Totals
- Total revenue
- $23,406,772
- Total expenses
- $23,986,551
- Contributions and grants received
- $21,923,578
- Grants paid
- $12,587,486
- Program service revenue
- $133,666
- Investment income
- $1,259,900
- Other revenue
- $89,628
- Total assets, end of year
- $40,999,909
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $9,333,052
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $31,666,857
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $17,294,658
- Management and general expenses
- $3,704,346
- Fundraising expenses
- $2,987,547
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $17,294,658
Program services were 72.1% 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.
-
1b · Membership dues
$459,500
-
1e · Government grants (contributions)
$1,108,794
-
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$20,355,284
-
1g · Noncash contributions included above
$4,310,791
-
2a · Program service revenue: CONFERENCES/TRAINING
total $133,666 · related or exempt $133,666
-
3 · Investment income
total $490,666 · excluded $490,666
-
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory
securities $18,010,913
-
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses
securities $17,241,679
-
7c · Gain or loss
securities $769,234
-
7d · Net gain or loss
total $769,234 · excluded $769,234
-
11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME
total $89,628 · excluded $89,628
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$89,628
Functional expenses
Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.
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1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments
total $12,505,052 · program services $12,505,052
-
2 · Grants to domestic individuals
total $82,434 · program services $82,434
-
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
total $424,273 · management and general $386,088 · fundraising $38,185
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $4,365,584 · program services $1,983,059 · management and general $1,375,819 · fundraising $1,006,706
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $301,266 · program services $134,772 · management and general $97,665 · fundraising $68,829
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $921,744 · program services $407,573 · management and general $305,060 · fundraising $209,111
-
10 · Payroll taxes
total $413,908 · program services $173,841 · management and general $149,007 · fundraising $91,060
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $3,450 · management and general $3,450
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $765,957 · management and general $765,957
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $323,583 · fundraising $323,583
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $49,812 · management and general $49,812
-
11g · Fees: other
total $611,041 · program services $482,134 · management and general $107,753 · fundraising $21,154
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13 · Office expenses
total $92,277 · program services $48,300 · management and general $14,128 · fundraising $29,849
-
14 · Information technology
total $705,572 · program services $406,949 · management and general $123,714 · fundraising $174,909
-
16 · Occupancy
total $675,650 · program services $392,353 · management and general $137,774 · fundraising $145,523
-
17 · Travel
total $392,155 · program services $268,674 · management and general $70,300 · fundraising $53,181
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $951,777 · program services $274,851 · management and general $74,896 · fundraising $602,030
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $118,713 · program services $68,937 · management and general $24,207 · fundraising $25,569
-
23 · Insurance
total $36,990 · program services $21,480 · management and general $7,543 · fundraising $7,967
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24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE
total $176,584 · fundraising $176,584
-
24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS
total $68,280 · program services $44,013 · management and general $10,960 · fundraising $13,307
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24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS
total $449 · program services $236 · management and general $213
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $3,752,727 · end of year $5,528,599
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $1,305,040 · end of year $4,336,473
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $13,649,251 · end of year $9,885,886
-
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges
beginning of year $2,723,580 · end of year $1,515,438
-
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$1,330,601
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$1,130,975
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $307,136 · end of year $199,626
-
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities
beginning of year $14,900,914 · end of year $14,676,084
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $5,215,002 · end of year $4,857,803
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $1,911,495 · end of year $1,441,722
-
19 · Deferred revenue
beginning of year $1,838,423 · end of year $2,262,548
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $5,842,235 · end of year $5,628,782
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $6,581,610 · end of year $5,664,333
-
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $25,679,887 · end of year $26,002,524
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS CREATES OPPORTUNITIES FOR LAWYERS TO TRANSFORM THEIR PASSION FOR EQUAL JUSTICE INTO A LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE.
Activities or mission (Part I)
MOBILIZING PASSIONATE PUBLIC SERVICE LEADERS.
