2026-01-13T09:37:16-05:00 2025-06-30 273509345 DAVIS GROUP PA 390 N ORANGE AVE STE 1500 ORLANDO FL 328011658 990 2024-07-01 851259023 STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM JUSTICE AND SECURITY STON 3126178622 PO BOX 536006 ORLANDO FL 32853 DR JEREMY LEVITT PRESIDENT 3126178622 2026-01-06 true false CARL R PERRY CPA P00375304 4074347900 2026-01-06 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z DR JEREMY LEVITT PO BOX 536006 ORLANDO FL 32853 23488 false X WWW.STONOINSTITUTE.COM X 2020 DE THE STONO INSTITUTE FOR FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND SECURITY (SIFJS) TO COMBAT EXISTENTIAL THREATS--DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL--TO BLACK LIFE AND LIBERTY. 5 5 0 0 214334 23488 0 0 0 214334 23488 0 0 66847 38108 0 0 124580 67050 191427 105158 22907 -81670 90050 8380 0 90050 8380 X THE STONO INSTITUE FOR FREEDOM, JUSTICE AND SECURITY (SIFJS) IS THE FIRST HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTION AND THINK TANK FOUNDED BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS AIMED AT ACHIEVING RACIAL JUSTICE. false false 57109 BLACK CITIZENSHIP INITIATIVE: THE BLACK CITIZENSHIP INITIATIVE EMBRACES AND PROMOTES AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONCEPTIONS OF DEMOCRACY AND PATRIOTISM THROUGH EDUCATIONAL AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON RECONCEPTUALIZING AND REINVENTING CONCEPTIONS OF BLACK CITIZENSHIP BASED ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS, CULTURE, BELIEF AND FAMILY VALUES. WE ARE TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF BLACK PATRIOTS IN CIVICS, SOCIAL ADVOCACY, LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THE BLACK CITIZENSHIP INITIATIVE IS COMPRISED OF SEVERAL INITIATIVES INCLUDING A RACIAL JUSTICE RITES OF PASSAGE YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS US TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES RICH IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE, CIVIL GROUPS AND ACTIVISTS, CHURCHES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FOSTER HOMES AND BEYOND. OUR CERTIFICATE OF STUDY IN RACIAL JUSTICE STUDIES (CSRJS) IS DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE CORPORATE LEADERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVES, CIVIL SERVANTS, AND ACADEMIC LEADERS TO THE COMPLEX HISTORY AND CHALLENGES IN ACHIEVING RACIAL EQUALITY, EQUITY AND JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES. 27127 HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM: SIFJSS HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY PROGRAM AIMS TO: 1) SAFEGUARD THE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS; 2) EDUCATE, TRAIN AND EMPOWER THE PUBLIC ABOUT VITAL RACIAL JUSTICE ISSUES; AND 3) PROMOTE THE GREATER IDEALS OF FREEDOM, EQUALITY, EQUITY, JUSTICE AND HUMANITY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA AND BEYOND. THE SIFJS ALSO REGULARLY ORGANIZES MASTER SEMINARS, WEBINARS, FACE-TO-FACE TRAININGS ON A MYRIAD OF TOPICS FROM INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, TO CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM AND TERRORISM. WE PARTNER WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY AND OTHERS TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF RACIAL INJUSTICE SEEK JUSTICE, SUPPORT COMMUNITY-BASED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INITIATIVES, AND POLICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING. SIFJSS POLICE ADVOCACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT IS THE HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS SIGNATURE INITIATIVE. IT IS A PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE DRIVEN INITIATIVE THAT PROVIDES A SAFE, SECURE, AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALLEGED VICTIMS OF POLICE ABUSE AND VIOLENT WHITE EXTREMIST VIGILANTISM TO RECEIVE MORAL AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE. WE ALSO PROVIDE RACE CONSCIOUS, BIAS FREE POLICING, AND RACIAL JUSTICE DE-ESCALATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. AS A PART OF OUR HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM, SIFJS DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE