Organizations Filed Purposes:
THE LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION PARTNERSHIP'S MISSION IS TO UNITE AND MOBILIZE THE VOICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SUPPORT OF DRUG POLICY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS THAT WILL MAKE COMMUNITIES SAFE BY FOCUSING LAW ENFORECEMENT RESOURCES ON THE GREATEST THREATS TO PUBLIC SAFETY, PROMOTING ALTERNATIVES TO ARREST AND INCARCERATION, ADDRESSING THE ROOT CAUSES OF CRIME, AND WORKING TOWARD HEALING POLICY-COMMUNITY RELATIONS.
TO UNITE THE VOICE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN PURSUIT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS THAT WILL IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS.
SPEAKER TRAINING/RECRUITMENT: THE PROGRAM DEPARTMENT RESEARCHED, RECRUITED, AND TRAINED 57 NEW SPEAKERS, WHO ARE POLICE, JUDGES, PROSECUTORS, SHERIFFS, AND CORRECTIONS OFFICERS. THE DEPARTMENT ALSO MADE NEW CONNECTIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM 120 ALLY ORGANIZATIONS TO INFORM THEM ABOUT HOW LEAP SPEAKERS CAN SUPPORT THEIR EFFORTS. MANY OF THE SPEAKERS' BUREAU AND LEGISLATIVE OPPORTUNITIES CAME TO US BY WAY OF THESE ALLY CONNECTIONS. WE ALSO ORGANIZED FIVE WEBINARS BY LEAP SPEAKERS ON INNOVATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SOLUTIONS, WITH AN AVERAGE AUDIENCE OF ABOUT 60.
IN 2019, LEAP SPEAKERS INTERVIEWED WITH NEWS RADIO, PODCASTS, TV STATIONS, TELEVISION SHOWS, WEB/SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS OUTLETS, NEWSPAPERS, DOCUMENTARIES/FILMS, AND PRESS CONFERENCES OVER 115 TIMES. A FEW TOP OUTLETS INCLUDE NETFLIX, FOX NEWS, THE LA TIMES, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE, THE DETROIT METRO TIMES, THE MARSHALL PROJECT, THE WASHINGTON POST, THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER, THE BOSTON GLOBE, THE GUARDIAN. MEDIA SOUGHT SPEAKERS' INPUT PRIMARILY ON MATTERS RELATED TO MARIJUANA AND OTHER DRUG POLICIES, POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUES, SENTENCING/CORRECTIONS REFORM, CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE, POLICE MILITARIZATION, RACIAL DISPARITIES IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, MENTHOL BANS, OVERDOSE PREVENTION CENTERS, THE SAFE BANKING ACT, AND THE MORE ACT. LEAP SPEAKERS AUTHORED APPROXIMATELY 49 OP-EDS (MORE THAN TWICE WHAT WE DID IN 2018) COVERING ISSUES IN 21 STATES, WASHINGTON, D.C., AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
IN 2019, THE LEAP DEVELOPMENT & COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT SOUGHT TO BUILD ON OUR STRENGTHS BY INCREASING SUPPORT FROM CURRENT FUNDING SOURCES AND SEEKING PROSPECTIVE NEW FUNDING STREAMS, BOTH FROM INDIVIDUAL DONORS AND FOUNDATIONS. WE INCREASED ONE-ON-ONE COMMUNICATION TO MIDLEVEL FUNDERS, DEVELOPING A STEWARDSHIP PLAN, AND MAINTAINED A HIGH STANDARD OF REPORTING TO FOUNDATIONS PROVIDING US WITH MAJOR GRANTS. WE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE SCOPE OF SUCCESSFUL SMALL-TO-MIDLEVEL FUNDING CAMPAIGNS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, AND INTEND TO BUILD ON THAT WORK IN 2020, CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ENGAGING CAMPAIGNS AND SUPPORTER UPDATES AND INCREASING OUR USE OF VIDEO, MEDIA, AND INFOGRAPHICS TO COMMUNICATE OUR SUCCESSES TO OUR SUPPORTERS. WE FOCUSED ON HIGHLIGHTING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR OFFICIAL (VOLUNTEER) REPRESENTATIVES VIA ANNUAL REPORT, QUARTERLY NEWSLETTERS, AND CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION WITH SUPPORTERS ON OUR EMAIL LIST, WHICH REMAINED ACTIVE, WITH MORE THAN 40 MESSAGES GOING OUT TO OUR SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING DONATION APPEALS AND GIVING CAMPAIGNS, ACTION ALERTS, TARGETED MESSAGES BY STATE, AND MESSAGES ENCOURAGING SUPPORTERS TO CONTACT THEIR REPRESENTATIVES (THIS LOBBYING ACTIVITY COMPRISED LESS THAN 10% OF OUR EMAIL LIST ACTIVITY). WE RAN ONE DIRECT-MAIL CAMPAIGN, FEATURING OUR ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH BROUGHT IN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FUNDING, AND ALSO PRODUCED A REPORT ON OUR LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY THAT ENGAGED DONORS AND SECURED SIGNIFICANT FUNDING FROM DONORS SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN LEGISLATIVE RESULTS. ADDITIONALLY, WE UPDATED THE OVERALL CONTENT AND FORMATTING OF THE WEBSITE TO BEST REFLECT LEAP'S WORK AND SHOWCASE OUR SPEAKERS' EFFORTS AND EXPERTISE. OVERALL, 2019 WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE YEAR, AND SET US ON A TRACK TO FURTHER IMPROVE OUR DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTREACH IN 2020.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Stanford Franklin | DIRECTOR | 40 | $90,000 |
| Jody Armour | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Neil Woods | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Allison Watson | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Leigh Maddox | DIRECTOR | 5 | $0 |
| Stephen Gitwillig | SECRETARY | 5 | $0 |
| Inge Fryklund | TREASURER | 5 | $0 |
| Diane Goldstein | PRESIDENT | 5 | $0 |
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