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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by EQUAL JUSTICE AMERICA INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 March 2026. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Both are the same on the two returns, so the amendment changed something else.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,726,295
Total expenses
$1,605,942
Contributions and grants received
$1,717,774
Grants paid
$704,591
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$8,521
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$264,683
Total liabilities, end of year
$560,464
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
-$295,781
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$945,529
Management and general expenses
$305,806
Fundraising expenses
$354,607
Program service expenses (Part III)
$945,529

Program services were 58.9% 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

    $1,717,774

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $5,476 · related or exempt $5,476

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $377,705

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $374,660

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $3,045

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $3,045 · related or exempt $3,045

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $704,591 · program services $704,591

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $597,393 · program services $155,322 · management and general $191,166 · fundraising $250,905

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $53,934 · program services $14,023 · management and general $17,259 · fundraising $22,652

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $47,646 · program services $12,388 · management and general $15,247 · fundraising $20,011

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,098 · program services $7,366 · management and general $7,366 · fundraising $7,366

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $5,596 · fundraising $5,596

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $16,234 · management and general $8,117 · fundraising $8,117

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $24,527 · program services $4,096 · management and general $9,428 · fundraising $11,003

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $28,382 · program services $9,461 · management and general $9,461 · fundraising $9,460

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $18,000 · program services $6,000 · management and general $6,000 · fundraising $6,000

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,916 · program services $1,916

  • 24a · Other expenses: MERCHANT & BANK FEES

    total $28,634 · management and general $28,634

  • 24b · Other expenses: TEMPORARY HELP

    total $27,408 · program services $9,136 · management and general $9,136 · fundraising $9,136

  • 24c · Other expenses: LICENSES & PERMITS

    total $14,206 · program services $14,206

  • 24d · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $8,452 · program services $2,817 · management and general $2,817 · fundraising $2,818

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $6,925 · program services $4,207 · management and general $1,175 · fundraising $1,543

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $128,200 · end of year $101,892

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $61,378 · end of year $60,850

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $6,518 · end of year $4,940

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

    $39,381

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

    $35,037

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,260 · end of year $4,344

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $86,262 · end of year $92,657

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $33,842 · end of year $26,339

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $519,875 · end of year $382,625

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $156,111 · end of year $151,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$607,664 · end of year -$340,715

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $186,454 · end of year $44,934

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

EQUAL JUSTICE AMERICA PROVIDES GRANTS TO LEGAL AID AND CIVIL RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS SERVING LOW-INCOME AND DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE BY FUNDING FELLOWSHIPS FOR LAW STUDENTS AND EARLY-CAREER LAWYERS.

  • GRANTS TO LEGAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE THE POOR AND DISADVANTAGED

  • GRANTS TO LEGAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS THAT SERVE THE POOR & DISADVANTAGED

    Expenses $945,529 · Grants $704,591

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • LINDA CONNOLLY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • STEPHEN HOUGHTON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0

  • SONIA MARQUEZ

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0

  • DAN RUBEN

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $0

  • DAVID SANTACROCE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0

  • LARRY ZABAR

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 March 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202601809349301355

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