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The Defining Moment 2019 ANNUAL REPORT
The genius of the
Constitution rests not
in any static meaning it
might have had in a world
that is dead and gone, but
in the adaptability of its
great principles to cope
with current problems
and current needs.”
– Justice William J. Brennan Jr.
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Table of
Contents
From Our Board Chairs ................................................................................................................ ... 3
The Next Decade: A Conversation with Michael Waldman....................................................... ...4
Innovating for Democracy and Justice ....................................................................................... ... 6
Protecting the Vote ....................................................................................................................... 11
How We Work ................................................................................................................................ . 15
New Ideas, New Audiences.......................................................................................................... .18
A Night to Celebrate ..................................................................................................................... .22
Financials ....................................................................................................................................... .24
Our Supporters ............................................................................................................................. .26
The Brennan Legacy..................................................................................................................... .32
Pro Bono Partners ........................................................................................................................ .32
Who We Are ................................................................................................................................... .33
Cover illustration by Lincoln Agnew Brennan Center for Justice
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FROM OUR BOARD CHAIRS
In 2019, American
democracy has been Over the course of the year, across all our issues, our
put to the test. experts testified before Congress 12 times.
In the states, we fought to expand democratic participation
Our answer to the attacks? Strengthen democracy. — for example, going to court to protect Amendment 4,
Stop voter suppression. End partisan gerrymandering. the groundbreaking ballot measure that restored voting
Make registration easier. And ensure our justice system rights to 1.4 million Floridians with a criminal conviction.
is truly just for all. A decade-long effort to reform New York State’s campaign
The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law funding resulted in the most robust response to date to
stands at the center of today’s fights. We’re independent, Citizens United: a public financing system that would
nonpartisan, dedicated to the facts. The Guardian called empower ordinary New Yorkers with a greater voice in
us “the foremost nonpartisan organization devoted to the decisions that impact their communities.
voting rights.” We were the first to sound the alarm on how a president
We lead with bold ideas. And we deliver them backed could abuse emergency powers — proving prescient
by meticulous research, skilled advocacy, and the when President Trump declared an emergency to build
expertise to bring together leaders and advocates across his border wall in February. With our expert testimony,
the political spectrum, nationally and on the ground. both chambers of Congress voted to overturn that emergency.
The year began with an unprecedented show of And, of course, the stakes are exponentially higher in 2020.
commitment to democratic reform as the House of Our charge: to ensure that the elections are free, fair, and
Representatives passed H.R. 1 — the For the People Act. secure — that every voice is heard, that every vote is counted.
The bill features key Brennan Center solutions, including We are thankful to be part of today’s diverse and powerful
automatic voter registration, small donor public financing democracy movement, and grateful to people like you who
of elections, and redistricting reform commissions. help us lead the way for change.
Robert Atkins Patricia Bauman
Co-chair, Board of Directors Co-chair, Board of Directors
Illustration by Lincoln Agnew Brennan Center for Justice 3The Next Decade
A Conversation with Michael Waldman,
President, Brennan Center for Justice
The Brennan Center is now nearly 25 years old. Think about the role of the courts, for example.
What does the next decade look like? Most of the time, the courts have been a
It started as a small living memorial to Justice backwards, even a reactionary force. Think of the
Brennan. Now we have a staff of 120 and offices in Lochner era or the New Deal, when so much social
New York and Washington, D.C. The lawyers have legislation was blocked. Now we’re in the era of
been joined by social scientists, journalists, and Citizens United and Shelby County, when the
researchers. So many people rely on our expertise. courts seem to be working hard to undermine
I’m proud that Robert Caro, the great historian, democracy. The country is younger, more diverse,
said we had done something rare – we built “an open to action on climate change and inequality,
institution.” We will need to be strong and solid but the courts are in thrall to a narrow ideology. We
going forward given the fierce challenges to could see real conflict between the public and the
democracy and justice. courts of a kind we haven't seen in years and years.
