2018 Annual Report

2018 ANNUAL REPORT The Constitution will endure as a vital charter of human liberty as long as there are those with the courage to defend it, the vision to interpret it, and the fidelity to live by it.

—U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.

Brennan Center for Justice 1 Table of Contents

The Constitution 13

Democracy 5 Shaping the Narrative 17

Financials 24 Our Supporters 26 The Brennan Legacy 32 Pro Bono Partners 32 Justice 9 Who We Are 33 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT & BOARD CHAIRS

made clear: the best response to an attack on Dear Friends, democracy is to strengthen democracy.

In Florida, voters ended the lifetime disenfranchisement of 1.4 million citizens with a In the great fight for the future past felony conviction. Nevada and Michigan enacted automatic voter registration – becoming of constitutional democracy, the 14th and 15th states to pass this signature Brennan Center reform. We drafted or advised on 2018 was a breakthrough year. ballot measures to curb partisan gerrymandering that passed in Michigan, Missouri, Colorado, and Utah. By December, we celebrated passage of the Amid the chaos and crises – the deepening most meaningful federal criminal justice reform in threats to our values, to our systems of governance – a generation, the FIRST STEP Act. the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law stepped forward as a leading national force It is the beginning of a true democracy movement for change. in America. Now we’re fighting to seize this opportunity, in Congress and states. It’s an The Center has forged a distinct model – part agenda-setting moment that will help shape the think tank, part legal advocacy group, part upcoming presidential race and build momentum communications hub. Independent. Rigorous. for change. Fighting fear with facts. A generator of bold thinking, critical research, and innovative solutions The Brennan Center will do its part to hold to reform and revitalize our nation’s systems of American institutions accountable to the ideals of democracy and justice. equality and justice for all. When the systems fall short, as they surely have, we will fight to change Our work bore fruit. Defying brazen vote them. That is how the country will be able to solve suppression, citizens surged to the polls – the the most pressing problems of our times. Thank highest midterm turnout since 1914. Voters you for your steadfast partnership and support.

Robert Atkins, Patricia Bauman, Michael Waldman, Co-Chair, Board of Directors Co-Chair, Board of Directors President Heads of State of Heads ILLUSTRATIONS: Brennan Center for Justice 3 4 Our Work/Democracy

Today, our democracy faces steep challenges. Advancing Innovative Solutions The worst voting cutbacks since the Jim Crow era. Automatic Voter Registration. Over a decade ago, the Brennan Center crafted Dark money. Gerrymandering. this transformative reform: All eligible voters are registered unless they opt out. Fully implemented, The Brennan Center works to uphold the automatic registration will add tens of millions to the voting rolls, save money, and boost security. heart of the Declaration of Independence — It’s now the law in fifteen states and D.C. In 2018, voters in Nevada and Michigan endorsed it, that government is legitimate only when it rests and legislatures in Maryland, Massachusetts, on “the consent of the governed.” To ensure New Jersey, and Washington enacted it. that all Americans have an equal voice in Election Security. Russia attacked American democracy in 2016. elections and in the halls of power. To overturn The Brennan Center helps lead a bipartisan barriers to participation. coalition of national security and election experts to protect against more cyberattacks. Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and James Lankford (R-OK) Most important, we craft reforms that will introduced the Secure Elections Act based on our plan. In March, we persuaded Congress to give change politics by expanding access to the states $380 million to strengthen security. Our process. If we want to solve the country’s solutions: paper-verified voting machines, post-election audits, and backup plans to count problems, we must fix the systems. every vote in 2020. Heads of State of Heads ILLUSTRATION: Brennan Center for Justice 5 OUR WORK/DEMOCRACY

Countering Vote Suppression. In Georgia and Florida, we won emergency lawsuits This is the first time in decades that forced officials to count every vote. And we helped combat Brian Kemp’s notorious “exact match” that members of Congress have rule that disenfranchised voters due to typos. prioritized fixing democracy. Making Every Voice Count ‘‘The Brennan Center’s solutions Ending Partisan Gerrymandering. Politicians long have rigged election districts to benefit themselves and their party, and to stifle are the heart of the plan. minority voices. Modern technology makes the problem worse.

Curbing Big Money’s Role in Politics. Protecting the Vote As the reform movement’s litigation hub, the The Brennan Center has long been a legal and policy Brennan Center coordinated dozens of amicus force for campaign finance reform. Our October Defeating Trump’s Voter Fraud Commission. briefs in two key Supreme Court cases to strike study showed that outside dark money groups We fought the White House panel that aimed to down extreme partisan gerrymandering. We funded by anonymous donors now dominate bolster the preposterous claim that millions voted brought in historians, Republican leaders, civil statewide judicial races – the latest example of the illegally in’’ 2016. Our report, Noncitizen Voting: The rights advocates and social scientists. impact of Citizens United. Our proposal to overhaul Missing Millions, demolished Trump’s lies. We filed the Federal Election Commission would fix the cases in Texas, Utah, and Indiana to block release of Disappointingly, the Justices declined to rule, so agency which has failed to enforce campaign laws. private voter information; we sued federal agencies to citizens themselves stepped in. Ballot measures Lawmakers have embraced the plan. uncover secret documents; and we executed a established nonpartisan commissions to draw top-flight communications campaign. When the district lines in Michigan, Colorado, and Nevada. Bold Democracy Reform. Commission imploded in January 2018, the Guardian Missouri and Utah voters enacted solid redistricting In December 2018, House Democrats announced reported: “The Brennan Center was at the forefront of reforms. The Brennan Center drafted several of the first order of business — H.R. 1 — an overhaul of resistance to the Commission’s work.” these and gave essential research and legal support. our nation’s democratic systems. The Brennan Center’s solutions are the heart of the plan, which Stopping Abusive Voter Purges. Ensuring a Fair, Accurate 2020 Census. marks the first time in decades that members of Our definitive study — released in July with a New The Trump administration illegally and abruptly Congress have prioritized fixing democracy. York Times op-ed — showed how states removed 14 added a question about citizenship, a demand that Automatic registration. Small donor public campaign million voters from the rolls, often improperly. Voters will crash participation by immigrant communities. financing. Redistricting reform. Restoration of the of color were hardest hit. After the Supreme Court Privacy risks abound, too. The Brennan Center Voting Rights Act. Stronger presidential ethics laws. gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013, officials purged co-chairs a legal strategy task force, working with Building momentum for this new national agenda in an extra 2 million voters. We went to court in Indiana racial justice and fair elections groups to advance the lead up to 2020 is our core goal. and won, and blocked purges in two other states. protections and ensure a full count.

