2025-10-01T16:00:41-07:00 2024-12-31 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 548 Market St PMB 97503 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2024-01-01 943189313 Disability Rights Advocates DISA 5106658644 2001 Center Street 3rd Fl Berkeley CA 94704 Rebecca Williford President & CEO 2025-10-01 true true Felix Gorrindo P01658413 5108352727 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Rebecca Williford 2001 Center Street 3rd Fl Berkeley CA 94704 8761535 false X www.dralegal.org X 1993 CA DRAs mission is to advance the rights, inclusion, and equity of people with disabilities through high-impact litigation, education, and advocacy. 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The Sidney M. Wolinsky Fellowship Fund, designed for new lawyers with disabilities, awards a two-year fellowship named in honor of the Organizations Co-Founder Sid Wolinsky. The organization treats original donor gifts to this fund as perpetuallyrestrictedThe Paradis Legacy Fund is a fund, named in honor of the Organizations Co-Founder Larry Paradis. The Fund is intended to support high impact litigation. If a case, supported through the Larry Paradis Legacy Fund, recovers costs, those costs will be allocated back to the fund and are classified has having an implied donor restriction as a result given this commitment to donors. Additional amounts may be designated to the fund as a result of attorney fee awards. While the Organization intends for the fund to provide long term support to such activity no amount in this fund is perpetually restricted and it is possible that funds will be expended on cases with no cost or attorney fee awards. Part X : FIN48 Footnote The Internal Revenue Service and the California Franchise Tax Board have determined that the Organization is exempt from federal and state income taxes under IRC 501(c)(3) and California RTC 23701(d). The Organization has evaluated its current tax positions as of December 31, 2024 and is not aware of any significant uncertain tax positions for which a reserve would be necessary. The Organizations tax returns are generally subject to examination by federal and state taxing authorities for three and four years, respectively, after they are filed. false 30th Anv Gala 421376 383876 37500 18000 98461 421376 383876 37500 18000 98461 116461 -78961 X X X X X X false false false false false false false false false Jinny Kim Supervsng Attorney 196247 8280 26952 231479 Joshua Rosenthal Supervsng Attorney 189275 7575 4135 200985 Katherine Hamilton COO 273035 11600 23472 308107 Meredith Weaver Sr Staff Attorney 147184 5907 13450 166541 Rachel Weisberg Supervsng Attorney 175893 7575 22041 205509 Rebecca Williford President & CEO 319018 12890 15902 347810 Shawna Parks Chief Litigation Officer 253418 10288 18928 282634 Thomas Zito Supervsng Attorney 172677 7662 35181 215520 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b Each director received the return draft by email with several days in which to raise questions and other issues. The Finance Committee Chair and Treasurer reviewed the return in detail and provided comments. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Every potential new case is evaluated for potential conflicts of interest at multiple levels including periodic attorney meetings. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a Compensation for DRAs President & CEO is reviewed and approved by a board compensation committee in executive session and based on independent comparability data. DRA records and retains minutes from these board committee meetings. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b DRAs board compensation committee reviewed independent comparability data and made recommendations to the President & CEO who made final decisions about other officer and key employee compensation. DRA records and retains minutes from these board committee meetings. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Upon request. 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