We are seeing a stream of attacks on the ideals The Brennan Center has long focused on
of democracy and justice that this institution political reform. Why is that?
was founded to protect: government ethics, Our broken political system stops us from dealing
rule of law, and a vanishing of the norms that with climate change, income inequality, gun safety,
previously curbed abuses of power. immigration. If we put political reform first, we can
I really do feel like we’re on the cusp of big get those things done, too.
decisions. Either we will slip further into reaction H.R. 1, the For the People Act, reflects the
and xenophobia, or we will use this ugly moment to thinking and research and policy proposals of the
spur reform and change. Our country has a really Brennan Center over the last decade and a half. It
big challenge. How do we maintain our democracy was a big deal when Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushed
as a pluralist, multiracial, open-hearted system? it through the House of Representatives as the first
It’s not easy. It’s hard to think of other countries major bill in 2019. It would change the country.
Photo: Paul Morigi
that have done it well. An example: Over a decade ago, the BrennanCenter crafted the proposal for automatic voter really. Donald Trump sensed this and busted up War. After Vietnam and after Watergate, members
registration. If it were fully implemented the conservative coalition with new policies, much of Congress in both parties came to see that we
nationwide, it would add 50 million people to the of it nativist and openly racist. There’s a demand had created an imperial presidency that needed to
rolls permanently, cost less, and bolster the for the next reform wave to modernize American be reined in. And a whole host of rules and checks
accuracy and integrity of elections. It would be government so it works for all people. and balances were put in place so that we would
transformative. That’s where the Brennan Center has played have a strong presidency, but one that lived within
The role of big money in American politics, a key role. As a think tank, first and foremost, the law.
especially since Citizens United, has been deeply we’re able to do credible research and policy That system has begun to break down as
destructive. The most encouraging trend is the rise development. At a time of fake news, we’re able to Congress abdicated its responsibility. And under
of small donors, but they're getting drowned out by focus on facts. It turns out that work has been this president it's been kicked away entirely.
megadonors. The Brennan Center put together the After his acquittal in the impeachment trial, it's
proposal for a national system of small donor pretty clear that the limitations on presidential
matching funds. It would dramatically change the
role of money in elections. There’s a power that we felt were pretty strong turned out
to be largely illusory.
We're all seeing the implications of foreign
interference in our elections, foreign money as well
demand for the Rebuilding what our system of government
looks like so that Congress curbs executive abuse
as cyberattacks. H.R. 1 includes the Honest Ads next reform is another major challenge for the coming decade
Act, which would close a very big loophole in
campaign finance laws. Right now, foreign actors wave to modernize and something that could put the country in a
much better place.
can fund internet ads with no disclosure, in
contrast to the rules for television or radio. That's
American If there’s one reasonable thing a person
crazy, as the 2016 election demonstrated. government so can do to strengthen American democracy
Is it realistic to think these reforms can be it works for all this momentous year, what would it be?
2020 will be a make or break year for our
a major public issue?
We’ve said for a long time that our goal was to
people. democracy. We'll either have an election that
people agree reflects the public will or we'll have an
move democracy and justice to the center of public election marred by voter suppression, foreign
debate. We’re getting there but there’s more to do. interference, dark money, and a withdrawal of
We’ve had other times when the country was critical to the democracy movement that is rising public trust as a result.
changing but the government had not. Think of the throughout the country to push for deep political What happens is really up to all of us. Register to
the Gilded Age, with vast wealth inequality, major change. vote. If you’re registered, double-check that you’re
demographic change, and a nativist backlash. on the rolls. And for heaven’s sake, vote and elect
What followed was the Progressive Era, when How has Trump changed the role members of Congress and a president who believe
people from both parties all across the country of the presidency? in democracy and the Constitution and the Bill of
remade government to make it more modern and Throughout the 20th century, the power of the Rights. As people ensure we return to our
more democratic. presidency grew. Some of it had to do with the democratic ideals, the Brennan Center will
Lately politics has been mired in a very stale expansion of government and the welfare state, continue to play a central role in the drive to make
fight between left and right — trench warfare, but a lot of it had to do with wars and the Cold the 2020 election free and fair and secure.
Brennan Center for Justice 5Innovating
for Democracy
and Justice
The state of American Small Donor Public Financing
With the Supreme Court’s Citizens United
democracy is at the center decision in 2010, a smaller number of Americans
of our politics. Solutions the now have greater influence over our politics:
ultrawealthy donors and super PACs with the
Brennan Center crafted and financial means to shut out or promote certain
candidates over others.
worked for years to advance Americans are demanding change, and getting
— to ensure a more inclusive, big money out of politics has become a major
issue that candidates must address in 2020.
equal democracy and to Enter the Brennan Center’s solution: small
donor public financing. Based on the successful
challenge the status quo — approach in New York City, public funds match and
are gaining ground. multiply small donations. Small donor public
financing encourages diversity by giving
candidates with limited resources a chance to
fund their campaigns. It gives incentives to
candidates to reach out to a greater number of
supporters — not just those with the most money.
