Washington · Nonprofit
SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT
SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT (Washington) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,346,533 to it, the largest being LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON ($601,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.2M
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $819k
What Seattle Clemency Project does
Mission
Seattle Clemency Project's mission is to increase access to justice for reformed individuals serving sentences that no longer serve a purpose and to prevent deportations that fracture communities. We do this by matching them with free, high-quality legal representation, afterward providing holistic re-entry and transistion support to promote their long-term success.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Immigration Defense: The Seattle Clemency Project's Immigrant Post-Conviction Relief work partners with the Northwest Immigrant Right Project to identify individuals who are eligible to petition for termination of old deportation orders if they get post-conviction relief from old criminal convictions. In 2024, SCP's Immigrant Post-Conviction Relief program received applications from approximately 53 individuals seeking assistance, 19 of whom were matched with pro bono attorneys and deportation prevented in 15 cases.
$118,948 spentof which $118,948 as grants12% of program spendingRe-Entry and Mentoring Program: Re-Entry and Mentoring Program: The Reentry and Mentoring Program seeks to help each client heal and prosper by assisting in the creation of individualized reentry plans that include referrals to housing, employment, counseling, addiction treatment, training/education, and pro bono legal support. The program begins when the case is being prepared by pro bono layers to seek early release from prison and continues through release, ensuring each person has a solid support system throughout their transition back into the community. We provide individualized support upon reentry, connect clients with other organizations for targeted support needs and conduct twice monthly mentoring sessions that offer resources and training for participants. In 2024: 49 people received housing placements; 25 people received employment assistance; 33 people received transportation assistance; 22 people received communication assistance; 8 people received education assistance; 23 people received basic needs assistance; 5 people experienced family reunification.
$400,244 spentof which $400,244 as grants41% of program spendingEarly Release from Prison Program: Our early release program matches individuals who are good candidates for early release from prison through either the clemency, prosecutor-initiated resentencing or the juvenile parole board processes. Legal counsel is not appointed by the government to represent individuals who cannot afford a lawyer through these processes, so having an advocate is essential for getting meaningful review and relief. In 2024, we screened approximately 111 individuals seeking a pro bono attorney and matched 19 incarcerated individuals with pro bono attorneys to go through clemency, prosecutor-initiated resentencing, or the juvenile parole board process. Additionally, we supported approximately 66 pro bono attorneys with active cases. By the end of 2024, 9 people were released via our Early Release Program.
$457,295 spentof which $457,295 as grants47% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $976,487.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $345k to $834k (+142%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 0% · 2022 36% · 2023 72% · 2024 52%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 4 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Musa Abdul-Mateen
Executive Director
Board chair
Joshua Howard
Board President
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 12 funders, grant income rose $14k → $730k.
8 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
56% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 51% · 2019 72% · 2020 43% · 2021 37% · 2022 40% · 2023 70% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
33% of SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 47% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT draws 52% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $482k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
58% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT?
- SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT (Washington) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,346,533 to it, the largest being LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON ($601,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $2,346,533 in grants to SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT?
- LEGAL FOUNDATION OF WASHINGTON is the largest funder on record, with $601,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SEATTLE CLEMENCY PROJECT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2021–2024), and the filings of 30 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing