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THE JOHN PAUL STEVENS FOUNDATION

EIN 27-2556295 BERKELEY, CA

Revenue 2025
$554,375
Expenses 2025
$1,499,579

Program services were 77.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
B82
Classification
1000
Street
127 UNIVERSITY AVE

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 · 2025

Mission

As a living tribute to Justice John Paul Stevens, the Foundation works to protect and promote democracy and the rule of law, access to justice, and equality by supporting law students, lawyers, and others working in the public interest.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Seeks to build a more just and equitable society and advance the legacy of Justice John Paul Stevens by supporting law students, lawyers, and others working in the public interest.

  • As a living tribute to Justice John Paul Stevens, the Foundation works to protect and promote democracy and the rule of law, access to justice and equality by supporting law students, lawyers, and others working in the public interest. Through the John Paul Stevens Public Interest Fellowship Program, the Foundation provides financial support, professional development, and networking opportunities to law students working in otherwise unpaid summer public interest law internships. In Fy2025, the Foundation provided support to 157 Fellows through its network of 34 law schools and 3 nonprofit partners.

    Expenses $1,161,396 · Grants $865,000

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jenny Chung Mejia

    Interim ED

    Total calculated
    $163,291
    From this org
    $163,291
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,744
    Bonus
    $11,547
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $163,291

  • Sara Woods

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $25,359
    From this org
    $25,359
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    8

  • Teresa Roseborough

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aaron Zelinsky

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Douglas Winthrop

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Hannah Mullen

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Jamal Greene

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Joseph Thai

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Katherine Shaw

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Kenneth Manaster

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Leondra Kruger

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Peter Yu

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Sarah Sloan

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Skip Paul

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Stevens Mullen

    Director

    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. 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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $554,375
    Expenses
    $1,499,579
    Contributions
    $460,074
    Grants paid
    $865,000
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,779,500
    Expenses
    $685,068
    Contributions
    $1,763,624
    Grants paid
    $144,250
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,838,359
    Expenses
    $629,344
    Contributions
    $1,836,368
    Grants paid
    $292,500
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $364,176
    Expenses
    $1,139,120
    Contributions
    $364,149
    Grants paid
    $873,500

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
    $1,868,593
    Expenses
    $145,444
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,104,509

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $415,986
    Expenses
    $831,754
    Assets (EOY)
    $572,194

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $207,355
    Expenses
    $115,200
    Assets (EOY)
    $398,428

  • 2018 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $157,114
    Expenses
    $121,952
    Assets (EOY)
    $306,273

  • 2017 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $148,101
    Expenses
    $92,540
    Assets (EOY)
    $271,111

  • 2016 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $113,230
    Expenses
    $95,143
    Assets (EOY)
    $215,550

  • 2015 · 990-EZ

    Revenue
    $92,694
    Expenses
    $91,640
    Assets (EOY)
    $197,463

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.

Grants made

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

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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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.