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The Bail Project Inc

Venice, California · EIN 81-4985512 · Crime & Legal-Related · tax-exempt since 2017

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 54.9 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Graded against 5,236 crime & legal-related nonprofits with revenue $2M–$10M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.50.4 months18
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.100% of practices100
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.3
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.72% from one source73
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.90.4%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.0.8%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.21not scored

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Year by year

20182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jun 2025Form 990$6.45M$13.87M−$7.42M$58.28M50.4105C
Jun 2024Form 990$10.23M$14.33M−$4.11M$67.73M56.7145C
Jun 2023Form 990$14.13M$18.28M−$4.15M$71.83M47.1207C
Jun 2022Form 990$18.51M$17.79M$724K$79.43M53.6195D
Jun 2021Form 990$33.65M$12.57M$21.08M$80.54M76.9131D
Jun 2020Form 990$41.92M$9.04M$32.88M$62.27M82.692D
Jun 2019Form 990$14.95M$4.82M$10.14M$31.69M78.942D
Jun 2018Form 990$24.78M$1.33M$23.45M$22.46M202.67D

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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