-
LEGAL FELLOWSHIPS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST:EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS SUPPORTED 181 DESIGN YOUR OWN FELLOWS SERVING IN TWO-YEAR FELLOWSHIPS AT 82 HOST ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS 47 CITIES IN 22 STATES. THROUGH THE DYO FELLOWSHIP, FELLOWS DESIGN AND LEAD INNOVATIVE LEGAL SERVICE PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS UNMET LEGAL NEEDS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES WHILE LAUNCHING LONG-TERM CAREERS IN PUBLIC INTEREST LAW. DYO FELLOWS PROVIDE DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES, POLICY AND ADVOCACY, AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION IN AREAS SUCH AS VETERANS' BENEFITS, CIVIL RIGHTS, ACCESS TO EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND VOTING RIGHTS. IN ADDITION TO THE DYO PROGRAM, EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS SUPPORTED 70 FELLOWS THROUGH SIX UNIQUE ISSUE FOCUSED FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON CIVIL LEGAL ISSUES AFFECTING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES INCLUDING CRIME VICTIMS, DISASTER SURVIVORS, INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER, AND THOSE FACING HOUSING AND FINANCIAL INSTABILITY. THESE FELLOWS WORKED AT 56 LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THESE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMS AIM TO SERVE INDIVIDUALS WHILE ALSO CREATING BROADER IMPACT THROUGH CAPACITY BUILDING. AS ONE EXAMPLE, THE CRIME VICTIMS ADVOCACY PROGRAM PLACED 20 FELLOWS TO SERVE SURVIVORS OF CRIME. THE FELLOWS COLLECTIVELY SERVED OVER 2,300 INDIVIDUALS PROVIDING DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES AND EDUCATED MORE THAN 2,000 COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF LEGAL ACCESS.
Expenses $15,977,121 · Grants $12,587,486
-
LAW SCHOOL ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY:EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS ALSO OFFERS PROGRAMS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF LAW STUDENTS AND LAWYERS DEDICATING ALL OR PART OF THEIR CAREERS TO PUBLIC SERVICE BY ENGAGING AND COLLABORATING WITH LAW SCHOOLS, STUDENTS, AND ATTORNEYS. EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS MAINTAINS A ROBUST LAW SCHOOL MEMBERSHIP, WHICH INCLUDES OVER 90% OF ABA-ACCREDITED LAW SCHOOLS, AND HELPS ENSURE THOSE MEMBERS KNOW OF AND PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAMS OFFERED BY EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS, INCLUDING FELLOWSHIPS DESCRIBED ABOVE AS WELL AS THE FOLLOWING PROGRAMMING FOR LAW STUDENTS. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES SHORT-TERM SUMMER STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAMS. THE RURAL SUMMER LEGAL CORPS (RSLC) PROGRAM IS A JOINT PARTNERSHIP OF THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION (LSC) AND EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS. THE RSLC PROGRAM CONNECTS PUBLIC INTEREST LAW STUDENTS WITH CIVIL LEGAL AID ORGANIZATIONS TO ADDRESS PRESSING LEGAL ISSUES FACING RURAL COMMUNITIES. IN THE SUMMER OF 2025, 50 STUDENT FELLOWS PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM FROM 36 LAW SCHOOLS. DURING THEIR SUMMER, RSLC STUDENT FELLOWS COLLECTIVELY CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN 15,000 HOURS TO HELP RURAL COMMUNITIES, WITH 5,560 HOURS SPENT ON DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES. THESE STUDENT FELLOWS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN 218 OUTREACH EVENTS, CREATED OR EXPANDED MORE THAN 153 COLLABORATIONS WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND PROVIDED LEGAL INFORMATION TO MORE THAN 2,339 INDIVIDUALS. THE DISASTER RESILIENCE PROGRAM HOSTED 5 STUDENTS ALONGSIDE POST-GRADUATE FELLOWS THIS SUMMER, AND THOSE STUDENTS HELPED WITH LEGAL RESEARCH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND ADVOCACY TO FURTHER THE GOALS OF THOSE FELLOWSHIP PROJECTS.
