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Filing year 2023

THE BAIL PROJECT INC

Venice, California·EIN 81-4985512·NTEE I44 · Crime & Legal-Related·3
Total revenue
$10.2M
Total assets
$68.5M
Total expenses
$14.3M
Reported officers
17
Mission

THE BAIL PROJECT ("TBP") IS A NATIONAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT PAYS BAIL FOR PEOPLE IN NEED, REUNITING FAMILIES AND RESTORING THE PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE. TBP POSTS BAIL ON BEHALF OF THEIR CLIENTS AND HELPS THEM RETURN TO COURT BY PROVIDING REMINDERS OF THEIR COURT APPEARANCES, HELPING SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT PREVENT APPEARANCES IN COURT, AND MAKING REFERRALS TO SERVICES ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Chief Impact Officer
highest compensated employee
$266k
$291k
Director of Communications
director (operational)
$231k
$252k
Chief Operating Officer
$228k
$250k
Chief Executive Officer
$223k
$244k
CFO & Assistant Secretary
$220k
$241k
Board Member/advisor
board member
$218k
$238k
General Counsel
highest compensated employee
$212k
$232k
Chief Data Officer
highest compensated employee
$208k
$228k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 9 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Crime & Legal-Related

Down 51%
from 2022

From $541k in 2022 to $266k in 2023.

$541k
2022
$266k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 53% in real terms$618k to $291k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the West region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

THE BAIL PROJECT INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$14.1M
$18.3M
2022
$10.2M
$14.3M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Crime & Legal-Related executives earn in California

Comparable crime & legal-related organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $114,706.

25th percentile
$64k
Median
$114,706
75th percentile
$179k
90th percentile
$236k

These are crime & legal-related sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 360 organizations across 360 filings (2022 – 2024).

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