And it puts power back in the hands of the average
citizen, giving them a greater voice in the political
process and reducing the power of big money.
The Brennan Center’s decade-long effort to
6 Illustration by Doug ChaykaBrennan Center for Justice 7
INNOVATING FOR DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE
reform New York State’s campaign funding of color and women from the bench. It’s no wonder
resulted in a major breakthrough in 2019 — the that ordinary Americans — and even judges
most robust response to date to Citizens United, a themselves — think our judicial system is rigged. Defending the
multiple match public financing system that would Strengthening fair courts also means improving
empower ordinary New Yorkers with a greater voice diversity and inclusion on the bench. In an Rule of Law
in the decisions that impact their communities. exclusive on the New York Times op-ed page, we
released a study on the lack of state court
Automatic Voter Registration diversity. We found that “nearly half of all states do Our republic has long relied on unwritten rules
One in four eligible American citizens isn’t not have a single justice sitting on their high and norms that act as guardrails — curbing
registered to vote. Of those who are, one in eight courts who is Black, Asian, Latino, or Native abuses of power and constraining the behavior
will go to the polls to find they can’t vote because American.” Delaware was one of those states until of public officials. With those values
their state’s antiquated system failed to update the end of 2019, when the governor appointed the increasingly under assault, the Brennan Center
or correct their information. It’s no wonder the first African American justice (and just the second set out to turn such unwritten guidelines into
United States has one of the lowest voter woman) to serve on the court. hard law with the launch of the National Task
participation rates among developed nations. Force on Rule of Law & Democracy, co-chaired
The Brennan Center developed a solution: Mass Incarceration by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara and
automatic voter registration. Since pioneering this Mass incarceration is the civil rights crisis of our former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd
reform over a decade ago, we’ve advocated for its time. Racial disparities pervade the justice system. Whitman. Bharara and Whitman led a coalition
passage nationwide. Today 16 states and Blacks are more likely to be stopped by the police, of former senators, governors, and top officials
Washington, DC, have enacted it, with Maine arrested, detained before trial, and given harsher from both parties to craft a plan to restore the
joining the roster in 2019. We released a study this sentences than whites. An unfair system dampens rule of law.
year showing that states with automatic voter economic opportunity throughout a lifetime.
registration significantly increased the number of The Brennan Center plays a distinct role in the In 2019, the Task Force outlined widely
registered voters on the rolls. movement to end mass incarceration. Our expert, publicized policy fixes that would curb political
empirical research shows that it is possible to keep interference in government science and
Judicial Reform and Diversity crime rates low and communities safe while research and fix a broken appointments
Money isn’t just influential in political campaigns; it incarcerating fewer people. Our partnership with process. Our solutions include legislation that
decides who serves on judicial benches at local and law enforcement leaders who leverage their prohibits politically motivated manipulation
state levels as well. With state courts hearing 95 compelling voices to advocate for reform adds to and suppression of research and requires
percent of all cases in the United States, special our influence. agencies to adhere to scientific integrity
interest groups spend millions of dollars on judicial This year we released a groundbreaking, standards. The report also addresses the
races. Courts should be impartial, but lawmakers multiyear study on the practice of levying fees and problem of vacancies and unqualified
and leaders at the local, state, and federal levels fines on indigent defendants to fund state and appointments to senior administrative staff.
have increased partisan attacks on judges whose local criminal justice systems. This first-of-its-kind
rulings they disagree with and use tactics to report finds that fees and fines are an inefficient Through the Task Force, the Brennan Center
manipulate seats to favor their legislative agendas. way to raise revenue and are assessed with little fights to ensure that government officials are
Partisan interference and big money’s power also consideration of ability to pay, leading to millions serving the people’s interests, not their own.
stunt diversity, excluding otherwise qualified judges of dollars going uncollected each year. Unpaid fees
New Studio
8 Photo illustration by New Studioand fines often lead to a cycle of continued
involvement with the criminal justice system. To
inform our findings, we spent three years tracking
down and analyzing hard-to-find data from 10
counties across Texas, Florida, and New Mexico.
