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JUSTICE ACTION CENTER

EIN 83-3991239 LOS ANGELES, CA

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Revenue 2023
$3,088,118
Expenses 2023
$1,713,488

Program services were 80.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R20
Classification
1000
Street
4147 CAMERO 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 · 2023

Mission

Justice Action Center (JAC) pilots an innovative model that advances the rights of immigrant communities by connecting cutting-edge impact litigation and compelling narrative and communications content. The purpose of JAC is to advance the civil and human rights of immigrants in the United States through a combination of impact litigation, communication and digital strategies, and providing related support to select partner nonprofit organizations that have immigrant members or provide direct legal services to immigrant communities.

  • Impact Litigation: Justice Action Center (JAC) uses litigation and storytelling to advocate for unseen and overlooked issues faced by immigrants. We ensure the richness and diversity of the immigrant experience is heard both inside and outside the courtroom. Impact legislation is an important tool to advance the rights of immigrants. JAC litigates a select number of cases designed to address unmet needs of immigrant communities. JAC also provides legal expertise and litigates directly with providers of direct legal services to immigrants or other litigators on civil rights issues impacting immigrants. The cases on JAC's docket are primarily in federal court, but JAC will litigate in select state courts as necessary to produce optimal results for immigrant communities.

    Expenses $1,168,521 · Grants $36,375

  • Communications: Justice Action Center's (JAC) model depends on placing equal emphasis on storytelling and litigation. We recognize that winning a lawsuit alone will not lead to the systemic change we seek. We strive to build a new framework that uses litigation and narrative work to tangibly improve immigrants' lives. JAC produces original communications and digital content focused on the immigrant experience and perspectives. Our storytelling work is designed to strive to tangibly improve immigrants' lives and is rooted in the notion that transformative change will only occur when dominant narratives about immigration and belonging shift. These shifts are part of a broader ecosystem of work; JAC seeks to participate in that ecosystem by using the microphone provided by litigation to center and uplift immigrant stories. Moreover, we aim to decode the legal system to help dismantle what is often a barrier to action and advocacy by immigrants and advocates.

    Expenses $217,998 · Grants $1,400

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.

  • Karen Tumlin

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $240,744
    From this org
    $221,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,244
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $221,500
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,244
    Filer's total
    $240,744

  • Esther Sung

    Legal Director

    Total calculated
    $135,212
    From this org
    $117,566
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,646
    Hours/week
    40

  • Adela Hart

    Deputy Director

    Total calculated
    $131,483
    From this org
    $130,883
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $600
    Hours/week
    30

  • Tasha Moro

    Communications Dir

    Total calculated
    $123,390
    From this org
    $116,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $7,390
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jane Bentrott

    Counsel

    Total calculated
    $119,493
    From this org
    $102,469
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,024
    Hours/week
    40

  • Gabriel Sandoval

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Lynn Tramonte

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Sonali Kolhatkar

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Andre Segura

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

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

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,088,118
    Expenses
    $1,713,488
    Contributions
    $3,088,118
    Grants paid
    $37,775
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,370,958
    Expenses
    $1,421,245
    Contributions
    $1,370,958
    Grants paid
    $5,600

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
    $1,550,886
    Expenses
    $742,658
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,520,688

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $974,230
    Expenses
    $618,440
    Assets (EOY)
    $806,873

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $487,969
    Expenses
    $228,498
    Assets (EOY)
    $370,978

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

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Grants received

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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 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.