Nonprofit · EIN 83-3874583
DETENTION WATCH NETWORK
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20036
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $3,094,402 | $3,333,776 | -$239,374 | $7,017,345 | $186,877 | $6,830,468 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $3,531,701 | $3,237,898 | $293,803 | $7,152,273 | $82,431 | $7,069,842 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $2,510,720 | $3,287,364 | -$776,644 | $6,897,089 | $121,050 | $6,776,039 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $2,770,331
- Program service revenue
- $103,793
- Investment income
- $219,978
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $50
- Other revenue
- $300
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $601,271
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $167,125
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,487,334
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $2,033,771
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $3,438
- Accounting fees
- $92,624
- Occupancy
- $25,161
- Travel
- $172,862
- Depreciation
- $21,207
- Program services (functional)
- $2,395,663
- Management and general (functional)
- $739,482
- Fundraising (functional)
- $198,631
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $7,152,273
- Total assets, end of year
- $7,017,345
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $186,877
- Net assets, end of year
- $6,830,468
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $23,791
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $6,732,075
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $98,393
- Gross receipts
- $3,094,855
- Employees
- 20
- Volunteers
- 0
- Year formed
- 2018
- State of legal domicile
- DC
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 December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silky Shah | Executive Director Officer | 32 | $148,691 | $18,434 |
| Aimee Nichols | Managing Director Highest-paid employee | 32 | $125,712 | $15,724 |
| Beom Sun Suh | Program Director Highest-paid employee | 32 | $116,664 | $10,209 |
| Carly G Perez Fernandez | Communications Director Highest-paid employee | 32 | $109,442 | $16,444 |
| Setareh Ghandehari | Advocacy Director Highest-paid employee | 32 | $115,021 | $7,084 |
| Marcela Hernandez Ponce | Organizing Director Highest-paid employee | 32 | $109,333 | $11,990 |
| Danielle Alvarado | Board President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Emily Tucker | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Tony Nam | Board Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sarah Sherman-Stokes | Board Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jacob Flowers | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Alaide Vilches Ibarra | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Santana Moreno | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Faith Oviedo | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Aaliya Zaveri | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silky Shah | Executive Director Officer | 32 | $146,807 | $17,447 |
| Aimee Nichols | Managing Director Highest-paid employee | 32 | $124,054 | $14,959 |
| Beom Sun Suh | Program Director Highest-paid employee | 32 | $113,004 | $10,746 |
| Carly G Perez Fernandez | Communications Director Highest-paid employee | 32 | $105,520 | $15,488 |
| Marcela Hernandez Ponce | Organizing Director Highest-paid employee | 32 | $103,751 | $11,174 |
| Setareh Ghandehari | Advocacy Director Highest-paid employee | 32 | $106,054 | $6,544 |
| Danielle Alvarado | Board President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Emily Tucker | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Tony Nam | Board Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sarah Sherman-Stokes | Board Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jacob Flowers | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Alaide Vilches Ibarra | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Victoria Lopez | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Faith Oviedo | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silky Shah | Executive Director Officer | 40 | $140,060 | $16,194 |
| Aimee Nichols | Managing Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $124,054 | $14,334 |
| Beom Sun Suh | Program Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $114,361 | $15,934 |
| Carly G Perez Hernandez | Communications Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $107,603 | $16,023 |
| Marcela Hernandez Ponce | Organizing Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $102,298 | $10,519 |
| Setareh Ghandehari | Advocacy Director Highest-paid employee | 40 | $106,058 | $6,601 |
| Victoria Lopez | Board President Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Danielle Alvarado | Vice President Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Tony Nam | Board Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Ana Ortiz Varela | Board Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Emily Tucker | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Amilcar Valencia | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Jacob Flowers | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Alaide Vilches Ibarra | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Faith Oviedo | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Sarah Sherman-Stokes | Board Member Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1730 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW STE 711, WASHINGTON, DC 20036-3115
- In care of
- % AIMEE NICHOLS
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- Tony Nam, 1730 Rhode Island Ave 711, Washington, DC 20036
- Signed the 990
- Tony Nam, Treasurer
- Phone
- (202) 301-9350
- 990-N for 2018 filed under this EIN
- Most likely by a chapter, club or affiliate (it says receipts are normally $50,000 or less). Officer: Elizabeth Sweet, 1300 Spring St Suite 500, Silver Spring MD 20910. Mailing address: 1915 I St NW Suite 800, Washington DC 20006.
- Return prepared by
- Kositzka Wicks and Company
Mission
Detention Watch Network seeks to end the cruel system of immigration detention via programs of grassroots organizing, strategic communications, and collective advocacy.
Program accomplishments
- Detention Watch Network imagines a world where every individual lives and moves freely and a society in which racial equity is the norm and immigration is not criminalized. The abolition of immigration detention is part and parcel of struggles against racism, xenophobia, discriminatory policing, and mass incarceration and our aims coincide with these broader struggles against racialized oppression.Expenses $2,395,663 · grants $601,271 · revenue $103,793
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 December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 83-3874583
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2019
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Human services (P84)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $7,017,345
- Income (IRS master file)
- $3,094,855
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $3,094,402 | $3,333,776 | $7,017,345 | XML |
| 990 | December 2024 | $3,531,701 | $3,237,898 | $7,152,273 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $2,510,720 | $3,287,364 | $6,897,089 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $2,592,686 | $3,531,690 | $7,747,600 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2018 Officer: Elizabeth Sweet Filed under this EIN, most likely by a chapter or affiliate | December 31, 2018 | ≤ $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 83-3874583).
Questions about DETENTION WATCH NETWORK
- What is the EIN of DETENTION WATCH NETWORK?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of DETENTION WATCH NETWORK is 83-3874583.
- Is DETENTION WATCH NETWORK tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2019.
- Are donations to DETENTION WATCH NETWORK tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does DETENTION WATCH NETWORK 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 DETENTION WATCH NETWORK due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did DETENTION WATCH NETWORK last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of DETENTION WATCH NETWORK?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names Tony Nam.
- Who are the officers and directors of DETENTION WATCH NETWORK?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 15 people; 6 received compensation from the organization, the highest $148,691 (Silky Shah, Executive Director).
- How much revenue does DETENTION WATCH NETWORK have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $3,094,402, expenses of $3,333,776 and total assets of $7,017,345 at year end.
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