The report was published in partnership with the
conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation. Our
next charge: to press state policymakers from both
parties to advance our reform recommendations.
We helped set the stage for the 2020 presidential
election by enlisting nearly every candidate, along
with prominent lawmakers and civil rights leaders, to
publish their proposed reforms in our book, Ending
Mass Incarceration: Ideas from Today’s Leaders.
Check Abuse of Emergency Powers
The National Emergencies Act lets presidents take
measures that ensure safety during national
crises. But Americans have the right to expect
their leaders will not abuse such powers.
In early 2019, President Trump exploited
emergency powers to declare a fake emergency
— after Congress denied the administration funds
to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. The
Brennan Center’s yearlong examination of
presidential emergency powers in 2018 led to our
experts testifying before Congress in February
2019 and sparked a national conversation.
Our suggested reforms: Define what a national
emergency is. Limit states of emergency to not
more than five years. Hold a congressional vote on
emergency declarations. Our suggestions received
bipartisan support, and in July 2019, the Senate
Homeland Security Committee reported out
legislation to reform the National Emergencies Act.
Having safeguards in the National Emergencies
Act is critical. Thanks to the work of our experts, this
is among the leading issues in the 2020 election cycle.
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Protecting
the Vote
The 2020 election is
expected to bring the
highest voter turnout
in a century. But our
Risk 1: Voter Purges Simple solutions can protect election security.
election system faces Over the past two years, 17 million people were One stands out: Every voter should cast a ballot on
extraordinary strains. kicked off the voter rolls in the United States. Many paper. That way officials can conduct a recount
were eligible voters, and few received adequate and can tell if voting machines have been hacked.
The Brennan Center notice. Most worrisome: The rate of voter purges States and counties also need to buy new voting
was far higher in states with a history of racial machines and protect the systems that count the
is working to mitigate discrimination in voting — those once covered by votes. At the start of 2016, 20 percent of voters
six critical risks to the Voting Rights Act, before it was gutted by the cast ballots on machines with no paper backup,
U.S. Supreme Court in 2013. and in 2018, nearly a dozen states still used risky
ensuring free, fair, and This year, our fight against new attempts to electronic voting machines.
suppress voting rights took us to Indiana on behalf In 2019, we successfully pushed Congress to
secure elections. of the NAACP and Common Cause; we won an allocate an additional $425 million for states to
injunction in federal court while we prepare for a act. Now, we must make sure they do so, while
2020 trial. continuing to provide information and audit
expertise to hundreds of election officials — and
Risk 2: Hacking by Foreign Powers wielding the threat of litigation if necessary.
We know Russia attacked our democracy in 2016
— in all 50 states. This time around, administration Risk 3: Long Lines
officials say our elections will also be at risk for Every Election Day, across the country, some
hacking attempts by China, Iran, and “other foreign people have to wait hours to vote. Recent studies
malicious actors.” show that voters in Black neighborhoods wait 29
Illustration by Doug Chayka Brennan Center for Justice 11PROTECTING THE VOTE
percent longer to vote than those in white voting ban for people with a past felony conviction,
neighborhoods. The Brennan Center is working to state officials reacted with a modern-day poll tax
make sure local officials have the resources they — a new law that would exclude those with unpaid
need to handle a flood of new voters in 2020. fees, fines, and restitution. We fought back with a
Those who can should take advantage of early lawsuit and won a major ruling returning the vote
voting — now available in 33 states — and other to our plaintiffs.
ways to avoid Election Day lines, like voting by mail. In Kentucky, the new governor signed an
executive order ending the state’s lifetime voting
Risk 4: Fake News ban on people with past convictions, adding
This election will take place amid a maelstrom of 140,000 voters to the electorate. And New Jersey
misinformation. Remember that in 2016, President passed legislation restoring voting rights to
Ensuring a Trump said he had really won the popular vote, 80,000 people on probation or parole.
claiming we should “subtract” 3 to 5 million We made strides at the federal level, too. The
Fair Census “illegal” votes. This past year, the losing candidate Democracy Restoration Act, passed by the House
for governor in Kentucky made similarly baseless as part of H.R. 1, would enable those who are
claims that “irregularities” had cost him the formerly incarcerated to vote in presidential
A fair and accurate census is vital to election. elections.
