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EQUAL JUSTICE INITIATIVE

EIN 63-1135091 MONTGOMERY, AL

Revenue 2024
$73,423,570
Expenses 2024
$52,081,236

Program services were 95.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R63
Classification
1000
Street
122 COMMERCE ST

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

REFER TO SCHEDULE O.

  • EJI PROVIDED DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN 2024 WHO WERE WRONGLY CONVICTED, UNFAIRLY SENTENCED OR ILLEGALLY PROSECUTED. WE WON SEVERAL RULINGS THAT ADVANCED THE RULE OF LAW AND PROTECTED VULNERABLE PEOPLE FROM UNJUST TREATMENT. WE LITIGATED IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ALSO PROVIDED AID TO DOZENS OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE WHO WE HELPED WIN FREEDOM THROUGH RE-ENTRY SERVICES AND SUPPORT.

    Expenses $12,019,383

  • IN 2024, EJI WELCOMED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS TO THE LEGACY SITES: THE LEGACY MUSEUM, THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, AND FREEDOM MONUMENT SCULPTURE PARK. THE LEGACY SITES OFFER VISITORS A POWERFUL EXPERIENCE TO CONFRONT OUR NATION'S HISTORY OF RACIAL INJUSTICE AND THE LEGACY OF SLAVERY. WE ERECTED NEW HISTORICAL MARKERS IN SEVERAL STATES. WE PUBLISHED EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND OUR HISTORY OF RACIAL INJUSTICE CALENDARS WHICH HAVE BEEN WIDELY DISSEMINATED AND VIEWED BY THOUSANDS. WE CONTINUED OUR COMMUNITY REMEMBRANCE PROJECT AND PROVIDED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN SCHOLARSHIPS TO HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

    Expenses $28,252,588 · Revenue $2,718,228

  • OUR ANTI-POVERTY INITIATIVE CONTINUES TO OFFER LIFE-CHANGING SUPPORT TO THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES IN ALABAMA. OUR HEALTH CLINIC PROVIDES HIGH QUALITY CARE AT NO COST TO UNINSURED PATIENTS, AND OUR ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM FIGHTS FOOD INSECURITY BY PROVIDING DIRECT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOOD AND ESSENTIAL ITEMS TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE IN ALABAMA.

    Expenses $9,428,607 · Grants $6,610,740

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • CHARLES BEST

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • OPHELIA DAHL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • JACKIE JONES-PEACE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • GEORGE KENDALL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • KIM TAYLOR-THOMPSON

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

  • BRYAN STEVENSON

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $8,155
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,155
    Hours/week
    40

  • SIA M SANNEH

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $180,130
    From this org
    $151,073
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,057
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $151,073
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,057
    Filer's total
    $180,130

  • EVA ANSLEY

    OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $94,486
    From this org
    $69,174
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $25,312
    Hours/week
    40

  • CHARLOTTE MORRISON

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $206,167
    From this org
    $172,710
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,457
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,710
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $26,257
    Filer's total
    $206,167

  • AARYN M URELL

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $164,241
    From this org
    $148,086
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,155
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,086
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,955
    Filer's total
    $164,241

  • ANGELA SETZER

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $170,167
    From this org
    $139,910
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,257
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $139,910
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,057
    Filer's total
    $170,167

  • ALICIA A D'ADDARIO

    SENIOR ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $176,128
    From this org
    $140,871
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $35,257
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $140,871
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,057
    Filer's total
    $176,128

  • TERA K DUVERNAY

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LEGACY SITES

    Total calculated
    $210,859
    From this org
    $180,602
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $30,257
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $180,602
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $7,200
    Nontaxable benefits
    $23,057
    Filer's total
    $210,859

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
    $73,423,570
    Expenses
    $52,081,236
    Contributions
    $59,493,553
    Grants paid
    $6,610,740
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $79,602,278
    Expenses
    $75,623,174
    Contributions
    $67,032,858
    Grants paid
    $37,004,966
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $67,268,484
    Expenses
    $55,139,943
    Contributions
    $59,946,029
    Grants paid
    $23,032,990

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
    $112,266,211
    Expenses
    $28,380,254
    Assets (EOY)
    $400,518,058

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $133,071,261
    Expenses
    $93,953,070
    Assets (EOY)
    $336,552,200

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $133,071,261
    Expenses
    $93,953,070
    Assets (EOY)
    $336,552,200

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $216,199,193
    Expenses
    $25,240,427
    Assets (EOY)
    $294,014,070

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $35,379,107
    Expenses
    $17,366,828
    Assets (EOY)
    $103,569,500

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,465,312
    Expenses
    $15,866,964
    Assets (EOY)
    $84,469,050

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $39,631,239
    Expenses
    $5,690,202
    Assets (EOY)
    $58,115,411

  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,552,360
    Expenses
    $5,114,052
    Assets (EOY)
    $23,394,638

  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,610,244
    Expenses
    $4,206,758
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,586,174

  • 2011 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,198,204
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,611,504

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

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Grants received

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

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 2024 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2024 return

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.