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VOCAL JUSTICE

EIN 87-4315130 OAKLAND, CA

Revenue 2023
$812,830
Expenses 2023
$625,604

Program services were 38.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B90
Classification
2000
Street
601 WILLIAM ST APT 134

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

We inspire and prepare middle and high school students to be civic leaders. Our programs create learning environments that help young people build communication skills, deepen their understanding of real-world issues, and contribute positively to their communities.

  • Our education programs engaged over 600 middle and high school students across the country. Through these initiatives, students built skills in authentic and persuasive communication, focusing on topics that matter to them. 81% of participants reported increased confidence, 79% noted improvements in public speaking, and 91% shared that the program helped them better understand and express their own thoughts and needs. Additionally, 100% of educators in our teacher fellowship program said they would recommend it to a colleague. We created four new interactive professional development workshops designed to help educators foster supportive, student-centered learning environments. These workshops were presented at national events including SXSW EDU in Austin and Teaching for Change?s Curriculum Fair in Washington, D.C. We also launched a partnership with Detroit Public Schools Community District to deliver training for Social Studies teachers. Our workshops, ?Critical Reflection for Our Collective Good? and ?Storytelling Pedagogy,? reached nearly 90 educators through both in-person and virtual sessions. Every participant reported that the sessions positively impacted their teaching practice. In addition, we piloted the second year of our Youth Power Collective, giving students the opportunity to apply their communication skills by leading community-based civic projects. This pilot, led by our Youth Advisory Council, positions us to expand the program to more students in the coming year.

    Expenses $243,474

As filed on the 2023 return.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Shawon Jackson

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $94,438
    From this org
    $94,438
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Alexis Corazon Rodriguez

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $2,080
    From this org
    $2,080
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jaylen Wright

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $2,030
    From this org
    $2,030
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kayla Ruano-Lumpris

    Director

    Total calculated
    $1,645
    From this org
    $1,645
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gerardo Aguirre Remigio

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Christiaan Vorkink

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dillon Bernard

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kareem Sayegh

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Enrico Gomez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Naduah Wheeler

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nikki Williams-Rucker

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Ng

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Katherine Mateo

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Qasim Davis

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Johnson

    Trustee

    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $812,830
    Expenses
    $625,604
    Contributions
    $808,877
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $501,734
    Expenses
    $462,751
    Contributions
    $499,942
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2021

Tax period
1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022
Principal officer
Shawon Jackson
Mailing address
601 William Street 134Oakland CA 94612
Website
www.vocaljustice.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.