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EQUAL RIGHTS ADVOCATES INC

EIN 23-7217027 SAN FRANCISCO, CA

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Revenue 2024
$4,185,104
Expenses 2024
$4,475,980

Program services were 79.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Z99Z
Classification
2000
Street
611 MISSION ST FL 4

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

TO PROTECT AND EXPAND EDUCATIONAL AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS AND OTHERS WITH MARGINALIZED GENDER IDENTITIES. WITH A FOCUS ON LOW INCOME WOMEN, ERA ADDRESSES ECONOMIC INSECURITY, GENDER BASED VIOLENCE, WORKPLACE INEQUITIES, CHILDCARE, AND THE NEEDS OF WORKING FAMILIES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROTECT AND EXPAND ECONOMIC AND EDUCATIONAL ACCESS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS.

  • LEGAL ADVOCACY, SERVICES, & ENFORCEMENT - ERA PROVIDES FREE LEGAL ADVICE AND COUNSELING AS WELL AS LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO STUDENTS AND WORKERS IN NEED ACROSS THE NATION. THROUGH IMPACT LITIGATION AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT STRATEGIES, ERA CHALLENGES SEX HARASSMENT DISCRIMINATION AT WORK AND SCHOOL AND OTHER UNLAWFUL CONDUCT VIOLATING CIVIL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. BUILDING ON 50+ YEARS OF GROUNDBREAKING LEGAL WORK, INCLUDING CASES UP TO THE SUPREME COURT, ERA LEADS GROUNDBREAKING CASES AFFIRMING RIGHTS AND CONFIRMING ITS REACH TO THOSE MOST IMPACTED BY INEQUITIES.ERA LEADS STATE AND NATIONAL COLLABORATIVE IMPACT CAMPAIGNS/NETWORKS WITH 500+ ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS TO BUILD POWER BEHIND MISSION-ALIGNED SYSTEM REFORM. THESE INCLUDE, STRONGER CALIFORNIA ADVOCATES NETWORK, EQUAL PAY TODAY, THE STOP HARASSMENT STATE NETWORK (COLLECTIVELY, WOMEN'S AGENDA INITIATIVES) AND THE NATIONAL TASKFORCE ON TRADESWOMEN ISSUES, WHICH BECAME A PROJECT OF ERA IN 2024. IN THE PAST DECADE ALONE, ERA HAS HELPED DRIVE THE PASSAGE OF 66 LAWS IN CALIFORNIA AND 183 LAWS NATIONWIDE BENEFITTING 30 MILLION IN ADVANCING WORKPLACE EQUITY, POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND WEALTH GENERATION, THE NEEDS OF WORKING FAMILIES, AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH CARE.

    Expenses $2,151,106 · Revenue $2,400

  • COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND CULTURE/NARRATIVE CHANGE - ERA EDUCATES STUDENTS AND WORKERS AND ALLIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ABOUT LEGAL RIGHTS AND MISSION GOALS THROUGH ITS NATIONAL ACTION TEAM ALERTS, DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS, WEBSITE CONTENT, POLICY VIDEOS, MEDIA THOUGHT LEADERSHIP, EDUCATIONAL EVENTS AND PROGRAMS, AND THE ERA DIGITAL POLICY HUB. ERA'S EFFORTS GARNER OVER 100 MILLION SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS ANNUALLY REACHING COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING EQUAL PAY DAY EVENTS AND CAMPAIGNS WITH PARTNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ERA ALSO CONDUCTS COMMUNITY RESEARCH TO TRACK TRENDS AND DEVELOP PROGRAMS RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF THOSE IT SERVES.

    Expenses $1,401,015

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.

  • Noreen Farrell

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $269,370
    From this org
    $243,901
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,469
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $243,901
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,792
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,677
    Filer's total
    $269,370
  • Melvina Ford

    NATIONAL LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $226,926
    From this org
    $201,957
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,969
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,957
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,740
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,229
    Filer's total
    $226,926
  • Delia Coleman

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $209,203
    From this org
    $189,161
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,042
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $189,161
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,084
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,958
    Filer's total
    $209,203
  • Deborah Vagins

    NATIONAL CAMPAIGN DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $206,343
    From this org
    $190,114
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,229
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,864
    Bonus
    $15,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,229
    Filer's total
    $206,343
  • Jessica Stender

    DEPUTY LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $188,828
    From this org
    $166,008
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,820
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,008
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,308
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,512
    Filer's total
    $188,828
  • Comfort Siodlarz

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $151,337
    From this org
    $125,217
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,120
    Hours/week
    37.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,217
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,500
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,620
    Filer's total
    $151,337
  • Jacqueline Logan

    DEPUTY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $135,439
    From this org
    $125,903
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,536
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Maha Ibrahim

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $129,168
    From this org
    $103,916
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,252
    Hours/week
    37.5
  • Dale Schroedel

    BOARD CHAIR UNTIL NOV. 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10
  • Natalie Fleming Nolen Sec

    UNTIL NOV. 2024, THEN BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Judith Goldkrand

    VICE CHAIR UNTIL AUG. 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Joi Chaney Board Member Until

    AUG. 2024, THEN VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nitin Jindal

    TREASURER UNTIL NOV. 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Julie Treppe

    TREASURER AS OF NOV. 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Schwartz Board

    MEMBER UNTIL NOV. 2024, THEN SEC.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pami Vyas

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Fred Alvarez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Annie Khalid

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ann Ravel

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Farrah Wilder

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mariah Ray

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sylvia Torres

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Deb Kinney

    BOARD MEMBER AS OF NOV. 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elmy Bermejo

    BOARD MEMBER AS OF NOV. 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hannah Hurst

    BOARD MEMBER AS OF NOV. 2024

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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
    $4,185,104
    Expenses
    $4,475,980
    Contributions
    $4,117,287
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $5,453,650
    Expenses
    $3,609,657
    Contributions
    $5,521,634
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,042,968
    Expenses
    $3,525,851
    Contributions
    $2,997,931
    Grants paid
    $3,000

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

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,323,387
    Expenses
    $2,643,221
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,353,223
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,831,778
    Expenses
    $2,596,195
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,140,748
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,775,675
    Expenses
    $2,097,367
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,796,029
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,303,564
    Expenses
    $1,956,641
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,108,824
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,194,901
    Expenses
    $1,623,252
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,825,730

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

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