AND INNOVATIVE ONLINE POLICE TRAINING COURSE TITLED: BLACK AMERICANS: RACE CONSCIOUS, RACIAL BIAS, AND DISCRIMINATORY POLICING AND UNLAWFUL TRAFFIC STOPS. THIS INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM WAS CREATED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS AND HAS BEEN USED TO TRAIN, AMONG OTHERS, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT (FDLE) COMMANDERS. SPECIFICALLY, THIS GROUNDBREAKING CURRICULUM AND OUR OTHER RACIAL JUSTICE DE-ESCALATION INITIATIVES ARE DESIGNED TO COMBAT ANTI-BLACK BIAS IN POLICING AND REDUCE EXCESSIVE USES OF FORCE BY: 1) BUILDING TRUST, FAMILIARITY, EMPATHY AND COMMUNITY COOPERATION BETWEEN POLICE OFFICERS AND BLACK YOUTH AND ADULTS THROUGH A SERIES OF RACE CONSCIOUS TRAININGS USING FACE TO FACE CONVERSATIONS, ROLE PLAYING, CASE SCENARIOS AND TEACHINGS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE AND; 2) TRAINING YOUTH AND ADULTS IN DE-ESCALATION STRATEGIES TO REDUCE CONFLICT AND DEADLY VIOLENCE DURING TRAFFIC STOPS AND OTHER INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE. 6150 ANTI-BLACK HATE PROJECT: NEARLY 50% OF ALL VICTIMS OF HATE CRIMES ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND WHITE SUPREMACIST HATE GROUPS HAVE INCREASED BY 55% IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. SIFJS IS ESTABLISHING AN ANTI-BLACK HATE PROJECT THAT WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS TO CONDUCT RESEARCH, MONITOR, AND DIMINISH THE CAPACITY OF ANTI-BLACK HATE GROUPS AND EXTREMIST VIGILANTISM TO PROMOTE HATRED AND VIOLENCE. 90386 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false false false false false false X 5 5 false false false false false false false true true false false false false false false false false false X JEREMY LEVITT 3126178622 PO BOX 536006 ORLANDO FL 32853 DR JEREMY LEVITT PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 35000 0 0 DR CAROLE BOYCE DAVIES DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 JUDGE NICOLE ROBINSON DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 DR MATTHEW WHITAKER CO CHAIRMAN X X 0 0 0 PASTOR RODERICK ZAK DIRECTOR X 0 0 0 35000 false false false 21690 1798 23488 23488 X 35000 35000 3108 3108 2543 2543 23065 23065 857 857 9626 9626 5146 5146 22109 22109 50 50 1679 1679 LICENSES AND DUES 1071 1071 MEALS 904 904 105158 90386 14772 0 90050 8380 90050 8380 0 0 X 90050 8380 90050 8380 90050 8380 -81670 X false false false X 213922 38694 189006 214334 23488 679444 213922 38694 189006 214334 23488 679444 679444 679444 1.00000 1.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X SCHEDULE D, PAGE 3, PART X THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN CLASSIFIED AS AN OTHER-THAN-PRIVATE FOUNDATION AND IS TAX-EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. THE ORGANIZATION IS SUBJECT TO A TAX ON INCOME FROM ANY UNRELATED BUSINESS. THE ORGANIZATION HAS ADOPTED THE RECOGNITION REQUIREMENTS FOR UNCERTAIN INCOME TAX POSITIONS AS REQUIRED BY ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WITH NO CUMULATIVE EFFECT ADJUSTMENT EQUIRED. INCOME TAX BENEFITS ARE RECOGNIZED FOR INCOME TAX POSITIONS TAKEN OR EXPECTED TO BE TAKEN IN A TAX RETURN, ONLY WHEN IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE INCOME TAX POSITION WILL MORE-LIKELY-THAN-NOT BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION BY TAXING AUTHORITIES. THE ORGANIZATION HAS ANALYZED TAX POSITIONS TAKEN FOR FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND ALL STATE JURISDICTIONS WHERE IT OPERATES. THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES THAT INCOME TAX FILING POSITIONS WILL BE SUSTAINED UPON EXAMINATION AND DOES NOT ANTICIPATE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WOULD RESULT IN A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE RGANIZATIONS FINANCIAL CONDITION, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OR CASH FLOWS. ACCORDINGLY, THE ORGANIZATION HAS NOT RECORDED ANY RESERVES, OR RELATED ACCRUALS FOR INTEREST AND PENALTIES FOR UNCERTAIN INCOME TAX POSITIONS AT JUNE 30, 2025. