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Gideon's Promise

Gideon's Promise is a legal aid society based in Atlanta, GA that was founded in 2009. As of 2019 they had $1.3 million in revenue and $675,909 in assets.

Their mission is to transform the criminal justice system by building a movement of public defenders who provide equal justice for marginalized communities.

Previous legal names or variations of their name include: Southern Public Defender Training Center.

EIN:

26-1947437

City:

Atlanta

State:

Georgia

Website:

gideonspromise.org

Founded:

2009

Type:

501(c)(3)

NTEE:

I80: Legal aid services

Revenue:

$1,346,602

Assets:

$675,909

Employees:

Fiscal year end:

December

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at Gideon's Promise

The organization provides training and support to new public defenders, chiefs and other indigent defense providers. The program is designed to build a committed, conscientious and competent community of public defenders across the region dedicated to a high standard of legal representation for the clients they serve. During 2016 274 public defenders and 103 chiefs participated in the program.

Form 990s for Gideon's Promise

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2018-12	Dec 30, 2019	990	View PDF
2017-12	Feb 13, 2019	990	View PDF
2016-12	Oct 12, 2017	990	View PDF
2015-12	Oct 14, 2016	990	View PDF
2014-12	Feb 8, 2016	990	View PDF
...and five more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for Gideon's Promise

Field	2018
Federated campaigns	$0
Membership dues	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$230,085
Related organizations	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$0
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$679,924
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$910,009

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$910,009	$872,634	4.3%
Program services	$431,065	$430,478	0.1%
Investment income and dividends	$182	$180	1.1%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$0	$0
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$0
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$5,346	$6,868	-22.2%
Total revenues	$1,346,602	$1,310,160	2.8%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$0	$0
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$0
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$0	$0
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$120,000	$115,000	4.3%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$446,822	$360,793	23.8%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$0	$0
Other employee benefits	$38,933	$42,099	-7.5%
Payroll taxes	$38,958	$34,608	12.6%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$0	$0
Accounting fees	$34,500	$38,274	-9.9%
Lobbying fees	$0	$0
Pro. fundraising fees	$0	$0
Investment mgmt fees	$0	$0
Other fee-for-service	$152,598	$108,039	41.2%
Advertising and promotion	$30,595	$7,338	316.9%
Office expenses	$60,860	$33,448	82.0%
Information tech. expenses	$0	$0
Royalty expenses	$0	$0
Occupancy	$94,719	$94,678	0.0%
Travel	$389,513	$311,093	25.2%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$0	$0
Interest	$0	$0
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$3,401	$4,045	-15.9%
Insurance	$0	$6,853	-100%
All other expenses	$77,470	$120,488	-35.7%
Total expenses	$1,488,369	$1,276,756	16.6%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$376,602	$691,166	-45.5%
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$226,565	$0	999%
Pledges and grants receivable	$0	$0
Accounts receivable	$33,023	$17,376	90.0%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$0	$0
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$24,489	$24,575	-0.3%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$7,355	$9,216	-20.2%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$0	$0
Investments, other securities	$0	$0
Investments, program-related	$0	$0
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$7,875	$7,875	0%
Total assets	$675,909	$750,208	-9.9%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$71,469	$46,238	54.6%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$229,402	$179,259	28.0%
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$0	$0
Escrow or custodial account liability	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$99,449	$107,355	-7.4%
Total liabilities	$400,320	$332,852	20.3%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$270,030	$417,356	-35.3%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$5,559	$0	999%
Permanently restricted net assets	$0	$0

Vendors for Gideon's Promise

Vendor	Services	Date
Microsoft Services	Software	2020-03-17
██████	Content management system software	2020-03-04
█████████	Content management system software	2020-03-04
█ ███████ ████████ ███ ██████████	Tax accounting	2017-09-06

Personnel at Gideon's Promise

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Ilham N Askia	Executive Director	$63,671	Oct. 12, 2017
Mark Rochon	Chairman	$0	Dec. 31, 2016
████████ ███████	President	$49,038	Dec. 31, 2016
████ ███████	Chairman	$0	Dec. 31, 2016

Peer legal aid services

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	State Bar of Georgia Foundation	501(c)(3)	$5.5 million	Atlanta, GA
2	Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation	501(c)(3)	$3.4 million	Atlanta, GA
3	Georgia Justice Project (GJP)	501(c)(3)	$1.5 million	Atlanta, GA
4	Georgia Appellate Practice & Education Resource	501(c)(3)	$1.2 million	Atlanta, GA
5	Federal Defenders of the Middle District of Georgia	501(c)(3)	$3.5 million	Macon, GA
6	Georgia Asylum and Immigration Network	501(c)(3)	$721,683	Atlanta, GA
7	Truancy Intervention Project Georgia	501(c)(3)	$531,674	Atlanta, GA
8	Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta	501(c)(3)	$1.0 million	Norcross, GA
9	New York Legislative Service	501(c)(3)	$363,543	New York, NY
10	Sullivan Legal Aid Panel	501(c)(3)	$986,332	Monticello, NY
11	Oficina Legal de Law Comunidad	501(c)(3)	$1.2 million	San Juan, PR
12	Public Defender Corporation Tenth Judicial Circuit	501(c)(3)	$1.3 million	Beckley, WV
13	The Connecticut Veterans Legal Center	501(c)(3)	$886,443	West Haven, CT
14	Western Kentucky Federal Community Defender	501(c)(3)	$2.5 million	Louisville, KY
15	Capital Post-Conviction Project of Louisiana	501(c)(3)	$2.0 million	New Orleans, LA
16	Americans for Fair Treatment	501(c)(3)	$375,029	Oklahoma City, OK
17	Financial Protection Law Center	501(c)(3)	$446,154	Wilmington, NC
18	Tennessee Legal Community Foundation	501(c)(3)	$1.3 million	Nashville, TN
19	New York Prosecutors Training Institute (NYPTI)	501(c)(3)	$3.2 million	Albany, NY
20	Public Interest Law Initiative	501(c)(3)	$877,446	Chicago, IL
21	Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law	501(c)(3)	$1.8 million	Los Angeles, CA
22	Gulf Region Advocacy Center	501(c)(3)	$359,237	Houston, TX
23	Death Penalty Litigation Clinic	501(c)(3)	$389,054	Kansas City, MO
24	Legal Aid Society of Evansville	501(c)(3)	$443,693	Evansville, IN
25	Center for Survivors of Torture	501(c)(3)	$729,128	Dallas, TX

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