6 Michael Li Q&A Senior Counsel, Democracy

Why does gerrymandering matter? But the fight isn’t just in the courts. There’s also The way that political maps are drawn has been a powerful uptick of grassroots state consequences far beyond just determining the advocacy and reform. And those efforts are scoring geographic area of an election district. Map increasingly big wins. boundaries can be manipulated to discriminate against communities of color, and against political Have you noticed an increase in public opponents. And the United States is unique in that it awareness of gerrymandering as a problem? largely leaves redistricting in the hands of partisan It’s been a sea change. Five or ten years ago, there lawmakers, which intensifies those problems. The was scant public awareness of gerrymandering. good news is that even small changes to the system Now, it’s an issue people care deeply about. That’s make the process more independent and fair. It is partially because Americans have this feeling that possible to create legislative bodies at the state and the system is corrupt, rigged for the benefit of federal level that are much more reflective of our insiders. But people are starting to realize that it’s increasingly diverse country. One way to do it is to something they can change. It’s become an issue put line drawing in the hands of independent for our time. commissions, but there are lots of smart reforms to make the process much better. How did you become a gerrymandering expert? Coming from Texas, I’ve long known that What have been some of the biggest fights in the communities of color are underrepresented in effort to create fairer political representation? ways that harm them. I was practicing at a big First, trying to get the Supreme Court to articulate a law firm in the state, and another round of strong, clear rule against partisan gerrymandering. redistricting was coming up. The map-drawing Lawmakers have taken the Court’s silence up until process is fairly opaque, and I thought people now as a sign they can get away with anything when should know more about it. So, I created a blog it comes to favoring one political party over another. that aimed to help people understand redistricting Cases are continuing to come up through the lower better and have more access to information courts and the Supreme Court won’t be able to about it. It evolved from there. punt the issue forever. Lauren crow Lauren ILLUSTRATION: Brennan Center for Justice 7 8 Our Work/Justice

The United States has less than 5 percent of Ending Mass Incarceration

the world’s population, but nearly 25 percent of Fighting Fear with Facts. The Brennan Center is the respected source to the world’s prisoners — 2.3 million people. And rebut false claims of soaring crime — the antidote to that’s not needed to keep communities safe. Mass politicians who stoke fear to undercut reform. Our 2018 research shows that crime rates in America’s incarceration has crushing consequences: racial, 30 largest cities remain near historic lows.

economic, social. Black men and women are still Mobilizing Law Enforcement. five and a half times more likely to be incarcerated We launched Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration in 2015. Its members: 200 than whites. It is among the most pressing racial police chiefs and top prosecutors from all 50 states who agree that sound criminal justice reforms can justice issues facing the nation. reduce incarceration without jeopardizing public safety. They work for change in their communities The Brennan Center fights for a rational, fair and and are a powerful voice in states and on Capitol Hill. Senate Judiciary Committee chair Charles effective justice system that fulfills the promise Grassley (R-IA) called the group his “best advocate” of equal justice under law. We work to end mass for achieving criminal justice reform. incarceration and policies that unfairly target Winning Federal Sentencing Reform. In December, Congress enacted the FIRST STEP immigrants and communities of color. Act, the most meaningful federal criminal justice Heads of State of Heads ILLUSTRATION: Brennan Center for Justice 9 OUR WORK/JUSTICE

reform in a generation. Our influential role: We In 21 Principles for the 21st Century Prosecutor, opposed a House bill because it lacked sentencing published with Fair and Just Prosecution and reform. With a strong bipartisan group of Senate New York Times reporter Emily Bazelon, we offer sponsors, we pushed hard for a better plan. Once practical steps for prosecutors to transform their the Senate added provisions to cut the number of profession – to mete out justice and mercy. people entering prison, we mobilized support: The New York Times cited our views in key editorials; Restoring Voting Rights for Law Enforcement Leaders gave politically vital Formerly Incarcerated People backing; Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL), a former member of our group, praised the Brennan Center on the An ugly remnant of Jim Crow, Florida had a Senate floor. lifetime ban on voting for anyone convicted of a felony. More than 1.4 million could not vote – Crafting State and Local Reform. disproportionately people of color. One in five black As the federal law passed, we issued a slate of Floridians were permanently disenfranchised. model state reforms – the only comprehensive package focused on reducing prison populations. The Brennan Center challenged Florida’s law two It would cut imprisonment nationwide by 39 decades ago. We lost in court then, but pressed percent without risking public safety. on. Three years ago, our experts helped write Amendment 4 to take the question to the people. A remarkable coalition – civil rights groups, faith leaders, conservatives, and formerly incarcerated people themselves – fought tenaciously to get the measure on the ballot and to garner public support.

