Innocence Project Inc
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18 people9 organisationsi18 people and 9 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (18). Violet dotted lines (9) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
18 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 17 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Taylor Chair | Board Member/Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Andrew Tananbaum | Board Member/Asst. Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Brett Hart | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Cedric L Alexander | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Cynthia Augustine | Board Member | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Ekow Yankah | Board Member/Executive CMT | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Gordon Dugan | Board Member/Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Jennifer Eberhardt | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Jessica Aroth | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| John Grisham | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Marvin Anderson | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Nelson Alondra | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| PIA Cohler | Board Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Sara Naisom-Tarajano | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Steven Reiss | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Tony Goldwyn | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Vered Rabia | Board Member/Vice Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Yusef Salaam | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
26 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Angela Amel | Director of Operations | since 2018 |
| Audrey Levitin | Director of Development | since 2018 |
| Barry Scheck | Co-Founder | 2025 |
| Bhavan Sodhi | Chief Program Officer | 2023 |
| Bhavandeep Sodhi | Chief Program Officer | 2025 |
| Candice Carnage | Chief Financial Officer | 2018 |
| Carine Williams | Chief Program Strategy Officer | since 2022 |
| Chris Fabricant | Director of Strategic Litigation | since 2020 |
| Christina Swarns | Executive Director/Secretary | since 2022 |
| Corinne Padavano | Director of Human Resources | 2022 |
| Corrine Padavano | Chief People Officer | 2025 |
| Denise Tomasini-Joshi | Chief of Staff | since 2022 |
| Edward Boland | Chief Development Officer | since 2022 |
| Fiona Guthrie | Chief Communications Officer | since 2022 |
| Glinda Cooper | Director of Science and Research | 2022 |
| Jessica Rawlins Smith | Chief Development Officer | 2025 |
| Joseph Thompson | Chief Financial Officer | since 2020 |
| Joseph Thompspn | Chief Financial Officer | 2019 |
| Madeline Delone | Executive Director/Secretary | since 2018 |
| Meryl Schwartz | Interim Executive Director | since 2020 |
| Meryl Shwartz | Deputy Director | 2018 |
| Paul Cates | Communications Director | since 2018 |
| Peter Neufeld | Co-Founder | 2025 |
| Rebecca Brown | Policy Director | since 2018 |
| Vanessa Potkin | Project Director | since 2019 |
| Will Woods | Director of Intake and Case Eval | 2025 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christina Swarns | Executive Director | 40 | $448k | $44k | |
| Fiona Guthrie | Chief Communications Offic | 40 | $278k | $17k | |
| Joseph Thompson | Chief Financial Officer | 40 | $271k | $35k | |
| Bhavandeep Sodhi | Chief Program Officer | 40 | $255k | $52k | |
| Corrine Padavano | Chief People Officer | 40 | $253k | $41k | |
| Jessica Rawlins Smith | Chief Development Officer | 40 | $245k | $17k | |
| Will Woods | Director of Intake and Case Eval | 40 | $178k | $50k | |
| Sara Naisom-Tarajano | Board Member | 1.5 | $0 | ||
| Tony Goldwyn | Board Member | 2 | $0 | ||
| Steven Reiss | Board Member | 3 | $0 | ||
| Cedric L Alexander | Board Member | 11 | $0 | ||
| Pia Cohler | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Brett Hart | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Jennifer Eberhardt | Board Member | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Andrew Tananbaum | Board Member/Asst. Treasurer | 2 | $0 | ||
| Marvin Anderson | Board Member | 20 | $0 | ||
| Vered Rabia | Board Member/Vice Chair | 2 | $0 | ||
| Gordon Dugan | Board Member/Treasurer | 2 | $0 | ||
| John Grisham | Board Member | 3 | $0 | ||
| Nelson Alondra | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Cynthia Augustine | Board Member | 1.5 | $0 | ||
| Jessica Aroth | Board Member | 1.5 | $0 | ||
| Yusef Salaam | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ekow Yankah | Board Member/Executive CMT | 4 | $0 | ||
| Jack Taylor | Board Member/Chair | 2 | $0 | ||
| Peter Neufeld | Co-Founder | 25 | $0 | ||
| Barry Scheck | Co-Founder | 40 | $0 |
Colorado roster
22 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20263011951). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.| Name | Title as filed |
|---|---|
| John Grisham | Director |
| John (Jack) Taylor | Chair |
| Marvin Anderson | Director |
| Greg O'hara | Director |
| Valerie Jarrett | Director |
| Steven Reiss | Director |
| Cynthia Augustine | Director |
| Jessica Roth | Director |
| John Kaneb | Director |
| Christina Swarns | Executive Director |
| Vered Rabia | Vice Chair |
| Denise Foderaro | Director |
| Andrew Tananbaum | Assistant Treasurer |
| Gordon Dugan | Treasurer |
| Joseph Thompson | |
| Joseph Thompson | CFO |
| Tony Goldwyn | Director |
| Yusef Salaam | Director |
| Eric Lander | Director |
| Cedric Alexander | Director |
| Jason Flom | Director |
| Ekow Yankah | Executive Committee Member |
About
- Legal name
- Innocence Project Inc
- EIN
- 320077563
- Address
- 40 Worth St Rm 701, New York, NY, 10013-2994
- State
- New York
- Mission
- The innocence project, inc. (ip) is a national nonprofit with the mission to free innocent people who have been wrongly convicted and reform the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice. The ip has helped exonerate over 251 people, a disproportionate number of whom are people of color and some who were sentenced to death. Cumulatively, they spent thousands of years in prison for... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- P20 Human services
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Human Services
- Size band
- 9 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2003
- Principal officer
- Christina Swarns (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 December 2007
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsJack Taylor
≥8years on the filingsAndrew Tananbaum
≥8years on the filingsCedric L Alexander
≥8years on the filingsEkow Yankah
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $121.9m
- Total liabilities
- $13.2m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $108.7m
- Contributions and grants received
- $33.2m
- Program service revenue
- $395k
- Employees
- 146
- Volunteers
- 17