Form 990 for tax year 2024
Filed by N A A C P LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $68,473,100
- Total expenses
- $63,767,502
- Contributions and grants received
- $45,129,800
- Grants paid
- $4,782,416
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $42,892,819
- Management and general expenses
- $10,903,747
- Fundraising expenses
- $9,970,936
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $42,892,819
Program services were 67.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Listed in Part VII
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WILLIAM J BYNUM
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
JAMES E CASTILLO
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4 + 1 related
-
ROBYN COLES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
LESLIE CORNFIELD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
GREGORY H EVANS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
COLLEEN FOSTER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
LISA GILFORD
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
DAVID E KENDALL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
RONALD KIRK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
MICHAEL R KLEIN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
KIM KOOPERSMITH
CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8 + 1 related
-
WILLIAM E LIGHTEN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
CECILIA L MARSHALL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
JANAI NELSON
PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR-COUNSEL
- Total calculated
- $654,993
- From this org
- $577,181
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $77,812
- Hours/week
- 59 + 1 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $577,181
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $43,270
- Nontaxable benefits
- $34,542
- Filer's total
- $654,993
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CYNTHIA PATTON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
LUIS R PENALVER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
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STEVEN B PFEIFFER
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4 + 1 related
-
ANNE K SMALL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
JONATHAN SOROS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
JOHN R STEPHENS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
ANGELA VALLOT
CO-CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8 + 1 related
-
ANN CLAIRE WILLIAMS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
RON WILSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
KENJI YOSHINO
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
TONY WEST
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 0.5 related
-
KEVIN THOMSON
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $340,792
- From this org
- $276,874
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $63,918
- Hours/week
- 39.5 + 0.5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $276,874
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $41,680
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,238
- Filer's total
- $340,792
-
SAMUEL SPITAL
DIRECTOR OF LITIGATION
- Total calculated
- $367,518
- From this org
- $293,713
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $73,805
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $293,713
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $39,869
- Nontaxable benefits
- $33,936
- Filer's total
- $367,518
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CLAUDE JOHNSON
CHIEF DEVEL. OFFICER UNTIL AUG. 2025
- Total calculated
- $399,260
- From this org
- $365,441
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $33,819
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $365,441
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $22,302
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,517
- Filer's total
- $399,260
-
TONA BOYD
ASSOC. DIR. COUNSEL UNTIL DEC. 2024
- Total calculated
- $432,674
- From this org
- $388,729
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $43,945
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $388,729
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $21,707
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,238
- Filer's total
- $432,674
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ELISABETH NORTH
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER-UNTIL MAR. 2025
- Total calculated
- $300,555
- From this org
- $271,970
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $28,585
- Hours/week
- 39.5 + 0.5 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $271,970
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $16,600
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,985
- Filer's total
- $300,555
-
JIN HEE LEE
DIR. OF STRATEGIC INT.
- Total calculated
- $324,698
- From this org
- $250,696
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $74,002
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $250,696
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $39,626
- Nontaxable benefits
- $34,376
- Filer's total
- $324,698
-
KARLA MCKANDERS
DIR. OF THURGOOD MARSHALL INSTITUTE
- Total calculated
- $267,645
- From this org
- $238,273
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $29,372
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $238,273
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $6,342
- Nontaxable benefits
- $23,030
- Filer's total
- $267,645
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NATALIE THIGPEN
CHIEF COMMS AND MKTG OFF
- Total calculated
- $277,713
- From this org
- $251,641
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $26,072
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $251,641
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $11,926
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,146
- Filer's total
- $277,713
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RACHEL M KLEINMAN
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LITIGATION
- Total calculated
- $258,741
- From this org
- $215,162
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $43,579
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $215,162
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $14,446
- Nontaxable benefits
- $29,133
- Filer's total
- $258,741
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STUART NAIFEH
MANAGER, REDISTRICTING PRO
- Total calculated
- $251,842
- From this org
- $214,623
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $37,219
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $214,623
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $14,375
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,844
- Filer's total
- $251,842
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LAURA FINO
EXE. DIR. INSTIT GIVING
- Total calculated
- $247,720
- From this org
- $211,365
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $36,355
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $211,365
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $14,117
- Nontaxable benefits
- $22,238
- Filer's total
- $247,720
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GARY WHIDBEE
EXE. DIR. OF INDIVIDUAL GIVING
- Total calculated
- $246,443
- From this org
- $212,126
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $34,317
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $212,126
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,559
- Nontaxable benefits
- $26,758
- Filer's total
- $246,443
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BRENDA WRIGHT
SPECIAL LITIGATION POLICY COUNSEL
- Total calculated
- $223,453
- From this org
- $210,798
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $12,655
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $210,798
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $9,214
- Nontaxable benefits
- $3,441
- Filer's total
- $223,453
Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.
Schedule J
Answered yes
- 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 3 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
Answered no
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
- 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
- 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
- 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
- 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.
Grants on this return
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$55,000
TO FURTHER SUPPORT COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENTS
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$30,000
GRANT DESIGNATED AS A CONTRIBUTION TO YOUNG BLACK LAWYERS ORGANIZING COALITION (YBLOC), A FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT OF COMMUNITIES FOUNDATION OF TEXAS, TO BE USED SOLELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES
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TO FURTHER SUPPORT RESTORATIVE PRACTICES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AREAS
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$10,000
MOBILIZER SPONSORSHIP FOR ADVANCEMENT PROJECT'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY GALA
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$7,500
STIPEND FOR RECIPIENT OF THE NAACP LDF JUDGE LOUIS H. POLLAK FELLOWSHIP
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$6,850
TICKETS FOR THE 2025 VISION GALA
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$6,750
STIPEND FOR RECIPIENT OF THE NAACP LDF JUDGE LOUIS H. POLLAK FELLOWSHIP
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$5,750
STIPEND FOR RECIPIENT OF THE NAACP LDF JUDGE LOUIS H. POLLAK FELLOWSHIP
Related organizations on this return
Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.
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EARL WARREN LEGAL TRAINING PROGRAM
501(C)(3) · PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS TO LAW STUDENTS · NY · controlled entity
Directly controlled by NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 11 May 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202601319349306670
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