On Election Day, it won a resounding victory – In December, Congress passing with 65 percent of the vote. This is the single greatest expansion of voting rights since enacted the FIRST STEP Act, passage of the 26th Amendment in 1971. the most meaningful criminal ‘‘justice reform in a generation. ’’ 10 Myrna Pérez Q&A Deputy Director, Democracy

The restoration of voting rights to When I was young, my Tía Rosie used to take Florida residents with previous felony me to vote when she voted on my way to school. convictions was a monumental advance. I love voting. I love being with my neighbors. I love How did that come about? going into my firehouse and seeing other people It was decades in the making. It came from the who care. I love the poll workers, even when they commitment of many, many people – persons mess up. I think the vote is a tangible and powerful formerly incarcerated, activists, funders and symbol of the best of what this country can be. scholars. The Brennan Center sued the state two decades ago but didn’t prevail. We kept at it. After Now, in my office at the Brennan Center, I have years of advocacy the coalition decided to try a photos of LBJ signing the Voting Rights Act, RFK, constitutional amendment. We conducted research Rosa Parks, Cesar Chavez, Dr. King. They remind and worked with groups on the ground to draft its us not to be wimpy in our pursuit of justice. It’s not language. It needed 60 percent to pass. In the end, supposed to be easy. It’s supposed to be hard. it got 64 percent. Election Day was indescribably moving. My religious faith tells me that people can How can we make it easier for all people to be transformed. The idea that a vote could participate in our democracy? transform people — it changes someone from an We need to fundamentally reform our justice outsider to a citizen — is something that is really system so that it is more fair and effective. And we easy to get behind. need to end the disenfranchisement of Americans in our communities who have criminal convictions What moves you to do this work? in their past. We should adopt reforms like The great civil rights historian Taylor Branch always automatic voter registration. We can increase early calls the vote “a little piece of nonviolence.” I believe voting opportunities. And we can provide more in the power of the vote. I believe in the commitment public education about the importance of voting. that our country makes to resolving our political The incredibly high turnout in 2018 is a strong differences. People who vote say, “I care about my signal to me that Americans have said, “enough!” country, and it’s part of my right and responsibility But we have a long way to go. to influence the direction of the country.” Lauren Crow Lauren ILLUSTRATION: Brennan Center for Justice 11

OUR WORK/THE CONSTITUTION Our Work/The Constitution

Our country is stronger when we protect Defending the Rule of Law

fundamental freedoms. But today, the Checking Executive Power. Democracy depends on unwritten norms – constitutional order is under threat. Rules are invisible guardrails that protect against abuse. broken. Rights are violated. Checks and balances Donald Trump routinely smashes these norms. Yet he’s not the first president to upend are ignored. Too often, it feels as if we are constitutional tradition. And as has happened one tweet away from a constitutional crisis. throughout history, reform will follow. In 2018, the Brennan Center set out to turn these The Brennan Center’s vision: The Constitution soft norms into hard law. We launched the National Task Force on Rule of Law & Democracy, co-chaired as a charter for a robust democracy, marked by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman. by equality, where fundamental freedoms are Former senators, governors, and top officials from safeguarded and abuse curbed. both parties crafted a plan to restore the rule of law.

Among its provisions: new laws to require candidates for president and vice president to release personal and business tax returns. Heads of State of Heads ILLUSTRATION: Brennan Center for Justice 13 OUR WORK/THE CONSTITUTION

Ethics rules, applied for the first time to the Ensuring Religious Freedom president. A stronger Office of Government Ethics. And protections for the independence of law Combating Profiling and Discrimination. enforcement, including a law to shield special When the Trump White House announced its counsels from arbitrary firing. Muslim travel ban in 2017, the Brennan Center fought back. We represent Eblal Zakzok, a professor Checking Presidential Emergency Powers. and Syrian refugee whose daughter is blocked from In December, ahead of President Trump's joining her family in the United States. Despite declaration of an emergency, The Atlantic setbacks, court proceedings continue. Justice Sonia published our yearlong investigation, based on Sotomayor’s dissent in Trump v. Hawaii relied on work with a bipartisan group of former national information unearthed by a Brennan Center lawsuit. security officials and civil libertarians. It catalogued 136 statutes that give a president vast power in Our work goes deeper: We did research that case of crisis, actual or imagined. They cover exposed a bureaucratic response that serves as a almost every imaginable subject area, including de facto Muslim ban, “extreme vetting” of visitors. the military, land use, public health, trade, federal We helped block an Immigration and Customs pay schedules, agriculture, transportation, Enforcement plan to use over-reaching software communications, and criminal law. The President's algorithms and online monitoring as a vetting tool. declaration highlights the space for potential approach reform of the legal system for Protecting the Integrity national emergencies. of the Courts

Fair and Impartial Courts. A fair and impartial justice system is at great risk in America. Most Americans think cash rules the courts – and alarmingly, so do nearly half of state judges. State and federal courts don’t reflect the diversity of the communities they serve. Today, Most Americans think courts are a battleground for politics, with dark money flowing into judicial races, and repeated cash rules the courts — and attacks on judges and the legitimacy of our judicial alarmingly, so do nearly system from government’s highest levels. The Brennan Center fights to protect the courts ‘‘half of state judges. from politicization — convening experts, publishing proposals for reform, and calling out what’s at stake when judicial independence is threatened.

