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US nonprofit · EIN 461538094 · Oakland, CAiSource and licenceOrganisation record IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File (EIN 461538094) - NTEE activity code, address.Board and officers IRS Form 990 annual filings, Part VII (directors, trustees, officers, key employees), read year by year to observe tenure.Latest return IRS Form 990 series e-file data - 990 for the year to 31 December 2024: assets, liabilities, staff, website, telephone, pay.Finances by year IRS Form 990 e-file data - total revenue and total expenses by tax year.Renewal outlook Computed by Governance Register from the observed filing history and filed revenue (us-approach-v4-clean). Not a statement that the organisation is recruiting.Deductibility IRS Publication 78 data (code PC), downloaded 18 October 2026.Licence US Federal Government public domain.How we handle data

Uncommon Law

Donations deductible
Revenue
$7.6m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$4.4m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$7.2m
$412k liabilities
Net assets
$6.8m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
6.8y av
Staff
45
15 volunteers
Chair observed
≥4 yrs
Paul Petrequin
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
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Uncommon Law's network

7 people2 organisationsi7 people and 2 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Violet dotted lines (2) 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

7 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 8 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.
NameRole as filedSinceOn the board
Carletha Sterling ChairBoard Chair2020
6 yrs
Paul Petrequin ChairAudit Chair2020
6 yrs
Ernest Hammond IIIBoard member2018
8 yrs
Eddy ZhengBoard Member2022
4 yrs
Kwame MarfoCompany secretary2020
6 yrs
Rob EberTreasurer2019
7 yrs
Satch SlavinBoard member2018
8 yrs
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more

Officers and senior leadership

5 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.
NameTitle as filedOn the filings
Glenn ColeTreasurer2018
Keith WattleyExecutive Dir.since 2018
Megan ComfortCompany secretary2018
Sara NormanPresident2018
Susan M KimSr. Policy Manager2024

Pay and hours

year to 31 December 2024iFrom 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.
NameTitle as filedHours a weekPay from the organisationRelated organisationsOther
Keith WattleyExecutive Dir.60$201k
Lilliana ParatoreLegal Director40$144k
Katy DybwadDir.Finance & Oper40$136k
Rebecca BerrySupervising Attory40$121k
Susan M KimSr. Policy Manager40$110k
Natasha BakerLitigationAttorney40$109k
Carletha SterlingBoard Chair2$0
Kwame MarfoSecretary2$0
Ernest Hammond IIIBoard member2$0
Satch SlavinBoard member2$0
Eddy ZhengBoard Member2$0
Rob EberTreasurer2$0
Paul PetrequinAudit Chair2$0

About

Legal name
Uncommon Law
EIN
461538094
Address
318 Harrison St Ste 103, Oakland, CA, 94607-4133
State
California
Mission
Uncommon law's mission is to provide access to justice and healing for people impacted by incarceration. We deliver trauma-informed, healing-centered mental health and legal counseling to help provide a safe pathway home for people currently serving lengthy prison terms in california prisons. We represent people in their parole hearings and habeas petitions, and we engage in litigation and... (as filed on the Form 990)
Activity (NTEE)
I80 Crime and legal-related
IRS classification
501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
Classified purpose
Crime & Legal-Related
Size band
7 (IRS master file code)
Formed
2012
Principal officer
Keith Wattley (as named on the Form 990)
IRS ruling date
1 January 2015
Status
Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
Form 990 filings on record
6, latest 2024
IRS Publication 78
PC (contributions deductible)

Most connected

Longest observed on the filings

≥8years on the filingsErnest Hammond III
≥8years on the filingsSatch Slavin
≥7years on the filingsRob Eber
≥6years on the filingsCarletha Sterling

Latest return

year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.
Total assets
$7.2m
Total liabilities
$412k
Net assets or fund balances
$6.8m
Contributions and grants received
$7.5m
Program service revenue
$0
Employees
45
Volunteers
15

Filed finances

1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.
Tax yearTotal revenueTotal expensesSurplus or deficit
2024$7.6m$4.4m$3.3m

As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.