Public Charity

Equal Justice Society

Based in Oakland, CA, Equal Justice Society operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $2.7M in revenue, $1.8M in expenses, $2.9M in total assets for fiscal year 2024. Imperigo tracks 54 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $3.5M.

EIN: 200490698 Oakland, CA Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$2.7M
Total Expenses$1.8M
Total Assets$2.9M
Grant Records54
Funding Total$3.5M
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

The Equal Justice Society (EJS) is transforming the nations consciousness on racethrough law, social science, and the arts. EJS works to dismantle structural andinstitutional racism to advance robust equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment. Our three-pronged advocacy approach combines litigation and other legal advocacy, outreach and coalition building, and education through eJective messaging and communication strategies. EJSs overarching strategy is to broaden anti-discrimination policy, practice, and jurisprudence to include strategies that combat unconscious and structural bias and to promote policies that eliminate disparate outcomes for our system-impacted community partners.

Officers & Directors

COO Anna Basallaje
Board Member Donald K Tamaki
Chair Fernando Gaytan
Secretary/Treas John Bonifaz
Comms Director Keith Kamisugi
Board Member Kelly M Dermody

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
$696,490 7 grants
Civic Participation
$531,500 1 grant
FOR GENERAL AND PROJECT SUPPORT
$265,600 1 grant
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
$201,000 6 grants
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT. TO ADVANCE CIVIL RIGHTS. FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
$187,842 1 grant

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $2.7M $1.8M $2.9M
2023 $2.8M $1.5M $2.0M
2022 $1.5M $1.7M $1.1M
2021 $1.2M $1.4M $843K
2020 $2.2M $1.5M $1.1M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $2.2M to $2.7M (+26%), with total assets most recently reported at $2.9M.

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