14 ’’ Liza Goitein Q&A Co-Director, Liberty & National Security

Why does the president have abused emergency powers in a significant way, emergency powers? that could do serious and even lasting damage These powers are based on a sound idea: that to democracy and the rule of law. ordinary laws might not be enough in a true crisis. That’s because emergencies are, by their nature, I’ve been worried about other things since long unpredictable. Emergency powers are meant to before Trump was elected. Before 9/11, intelligence fill that gap, to give the president additional and law enforcement agencies operated on the flexibility for a temporary period. principle that they would not collect private information on Americans or conduct surveillance When President Trump declared a national on them unless there was a reason to suspect emergency to secure money to build the border wrongdoing. There was no bulk collection of wall, you had just published a trove of research. information on Americans. That has really changed. How did you achieve such perfect timing? Protections were dismantled, leading to surveillance When Trump was elected, I immediately of Muslim Americans and other abuses. thought, “What if 9/11 happened under this president’s watch?” My fears were exacerbated I am also alarmed by the anti-immigrant sentiment when Trump issued the Muslim ban, because that that this president has inflamed in the country. I have was an emergency response in the absence of any 8-year-old twins who attend a bilingual school where emergency whatsoever. So, I started researching half of their class is native Spanish speakers. When emergency powers, and it didn’t take long for Trump was elected, they knew they had classmates me to discover weaknesses in our existing with family members who were at risk of deportation. legal framework. There’s no way to hide it in that setting.

What keeps you up at night? What’s next on your plate? Emergency powers! It’s the president’s broad This is a real moment to start developing and authority to declare a national emergency and the advocating for policy changes to build checks and powers he acquires when he does that. If he balances into the emergency powers legal system. Lauren crow Lauren ILLUSTRATION: Brennan Center for Justice 15

OUR WORK/THE CONSTITUTION Shaping the Narrative

Winning legal and OVER THE PAST YEAR OVER OUR TWEETS WERE VIEWED policy change starts with winning in the OVERALL MEDIA 1.5 COVERAGE court of public opinion. % MILLION 53 PEOPLE VISITED That’s why Brennan OUR WEBSITE Center has forged a IN 2018 COVERAGE IN new organizational THE NEW YORK TIMES model that incorporates % FOR A TOTAL OF cutting-edge 87 communications work 4.1 COVERAGE IN as a central strategy. THE WASHINGTON POST MILLION Our experts authored % PAGE VIEWS 21 publications in 46 2018, groundbreaking COVERAGE IN OUR TWITTER work that more than POLITICO AUDIENCE GREW TO doubled our press % 74,000,000 coverage year-on-year. 66 109,000 TIMES Heads of State of Heads ILLUSTRATION: Brennan Center for Justice 17 Van Jones in Conversation with Darren Walker CNN’s Van Jones (right) and Ford Foundation president Darren Walker discussed mass incarceration and the fight for social and legal change in a polarized America.

New Ideas, New Audiences The Brennan Center hosted more than 30 public events and discussions in 2018 — providing fuel for new thinking, while sharpening persuasive arguments aimed at lawmakers and the public alike.

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Trouble Makers Cecile Richards, former Planned Parenthood President (right), and Alyssa Mastromonaco, President Obama’s deputy chief of staff, discussed the new power of women in politics.

Revolution Unfinished Fifty years after the assassination of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., former Rep. Donna Edwards (D-MD) and former Republican National Committee Chairman The Constitution Michael Steele (right) joined Brennan vs. Trumpism Center Fellow Ted Johnson to reflect From left, lawyers on King's life and legacy. Elizabeth Wydra (president, Constitu- tional Accountability Center), Neal Katyal (former acting solicitor general of the U.S.) and Brennan Center’s Faiza Patel (co-director, Liberty & National Security Program), gathered to discuss challenges to the rule of law in 2018. PHOTOS: Opposite page: ©Saskia Kahn: Courtesy of NYU Photo Bureau; Bureau; Photo NYU of Courtesy Kahn: ©Saskia page: Opposite PHOTOS: Bureau. Photo NYU of Courtesy Kahn: ©Saskia Morigi, ©Paul Bureau, Photo NYU of Courtesy ©Slezak: top: from clockwise This page, Brennan Center for Justice 19 Trumpocracy: David Frum in Conversation An Uncivil War: Taking with Trevor Morrison Back Our Democracy Conservative writer David Washington Post opinion reporter Greg Sargent (below Frum (left) joined NYU Law left) discusses the Trump era Dean Trevor Morrison to with Pulitzer Prize-winning examine how President Trump playwright Robert Schenkkan, and his administration have author of plays “All the Way” undermined our most and “The Kentucky Cycle.” important public institutions The two discussed President — media freedom, judicial Trump’s role in a democratic independence, and the right to crisis of hyper-partisanship, have one’s vote counted fairly. dismal civic engagement, and foreign interference in our elections.

The 2020 Census: What’s at Stake From left, Brennan Center’s Wendy Weiser joined Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s Thomas Saenz, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights’ Vanita Gupta, and New York City official Joseph J. Salvo.

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SHAPING THE NARRATIVE

The Equal Rights Amendment: A Century in the Making The Brennan Center examined the renewed push to enshrine gender equality in the Constitution and ratify the ERA. From left, Irin Carmon, co-author of Notorious RBG; Brennan Center’s John Kowal; Carol Jenkins, co-president and CEO of the ERA Coalition; Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, Brennan Center’s inaugural Women and Democracy fellow, and Jamia Wilson, executive director of the Feminist Press.

