Nonprofit · EIN 26-0688375
SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIALJUSTICE
Tax-exempt · DURHAM, NC 27717
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $5,865,439 | $4,919,171 | $946,268 | $19,528,240 | $340,337 | $19,187,903 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $4,414,000 | $4,402,390 | $11,610 | $18,622,649 | $381,014 | $18,241,635 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $5,411,374
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $440,325
- Other revenue
- $13,740
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $298,000
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $214,801
- Other salaries and wages
- $2,398,873
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $3,293,558
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $25,699
- Accounting fees
- $141,312
- Occupancy
- $88,384
- Travel
- $180,953
- Depreciation
- $272,998
- Program services (functional)
- $3,851,257
- Management and general (functional)
- $687,810
- Fundraising (functional)
- $380,104
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $18,622,649
- Total assets, end of year
- $19,528,240
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $340,337
- Net assets, end of year
- $19,187,903
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $6,666,893
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $13,589,244
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $5,598,659
- Gross receipts
- $5,865,439
- Employees
- 0
- Volunteers
- 4
- Year formed
- 2007
- State of legal domicile
- NC
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RYAN ROBERSON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $182,102 | $32,699 |
| JACOB SUSSMAN | CHIEF COUNSEL, JUSTICE SYSTEM REFORM Highest-paid employee | 40 | $152,914 | $11,834 |
| ANNE HARVEY | CHIEF COUNSEL, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $132,680 | $21,970 |
| JEFFREY LOPERFIDO | CHIEF COUNSEL, VOTING RIGHTS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $131,480 | $21,179 |
| MITCHELL BROWN | SENIOR COUNSEL, VOTING RIGHTS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $105,644 | $20,322 |
| MELISSA BOUGHTON | COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $104,562 | $20,244 |
| LISA JONES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| GARY TRAYNOR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN PRICE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| DR ANDRA GILLESPIE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RYAN ROBERSON | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 40 | $176,112 | $27,690 |
| JEFFREY LOPERFIDO | CHIEF COUNSEL, VOTING RIGHTS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $128,980 | $29,857 |
| ANNE HARVEY | CHIEF COUNSEL, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $129,644 | $18,749 |
| JACOB SUSSMAN | INTERIM CHIEF COUNSEL, JUSTICE SYSTEM REFORM Highest-paid employee | 40 | $113,930 | $15,701 |
| MITCHELL BROWN | SENIOR COUNSEL, VOTING RIGHTS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $102,144 | $23,173 |
| MELISSA BOUGHTON | COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $102,112 | $19,850 |
| ALLISON RIGGS | CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU JAN) Officer | 40 | $31,700 | $16,700 |
| LISA JONES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| GARY TRAYNOR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN PRICE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| DR ANDRA GILLESPIE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- PO BOX 51280, DURHAM, NC 27717-1280
- In care of
- % CAROLYN RHODES ANITA EARLS
- Mailing address (990-N for 2007)
- 6 Superior Ct, Durham NC 277138683
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- RYAN ROBERSON, PO BOX 51280, DURHAM, NC 27717
- Principal officer (990-N for 2007)
- Anita Earls, 6 Superior Ct, Durham NC 27713
- Signed the 990
- RYAN ROBERSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (919) 323-3380
- Website
- www.southerncoalition.org
- Return prepared by
- WEGNER CPAS LLP
Mission
SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE SOUTH TO DEFEND AND ADVANCE THEIR POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS. THROUGH AN INTERSECTIONAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH CENTERED ON VOTING RIGHTS, JUSTICE SYSTEM REFORM, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, WE COMBINE LEGAL ADVOCACY, LITIGATION, RESEARCH, AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR ALL.
Program accomplishments
- SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE'S VOTING RIGHTS WORK PROTECTS THE RIGHTS OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BY DEFENDING THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT THROUGH FAIR REDISTRICTING AND MINIMIZING ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION PRACTICES THAT THREATEN FREE DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION IN ELECTIONS SUCH AS PHOTO ID REQUIREMENTS, RESTRICTIONS ON VOTER REGISTRATION AND EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY VOTER CHALLENGES. THROUGH ITS JSR INITIATIVE, THE SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE WORKS TO END THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE, ENSURE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, END RACIAL PROFILING AND MASS INCARCERATION, ELIMINATE THE UNFAIR COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES OF INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, AND CHALLENGE SYSTEMIC RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND INEQUITIES AT ALL STAGES OF THE SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, THE YOUTH JUSTICE PROJECT SEEKS TO END THE CRIMINALIZATION OF YOUTH BASED ON SKIN COLOR. THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAM COUNTERS ENVIRONMENTAL INEQUITIES AND DISCRIMINATORY LAND USE PRACTICES BY EMPOWERING COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND AGENCY TO IMPACT DECISIONS AFFECTING THEIR HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.Expenses $3,851,257 · grants $298,000
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 26-0688375
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2007
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Crime and legal-related (I80)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $19,528,240
- Income (IRS master file)
- $5,865,439
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $5,865,439 | $4,919,171 | $19,528,240 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $4,414,000 | $4,402,390 | $18,622,649 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $6,106,263 | $5,476,326 | $18,648,922 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990-N for 2007 Officer: Anita Earls | December 31, 2007 | ≤ $50,000 receipts | – | – | e-Postcard |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 26-0688375).
Questions about SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIALJUSTICE
- What is the EIN of SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIALJUSTICE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIALJUSTICE is 26-0688375.
- Is SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIALJUSTICE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2007.
- Are donations to SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIALJUSTICE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIALJUSTICE file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIALJUSTICE due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIALJUSTICE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIALJUSTICE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names RYAN ROBERSON.
- Who are the officers and directors of SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIALJUSTICE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 10 people; 6 received compensation from the organization, the highest $182,102 (RYAN ROBERSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIALJUSTICE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $5,865,439, expenses of $4,919,171 and total assets of $19,528,240 at year end.
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