Network on Women in Prison dba Legal Services for Prisoners w Children

EIN: 943080408 501(c)(3)

Oakland, CA

Total Revenue
$4,669,517
Total Expenses
$4,431,533
Total Assets
$10,861,988
Net Assets
$7,248,229
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Organization Details

Formation Year
1993
Legal Domicile
CA
Principal Officer
Paul Briley
Phone
4152557036
Tax Period
2025-01-01 to 2025-12-31

Network on Women in Prison dba Legal Services for Prisoners w Children, founded in 1993, is a community nonprofit that reported $4.7M in total revenue in fiscal year 2025. Expenses of $4.4M left a modest 5% surplus.

Mission

LSPC organizes communities impacted by the criminal justice system and advocates to release incarcerated people, to restore human and civil rights and to reunify families and communities. We build public awareness of structural racism in policing, the courts and prison system and we advance racial and gender justice in all our work. Our strategies include legal support, trainings, advocacy, public education, grassroots mobilization and developing community partnerships.

Program Service Accomplishments

Program 1
Expenses: $1,535,708 Revenue: $34,666

AOUON, LSPC's grassroots organizing arm, has 9 active chapters in CA that engaged in the Abolish Bondage Collectively and Reject Slavery Campaigns,Cal Fresh and Climate Justice in 2025. Our CA...

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AOUON, LSPC's grassroots organizing arm, has 9 active chapters in CA that engaged in the Abolish Bondage Collectively and Reject Slavery Campaigns,Cal Fresh and Climate Justice in 2025. Our CA chapters work on wide-ranging statewide campaigns and policy efforts to support legal and policy change that benefits incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people. The AOUON Newspaper is the vehicle that currently incarcerated individuals use to become involved with AOUON and remain informed about our current campaign work. Our AOUON "inside membership grew to 2,120 members who receive the AOUON Newspaper monthly (as of 12/31/25. AOUON members engage with the Coalition for Family Unity (est and led by LSPC to challenge laws and policies that harm family bonds of incarcerated individuals) as a primary source of communication and mobilization through which families advance advocacy efforts seeking to establish visiting as a right for families. LSPC continues to maintain its Elder Freeman Policy Fellowship and in 2025 trained 4 formerly incarcerated fellows in grassroots organizing. We also organized our annual Quest For Democracy day bringing together over 500 system-impacted people to advocate directly with legislature for policy changes.

Program 2
Expenses: $1,199,564

LSPC's policy team leads policy initiatives at the local and statewide level. In 2025 they conducted legal research, collected and analyzed information on the needs of affected populations, designed...

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LSPC's policy team leads policy initiatives at the local and statewide level. In 2025 they conducted legal research, collected and analyzed information on the needs of affected populations, designed policy solutions, and communicated with legislators and their staff, admin officials and other stakeholders. LSPC participated in 24 coalitions ranging from financial advocacy to child welfare. LSPC employed 4 Policy Fellows this year to support the legal and policy teams and supported the AOUON organizers with the Quest for Democracy event partnering with over 20 organizations working to end Mass Incarceration. LSPC's legal team conducted impact litigation, monitored settlements, and provided numerous legal trainings and tech assistance consultation to Qualified Legal Service Providers. LSPC responded to over 3500 letters from incarcerated people seeking legal resource materials and other info. East Bay Family defenders supports a nationally growing defense and birth justice movement through four key programs, preventive legal advocacy, legal training, technical assistance and advocacy support. LSPC provided 60-65 legal consultations, helped to launch a new pro bono partnership, referred over 300 callers to other organizations, LSPC created and disseminated a number of new resource materials through outreach and on LSPC website.

Program 3
Expenses: $1,032,323 Revenue: $18,689

Legal Services for Prisoners with Children provides support to 7 fiscally-sponsored projects working on a variety of criminal and social justice change issues. Several chapters work on a variety of...