How Voter Suppression is Carnegie Hall Festival Damaging Our on the 1960s: Voting Rights Democracy Then and Now Emory University In partnership with Carnegie Professor Carol Hall, the Brennan Center Anderson (left) and hosted legendary journalist and former NAACP President LBJ aide Bill Moyers (left), Cornell William Brooks, with Kristen Clarke of the now at the Harvard Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Kennedy School, discuss Rights Under Law. the history of voter suppression. PHOTOS: Opposite Page, clockwise from top: @Creighton: Courtesy of NYU Photo Bureau; ©Saskia Kahn: Courtesy of NYU Photo Bureau; Bureau; Photo NYU of Courtesy Kahn: ©Saskia Bureau; Photo NYU of Courtesy @Creighton: top: from clockwise Page, Opposite PHOTOS: Bureau Photo NYU of Courtesy Kahn: ©Saskia This Page: Brennan Center for Justice 21 2018 honorees Christine Todd Whitman The annual Brennan Legacy (left) and Preet Bharara (right) with moderator Awards Dinner pays tribute to Errol Louis. the legacy of Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. by celebrating business and civic leaders who exemplify his values and vision. On November 13, 2018, we honored former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara and former New Jersey Governor 2018 Brennan Christine Todd Whitman for their lifelong commitment to public service and shared leadership of the National Legacy Task Force on Rule of Law & Democracy. We also honored the company Salesforce as a Awards vital force at the intersection of social justice, corporate Dinner responsibility, and technology. PHOTOS: Clark Jones Photography Jones Clark PHOTOS: TOP LEFT: Michael Waldman, President of Brennan Center for Justice.

BOTTOM LEFT: From left, Brennan Center’s Myrna Pérez; Sascha Rand, partner, Quinn Emanuel; director of Brennan Center’s Washington, D.C. office Spencer Boyer; and Jon Oblak, partner, Quinn Emanuel.

TOP RIGHT: New York State Attorney General Letitia James with Preet Bharara.

MIDDLE RIGHT: From left, Brennan Center’s Natalie Tennant and Brennan Center board co-chair Patricia Bauman with Christine Todd Whitman.

BOTTOM RIGHT: From left, Brennan Center board co-chair Bob Atkins; Amy Weaver of Salesforce; and Brennan Center board member Franz Paasche.

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Financials Grants Individual

In 2018, the Brennan Events Special

Center grew to meet the 55% Financials Other Income Income Other INSTITUTIONAL AND Year Ended June 30, 2018 challenges of the political FAMILY FOUNDATIONS Operating era. Our strong fiscal 2018 Total ($) Revenue management and Institutional and Family 13,083,994 fundraising have Foundations Individual undergirded the steady, 9,550,951 Where Our Contributions successful growth of the Support Special Events 956,453 organization. We are Comes From Other Income 310,151 now a staff of 115 which Total 23,901,549 includes a mix of attorneys, researchers, social scientists, economists, 40% INDIVIDUAL former election officials, CONTRIBUTIONS social media experts, graphic designers, and 1% OTHER The Brennan Center is grateful for the in-kind 4% and pro bono support provided by the law firm award-winning writers INCOME SPECIAL EVENTS community. The monetary value of those services and editors. is not included in this chart.

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16% Organizational Expenses MANAGEMENT Fundraising Year Ended June 30, 2018 & GENERAL

Programs 12,800,852 Organizational 72% PROGRAMS Management 2,851,410 Expenses & General 11%Management & General Fundraising 2,080,144 LIBERTY & NATIONAL Total 17,732,406 SECURITY Programs

Expenses by Program Year Ended June 30, 2018 18% 18% Democracy 4,861,391 JUSTICE COMMUNICATIONS Justice 2,229,786 Liberty & 1,391,257

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Communications 2,323,299 Program Fellows 1,565,869 Justice Federal

429,250 Advocacy/D.C. Security National & Liberty

Total 12,800,852 12% Communications FELLOWS Our 2018 revenues include funds raised above

our annual budget for the Brennan Legacy Fund 38%Fellows and Inez Milholland Endowment for Democracy. DEMOCRACY 3% FEDERAL

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Brennan Center for Justice 25 Our Supporters

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David and Liz Ehrenfest Steinglass Roger and Margot Milliken John and Kathryn Greenberg The Tow Foundation Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Greenberg Traurig, LLP Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz Fran and Charles Rodgers Lisa Gustavson and Christopher Sales† Wallace Global Fund Gerald Rosenfeld and Judith Zarin† Guttag Family Foundation The Schmale Family The Marc Haas Foundation $25,000 - $49,999 Jon and Mary Shirley Foundation Jon Hagler Robert Atkins Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Irving Harris Foundation Discretionary Grant The Atlantic Philanthropies Director/Employee Sandor and Faye Straus Program at the recommendation of Designated Gift Fund Tides Foundation, on the recommendation Nancy Meyer and Marc Weiss Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP of Weston Milliken Michele and David Joerg Allen Blue and Kira Snyder The Winkler Family Foundation (TX) Jenner & Block LLP William C. Bullitt Foundation Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP Cavali Foundation $10,000 - $24,999 Rochelle S. Kaplan and Arthur D. Lipson Chockstone Fund Alpern Family Foundation The Karsten Family Foundation Hannah LF Cooper Amalgamated Foundation Daniel F. Kolb Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP Harold C. Appleton Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Cynthia Crossen and James Gleick Arnold & Porter Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP CS Fund/Warsh Mott Legacy Bank of America Latham & Watkins LLP Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Leslie and Ashish Bhutani Lederer Foundation Quinn Delaney and Wayne Jordan The Herb Block Foundation Linda-Eling Lee Edwards Family Fund Boies Schiller Flexner LLP The Lehman-Stamm Family Fund Jason Flom Butler Family Fund Leslie Fund, Inc. Mark Friedman and Marjorie Solomon Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. John Levy and Gail Rothenberg Robert Goodman and Jayne Lipman The Donald & Carole Chaiken Foundation The Lutz Fund Gardner Grout Foundation The Clements Family MacAndrews & Forbes Incorporated Lee Halprin and Abby Rockefeller Comcast NBCUniversal Microsoft The Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation Covington & Burling LLP Rebecca and Nathan Milikowsky Kanter Family Foundation Crowell & Moring LLP Ken Miller and Lybess Sweezy Alexander and Elizabeth Kendall Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca, LLP Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C. Kirkland & Ellis LLP Joan K. Davidson (The J.M. Kaplan Fund) Leo Model Foundation Susheel Kirpalani Craig Dessen and Kerrie Horrocks Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason, & Anello PC Martin and Ruth Krall Howard Dickstein and Jeannine English Douglas and Sue-Ellen Myers Ruth Lazarus and Michael Feldberg† Dolotta Family Charitable Foundation National Basketball Association Christopher Mayer and Linda Martinson Mayer Edelman O’Melveny & Myers LLP Katie McGrath & J.J. Abrams Family Foundation Evolve Foundation Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Media Democracy Fund Barbara Eyman and Robert Antonisse PepsiCo The Betty Millard Foundation Susan Sachs Goldman† Petrillo Klein & Boxer LLP

