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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WAY TO JUSTICE.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,092,989
Total expenses
$2,699,420
Contributions and grants received
$3,082,638
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,261
Investment income
$7,090
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,622,324
Total liabilities, end of year
$396,114
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,226,210
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,523,860
Management and general expenses
$100,878
Fundraising expenses
$74,682
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,523,860

Program services were 93.5% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,592,397

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $490,241

  • 2a · Program service revenue: POST-CONVICTION RELIEF

    total $1,758 · related or exempt $1,758

  • 2b · Program service revenue: DRIVERS RELICENSING

    total $1,503 · related or exempt $1,503

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $7,090 · related or exempt $7,090

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $999,902 · program services $958,184 · management and general $36,810 · fundraising $4,908

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $178,853 · program services $178,853

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $85,285 · program services $75,903 · management and general $8,529 · fundraising $853

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $60,850 · program services $60,850

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,821 · program services $11,821

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $69,361 · program services $62,425 · management and general $6,936

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $689,420 · program services $689,420

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $63,666 · program services $63,666

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $208,544 · program services $187,689 · management and general $20,855

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $66,990 · program services $53,590 · management and general $6,700 · fundraising $6,700

  • 17 · Travel

    total $169,124 · program services $136,912 · management and general $16,106 · fundraising $16,106

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $19,095 · program services $15,275 · management and general $1,910 · fundraising $1,910

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $35,336 · program services $29,272 · management and general $3,032 · fundraising $3,032

  • 24a · Other expenses: DONATION

    total $41,173 · fundraising $41,173

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $662,186 · end of year $906,835

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $191,310 · end of year $715,489

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $12,690

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $12,690

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $4,157 · end of year $214,463

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    end of year $178,771

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $16,698 · end of year $2,880

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $832,641 · end of year $1,226,210

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ADVOCACY AND ACCESS.

  • OUR CLIENTS AND THEIR LOVED ONES HAVE BEEN UNJUSTLY IMPACTED BY OUR LEGAL SYSTEM. TOO OFTEN, ACCESS TO JUSTICE IS DENIED DUE TO POVERTY AND STRUCTURAL BIAS. IN OUR WORK, WE FOCUS ON ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC RACISM, REMOVING BARRIERS, EMPOWERING THE MOST VULNERABLE, AND AMPLIFYING THE VOICES OF THE IMPACTED COMMUNITY TO CREATE A MORE JUST SYSTEM. WE UNDERSTAND THAT CHANGE WILL NOT HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, SO ANOTHER ASPECT OF OUR WORK IS FOCUSED ON NAVIGATING SYSTEMS AS THEY ARE, TO FIND THE WAY TO JUSTICE.

    Expenses $2,523,860

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Virla Spencer

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $263,317
    From this org
    $263,317
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $245,400
    Bonus
    $17,917
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $263,317
  • Camerina Zorruzua-Brokaw

    LEGAL OFFICE

    Total calculated
    $263,317
    From this org
    $263,317
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $245,400
    Bonus
    $17,917
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $263,317
  • Quinton Baker

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Oray Fifer

    MEMBER AT-LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Katie Howard

    TREASURER &

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Juliana Repp

    MEMBER AT-LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Latrice Williams

    MEMBER AT-LA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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 · 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
2023
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202531359349317768

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