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Nonprofit · EIN 47-1012852

INNOVATION LAW LAB

Tax-exempt · PORTLAND, OR 97240

Financials

$9.5M$4.7M2022$4.3M$4.1M2023$4.4M$5.6M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of INNOVATION LAW LAB by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
June 30, 2025990$4,395,958$5,643,342-$1,247,384$6,954,748$905,534$6,049,214
June 30, 2024990$4,265,228$4,084,690$180,538$7,863,528$566,932$7,296,596
June 30, 2023990$9,458,378$4,699,646$4,758,732$7,625,365$417,163$7,208,202
Financial details: 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$756,758
Program service revenue
$3,307,525
Investment income
$162,623
Net income from fundraising events
$1,380
Other revenue
$169,052

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$7,860
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$1,109,799
Other salaries and wages
$2,194,296
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$3,853,789
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$6,200
Accounting fees
$19,013
Occupancy
$235,326
Travel
$115,959
Depreciation
$385,977
Program services (functional)
$5,020,827
Management and general (functional)
$591,804
Fundraising (functional)
$30,711

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$7,863,528
Total assets, end of year
$6,954,748
Total liabilities, end of year
$905,534
Net assets, end of year
$6,049,214
Land, buildings and equipment
$156,982
Net assets without donor restrictions
$5,829,773
Net assets with donor restrictions
$219,441
Gross receipts
$4,395,958
Employees
44
Year formed
2014
State of legal domicile
OR

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Stephen ManningExecutive Director
Trustee or director, Officer
40$167,014
Jose CruzDirector of Products
Key employee
40$151,753
Tess HellgrenDirector of Litigation
Key employee
40$128,317
Jordan CunningsLegal Director
Key employee
40$124,696
Ian PhilabaumDirector of Legal Organizing
Key employee
40$117,630
Ariel PradoDirector of Civic Engagement
Key employee
40$117,630
Elizabeth SkokanDirector of Operations
Key employee
40$117,583
Isa PenaDirector of Strategy
Key employee
40$115,865
Benjamin GrassDirector of Logistics
Key employee
40$114,283
Luis GuerraPresidentChair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Cameron MadillVice PresidentChair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Quinn LampkinSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Alfredo AvilaTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Alyssa GrassBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Navneet KaurBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
4 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Julie StumpfBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Jessica BoellBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Ahmer InamBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Kuli MavuwaBoard Member
Former
1$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2024: 19 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Stephen ManningExecutive Director
Trustee or director, Officer, Key employee, Highest-paid employee
40$167,014
Jose CruzDirector of Products
Key employee
40$151,753
Tess HellgrenDirector of Litigation
Key employee
40$128,317
Jordan CunningsLegal Director
Key employee
40$124,696
Ariel PradoDirector of Civic Engagement
Key employee
40$117,630
Ian PhilabaumDirector of Legal Organizing
Key employee
40$117,583
Benjamin GrassDirector of Logistics
Key employee
40$117,583
Elizabeth SkokanDirector of Operations
Key employee
40$117,583
Isa PenaDirector of Strategy
Key employee
40$115,865
Jessica BoellBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$14,232
Quinn LampkinBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Navneet KaurBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Alyssa GrassBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Kuli MavuwaBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Julie StumpfBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Cameron MadillVice PresidentChair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Ahmer InamPresidentChair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Alfredo AvilaTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Luis GuerraSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
990 for the year ended June 30, 2023: 20 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
Stephen ManningExecutive Director
Trustee or director, Officer, Key employee, Highest-paid employee
40$126,410
Jose CruzDirector of Products
Key employee
40$120,138
Jordan CunningsLegal Director
Key employee
40$105,670
Tess HellgrenDirector of Litigation
Key employee
40$97,249
Ariel PradoDirector of Civic Engagement
Key employee
40$88,816
Ian PhilabaumDirector of Legal Organizing
Key employee
40$88,816
Elizabeth SkokanDirector of Operations
Key employee
40$88,816
Isa PenaDirector of Strategy
Key employee
40$87,976
Benjamin GrassDirector of Logistics
Key employee
40$84,980
Kuli MavuwaBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Navneet KaurBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Alyssa GrassBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Julie StumpfBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Quinn LampkinBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Jessica BoellBoard Member
Trustee or director
1$0
Cameron MadillVice PresidentChair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Ahmer InamPresidentChair
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Alfredo AvilaTreasurer
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Luis GuerraSecretary
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0
Jennifer RotmanBoard Member
Former
1$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
PO BOX 40204, PORTLAND, OR 97240-0204
In care of
% STEPHEN MANNING
Mailing address (990-N for 2016)
PO BOX 40103, PORTLAND OR 97240
Principal officer (990 for 2024)
Stephen Manning, PO Box 40204, Portland, OR 97240
Principal officer (990-N for 2016)
Stephen Manning, 333 SW 5th Ave 525, Portland OR 97204
Signed the 990
STEPHEN MANNING, Executive Director
Phone
(503) 241-0035
Return prepared by
Queer Tax & Accounting LLC

Mission

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.

990 for the year ended June 30, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • 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.
    Expenses $2,496,657 · revenue $3,044,845
  • 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.
    Expenses $959,375 · revenue $234,764
  • Stategic 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 immigant deportations and civil exclusions on account of immigrantion status.
    Expenses $942,805 · revenue $182,428
  • 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.
    Expenses $471,950 · revenue $127,373
  • Program costs that serve all programs
    Expenses $150,040

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in June, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025June 30, 2026November 16, 2026Not due yet
2024June 30, 2025November 17, 2025990 on file
2023June 30, 2024November 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
47-1012852
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2014
Accounting year ends
June
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$6,954,748
Income (IRS master file)
$4,395,958

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990June 2025$4,395,958$5,643,342$6,954,748IRS
990June 2024$4,265,228$4,084,690$7,863,528IRS
990June 2023$9,458,378$4,699,646$7,625,365XML
990June 2022$3,555,200$3,892,565$3,547,187IRS
990June 2021–––IRS
990June 2020–––IRS
990-N for 2016
Officer: Stephen Manning
June 30, 2017≤ $50,000 receipts––e-Postcard

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 47-1012852).

Questions about INNOVATION LAW LAB

What is the EIN of INNOVATION LAW LAB?
The employer identification number (EIN) of INNOVATION LAW LAB is 47-1012852.
Is INNOVATION LAW LAB tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2014.
Are donations to INNOVATION LAW LAB tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does INNOVATION LAW LAB file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of INNOVATION LAW LAB due?
The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending June 30, 2026) is due November 16, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did INNOVATION LAW LAB last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended June 2025.
Who is the principal officer of INNOVATION LAW LAB?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 names Stephen Manning.
Who are the officers and directors of INNOVATION LAW LAB?
The 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 lists 19 people; 9 received compensation from the organization, the highest $167,014 (Stephen Manning, Executive Director).
How much revenue does INNOVATION LAW LAB have?
On its 990 for the year ended June 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $4,395,958, expenses of $5,643,342 and total assets of $6,954,748 at year end.

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