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Pfizer Inc Dechert LLP The Silver Foundation Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP The Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation Barbara B. Simons Steven Alan Reiss and Mary Mattingly† Strachan Donnelley Charitable Trust Nancy and John Solana Alice and Ben Reiter Lillian H. Florsheim Foundation Mary C. Steele Charles H. Revson Foundation Fund for the Future at the Rockefeller Family Fund Frances W. Stevenson Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP General Atlantic Foundation Stephen Stublarec and Debra Belaga Family Fund Larry and Wendy Rockefeller Brooke Gladstone and Fred Kaplan The Hyman Levine Family Foundation: L’Dor V’Dor Josh and Sydney Rosenkranz† Alfred & Ann Goldstein Charitable Foundation, Inc. Timothy and Sally Tomlinson Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP David and Sylvia Goodman Christine Varney and Tom Graham Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr. Gloria Jarecki, The Brightwater Fund Philippe and Kate Villers Sidley Austin LLP Marc and Jean Kahn Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Amy and Jeffrey Silverman Jerold S. Kayden Holly Swan Wright Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Richard and Lisa Kendall SLC Giving Fund Daniel Kramer and Judith Mogul $1,000 - $4,999 Barbra Streisand John Larse Don and Beth Abbott Lawrence Summers and Elisa New Lashof Family Giving Account William Ackerman Travelers Joan Lazarus Albrecht Family Foundation Trehan Foundation Bernard Lewis Fund of the Jewish Kathleen Allaire Scott and Christy Wallace† Community Foundation Douglas Allchin Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Jonathan Marshall Machelle H. Allen, MD William B. Wiener, Jr. Foundation Patricia Nelson Matkowski Edith W. and Frederick P. Allen Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP Bozena and John McLees Judith Alper The Winkler Family Foundation (CA) Menemsha Family Fund Robert H. Alsdorf Wendy C. Wolf Jane and Richard A. Mescon Anonymous, in memory of Edward W. Keane 21st Century Fox Lucile Swift Miller Anonymous, in memory of Solomon L. Kornbluh Kit Miller Brynn Arborico $5,000 - $9,999 Bonnie Mills and Doug Eicher The Arnhold Foundation, Inc. The Akili Fund Karen Morris and Alan Levenson Kerith Aronow and Saul Shapiro Theodore Babbitt Franz Paasche† Astor Street Foundation, Inc. Daniel Baumol and Sabrina L. Lee Anoop and Sangeeta Prasad Paul and Sarah Auvil Jeff Benjamin The Rosewater Fund Julia Backoff The Birches Foundation Jacqueline P. Rubin and Matthew Healey Benjamin M. Baker Carol Black and Neal Marlens Trink and Ernie Schurian Charitable Gift Fund Kit Bakke and Peter Russo BLT Charitable Trust Security & Rights Collaborative, David R. Ballon Michael Bosworth a Proteus Fund initiative Hugh Bangasser Donald S. and Gayle D. Collat Charitable Fund Sidney Stern Memorial Trust Stuart J. Baskin† Richard Cotton† Claire Silberman Richard and Taylor Beale Family Fund

