Nonprofit · EIN 52-0799246
LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW
Tax-exempt · WASHINGTON, DC 20005
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $18,494,672 | $20,307,251 | -$1,812,579 | $75,808,447 | $10,689,347 | $65,119,100 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $16,716,889 | $23,928,459 | -$7,211,570 | $82,428,396 | $17,962,216 | $64,466,180 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $14,873,096
- Program service revenue
- $539,876
- Investment income
- $3,156,426
- Net gain from sales of assets
- $1,115,699
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$433,231
- Other revenue
- -$74,726
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $121,987
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $921,511
- Other salaries and wages
- $8,807,415
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $11,630,477
- Professional fundraising fees
- $76,000
- Legal fees
- $45,649
- Accounting fees
- $84,373
- Occupancy
- $1,152,485
- Travel
- $554,599
- Depreciation
- $305,665
- Program services (functional)
- $13,046,474
- Management and general (functional)
- $4,758,336
- Fundraising (functional)
- $2,502,441
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $82,428,396
- Total assets, end of year
- $75,808,447
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $10,689,347
- Net assets, end of year
- $65,119,100
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,850,611
- Publicly traded securities
- $58,896,574
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $49,748,071
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $15,371,029
- Gross receipts
- $22,494,425
- Employees
- 107
- Volunteers
- 5
- Year formed
- 1963
- State of legal domicile
- DC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damon T Hewitt | President/Executive Director Trustee or director, Officer | 37.5 | $422,508 | $34,493 |
| Vinincia Dorsey Ellington | Dir., People & Culture (Interim COO in 2024) Key employee | 37.5 | $242,155 | $33,969 |
| Courtney Spellacy | Vice President Developmment Key employee | 37.5 | $247,263 | $26,237 |
| Dariely Rodriguez | Acting Co- Chief Counsel Highest-paid employee | 37.5 | $242,904 | $14,704 |
| Edward Caspar | Acting Co- Chief Counsel Highest-paid employee | 37.5 | $240,404 | $13,488 |
| Carlita Salazar | VP Communications Highest-paid employee | 37.5 | $226,914 | $24,247 |
| Marie Garvin | Dir. of Finance Officer | 37.5 | $198,091 | $15,256 |
| Dorian Spence | VP of Strategy & Programs (term) Former | 37.5 | $147,652 | $18,258 |
| Jon M Greenbaum | Chief Counsel (term) Former | 37.5 | $109,442 | $12,423 |
| Michael Swartz | Co-Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 13.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Danielle R Holley | Co-Chair (JOINED) Trustee or director, Officer | 13.5 | $0 | $0 |
| David Smith | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 13.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Roscoe Jones Jr | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 13.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Nicholas T Christakos | General Counsel Trustee or director | 13.5 | $0 | $0 |
| Naho Kobayashi | Chair, Audit Committee Trustee or director | 13.5 | $0 | $0 |
14 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Boyle | Director Trustee or director | 7 | $0 |
| Harold Franklin | Director Trustee or director | 7 | $0 |
| Lillian Hardy | Director Trustee or director | 7 | $0 |
| Michael D Jones | Director Trustee or director | 7 | $0 |
| James P Joseph | Director Trustee or director | 7 | $0 |
| Adam Klein | Director Trustee or director | 7 | $0 |
| Wendy Richards | Director Trustee or director | 7 | $0 |
| Teresa Wynn Rosebororough | Director Trustee or director | 7 | $0 |
| Jane C Sherburne | Director Trustee or director | 7 | $0 |
| Edward Soto | Director Trustee or director | 7 | $0 |
| Neil Steiner | Director Trustee or director | 7 | $0 |
| Donald J Rosenberg | Director (JOINED) Trustee or director | 7 | $0 |
| Joe West | Director (JOINED) Trustee or director | 7 | $0 |
| Shira Scheindlin | Director (LEFT) Trustee or director | 7 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 33 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damon T Hewitt | President/Executive Direct Officer | 60 | $376,942 | $34,631 |
| Jon M Greenbaum | Chief Counsel Key employee | 60 | $270,728 | $31,761 |
| Courtney Spellacy | VP Development Key employee | 60 | $243,645 | $32,558 |
| Katia Garrett | Interim Chief Operating Officer Key employee | 60 | $223,104 | $26,691 |
| Dorian Spence | VP of Strategy Key employee | 60 | $219,393 | $26,464 |
| Dariely Rodriguez | Deputy Chief Counsel Highest-paid employee | 60 | $202,103 | $15,904 |
| Edward Casper | Deputy Chief Counsel Highest-paid employee | 60 | $196,654 | $7,866 |
| Arthur Ago | Director, Criminal Justice Project Highest-paid employee | 45 | $174,374 | $27,328 |
| Marcia F Johnson | Co-Director, Voting Rights Project Highest-paid employee | 45 | $175,285 | $18,703 |
| Diane Glauber | Dir Fair Housing and Comm Dev Project Highest-paid employee | 45 | $178,185 | $7,127 |
| Angela M Lovelace | CFO (LEFT) Officer | 45 | $161,502 | $9,551 |
| Marie Garvin | Director of Finance (JOINED) Officer | 40 | $7,308 | $100 |
| Danielle R Holley | Co-Chair Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Joseph K West | Co-Chair (LEFT) Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| David Smith | Treasurer Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Nicholas T Christakos | General Counsel Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Naho Kobayashi | Chair, Audit Committee Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael Swartz | Chair, Audit Committee Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Roscoe Jones Jr | Secretary Trustee or director, Officer | 5 | $0 | $0 |
| Kim Boyle | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Harold Franklin | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Lillian Hardy | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| James P Joseph | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Adam Klein | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Wendy Richards | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Teresa Wynn Rosebororough | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Shira Scheindlin | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Jane C Sherburne | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Edward Soto | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Neil Steiner | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Michael D Jones | Director Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Donald J Rosenberg | Director (LEFT) Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| Thomas Sager | Director (LEFT) Trustee or director | 3 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1500 K ST NW STE 900, WASHINGTON, DC 20005-1205
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- Damon T Hewitt, 1500 K Street NW 900, Washington, DC 20005
- Signed the 990
- Damon T Hewitt, President/Executive Director
- Phone
- (202) 662-8600
- Return prepared by
- Aprio Advisory Group LLC
Mission
The Lawyers' Committee uses legal advocacy to achieve racial justice, fighting inside and outside the courts to ensure that Black people and other people of color have the voice, opportunity, and power to make the promises of our democracy real.
