Form 990 for tax year 2025
Filed by THE JOHN PAUL STEVENS FOUNDATION.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $554,375
- Total expenses
- $1,499,579
- Contributions and grants received
- $460,074
- Grants paid
- $865,000
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $94,301
- Other revenue
- $0
- Total assets, end of year
- $2,816,369
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $521,762
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $2,294,607
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $1,161,396
- Management and general expenses
- $302,662
- Fundraising expenses
- $35,521
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $1,161,396
Program services were 77.4% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$460,074
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3 · Investment income
total $94,301 · excluded $94,301
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4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds
total $0
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5 · Royalties
total $0
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6d · Net rental income or loss
total $0
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7d · Net gain or loss
total $0
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8c · Net income from fundraising events
total $0
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9c · Net income from gaming
total $0
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10c · Net income from sales of inventory
total $0
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11e · Other revenue, total
$0
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $855,000 · program services $855,000
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2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $10,000 · program services $10,000
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3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals
total $0
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4 · Benefits paid to or for members
total $0
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5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $182,256 · program services $75,612 · management and general $78,100 · fundraising $28,544
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6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
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7 · Other salaries and wages
total $140,055 · program services $140,055
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8 · Pension plan contributions
total $19,388 · program services $10,744 · management and general $7,619 · fundraising $1,025
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9 · Other employee benefits
total $12,340 · program services $11,804 · management and general $385 · fundraising $151
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $22,006 · program services $14,966 · management and general $5,060 · fundraising $1,980
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
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11b · Fees: legal
total $0
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11c · Fees: accounting
total $124,207 · management and general $124,207
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11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
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11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
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11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
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11g · Fees: other
total $96,520 · program services $13,216 · management and general $83,304
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12 · Advertising and promotion
total $294 · management and general $294
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13 · Office expenses
total $16,998 · program services $16,635 · management and general $363
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14 · Information technology
total $0
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15 · Royalties
total $0
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16 · Occupancy
total $0
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17 · Travel
total $7,343 · program services $7,291 · management and general $52
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18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
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19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $425 · program services $425
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20 · Interest
total $2,828 · management and general $5 · fundraising $2,823
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21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
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22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $0
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23 · Insurance
total $1,494 · management and general $1,494
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24a · Other expenses: Online services
total $3,494 · program services $1,121 · management and general $1,375 · fundraising $998
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24b · Other expenses: Other
total $2,883 · program services $2,479 · management and general $404
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24c · Other expenses: Membership & dues
total $2,048 · program services $2,048
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24e · All other expenses
total $0
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $350,558 · end of year $485,392
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2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
end of year $0
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3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $180,000 · end of year $135,000
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4 · Accounts receivable
beginning of year $290,501 · end of year $126,045
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5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people
end of year $0
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6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons
end of year $0
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7 · Other notes and loans receivable
end of year $0
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8 · Inventories for sale or use
end of year $0
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9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $500 · end of year $1,175
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10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
end of year $0
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11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $2,577,617 · end of year $2,068,757
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12 · Investments: other securities
end of year $0
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13 · Investments: program-related
end of year $0
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14 · Intangible assets
end of year $0
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15 · Other assets
end of year $0
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17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $5,365 · end of year $17,262
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18 · Grants payable
beginning of year $154,000 · end of year $504,500
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27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $639,149 · end of year $662,413
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $2,600,662 · end of year $1,632,194
Mission and programs · 2025
Mission
As a living tribute to Justice John Paul Stevens, the Foundation works to protect and promote democracy and the rule of law, access to justice, and equality by supporting law students, lawyers, and others working in the public interest.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Seeks to build a more just and equitable society and advance the legacy of Justice John Paul Stevens by supporting law students, lawyers, and others working in the public interest.
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As a living tribute to Justice John Paul Stevens, the Foundation works to protect and promote democracy and the rule of law, access to justice and equality by supporting law students, lawyers, and others working in the public interest. Through the John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Program, the Foundation provides financial support, professional development, and networking opportunities to law students working in otherwise unpaid summer public interest law internships. In Fy2025, the Foundation provided support to 157 Fellows through its network of 34 law schools and 3 nonprofit partners.
Expenses $1,161,396 · Grants $865,000
As filed on the 2025 return.
Listed in Part VII
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Jenny Chung Mejia
Interim ED
- Total calculated
- $163,291
- From this org
- $163,291
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $151,744
- Bonus
- $11,547
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $163,291
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Sara Woods
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $25,359
- From this org
- $25,359
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 8
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Teresa Roseborough
President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Aaron Zelinsky
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
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Douglas Winthrop
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Hannah Mullen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Jamal Greene
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Joseph Thai
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Katherine Shaw
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Kenneth Manaster
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Leondra Kruger
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Peter Yu
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Sarah Sloan
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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Skip Paul
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
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Susan Stevens Mullen
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 0.5
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 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Written employment contract
- 3 · Compensation survey or study
- 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- Part I, Line 7: Non-Fixed payments not listed above
- Discretionary performance bonuses approved by the board.
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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$42,000
Public Interest Fellowships
-
$36,000
Public Interest Fellowships
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$36,000
Public Interest Fellowships
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$36,000
Public Interest Fellowships
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$36,000
Public Interest Fellowships
-
$36,000
Public Interest Fellowships
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$36,000
Public Interest Fellowships
-
$36,000
Public Interest Fellowships
-
$36,000
Public Interest Fellowships
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$36,000
Public Interest Fellowships
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2025
- Filed
- 27 April 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2025v4.1
- Source object
- 202601179349301845
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