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A BLACK CITIZENSHIP INITIATIVE: THE BLACK CITIZENSHIP INITIATIVE EMBRACES AND PROMOTES AFRICAN-AMERICAN CONCEPTIONS OF DEMOCRACY AND PATRIOTISM THROUGH EDUCATIONAL AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON RECONCEPTUALIZING AND REINVENTING CONCEPTIONS OF BLACK CITIZENSHIP BASED ON AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY, TRADITIONS, CUSTOMS, CULTURE, BELIEF AND FAMILY VALUES. WE ARE TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF BLACK PATRIOTS IN CIVICS, SOCIAL ADVOCACY, LEADERSHIP, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP. THE BLACK CITIZENSHIP INITIATIVE IS COMPRISED OF SEVERAL INITIATIVES INCLUDING A RACIAL JUSTICE RITES OF PASSAGE YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM, WHICH ALLOWS US TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITIES RICH IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN CULTURE, CIVIL GROUPS AND ACTIVISTS, CHURCHES, COMMUNITY CENTERS, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FOSTER HOMES AND BEYOND. OUR CERTIFICATE OF STUDY IN RACIAL JUSTICE STUDIES (CSRJS) IS DESIGNED TO INTRODUCE CORPORATE LEADERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVES, CIVIL SERVANTS, AND ACADEMIC LEADERS TO THE COMPLEX HISTORY AND CHALLENGES IN ACHIEVING RACIAL EQUALITY, EQUITY AND JUSTICE IN THE UNITED STATES. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM: SIFJSS HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY PROGRAM AIMS TO: 1) SAFEGUARD THE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS; 2) EDUCATE, TRAIN AND EMPOWER THE PUBLIC ABOUT VITAL RACIAL JUSTICE ISSUES; AND 3) PROMOTE THE GREATER IDEALS OF FREEDOM, EQUALITY, EQUITY, JUSTICE AND HUMANITY IN CENTRAL FLORIDA AND BEYOND. THE SIFJS ALSO REGULARLY ORGANIZES MASTER SEMINARS, WEBINARS, FACE-TO-FACE TRAININGS ON A MYRIAD OF TOPICS FROM INSTITUTIONALIZED RACISM AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, TO CHRISTIAN NATIONALISM AND TERRORISM. WE PARTNER WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY AND OTHERS TO ASSIST VICTIMS OF RACIAL INJUSTICE SEEK JUSTICE, SUPPORT COMMUNITY-BASED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE INITIATIVES, AND POLICE EDUCATION AND TRAINING. SIFJSS POLICE ADVOCACY AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT IS THE HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY PROGRAMS SIGNATURE INITIATIVE. IT IS A PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE DRIVEN INITIATIVE THAT PROVIDES A SAFE, SECURE, AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALLEGED VICTIMS OF POLICE ABUSE AND VIOLENT WHITE EXTREMIST VIGILANTISM TO RECEIVE MORAL AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE. WE ALSO PROVIDE RACE CONSCIOUS, BIAS FREE POLICING, AND RACIAL JUSTICE DE-ESCALATION EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. AS A PART OF OUR HUMAN RIGHTS EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM, SIFJS DEVELOPED A COMPREHENSIVE AND INNOVATIVE ONLINE POLICE TRAINING COURSE TITLED: BLACK AMERICANS: RACE CONSCIOUS, RACIAL BIAS, AND DISCRIMINATORY POLICING AND UNLAWFUL TRAFFIC STOPS. THIS INNOVATIVE CURRICULUM WAS CREATED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS AND HAS BEEN USED TO TRAIN, AMONG OTHERS, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT (FDLE) COMMANDERS. SPECIFICALLY, THIS GROUNDBREAKING CURRICULUM AND OUR OTHER RACIAL JUSTICE DE-ESCALATION INITIATIVES ARE DESIGNED TO COMBAT ANTI-BLACK BIAS IN POLICING AND REDUCE EXCESSIVE USES OF FORCE BY: 1) BUILDING TRUST, FAMILIARITY, EMPATHY AND COMMUNITY COOPERATION BETWEEN POLICE OFFICERS AND BLACK YOUTH AND ADULTS THROUGH A SERIES OF RACE CONSCIOUS TRAININGS USING FACE TO FACE CONVERSATIONS, ROLE PLAYING, CASE SCENARIOS AND TEACHINGS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE AND; 2) TRAINING YOUTH AND ADULTS IN DE-ESCALATION STRATEGIES TO REDUCE CONFLICT AND DEADLY VIOLENCE DURING TRAFFIC STOPS AND OTHER INTERACTIONS WITH POLICE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B THE RETURN IS REVIEWED BY EXECUTIVE STAFF WHO ARE ALSO BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING AND PROVIDING TO THE FULL BOARD. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G PROFESSIONAL FEES 23,065 0 0