Program accomplishments
- Voting Rights Project:The Voting Rights Project works through coordinated and integrated programs of litigation, voter protection, advocacy, and education to protect the right to vote for communities of color who are most likely to be disenfranchised. The Project's signature voter protection effort is the nonpartisan Election Protection coalition, a national membership coalition boasting well over 300 organizational members. The Lawyers' Committee serves as co-convener of the coalition and coordinates infrastructure, training and development of volunteer attorneys for the 866-OUR-VOTE hotline that provides expert assistance to voters nationwide.Expenses $7,079,371 · revenue $36,085
- General Legal:The General Legal department coordinates the legal work of the Lawyers' Committee, including litigation and related advocacy across all six projects: Voting Rights , Digital Justice, Criminal Justice, Economic Justice, Educational Opportunities, and Fair Housing & Community development. The Lawyers' Committee also leverages public education and national visibility to inform public discourse and to educate and inform the public and policy makers about our critical work and relevant civil rights issues.Expenses $1,115,275 · grants $121,987 · revenue $628,383
- Public Education & Educational Opportunities Project:Through litigation, policy, and advocacy, the Educational Opportunities Project works to ensure that Black students and other historically marginalized students of color have access to meaningful and equitable opportunities to succeed in healthy, integrated, diverse, inclusive, and nurturing learning environments free of racism and discrimination The Project uses litigation and policy tools to promote access to higher education, racially inclusive learning environments, and K-12 educational equity. It also combats exploitation of students by for-profit colleges.Expenses $1,109,862
- Economic Justice Project:The Economic Justice Project engages in impact litigation and legal advocacy to ensure that communities of color can access opportunities and meaningfully engage in the economy to lead dignified lives free from discrimination.Expenses $926,207 · revenue $13,523
- Fair Housing & Community Development Project:The Fair Housing & Community Development Project fights housing discrimination by working to combat housing and lending discrimination and promote greater opportunity for low-income people of color. Through impact litigation, policy advocacy, consulting services, and support for housing justice organizations, the FHCD Project works to ensure equitable access to crucial resources and meaningful housing choices for Black communities.Expenses $774,243 · revenue $206,241
- Public Policy:The Public Policy Project advocates for the effective advancement of civil rights law at the state and federal level working with other organizations, executive branch officials, and legislators. The Project's work focuses on racial justice issues addressed by the organization's other units, including voting rights, educational opportunities, criminal justice, digital justice, and economic justice.Expenses $710,104
- Digital Justice Initiative:The Digital Justice Initiative works at the intersection of racial justice, technology, and privacy. Predatory commercial data practices, discriminatory algorithms, invasions of privacy, disinformation, government surveillance, and online hate disproportionately target and harm Black Americans and other people of color. The project works to ensure that everyone should be entitled to the equal enjoyment of the internet's economic, cultural, and civic opportunities without fear of discrimination.Expenses $648,764
- Criminal Justice Project:The Criminal Justice Project challenges structural racism within the criminal justice system and aims to ensure that Black people and other people of color enjoy safety from violence by the state and by white supremacists. Areas of focus include promoting police accountability and combatting the criminalization of poverty and holding white supremacists accountable through a sub-unit known as the James Byrd, Jr. Center to Stop Hate.Expenses $538,332
- Pro Bono & Legal PartnershipsExpenses $144,316
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
- 52-0799246
- 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
- 1963
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $75,808,447
- Income (IRS master file)
- $22,494,425
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $18,494,672 | $20,307,251 | $75,808,447 | IRS |
| 990-T | December 2024 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $16,716,889 | $23,928,459 | $82,428,396 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $21,459,807 | $16,133,236 | $80,600,664 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
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 52-0799246).
Questions about LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW
- What is the EIN of LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW is 52-0799246.
- Is LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1963.
- Are donations to LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW 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 LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW 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 LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW 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 LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names Damon T Hewitt.
- Who are the officers and directors of LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 29 people; 9 received compensation from the organization, the highest $422,508 (Damon T Hewitt, President/Executive Director).
- How much revenue does LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER LAW have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $18,494,672, expenses of $20,307,251 and total assets of $75,808,447 at year end.
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