Public Charity

PUBLIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION

PUBLIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION is a Public Charity headquartered in WASHINGTON, DC. Financial data from the 2024 filing: $11.7M revenue, $9.2M expenses, $22.9M total assets. 53 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $4.4M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 591730478 WASHINGTON, DC Professional Societies & Associations NTEE: I03 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$11.7M
Total Expenses$9.2M
Total Assets$22.9M
Grant Records53
Funding Total$4.4M
Filing Years2019–2024

Mission

PUBLIC JUSTICE TAKES ON THE BIGGEST SYSTEMATIC THREATS TO JUSTICE OF OUR TIME-ABUSIVE CORPORATE POWER AND PREDATORY PRACTICES, THE ASSAULT ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE EARTH'S SUSTAINABILITY. WE CONNECT HIGH-IMPACT LITIGATION WITH STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AND THE STRENGTH OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS TO FIGHT THESE ABUSIVE AND DISCRIMINATORY SYSTEMS AND WIN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.

Where $100 goes at Public Justice Foundation

How Public Justice Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 7 years.

$64 Programs the work itself
$22 Management running the organization
$14 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $64 for programs

$22
Access to justice
34% of program spending
$15
Students' civil rights project
24% of program spending
$13
Debtors' prison project
21% of program spending

Plus 2 more programs. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

BOARD MEMBER Adam Zapala
DIRECTOR, STUDENTS' CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT Adele P Kimmel
PAST PRESIDENT Alan R Brayton
BOARD MEMBER Alinor Sterling
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER Amy E Keller
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER Andrew A Lemmon

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$1,394,091 33 grants
Public Safety & Disaster Relief
$710,000 3 grants
Economic Development
$600,000 1 grant
Environment & Conservation
$600,000 3 grants
Human & Social Services
$531,700 8 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $11.7M $9.2M $22.9M
2023 $9.7M $9.1M $20.8M
2022 $7.3M $7.6M $17.7M
2020 $7.0M $6.2M $13.4M
2019 $6.2M $6.1M $11.6M

Between 2019 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $6.2M to $11.7M (+91%), with total assets most recently reported at $22.9M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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