Alaska Innocence Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
208663089
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Anchorage, AK, USA
Phone
9072790454
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Inmate Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$104,927
Expenses
$162,097
Assets
$3,608
Liabilities
$388

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GINGER SCOGGIN (President)
  • LINDA WILSON (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • GINGER SCOGGIN (President)
  • LINDA WILSON (Vice President)
  • KEVIN TRIPP (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To identify and exonerate wrongfully convicted alaskans and to prevent future wrongful convictions. We review claims of actual innocence from incarcerated individuals, file and prosecute legal action where appropriate

What it reported doing in 2023

Continued work on a program funded by a department of justice grant to identify wrongful convictions that occured in rural Alaska, especially among Alaska native individuals. The work involved investigating claims of innocence which have already been identified as well as seeking out any additional potential claims, through contact with Alaska native organizations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 6
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -54.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 43.7%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 38.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -28.1% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -52% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $162K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.