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Jennifer and Peter Beckman Donald K. Dankner Edward Friedman John and Elizabeth Bednarski David, Adrianne and Jordan Rubin Fund David Quinn Gacioch/The Gacioch Family Colleen Begley Florence A. Davis The GE Foundation Dr. Judith E. Belsky Sean M. Davis The Genz and Ramirez Fund Anne C. Bender Charitable Remainder Unitrust Tom Dethlefs Julie Ann Giacobassi and Zach Hall Karen Berg DHS Fund: Dignity, Hope, Service Gary Ginsberg and Susanna Aaron Elwyn and Jennifer Berlekamp Directions for Rural Action Fund Daniel A. Ginsburg Zachary Bernstein Gregory L. Diskant Ryan Glassman Richard and Eleanor Berry Stephen and Minda Dolmatch Charitable Fund Renee Kamm Goff and Neal Goff Ann C. Bertino and Joseph L. Pellis II The Double E Foundation Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Dana H. Bettinger George Driesen Ellen L. and Jonathan L. Goldstein Alex Bloom Patricia Dunbar Peter J. Gollon Blue Heron Charitable Fund Catherine Dunlay Ellen Gordon Jabe Blumenthal Susan and Thomas Dunn Tyler Gottlieb Sean O'Donnell Bosack Karen Egerer and Richard M. Johnson William Graebner and Dianne Bennett Hon. Alain Bourgeois Sam Ehrlichman Danielle C. Gray† Benjamin Brafman Owen Ellickson Francis Greenburger Richard Bronstein and Eileen Silvers Richard D. Emery The Greene-Milstein Family Foundation Richard B. and Jill Brosnick Dr. and Mrs. Bulent Ender The Stewart and Constance Greenfield Foundation Michelle Burg Lottie E. Esteban Lee Greenhouse and Flora Lazar Brian Burke and Lynn Margherio The Eureka Foundation, Inc. Jean Greenwald and Anthony Greenwald Michael Burns Alexander Ewing and Wynn Senning Sean and Alisha Griffey Alison Butler Fred Farkouh Frank Grobman Michael Byowitz and Ruth Holzer Thomas Faust Deborah Caplan Groening Steve and Buffy Caflisch James D. Fearon and Lisa T. Derrer Liz Kanter Groskind and Eric Groskind Jerry Carle Ira M. Feinberg Elaina and Gary Gross Suzana Carlos Lee Feldman Stanley M. Grossman James E. Castello† Elizabeth and James Fentress Elizabeth L. Grossman and Joshua L. Boorstein William G. Cavanagh Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC Antonia M. Grumbach Brad and Judy Chase Harriet and Michael Finck Boaz Gurdin Melissa Chen Andrew Fitch Brian Haag Richard Chernick Dr. Peter L. Flom Helen Haje Christ House Mark A. Foltz John H. Hall Alison Cichowlas Stephen and Lynda Fox Kimberley D. Harris† Howard Clyman and Kathleen A. Roberts Andrew J. Frackman Mark I. Harrison Naomi and Harvey Cohen Franklin Philanthropic Foundation Richard and Janet Hart Mary Catherine Cuff and William Wolf Daniel French and Rosann Tung Michael and Elizabeth Steiner Hayward

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David C. Heilbron Jay Laefer The Morrison and Foerster Foundation Mark R. Hellerer Bruce and Susanne Landau Melissa Murray and Joshua Hill† Vic Henningsen and Susan McCaslin William and Ann Lansing Stephen Myers Stephen Henry Jessica Ledbetter and Ranee Barsanti Shawn Naunton Stacey Herzing Richard and Madeleine Lenski The New World Foundation Mary and Tom Heyman Andrew J. Levander The New York Bar Foundation Christopher Hill and Susan Flicop C. Stephen Lewis James Nicoll William Himwich Jennifer Lewis and Marc Bernstein John and Leslie J. Oberdorfer Stephanie Holmes Linda Lichter Liz and Gus Oliver Deborah Holtz Amy and Steve Lipin Diane Parker Ross Hooper Sheralyn Listgarten Marcus Paroske Elizabeth B. Hughes Robert M. Lofthus Brian and Erin Pastuszenski Harold Ickes Richard Loudis and Carol Lidsker Elizabeth (Libba) Patterson Samuel Issacharoff, Professor, NYU Law Beth and Michael Luey Caren and Larry Peters Peter and Karen Jakes Tom Lyons The Pew Charitable Trusts Thomas and Betsy Jennings Yael Mandelstam and Ken Tabachnick Sandra Phillips-Rogers James E. Johnson and Nancy Northup Craig C. Martin Ruth and Stephen Pollak Roger T. and Linda Johnson Philip H. Martin Michael Pollan and Judith Belzer Harvey Jones Jim Masson and Katie Heinrich Deborah Poore John and Lisa Jones Susan McCalley Caroline Pozycki The Justice and Health Fund Timothy McCormally Carol Preisig and Katherine A.P. Com Susan Kaiden Thomas F. McLarty III Tamara and Jeremy Preiss Nancy Ann Stern Karetsky David and Michela McMahon Hope and Michael Proper Robert J. Katz Priscilla McMillan Christopher and Cynthia Pyle Gregory E. Keller Richard L. and Ronay Menschel The Christopher Quilter Fund David N. Kelley Josephine A. Merck Ellen Quinn Robert and Wendy Kenney MGG Foundation Helen and Dan Quinn Priscilla Kersten Prof. Frank I. Michelman Joshua Radnor Katherine King and Eli Brandt Ronald J. Miller Drew Raines Clay K. Kirk Nelson Minar Alan Ramo and Leslie Rose Michael D. Klausner† David and Leslee Miraldi Cathy Raphael James Klumpner Jessie Mishkin Rebecca L. Rawls Kathleen Knepper Nik Mittal Raymond Global Account Victor and Sarah Kovner Donald Moldover Jonathan Reiss and Micki Kaplan Reiss Shyam Krishnan Ruthanne Marie Morentz Margaret Renik Stephen F. Kunkel Mary and Malcolm Morris Richard L. Revesz and Vicki Been† Labaton Sucharow LLP Ross E. Morrison Cathleen and Scott Richland

