2025-04-02T19:15:14-07:00 2024-12-31 990 2024-01-01 454788005 THE ASSOC FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER OF MARYLAND LTD ASSO 4107679853 6 Saint Paul Street Suite 1400 Baltimore MD 212026806 Melissa Rothstein co-executive director 4107679853 2025-03-31 1 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Alexandra Strubing Paradise Esq 6 Saint Paul Street Suite 1400 Baltimore MD 21202 297656 0 X apdmaryland.org X 2012 MD Building community and professional partnerships to advance the Maryland Office of the Public Defender's holistic representation and support for justice-involved individuals. 7 7 0 1 0 0 560621 288534 39620 0 6019 9122 0 0 606260 297656 0 0 0 0 0 59860 0 0 0 113346 281788 113346 341648 492914 -43992 729335 885990 0 701349 729335 184641 X Building community and professional partnerships to advance the Maryland Office of the Public Defender's holistic representation and support for justice-involved individuals. 1 0 128275 0 128275 UPLIFTING YOUTH PROJECT (formerly CareFirst Behavioral Health Access Project) - Description: The organization (APDM) works to increase access to services and improve wellness for justice-involved youth in Prince George's County, Maryland, through screening, assessment, planning, ongoing support and referrals to appropriate behavioral-health- treatment services and community-based services. Accomplishments: During calendar year 2024, the Uplifting Youth Project has served more than 35 clients, providing them with the full range of services offered by our program. Our work has become an integral part of the Youthful Defender Division in Prince George's County, reinforcing the importance of mental health and community-based support in the legal process. 101738 0 101738 DECARCERATION INITIATIVE - Description: A project to reduce mass incarceration in Maryland, Decarceration Initiative provides representation to people eligible to file motions to reduce their sentences under the Juvenile Restoration Act. Accomplishments: Seventy-two clients serving 20+ year sentences were released or had their sentences reduced as a result of the advocacy of the Decarceration Initiative team. 10780 0 6606 PAULI MURRAY LEADERSHIP DIVERSITY INITIATIVE - Description: Recognizing the critical importance of racial and ethnic diversity to a public defender's office, whose clients are primarily people of color, APDM seeks to expand the pipeline of attorneys from groups traditionally underrepresented in the legal profession and to strengthen the cultural competencies of the next generation of legal-service providers through paid, summer internships, fostering community events and strategic programming. Accomplishments: In 2024, the Pauli Murray Leadership Diversity Initiative hosted and supported three summer law-school-student fellows as well as provided support to community engagement programs in Baltimore City. 42367 0 8936 Additional projects: 42367 0 8936 283160 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 MD X Melissa Rothstein Esq 4107679853 6 Saint Paul Street Suite 1400 Baltimore MD 212026806 Johanna Leshner Esq co-executive director 15.00 0 X X 59860 0 0 Alexandra Strubing Paradise Esq president 1 0 X X 0 0 0 A Stephen Hut Esq secretary and treasurer 1 0 X X 0 0 0 Harry Johnson Esq member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Rebecca Fix PhD member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Gordon Pack Jr member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Zachary Warren Esq member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Laurens Van Sluytman PhD member 1 0 X 0 0 0 Melissa Rothstein Esq co-executive director 5.00 0 X X 0 0 0 Natasha Dartigue Esq ex-officio member 1 0 X 0 0 0 59860 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 288534 0 288534 0 0 0 0 0 9122 9122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 297656 9122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59860 59860 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4500 0 4500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 524 524 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4319 4319 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 consultants 222116 169901 52215 0 client fund 34355 34355 0 0 stipends 10081 10081 0 0 registrations 1125 1125 0 0 4768 2995 1773 0 341648 283160 58488 0 729335 212513 0 517984 0 150000 0 5493 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 729335 885990 0 5166 0 0 0 696183 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 701349 X 0 0 729335 184641 729335 184641 729335 885990 X -43992 0 0 0 -500702 0 X 1 X 0 1 0 X 294733 204971 192446 560621 230013 1482784 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 294733 204971 192446 560621 230013 1482784 0 1482784 0 0 0 6019 9122 15141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1497925 0 0.98989 0.4679 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Form 990, Header, Line D U.S. taxpayers, including not-for-profit, tax-exempt entities, wishing to perpetuate their de minimus safe harbor election from year to year are required to append such election, annually and every tax year, to the rear of the return's filing. Section 1.263(a)-1(f) De Minimis Safe Harbor Election. The taxpayer elects to make the de minimis safe-harbor election under Regulation 1.263(a)-1(f). Name: The Association For The Public Defender of Maryland, Ltd.; Address: 6 Saint Paul Street, Suite 1400, Baltimore, MD 21202; Federal Employer Identification Number: 45-4788005. Form 990, Part III, Line 2 In 2024, the entity added two programs, MEJC and CDIP. MEJC (Maryland Equitable Justice Collaborative) is a joint initiative led by the Office of the Attorney General and the Maryland Office of the Public Defender to address racial disparities in the incarceration of African Americans, and other marginalized groups, in Maryland prisons and jails. CDIP (Children's Defense Intervention Project), funded by the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy's Violence Intervention Prevention Program, supports youth, charged as adults with gun possession, through screening, assessment, planning, advocacy, referrals and mentorship, plus through social work and peer support. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Following a preliminary review by the co-executive directors, a Board meeting is then organized for members to review and approve the filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Semi-annually, members of management and the Board of Directors are required to review and sign a conflict-of-interest form, which discloses any such issues. Forms are reviewed to ensure compliance and any areas of concern are thoroughly discussed and remedied at the time, and throughout the year. Board members having a conflict of interest are required to recuse themselves from voting on matters for which they have a conflict. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15 The entity has no employees. However, should it contemplate hiring individuals, the entity would consult similar national associations and industry pay scales for as-need guidance, documenting such findings and decision-making in contemporaneous minutes of Board of Directors meetings. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 The entity maintains copies of its governing documents, policies (conflict of interest and whistleblower) and financial statements, which are available for inspection during regular business hours at its principal office. It complies with all requests, written or oral, for copies of these documents. Form 990, Part XI, Line 8 Amounts not reported on the entity's 2023 Form 990, page 11, Part X, Balance Sheet, are accounts receivable, $4,000, accounts payable, $7,825, deferred revenue, $498,847 and indirect, $1,969, necessitating an appropriate prior period adjustment to net assets on January 1, 2024, of ($500,702), i.e., [+$4,000 - $7,825 - $498,847 + $1,969 + $1 rounding].