR END 3/ Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 |
| PAUL BLAVIN | VICE CHAIR/T Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| FAYE LANDES | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MARA BURROS-SANDLER | DIRECTOR - E Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON FLOM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CARMELLE NORICE-TRA MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SR HELEN PREJEAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARTIN TANKLEFF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 10 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARC HOWARD | PRESIDENT Officer | 20 | $45,292 |
| MICHAEL RYAN | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| PAUL BLAVIN | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| FAYE LANDES | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MARA BURROS-SANDLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON FLOM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CARMELLE NORICE-TRA MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SR HELEN PREJEAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARTIN TANKLEFF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ILENE LEVY | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 12 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARC HOWARD | PRESIDENT Officer | 20 | $61,800 |
| BRIAN FERGUSON | CHIEF OPERAT Officer | 40 | $38,239 |
| PAUL BLAVIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1.5 | $0 |
| MARA BURROS-SANDLER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JASON FLOM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| HALIM FLOWERS | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AMANDA KNOX | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| FAYE LANDES | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1.5 | $0 |
| CARMELLE NORICE-TRA MD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| SR HELEN PREJEAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL RYAN | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 10 | $0 |
| MARTIN TANKLEFF | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 61, WASHINGTON, DC 20044-0061
- In care of
- % MARC M HOWARD
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- MARC HOWARD, 1200 PENNSYLVANIA AVE NW PO BOX 6, WASHINGTON, DC 20044
- Signed the 990
- JACQUELINE HOWELLS, CFO START 8/18/2025
- Phone
- (980) 501-1236
- Website
- WWW.DOUGLASSPROJECT.ORG
- Return prepared by
- DELEON & STANG CPAS AND ADVISORS
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.
Program accomplishments
- THE DOUGLASS PROJECT HAS EXPANDED THE FLAGSHIP PRISON VISITATION PROGRAM TO 24 SITES IN 14 STATES, WITH ADDITIONAL GROWTH PLANNED FOR FY26 AND BEYOND. TO DATE, THE DOUGLASS PROJECT HAS ENGAGED MORE THAN 6,000 OUTSIDE PARTICIPANTS AND OVER 1,000 INSIDE PARTICIPANTS, AMPLIFYING THE MISSION TO BRING THE HUMANITY OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE TO THE FOREFRONT OF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM REFORM MOVEMENT. CONTINUED EXPANSION OF THE PRISON VISITATION PROGRAM TO PRISONS AND JAILS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY IN BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL FORMATS IS PLANNED IN FUTURE YEARS. EFFORTS INCLUDE OUTSIDE PARTICIPANT RECRUITMENT AND SCHEDULING, COLLABORATION WITH HOST FACILITIES, SESSION PLANNING AND FACILITATION, FOLLOW-UP, AND EVALUATION. KEY PARTNERS INCLUDE STATE AND LOCAL CORRECTIONS LEADERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, FACILITY LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATIONS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (ESPECIALLY LAW SCHOOLS), POLICY AND LAW MAKERS, BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYERS, FAITH-BASED GROUPS, LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS AND PRACTITIONERS, CLINICIANS, NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEMS SPACE, ADVOCATES, AND PHILANTHROPISTS.Expenses $497,730
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 84-3166690
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2020
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Crime and legal-related (I43)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,243,240
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,736,045
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,736,045 | $931,568 | $1,243,240 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $394,369 | $816,814 | $465,518 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $478,608 | $663,925 | $840,678 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $1,302,703 | $478,236 | $1,015,357 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 84-3166690).
Questions about FREDERICK DOUGLASS PROJECT FOR JUSTICE INC
- What is the EIN of FREDERICK DOUGLASS PROJECT FOR JUSTICE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of FREDERICK DOUGLASS PROJECT FOR JUSTICE INC is 84-3166690.
- Is FREDERICK DOUGLASS PROJECT FOR JUSTICE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2020.
- Are donations to FREDERICK DOUGLASS PROJECT FOR JUSTICE INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does FREDERICK DOUGLASS PROJECT FOR JUSTICE INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of FREDERICK DOUGLASS PROJECT FOR JUSTICE INC due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did FREDERICK DOUGLASS PROJECT FOR JUSTICE INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of FREDERICK DOUGLASS PROJECT FOR JUSTICE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names MARC HOWARD.
- Who are the officers and directors of FREDERICK DOUGLASS PROJECT FOR JUSTICE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 11 people; 2 received compensation from the organization, the highest $98,322 (MARC HOWARD, PRESIDENT).
- How much revenue does FREDERICK DOUGLASS PROJECT FOR JUSTICE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,736,045, expenses of $931,568 and total assets of $1,243,240 at year end.
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