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Walter Rieman Paul M. Smith Linden and Judith Welch Carolyn Robb Molly Smyrl Rodney Harold Wiens and Ms. Karen Kay Wiens Richard K. Robbins Margaret R. Somers Alford Williams Loren Rodgers Susan Sommer and Stephen Warnke William J. Williams, Jr. Sidney and Linda Rosdeitcher The Jocelyn and Alyssa Spencer Charitable Fund H. Leabah Winter The Rose-Scutari Family Gene Sperling and Allison Abner Frank Wohl Carol E. Rosenthal and Dr. Franklin Schneier T. Eiko Stange Waiken and Sabina Wong The Eric and Laurie Roth Charitable Fund Richard and Meredith Stark Fredric Woocher† Sidney Rothberg and Susan Robbins Rothberg James L. Stengel Susan D. Woolf William S. Rubenstein Richard and Judith Stern Family Foundation Peter M. Wright Ethan and Kyla Ryman Mark and Mary Stevens Bruce E. Yannett Bradley and Nancy Sabel Sybil L. Stokes Jean Yngve Lynn and John Sachs Antonia Stolper and Robert Fertik Isaac Zacharias William Samson, MD Alan J. Stone, Esq. Charles Zimmer Sard Verbinnen and Co. Galen Stucky The David and Mary Zimmer Charitable Gift Fund John F. Savarese† Zachary Sturges and Parvin Moyne Robert Zimmerman Rick Schaffer David and Catherine Sullivan Craig Zimmerman and Ellen Tenenbaum John Schapiro and Harriet Dichter† Steve and Ellen Susman Mary Linda and Victor Zonana Michael L. Schler Robert Edward Swanton Bruce Schnelwar and Lyn Rosensweig Swennes Family Fund Special Thanks Eugene Schwartz TarverWalls Foundation Our deepest thanks to The Kohlberg Gail Scovell Dr. Nechama Tec Foundation for its generous support; to our Robert M. Sedgwick Alice Tenney anonymous supporters; and to the Democracy Evan J. Segal Loren Theodore Alliance Partners and staff for their Cathy Seidenberg Joel Thibault longstanding commitment to our work. Ann and Irwin Sentilles Thomas Tudor Sentry Financial Corporation The Tufenkian Foundation, Inc. * Funding levels represent annual giving. Kaivan Michael Shakib Judith E. Turian, Ph.D. † Indicates support for special Brennan Hon. Felice K. Shea Steven R. Vanbever Legacy initiatives. Susan Shelhamer Alan B. Vickery Timothy Shepard and Andra Georges Ruby Vogelfanger Jane C. Sherburne Joan Wagers Joan Sherman Hon. Jenonne Walker Shlenker Block Fund John F. Walz Amanda Silver Paul F. Washington Julia and Daniel Small Roger Weisberg and Karen Freedman Gordon Smith Catherine Weiss

Brennan Center for Justice 31 The Brennan Legacy Pro Bono Partners

In 2018, the Brennan Center for Justice Our work depends on the support of our completed a special initiative to lay the pro bono partners, who fight alongside us groundwork for an even stronger future. for democracy, justice and the rule of law.

The Brennan Legacy Fund Arnold & Porter Morvillo Abramowitz Grand Iason We established this $5 million fund to ensure the Center has the resilience Covington & Burling LLP & Anello PC and the resources to rise to the urgent challenges and opportunities ahead. Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP O’Melveny & Myers LLP Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP Inez Milholland Endowment for Democracy Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Garrison LLP With the generous support and vision of The WhyNot Initiative, Dechert LLP Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP we formed the Inez Milholland Endowment for Democracy. Inez Milholland Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady LLP Profeta & Eisenstein (1886-1916) was the bold, vibrant face of the women’s suffrage movement Eversheds Sutherland Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & in the United States, an ardent fighter for equality and social justice, and a Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Sullivan, LLP graduate of New York University School of Law. The Endowment supports Jacobson LLP Ropes & Gray LLP the Center’s Democracy Program. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Hogan Lovells Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett LLP Brennan Legacy Circle Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP The Brennan Legacy Circle recognizes leaders who have included Jenner & Block LLP Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz the Center in their estate planning – a meaningful way to ensure longevity Kendall Brill & Kelly LLP Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in the fights for democracy and justice that lie ahead. Kirkland & Ellis LLP Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale Latham & Watkins LLP and Dorr LLP For more information, please contact Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, Vice President Mayer Brown LLP Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati for Development, at [email protected] or (646) 292-8323. Miller, Canfield, Paddock Winston & Strawn LLP and Stone, P.L.C.

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Board of Directors Executive Team Contact Us Robert A. Atkins, Co-Chair Michael Waldman General Inquiries: Patricia Bauman, Co-Chair President Phone: (646) 292-8310 Lisa Benenson Fax: (212) 463-7308 Nancy Brennan Vice President for Communications & Strategy Email: [email protected] Adam B. Cox John Anthony Butler New York Office Gail Furman Vice President and Chief Operating Officer 120 Broadway Danielle C. Gray John F. Kowal Suite 1750 Kimberley D. Harris Vice President for Programs New York, NY 10271 Helen Hershkoff Vivien Watts Thomas M. Jorde Vice President and Managing Director Washington, D.C. Office Daniel F. Kolb Jennifer Weiss-Wolf 1140 Connecticut Ave., NW Ruth Lazarus Vice President for Development Suite 1150 Paul Lightfoot, Treasurer Washington, D.C. 20036 Trevor Morrison Program Leadership Melissa Murray Donations Erin Murphy Alicia Bannon Wendy Neu Deputy Director, Democracy Paulette Hodge Franz Paasche Spencer Boyer Direct Response Manager Lawrence B. Pedowitz Director, Washington, D.C. (646) 925-8750 Steven A. Reiss, General Counsel Inimai M. Chettiar [email protected] Richard Revesz Director, Justice Gerald Rosenfeld Elizabeth Goitein Stephen Schulhofer Co-Director, Liberty & National Security Emily Spitzer Lawrence Norden Gerald Torres Deputy Director, Democracy Christine A. Varney Faiza Patel Michael Waldman, President Co-Director, Liberty & National Security Scott Wallace Myrna Pérez Adam Winkler Deputy Director, Democracy Kenji Yoshino Wendy Weiser Director, Democracy

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