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EIN 47-1012852

Innovation Law Lab

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
31
City
Portland
State
Oregon
Year formed
2014
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
NTEE code, primary
I80: Legal Services
Description
Innovation Law Lab is a legal organization that uses data-driven narratives and constitutional principles to empower lawyers and volunteers to provide effective representation to immigrants in detention centers and hostile jurisdictions. The organization's software engineers work closely with program, legal design, and litigation teams to develop technology for large scale case management, efficient remote collaboration, and real time aggregation of data.
Total revenues
$9,458,378
2023
Total expenses
$4,699,646
2023
Total assets
$7,625,365
2023
Num. employees
31
2023

Program areas at Innovation Law Lab

Strategic Program Design and Implementation:Innovation Law Lab seeks to build permanent pathways to immigrant inclusion by designing, implementing and evaluating highly effective and scalable systems of care that address immigrant deportations and civic exclusions on account of immigration status.
Stategic Legal Design: Innovation Law Lab seeks to address systemic power asymmetries that keep immigrants and refugees from accessing justice by designing effective and highly scalable pro bono legal programs in underserved detention centers and hostile jurisdictions.
Anticarceral Legal Organizing (AcLO) Program: Innovation Law Lab seeks to end the practice of immigrant detention by supporting people in ICE detention, advocating for their freedom and exposing the abuses of ICE detention, while partnering with the communities neighboring ICE detention centers to develop pathways to transition rural communities away from a reliance on prison economies.
Shared costs allocated among all programs.
Software Development:Innovation Law Labs software engineers work closely with program, legal design and litigation teams to develop technology for large scale case management, efficient remote collaboration, and real time aggregation of data. By bringing technology to the fight for justice, Innovation Law Lab is able to efficiently scale pro bono programs and establish infomation systems in historically siloed advocacy spaces.
Eviction Prevention Services

Grants made by Innovation Law Lab

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
Santa Fe Dreamers ProjectProgram Assistance$60,000

Who funds Innovation Law Lab

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Catena FoundationImmigration - Support Expandion of Access To Legal Counsel and Safe Facilities$235,858
Meyer Memorial Trust (MMT)To Build A Digital Inclusion Project for the 60,000+ Individual Beneficiaries of Oregon Worker Relief's Relief Funds$200,000
Meyer Memorial Trust (MMT)For General Operating Support$150,000
...and 5 more grants received

Personnel at Innovation Law Lab

NameTitleCompensation
Stephen ManningExecutive Director and Board Member$126,410
Benjamin GrassDirector of Logistics / Deputy Director of Operations$84,980
Elizabeth SkokanDirector of Operations and Compliance$88,816
Jose CruzDirector of Products / Director of Product Design$120,138
Jose Cruz GuadarramaDirector of Products
...and 10 more key personnel

Financials for Innovation Law Lab

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$1,608,258
Program services$7,836,732
Investment income and dividends$11,047
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$2,341
Total revenues$9,458,378

Form 990s for Innovation Law Lab

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062024-05-02990View PDF
2022-062023-05-11990View PDF
2021-062022-02-03990View PDF
2020-062021-05-25990View PDF
2019-062021-01-21990View PDF
...and 1 more Form 990
Data update history
January 4, 2025
Received grants
Identified 2 new grant, including a grant for $235,858 from Catena Foundation
October 22, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 4 new personnel
August 26, 2024
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $32,619 from Immigrant Justice Corps (IJC)
August 11, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
August 2, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 5 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Crime and legal aid organizationsLegal service nonprofitsCharities
Issues
Human servicesHuman rightsImmigrationCrime and lawLegal services
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingReceives government fundingCommunity engagement / volunteeringTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
PO Box 40204
Portland, OR 97240
Metro area
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
County
Multnomah County, OR
Website URL
innovationlawlab.org/ 
Phone
(503) 241-0035
IRS details
EIN
47-1012852
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2014
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
I80: Legal Services
NAICS code, primary
5411: Legal Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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