Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JUSTICE DEFENSE FUND.

This return was superseded by a later amendment. matched by us It is kept because history is preserved rather than replaced.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the latest return for 2024 , filed 14 January 2026. matched by us Only the return's totals, a 990-PF's accounting method and the names listed in Part VII (Part VIII on a 990-PF) are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Those are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue: $1,204,787
Total expenses: $1,144,299
Contributions and grants received: $1,204,787
Grants paid: $241,500
Program service revenue: $0
Investment income: $0
Other revenue: $0
Total assets, end of year: $471,458
Total liabilities, end of year: $8,954
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $462,504
Program services expenses (Part IX): $982,126
Management and general expenses: $123,434
Fundraising expenses: $38,739
Program service expenses (Part III): $982,126

Program services were 85.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$1,204,787
2f · All other program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $0 · other assets $0
11d · All other revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11e · Other revenue, total

$0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $241,500 · program services $241,500
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $273,966 · program services $245,681 · management and general $8,780 · fundraising $19,505
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $58,705 · program services $53,354 · management and general $2,387 · fundraising $2,964
9 · Other employee benefits

total $10 · program services $9 · management and general $1
10 · Payroll taxes

total $25,776 · program services $23,198 · management and general $1,289 · fundraising $1,289
11b · Fees: legal

total $9,105 · program services $9,105
11c · Fees: accounting

total $32,562 · management and general $32,562
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

total $14,456 · fundraising $14,456
11g · Fees: other

total $90,663 · program services $87,235 · management and general $3,364 · fundraising $64
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $305,491 · program services $299,491 · management and general $6,000
13 · Office expenses

total $21,988 · program services $6,030 · management and general $15,948 · fundraising $10
14 · Information technology

total $8,043 · program services $7,517 · management and general $75 · fundraising $451
16 · Occupancy

total $16,717 · program services $252 · management and general $16,465
17 · Travel

total $12,710 · program services $7,422 · management and general $5,288
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $1,332 · program services $1,332
23 · Insurance

total $31,275 · management and general $31,275
24e · All other expenses

total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $405,052 · end of year $347,646
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $10,542 · end of year $123,200
5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$0
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$0
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
12 · Investments: other securities

beginning of year $0
13 · Investments: program-related

beginning of year $0
15 · Other assets

beginning of year $94 · end of year $612
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $13,672 · end of year $8,954
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $397,016 · end of year $367,093
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $95,411

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

See Schedule O.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Empowering survivors of online sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material ("child pornography"), and criminal image-based sexual abuse to pursue justice through strategic litigation and advocacy support.

Public Pressure Campaigns: By shining a spotlight on the issue at hand, JDF brings significant public pressure and accountability to abusers, their enablers, and government officials, compelling them to take action. JDF educates legislators, corporations, and the public in order to advocate for the adoption of laws and policies both domestically and internationally that prevent sex trafficking, online child sexual abuse, and image-based sexual abuse (IBSA).

Expenses $599,097
Litigation and Survivor Support: JDF supports civil litigation with funding where needed and helps survivors access the costly and historically unequal legal system by supporting their pursuit of justice holistically, including access to services such as wraparound advocacy.

Expenses $383,029 · Grants $241,500

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

Laila Mickelwait

Chief Executive Officer

Total calculated

$136,875

From this org

$136,875

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
Morgan Perry

COO

Total calculated

$134,583

From this org

$134,583

From related orgs

$0

Other

$0

Hours/week

40
Name withheld for security reasons

Chairman

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Name withheld for security reasons

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Name Withheld For Security Reasons

Board Member

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2

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, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Justice Defense Fund 1 LLC

Impact Investing · DE · income $0 · assets $0

Directly controlled by Justice Defense Fund

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2024
Filed: 15 November 2025
IRS schema version: 2024v5.1
Source object: 202523199349302937

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