Expenses $1,317,537 · Revenue $133,666
As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.
Listed in Part VII
-
FRANK R JIMENEZ
CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JAMI MCKEON
VICE CHAIR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JAMES CHOSY
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JENNIFER SCHOTT
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
BRACKETT B DENNISTON III
MEMBER UNTIL 12/2024
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JONATHAN CHIEL
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MICHAEL FRICKLAS
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KATHRYN FRITZ
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MOLLY GIGUIERE
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DEAN RISA GOLUBOFF
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
FATIMA GOSS GRAVES
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
HONORABLE JAMES E GRAVES
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ERNEST LAMONT GREER
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
JOHN HUESTON
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ERIN JOHNSON
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
RAMIAH JOHNSON
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TRACIE JOHNSON
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KIM KOOPERSMITH
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARYANNE LAVAN
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DAVID LEVINE
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
VIVIAN MARTINEZ
MEMBER UNTIL 12/2024
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
STEVE MCMANUS
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
MARC H MORIAL
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
CAMILLE NELSON
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
HONORABLE CORNELIA TL
PILLARD; MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
ABID RIAZ QURESHI
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
KACE RODWELL
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
DONALD B VERRILLI JR
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
TERESA YOUNGER
MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1
-
VERNA WILLIAMS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $424,978
- From this org
- $364,866
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $60,112
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $358,089
- Bonus
- $5,000
- Other
- $1,777
- Deferred
- $21,217
- Nontaxable benefits
- $38,895
- Filer's total
- $424,978
-
TIMOTHY S WIERZBICKI
CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $361,097
- From this org
- $324,512
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $36,585
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $313,252
- Bonus
- $10,000
- Other
- $1,260
- Deferred
- $19,421
- Nontaxable benefits
- $17,164
- Filer's total
- $361,097
-
MIA SUSSMAN SR VP
SENIOR VP OF NETWORK ENGAGEMENT
- Total calculated
- $262,105
- From this org
- $233,027
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $29,078
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $221,634
- Bonus
- $10,000
- Other
- $1,393
- Deferred
- $14,163
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,915
- Filer's total
- $262,105
-
KRISTEN UHLER-MCKEOWN
DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC PROGRAMS
- Total calculated
- $240,079
- From this org
- $204,054
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $36,025
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $192,594
- Bonus
- $10,000
- Other
- $1,460
- Deferred
- $6,297
- Nontaxable benefits
- $29,728
- Filer's total
- $240,079
-
AOIFE DELARGY LOWE
VP OF LSEA
- Total calculated
- $223,208
- From this org
- $195,262
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $27,946
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $194,177
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $1,085
- Deferred
- $11,976
- Nontaxable benefits
- $15,970
- Filer's total
- $223,208
-
MICHAEL FUTRELL EXECUTIVE
VP AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
- Total calculated
- $246,199
- From this org
- $206,274
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $39,925
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $195,264
- Bonus
- $10,000
- Other
- $1,010
- Deferred
- $12,582
- Nontaxable benefits
- $27,343
- Filer's total
- $246,199
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 · Independent compensation consultant
- 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
- 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 3
- EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS' MOST RECENT COMPENSATION SURVEY WAS AUGUST 1, 2025.
- PART I, LINE 7
- VERNA WILLIAMS, TIMOTHY S. WIERZBICKI, MIA SUSSMAN, KRISTEN UHLER-MCKEOWN, AND MICHAEL FUTRELL EACH RECEIVED TRANSITION BONUSES IN THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2024.
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
-
NEW MEXICO IMMIGRANT LAW CENTER
$251,877
FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT
-
FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT
-
FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT
-
$186,000
FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT
-
$183,000
FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT
-
$180,000
FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT
-
NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP
$180,000
FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT
-
$175,646
FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT
-
FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT
-
SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA LEGAL SERVICES
$135,571
FELLOWSHIP SUPPORT
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2024
- Filed
- 26 June 2026
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.5
- Source object
- 202631819349300343
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