Public Charity

PUBLIC ADVOCATES INC

Based in SAN FRANCISCO, CA, PUBLIC ADVOCATES INC operates as a Public Charity. The organization reported $9.9M in revenue, $7.4M in expenses, $20.3M in total assets for fiscal year 2025. Imperigo tracks 74 reported grant relationships connected to this organization totaling approximately $8.1M.

EIN: 237103042 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$9.9M
Total Expenses$7.4M
Total Assets$20.3M
Grant Records74
Funding Total$8.1M
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

FOR MORE THAN FIVE DECADES, PUBLIC ADVOCATES HAS CHALLENGED THE SYSTEMIC CAUSES OF POVERTY AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION BY STRENGTHENING COMMUNITY VOICES IN PUBLIC POLICY AND ACHIEVING TANGIBLE LEGAL VICTORIES ADVANCING EDUCATION, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION EQUITY, AND CLIMATE JUSTICE. WE SPUR CHANGE THROUGH COLLABORATION WITH GRASSROOTS GROUPS REPRESENTING LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES, PEOPLE OF COLOR AND IMMIGRANTS, COMBINED WITH STRATEGIC POLICY REFORM, MEDIA ADVOCACY, AND LITIGATION.

Where $100 goes at Public Advocates Inc

How Public Advocates Inc divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 9 years.

$74 Programs the work itself
$16 Management running the organization
$10 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $74 for programs

$44
Metropolitan equityto ensure meaningful access to opportunity, Public Advocates' metropolitan equity team advocates for affordable homes in all communities, public transportation that serves the needs of low-income people…
60% of program spending
$30
Education equitypublic advocates' education equity team works to ensure that all students have access to a quality education that prepares them to graduate from high school ready for…
40% of program spending
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2025
General Operating Support
$5,000
2025
General Operating Support
$5,000
2025
General Operating Support
$5,000
2024
Civic Participation
$900,000
2024
FOR GENERAL AND PROJECT SUPPORT
$625,500

Showing up to 5 of 74 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

CHAIR Alina Ball
DEPUTY MANAGING ATTORNEY Angelica Jongco Hutchinson
VICE CHAIR Barbara J Chisholm
MEMBER Carolyn Clarke
MEMBER Deborah Sims
MEMBER Drucilla Stender Ramey

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$3,189,712 42 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$1,880,950 7 grants
Housing & Homelessness
$1,242,425 6 grants
Education
$536,500 8 grants
Environment & Conservation
$36,000 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $9.9M $7.4M $20.3M
2024 $7.3M $7.2M $17.0M
2023 $7.0M $6.7M $15.3M
2022 $7.6M $6.0M $15.2M
2021 $6.9M $4.7M $14.7M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $6.9M to $9.9M (+43%), with total assets most recently reported at $20.3M.

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