2025-11-14T17:28:09-08:00 2024-12-31 Crosby & Kaneda CPAs LLP 548 Market St PMB 97503 San Francisco CA 94104 990 2024-01-01 200490698 Equal Justice Society EQUA 4152888700 1939 Harrison Street Ste 818 Oakland CA 94612 Lisa Holder President 2025-11-14 true true Tierna Jensen P02447146 5108352727 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Lisa Holder 1939 Harrison Street Ste 818 Oakland CA 94612 2741565 false X www.equaljusticesociety.org X 2003 CA The Equal Justice Society is transforming the nation's consciousness on race through law, social science, and the arts. 9 8 11 10 0 2401680 2663104 433824 32000 52 25927 1800 6964 2837356 2727995 3342 0 0 1064425 1338025 0 212569 415222 419591 1482989 1757616 1354367 970379 2035744 2943756 170252 137885 1865492 2805871 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. false false 1023293 32000 Law and Policy: EJS is proactively strengthening the legal infrastructure by anticipating challenges and coordinating with civil rights partners to defend, protect, and expand hard fought rights and gains. Our law and policy work centers harm repair. In our education equity efforts, we are reforming discriminatory school discipline practices in California. 307376 Communications Strategy: We aim to serve as a national thought leader in shaping public understanding and support for harm repair as essential to racial equity and building an inclusive, multiracial democracy. 1330669 true true false true false false false false false false true false false false false true true false false false false false false false true false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 10 0 true 11 true false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 9 8 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X Ragini Singh 4152888700 1939 Harrison Ste 818 Oakland CA 94612 Lisa Holder President 35.00 0.00 X X 229600 0 42469 Mona Tawatao Legal Director 35.00 0.00 149796 0 27510 Anna Basallaje COO 35.00 0.00 X 141623 0 8624 Keith Kamisugi Comms Director 35.00 0.00 111678 0 20893 Fernando Gaytan Chair 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 John Bonifaz Secretary/Treas 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Pamela Perkins Dwyer Board Member 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Michael Harris Board Member 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Kelly M Dermody Board Member 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Raymond Marshall Board Member 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Donald K Tamaki Board Member 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sheila Warren Board Member 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 632697 99496 4 false true false 0 29430 2633674 2663104 Attorney fees & awards 900099 32000 32000 32000 25927 25927 0 0 0 0 5670 29430 13570 -7900 -7900 0 0 Other income 900099 14864 14864 14864 2727995 32000 32891 X 0 0 0 0 422317 289937 58678 73702 0 730905 600511 58560 71834 26040 21953 1848 2239 78595 57315 9401 11879 80168 61804 8189 10175 0 6316 6316 54450 54450 0 0 0 180410 152386 1289 26735 1389 805 584 19727 15209 2013 2505 15255 11761 1558 1936 0 48850 37688 5054 6108 38082 38082 0 0 0 0 951 733 97 121 12741 9823 1301 1617 Dues, licenses, other fees 26962 22187 4775 Litigation and other 14458 10475 849 3134 0 1757616 1330669 214378 212569 588350 992993 31154 1307070 1214396 626328 0 0 0 0 0 7661 13492 21959 18086 1306 3873 0 0 0 0 192877 0 2035744 2943756 170252 137885 170252 137885 X 590496 642256 1274996 2163615 1865492 2805871 2035744 2943756 970379 -30000 X false true X true false X 2020943 1065025 1516424 2401680 2663104 9667176 0 0 2020943 1065025 1516424 2401680 2663104 9667176 3041451 6625725 12 15 52 25927 26006 0 49 51 1102 1800 14864 17866 9711048 829991 0.68230 0.68970 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false 1591 1591 1756025 1757616 237881 59470 false 215728 235477 223299 237881 912385 1368578 122 171 1591 1884 53932 58869 55825 59470 228096 342144 122 114 236 21959 18086 3873 3873 X 2727995 2727995 2727995 1757616 1757616 1757616 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 Anniversary Gala 35100 29430 5670 3831 8114 1625 35100 29430 5670 3831 8114 1625 13570 -7900 X X false false false false false true false false false Anna Basallaje COO 141623 7002 1622 150247 Lisa Holder President 229600 11000 31469 272069 Mona Tawatao Legal Director 149796 7428 20082 177306 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The draft of the audited financials are sent to the Board and then the final copy is sent to the Board. The draft of the Form 990, once reviewed by the President, is sent to the whole Board before finalizing the Form 990. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c The President reviews any possible conflict and sends a disclosure form when the possibility of a conflict appears. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a A Compensation Review Subcommittee of the Board assisted by outside legal counselreviewed performance of the President to set compensation. A report was assembled bylegal counsel to the organizations Board of Directors. Extracted data from the most recent GuideStar Nonprofit Compensation Report, as well as the Nonprofit Compensation Associations Fair Pay for Northern California Nonprofits Compensation and Benefits Survey Report, for President/Chief Executive OJicer positions at organizations generally comparable to the organization across several categories. The data provided a comprehensive basis for determining whether the proposed compensation package for the organizations President would be within fair-market value, in light of the compensation typically oJered by comparably situated organizations. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15b When compensation was set, a survey involving comparable organizations was used by the Board to set compensation of key executives. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Upon written or verbal request.