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Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW.

Totals

Total revenue
$567,862
Total expenses
$675,896
Contributions and grants received
$490,599
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$77,263
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,289,166
Total liabilities, end of year
$683
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,288,483
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$539,705
Management and general expenses
$89,384
Fundraising expenses
$46,807
Program service expenses (Part III)
$539,705

Program services were 79.9% 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

    $490,599

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $77,263 · excluded $77,263

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $219,942 · program services $175,954 · management and general $28,592 · fundraising $15,396

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $288,040 · program services $230,432 · management and general $37,445 · fundraising $20,163

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $16,445 · program services $13,156 · management and general $2,138 · fundraising $1,151

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $22,425 · program services $17,939 · management and general $2,917 · fundraising $1,569

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $39,508 · program services $31,606 · management and general $5,136 · fundraising $2,766

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,456 · management and general $2,456

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $1,272 · program services $1,018 · management and general $165 · fundraising $89

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,781 · program services $5,425 · management and general $881 · fundraising $475

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $16,759 · program services $13,407 · management and general $2,179 · fundraising $1,173

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $52,116 · program services $41,693 · management and general $6,775 · fundraising $3,648

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,768 · program services $4,768

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,470 · program services $1,976 · management and general $321 · fundraising $173

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,914 · program services $2,331 · management and general $379 · fundraising $204

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $711,459 · end of year $2,266,632

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,658,935 · end of year $50

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,245 · end of year $2,534

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $19,950 · end of year $19,950

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $683 · end of year $683

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,393,906 · end of year $2,288,483

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROVIDE LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY IN ORDER TO PROMOTE SOCIAL WELFARE.

  • IN 2025, EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW MADE GREAT STRIDES ADVANCING ITS MISSION FOR GREATER EQUALITY IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE ORGANIZATION MADE IMPORTANT PROGRESS IN ITS FIGHT AGAINST WEALTH-BASED DISCRIMINATION IN MONTANA, WHERE ITS LEADING CASE AGAINST MANDATORY AND NON-WAIVABLE PRETRIAL SUPERVISION FEES IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO TRIAL IN 2026. IT ALSO GOT CLOSER TO ENDING WEALTH-BASED LICENSE SUSPENSIONS IN MISSOURI, WORKING TOWARDS GRANTING PERMANENT RELIEF FOR INDIGENT CLIENTS WITH REMAINING LICENSE SUSPENSIONS AFTER THE STATE ENACTED LEGISLATION TO HALT FUTURE SUSPENSIONS. A NEW CASE WAS FILED IN GEORGIA CHALLENGING UNLAWFUL FOSTER CARE FEES THAT DELAY REUNIFICATION FOR IMPOVERISHED FAMILIES. THROUGH ALL OF THIS WORK, EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW IS HELPING CREATE A JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT IS MORE EQUAL.

    Expenses $539,705

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rana Kanaan

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jeff Gould

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Alfred Baca

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ralph Baker

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lara Born

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Phil Telfeyan

    PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $219,942
    From this org
    $194,300
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,642
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $194,300
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $19,430
    Nontaxable benefits
    $6,212
    Filer's total
    $219,942

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. 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

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
13 May 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.1
Source object
202611339349306596

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