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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by EQUAL JUSTICE CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,014,412
Total expenses
$895,814
Contributions and grants received
$633,652
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$377,281
Investment income
$135
Other revenue
$3,344
Total assets, end of year
$321,360
Total liabilities, end of year
$170,349
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$151,011
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$685,310
Management and general expenses
$206,571
Fundraising expenses
$3,933
Program service expenses (Part III)
$685,310

Program services were 76.5% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $633,652

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Service Revenue

    total $377,281 · excluded $377,281

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $135 · excluded $135

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: Other Income

    total $3,344 · excluded $3,344

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,344

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $26,220 · program services $23,638 · management and general $2,582

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $450,131 · program services $405,814 · management and general $44,317

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $63,314 · program services $57,081 · management and general $6,233

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $36,441 · program services $32,853 · management and general $3,588

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $0

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $82,423 · program services $10,692 · management and general $71,731

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $13,647 · program services $10,790 · management and general $2,517 · fundraising $340

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $160,856 · program services $126,252 · management and general $34,604

  • 17 · Travel

    total $3,839 · program services $2,031 · management and general $1,808

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,234 · management and general $3,234

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $659 · management and general $659

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,934 · management and general $3,934

  • 24a · Other expenses: Computer Operations

    total $15,495 · program services $1,045 · management and general $14,450

  • 24b · Other expenses: Litigation

    total $15,355 · program services $13,807 · management and general $1,548

  • 24c · Other expenses: Development & Outreach

    total $10,554 · program services $312 · management and general $6,649 · fundraising $3,593

  • 24d · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $5,788 · management and general $5,788

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $3,924 · program services $995 · management and general $2,929

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $100,220 · end of year $205,637

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $16,667 · end of year $17,845

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $0

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

    $27,688

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

    $19,838

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $8,509 · end of year $7,850

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $477,175 · end of year $90,028

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $8,256 · end of year $1,728

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $561,902 · end of year $168,621

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$9,442 · end of year $136,428

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $41,855 · end of year $14,583

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The Equal Justice Center's mission is to empower low-income workers, families, and communities so workers can achieve fair treatment in the workplace and in the justice system, regardless of their immigration status. Most significant activities consist of legal assistance and advocates for legal and economic fairness for low-income individuals and communities.

  • EJCs Employment Justice representation of low-income working people has been quite successful in 2023, we recovered a total of $1,016,644 in employment judgments and settlements. This includes $694,974 in unpaid wages and damages recovered by clients who suffered unpaid wages, employment discrimination, workplace sexual assault, labor trafficking, and other employment violations. EJC also recovered from employer/defendants in these cases $321,671 in attorney fees which are critical to sustaining our ongoing legal aid operations. Most importantly our clients have been able to vindicate their dignity by standing up against injustice, enforcing rights that benefit all workers, and changing employers exploitative practices.

    Expenses $480,908 · Revenue $335,447

  • A uniquely specialized aspect of EJCs employment rights legal assistance consists of its Legal Aid for Survivors of Sexual Assault. In 2023, EJC continued to help survivors combat sexual assault and sexual harassment in the workplace, obtaining monetary and other legal remedies for victims and providing economic stability vital to their recovery.

    Expenses $109,676 · Revenue $23,512

  • Every year, the EJC also helps strengthen the legal profession by cultivating a new generation of public service lawyers through the EJCs Transnational Worker Rights Clinic at the University of Texas Law School.

    Expenses $76,500

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Bill Beardall

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $26,220
    From this org
    $26,220
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jerome Wesevich

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.2
  • Roman Ramos

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Michael Murphy

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Regina Hinojosa

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5
  • Malinda Gaul

    Sec/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Albert Kaufman

    Board Member

    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 August 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202422269349301702

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