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Legal Services for Prisoners with Children provides support to 7 fiscally-sponsored projects working on a variety of criminal and social justice change issues. Several chapters work on a variety of issues around employment and housing discrimination. In addition to coalition work with many organizations working on criminal justice reform, our sponsored projects work to include incarcerated people to have a voice in creating changes in the prison and jail systems in California. The CA Coalition for Women Prisoners (CCWP) continues to support women's prisons advocating for parole release as well as monitoring inadequate health care services in the CA prison system. CCWP also publishes The Fire Inside newsletter that began publication in 1996 and is the longest continuous publication in the country dedicated to women and transgender prisoners. CCWP continues to provide mutual aid to women prisoners.. The Prison Activist Resource Center (PARC) continues to distribute, free of charge over a thousand resource manuals to prisoners, former prisoners and families, providing valuable resource information to people upon release.

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Liquidity (40%) • Solvency (30%) • Sustainability (20%) • Efficiency (10%)

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Financial Overview (2025)

Revenue Breakdown

Contributions & Grants $4,351,420
Program Service Revenue $53,355
Investment Income $192,154
Other Revenue $72,588
TOTAL REVENUE $4,669,517

Expense Breakdown

Grants Paid $10,584
Salaries & Benefits $3,348,358
Fundraising Expenses $329,591
Program Expenses $3,767,595
Other Expenses $1,072,591
TOTAL EXPENSES $4,431,533

Year-over-Year Comparison

2025 2024 Change
Revenue $4,669,517 $4,702,534 0.0%
Expenses $4,431,533 $4,692,207 -0.1%
Net Income $237,984 $10,327 +22.0%
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Governance

Voting Members
8
Independent Members
5
Employees
53
Volunteers
182

Governance Policies

Conflict of Interest Policy
Whistleblower Policy
Document Retention Policy

Special Practices & Reported Activities

Operated a School
Operated a Hospital
Provided First Class Travel
Reported Conflict of Interest
Reported Asset Diversion
Excess Benefit Transaction
Made Political Expenditures
Engaged in Lobbying
Operated Donor Advised Fund
Maintained Art Collections
Filed Form 720

Compensation of Officers, Directors & Key Employees

Total Officers
4
$265,150
Total Directors
8
$397,450
Key Employees
0
$0
Highest Compensated
0
reported
Name Title Hours/Week Role Reportable Comp Other Comp Total
Paul Briley Executive Dir. 50.00
Officer Director
$144,604 $7,146 $151,750
Dorsey E Nunn Board Member 1.50
Director
$132,300 $0 $132,300
Eliza Patten Interim Legal Dir. 40.00
$106,881 $17,854 $124,735
Hamdiya Cooks-Abdullah CFO/Brd Member 1.50
Officer Director
$113,400 $0 $113,400
Eric Sapp Staff Attorney 40.00
$102,696 $8,738 $111,434
Gillian Henry Dir. Dev & Comms 40.00
$105,218 $6,209 $111,427
George Galvis Board Chair 1.50
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
Margaret Littlefield Secretary 1.50
Officer Director
$0 $0 $0
Loren Skinner Board Member 1.50
Director
$0 $0 $0
Jason Bell Board Member 1.50
Director
$0 $0 $0
Ken Oliver Board Member 1.50
Director
$0 $0 $0
Note: Compensation data is self-reported by the organization on their Form 990. "Reportable Comp" includes salary, bonuses, and other reportable compensation from the organization and related organizations. "Other Comp" includes benefits, deferred compensation, and non-taxable benefits.

Historical Data

Year Revenue Expenses Assets Net Income
2025 $4,669,517 $4,431,533 $10,861,988 $237,984
2024 $4,702,534 $4,692,207 $10,280,946 $10,327
2023 $4,442,628 $7,152,582 $10,109,279 $-2,709,954
2022 $5,940,174 $4,175,496 $10,516,042 $1,764,678
2021 $4,402,955 $3,480,476 $8,925,520 $922,479
2020 $5,943,787 $3,141,782 $8,623,005 $2,802,005
2019 $3,705,408 $2,087,156 $6,445,891 $1,618,252
2018 $2,492,466 $2,007,007 $4,847,838 $485,459
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