ensure that all communities are fairly and Here’s the truth: The Brennan Center’s definitive
equally represented. research shows that a person is more likely to be Risk 6: Partisan Gerrymandering
struck by lightning than to commit voter fraud. Partisan gerrymandering — when politicians
With the 2020 census approaching, Voter impersonation is virtually nonexistent, and intentionally manipulate the boundaries of election
concern is growing about how accurate the many instances of alleged fraud are mistakes by districts to stifle their political opponents’ power
count will be. This year, the Brennan Center voters or administrators. — can rig elections so many votes don’t matter.
helped stop the Trump administration from As we go into the 2020 election, the Brennan We led the friend-of-the-court effort in the
adding a citizenship question to the census Center will continue to call out such claims for Supreme Court this term. But the majority
form by running a friend-of-the-court briefing what they are — lies that undermine the integrity delivered a major blow, ruling that federal courts
campaign for the winning Supreme of our elections and voters’ trust in our election have no role to play in policing partisan
Court case. systems. gerrymandering.
Now, we’re working to advance state reforms
Fears still run high, especially among Risk 5: Voter Suppression and congressional action in the countdown to
immigrant communities. And the fact that the Felony disenfranchisement is an ugly remnant of 2021, when all states redraw their lines. We issued
2020 census will be the first to be conducted the Jim Crow era. It disproportionately affects new solutions like taking map-drawing away from
largely online raises new data security and people of color, with millions of otherwise eligible, politicians in favor of independent commissions,
accessibility challenges. We are developing tax-paying citizens barred from voting. imposing map-drawing criteria, and proposing
legal strategies with partner organizations to Last year, the Brennan Center notched critical measures to increase public participation, and
protect the confidentiality of census victories in our work to change this dismal record: provided expert guidance to voter-led redistricting
responses. After Florida voters ended the state’s lifetime efforts across the country.
12 Illustration by Adrià FruitosBrennan Center for Justice 13
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How We Work Our Twitter
audience grew to
Effective legal and policy change requires
winning, first and foremost, in the court of
public opinion. With that in mind, we have built
160,000,
a distinct model to advance legal and policy up 49%
change to make American democracy over 2018.
work for all.
Overall media
We’re a think tank, coverage grew
conducting rigorous research to identify
problems and craft transformative solutions. 46%
We’re an advocacy group,
fighting in court and working with
elected officials to advance legislation.
1.9 million
people visited
We’re a cutting-edge our website in 2019,
up 26%
communications hub, over 2018.
shaping opinion by taking our message
directly to the press and public.
Illustration by Doug Chayka Brennan Center for Justice 15 The redistricting team — Peter Miller,
Yurij Rudensky, Annie Lo, Tom Wolf
and Michael Li — stands on the steps
of the U.S. Supreme Court after
hearing oral arguments in the North
Carolina and Maryland partisan
gerrymandering cases in March,
2019. The team coordinated
friend-of-the-court briefs in support
of voters challenging unfair maps.
Senior Fellow
Theodore R. Johnson joins
CNN’s Michael Smerconish
Ahead of a critical
on February 2, 2019, funding vote on
to discuss calls for
Virginia Gov. Ralph election security,
Northam to resign after a
racist photo of him from
we wrapped 3,000
the past surfaced. copies of the
Washington Post
with our
election security
Lawrence Norden, director of the
Election Reform Program, joins recommendations,
Bloomberg TV on November 13, 2019,
to talk about the importance of
and delivered them
resiliency plans for Election Day 2020. to 1,000 offices on
Capitol Hill. The
funding passed.
16HOW WE WORK
Myrna Pérez, director of the
Voting Rights & Elections Program,
testifies before the House of
Representatives’ Subcommittee on
the Constitution, Civil Rights, and
Civil Liberties on September 10,
2019, in support of the Voting Rights
Advancement Act.
Our experts
testified before
elected officials
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Chisun Lee, deputy director of the Election
Reform Program, testifies before the New York
State Senate on March 20, 2019, in support of
small donor public financing. The Brennan Center
has long advocated for this reform as the best
tool to reduce the power of the wealthiest
donors over politics.
Natalie Giotta; Daniel times.
Weiner, deputy director
of the Election Reform
Program; and Wendy
Weiser, vice president Elizabeth Goitein, director
for democracy, stand in of the Liberty & National
front of the Capitol on Security Program, testifies
February 14, 2019, after before the House Judiciary
Weiser’s testimony Committee on February 28,
before the House 2019, about presidential
Administration emergency powers and
Committee in support of the need to reform the
the For the People Act. National Emergencies Act.
