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DEMAND JUSTICE INITIATIVE

EIN 86-3690047 WASHINGTON, DC

Largest nonprofits in District of Columbia

Revenue 2024
$7,258,400
Expenses 2024
$2,315,091

Program services were 79.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I99
Classification
1000
Street
200 MASSACHUSETTS AVE NW STE 200

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 · 2024

Mission

DEMAND JUSTICE INITIATIVE DJI SEEKS TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF A FAIR AND INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY IN MAINTAINING A HEALTHY DEMOCRACY. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O

  • AS PART OF ITS JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILILTY WORK, DEMAND JUSTICE INITIATIVE HOSTS EVENTS AND PROGRAMMING TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ON NOTABLE RULINGS AND ON THE BACKGROUNDS OF CERTAIN JUDGES AT EVERY LEVEL OF THE JUDICIARY. THIS WORK LIFTS UP INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS IMPACTED BY JUDICIAL DECISIONS TO SHOW THE PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE CURRENT STATE OF FEDERAL JURISPRUDENCE. WE ALSO BRING TOGETHER EXPERTS TO DISCUSS TRANSPARENCY AND ETHICS CONCERNS RELATED TO THE FUNCTIONING OF THE JUDICIARY, INCLUDING THE ABILITY OF THE SUPREME COURT TO OPERATE WITHOUT ANY MEANINGFUL OVERSIGHT OR CHECKS ON POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.

    Expenses $743,618

  • DEMAND JUSTICE INITIATIVE CONDUCTS A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES TO INCREASE THE PROFESSIONAL DIVERSITY ON STATE LOWER COURTS. THIS INCLUDES HOSTING THE JUDICIAL TRAINING AND MENTORSHIP INSTITUTE, A NONPARTISAN TRAINING PROGRAM AND LEADERSHIP SUMMIT FOR ASPIRING JUDICIAL CANDIDATES AT THE STATE LEVEL. THE INSTITUTE CONDUCTS A VARIETY OF PROGRAMMING, INCLUDING A YEAR-LONG MENTORSHIP PROGRAM AS WELL AS SHORTER EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS ON TOPICS PERTAINING TO THE STATE BENCH.

    Expenses $625,098

  • BALLS STRIKES IS AN EDITORIALLY INDEPENDENT ONLINE PUBLICATION THAT PUBLISHES ORIGINAL COMMENTARY AND REPORTING ABOUT COURTS, THE JUDGES WHO PRESIDE OVER THEM, AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM THEY UPHOLD. BALLS STRIKES SEEKS TO HOLD COURTS, JUDGES, AND MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION ACCOUNTABLE TO FULFILL THEIR PROFESSED COMMITMENT TO THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE AND TO FACILITATE DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THE LEGAL SYSTEM MORE TRANSPARENT AND FAIR.

    Expenses $460,268

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jay Willis

    EDITOR IN CHIEF, BALLS STRIIKES

    Total calculated
    $186,752
    From this org
    $175,958
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,794
    Hours/week
    39

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $175,958
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,794
    Filer's total
    $186,752

  • Lanita King

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS

    Total calculated
    $144,489
    From this org
    $139,029
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,460
    Hours/week
    39

  • Madiba Dennie

    DEPUTY EDITOR SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR, BALLS STRIKES

    Total calculated
    $107,308
    From this org
    $105,810
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,498
    Hours/week
    39

  • Rachel Waldron

    SENIOR DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $105,041
    From this org
    $100,293
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $4,748
    Hours/week
    20

  • Ilyse Hogue

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Faiz Shakir

    TREASURER

    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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $7,258,400
    Expenses
    $2,315,091
    Contributions
    $7,258,400
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,561,650
    Expenses
    $4,042,380
    Contributions
    $4,561,650
    Grants paid
    $225,000
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,697,939
    Expenses
    $3,157,665
    Contributions
    $3,697,939
    Grants paid
    $50,000

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.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,919,014
    Expenses
    $2,022,898
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,661,355

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2022

Tax period
1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022
Principal officer
Brian Fallon
Mailing address
1010 VERMON AVE NW STE 300WASHINGTON DC 20005

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

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 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.