Brennan Center for Justice 17New Ideas, New Audiences
The Brennan Center hosted more than 30 public events and
discussions in 2019 — providing fuel for new thinking, while sharpening
persuasive arguments aimed at lawmakers and the public alike.
18 18 Impeachment: A Conversation with
Susan Rice on Things Neal Katyal and Michael Waldman
Worth Fighting For Celebrated Supreme Court lawyer
MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell and former Acting Solicitor General
and former U.S. Ambassador Neal Katyal joins Brennan Center
to the United Nations President Michael Waldman to
Susan Rice discuss pivotal discuss the origins of impeachment in
moments and lessons the Constitution, the most important
learned during Rice’s career elements of the President Trump/
on the front lines of U.S. Ukraine scandal, and how this
diplomacy and foreign policy. moment in history will affect the
future of our country.
Preet Bharara in Conversation with
Margaret Hoover: Doing Justice
Former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District
of New York and Task Force Co-chair Preet Bharara
discusses his book Doing Justice: A Prosecutor’s
Thoughts on Crime, Punishment, and the Rule of Law.
Bharara reflects on his tenure as U.S. attorney to his
firing by President Donald Trump.
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Photos: Opposite page, ©Kahn, Courtesy of NYU Photo Bureau;
A Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates and Melissa Murray
NYU School of Law Professor and Brennan Center board member
Melissa Murray joins Ta-Nehisi Coates, distinguished writer in
residence at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, to discuss
his transformation as a writer and the urgency of ending mass
incarceration.
19Blessed Be the Fruit: Threats to Disrupt, Discredit, and Divide: How
Reproductive Rights in 2019 the New FBI Damages Democracy
In their book, Reproductive Rights and Brennan Center Fellow and former
Justice Stories, panelists discuss what FBI special agent Michael German details
policy changes would best protect the transformation of the FBI from a law
women’s health. From left, Kate Shaw, enforcement body into a secretive domestic
professor of law, Cardozo Law School; intelligence agency. From left, Rudy Mehrbani,
Melissa Murray, professor of law, NYU Bernard and Anne Spitzer Fellow, Democracy
School of Law; Rebecca Traister, Program, Brennan Center for Justice;
writer at large, New York magazine; German; and Kimberly Atkins, senior
and Reva Siegel, professor of Law, Washington news correspondent,
Yale Law School. WBUR, Boston.
Building a Diverse Bench
Speakers examine diversity on the state and federal benches, how existing
institutions pose hurdles to women and people of color, and how to build
more diverse benches for the future. From left, Vanita Gupta, president and
CEO, Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights; Robert A. Gordon,
bankruptcy judge, District of Maryland; and Alicia Bannon, managing
director of the Brennan Center's Democracy Program.
20NEW IDEAS, NEW AUDIENCES
The Great Migration: Searching for Freedom, Finding Injustice
In partnership with Carnegie Hall’s event series Migrations: The Making of America,
the Brennan Center hosts a panel on the mass movement of southern Black
people to northern cities at the turn of the 20th century. This Great Migration
spurred seismic cultural, economic, and political changes that continue to
reverberate today. From left, Keneshia Grant, assistant professor of political
science, Howard University; Mark Whitaker, former managing editor, CNN
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Worldwide; Theodore R. Johnson, senior fellow, Brennan Center for Justice; and 2019 Jorde Symposium:
Lisa Benenson, Brennan Center vice president for communications & strategy. Locking Up Our Own: Crime &
Punishment in Black America
Yale Law School Professor James
Forman Jr. addresses how to build a
powerful movement to end mass
incarceration. From left, Thomas M.
Jorde, Brennan Center benefactor
and board member; Paul Butler,
Prosecution in the 21st
Albert Brick Professor in Law,
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Century: Transforming the
Georgetown Law; Rachel Barkow,
Criminal Justice System
vice dean and Segal Family
Journalist Emily Bazelon, right,
Professor of Regulatory Law and
joins Brennan Center Justice
Policy, NYU School of Law; James
Program Director Lauren-Brooke
Forman Jr., J. Skelly Wright Professor
Eisen to examine the growing
of Law, Yale Law School; and John
movement for change in the field
Kowal, Brennan Center vice
of prosecution in the American
president for programs.
criminal justice system.
Brennan Center for Justice 21A Night to Celebrate
The annual Brennan Legacy Awards On November 19, 2019, we the right to vote to 1.4 million
recognized Levi Strauss & Co. and Floridians with past criminal
Dinner pays tribute to the legacy of Patagonia for their leadership of convictions, and Katie Fahey, who
our namesake, Supreme Court Justice Time to Vote, a coalition of more turned a Facebook post about
than 400 businesses united to gerrymandering into a powerful
William J. Brennan Jr., by celebrating promote voter participation. We grassroots movement for
honored two citizen leaders of the nonpartisan redistricting reform in
business and civic leaders who new democracy movement: Michigan. We paid tribute to the life
exemplify his values and vision. Desmond Meade, whose authentic and legacy of our dear friend and
Photography
leadership, life experience, and Board colleague Dr. Gail Furman,
Photography
vision were instrumental in restoring who passed away this year.
PHOTOS:
Photos: Clark Jones
Clark Jones
22 22TOP LEFT: Brennan Legacy
Award recipient Desmond
Meade, president of the
Florida Rights Restoration
Coalition.
BOTTOM LEFT: Anna
Walker, vice president of
public affairs at Levi
Strauss & Co.; Jennifer
Weiss-Wolf, vice president
for development and
women and democracy
fellow at the Brennan
Center; Alexis Bechtol,
senior manager of public
affairs at Levi Strauss &
Co.; and Franz Paasche,
Brennan Center board
member.
TOP RIGHT: Michael Li,
senior counsel at the
Brennan Center; Brennan
Legacy Award recipient
Katie Fahey, founder of
Voters Not Politicians and
executive director of The
People; and Andrew Shue,
board president of The
People.
MIDDLE RIGHT: Trevor
Morrison, dean of NYU
School of Law and Brennan
Center board member.
BOTTOM RIGHT: The team
from Patagonia, toasting
Time to Vote and the
Brennan Legacy Awards.
23Financials
Financials
Year Ended June 30, 2019
Operating
2019 Total ($)
Revenue
Institutional
& Family
The Brennan Center has Foundation
6,942,647
continued to rise to meet the 4% 1% OTHER
Grants
Individual
SPECIAL 18,164,642
challenges of the political EVENTS INCOME Contributions
Special Events 1,045,667
era, undergirded by strong Other Income 161,686
fiscal management and Total 26,314,642
fundraising. Our staff of
125 includes attorneys, 26%
INSTITUTIONAL
researchers, social & FAMILY
FOUNDATION
GRANTS
scientists, former election
officials, media experts,
graphic designers, award- Where Our
winning writers and editors, Support
development professionals, Comes From
and a talented support team.
The Brennan Center is grateful for the in-kind
and pro bono support provided by the law firm
69%
INDIVIDUAL
community. The monetary value of those services CONTRIBUTIONS
is not included in this chart.
24Organizational Expenses
12%
Year Ended June 30, 2019
Programs 16,290,201 FUNDRAISING
Management
3,220,723
& General
Fundraising 2,634,167
Total 22,145,091 14%
MANAGEMENT
& GENERAL
Organizational
Expenses
74% 3%
PROGRAMS
10%
FEDERAL
ADVOCACY/DC
FELLOWS
39%
DEMOCRACY
Expenses by Program
Year Ended June 30, 2019
Democracy 6,383,362
12% Expenses by
Justice 2,172,119 LIBERTY & NATIONAL
Liberty
SECURITY
Program
1,855,925
& Security
Communications 3,796,876
Fellows 1,576,021
13%
Federal
505,898
Advocacy/DC
Total 16,290,201 JUSTICE
23%
COMMUNICATIONS
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The University of Chicago Law School
Our Supporters
Vital Projects Fund
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The Brennan Center would like to thank those who AJG Foundation
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Patricia Bauman and Hon. John
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Wendy C. Wolf Jane Lisman and Robert J. Katz Thomas and Francine Tudor
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The Mathews Family Charitable Fund Isaac Zacharias
$5,000 – $9,999 Bozena and John McLees
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Lawrence Barshay Robert B. Menschel Barry Adler
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Joan K. Davidson (The J.M. Kaplan Fund) Jill and Geoffrey Parker Astor Street Foundation, Inc.
Dechert LLP Elizabeth (Libba) Patterson Andy Avins and Miriam Kuppermann
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