Nonprofit · EIN 81-3006634
CLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE
Tax-exempt · NEW YORK, NY 10016
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $5,500,780 | $12,227,097 | -$6,726,317 | $9,698,565 | $655,165 | $9,043,400 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $15,135,137 | $10,740,414 | $4,394,723 | $15,493,885 | $324,168 | $15,169,717 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $7,938,822
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $99,290
- Net income from fundraising events
- -$2,545,539
- Other revenue
- -$2,537,332
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $618,156
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $2,831,919
- Other salaries and wages
- $3,754,481
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $6,953,582
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $102,915
- Accounting fees
- $102,381
- Travel
- $334,314
- Program services (functional)
- $5,911,567
- Management and general (functional)
- $4,745,221
- Fundraising (functional)
- $1,570,309
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $15,493,885
- Total assets, end of year
- $9,698,565
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $655,165
- Net assets, end of year
- $9,043,400
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $22,055
- Publicly traded securities
- $5,305,568
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $5,778,731
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $3,264,669
- Gross receipts
- $8,282,725
- Employees
- 33
- Year formed
- 2016
- State of legal domicile
- CA
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMMA LINDSAY | CO CEO & PRES. Officer | 40 | $352,576 | $74,680 |
| DAVID SAGAL | CO CEO & PRES. Officer | 40 | $355,502 | $12,925 |
| JACQUELINE RYALL | Secrt. & GEN CO Officer | 40 | $322,924 | $24,184 |
| Anya Neistat | Legal Director, The Docket | 40 | $231,177 | $107,718 |
| Deena Katz | COO & TREASURER Officer | 40 | $305,202 | $26,680 |
| Yasmine Chubin | Legal Advocacy Dir, The Docket | 40 | $234,225 | $21,577 |
| Angela Mudukuti | Legal Director, WJW | 40 | $232,944 | $0 |
| Stephen Townley | Legal Director, TrialWatch | 40 | $204,214 | $26,164 |
| MALLORY TRIEST | Head of Finance Officer | 40 | $132,593 | $33,574 |
| Susan Wnukowska-Mtonga | Snr. Prog. Manager | 40 | $149,455 | $9,106 |
| Antonia David | Snr. Prog. Manager | 40 | $142,277 | $14,835 |
| NICOLE DEYEAR | HEAD OF OPER. Officer | 40 | $121,957 | $11,103 |
| Ignacio Jovtis | Snr. Prog. Manager | 40 | $129,045 | $0 |
| Manel Chibane | Legal Prog Manager | 40 | $106,265 | $21,551 |
| Tondi Mulaudzi | Legal Prog Manager | 40 | $122,036 | $3,031 |
9 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR ERIC ESRAILIAN | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BRYAN LOURD | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| SUSAN ZANNY MINTON BEDDOES | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DR DENIS MUKWEGE | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| BRAD SMITH | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| AMAL CLOONEY | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| GEORGE CLOONEY | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| PHILIPPA WEBB | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| DARREN WALKER | Director Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 16 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TALIA BILODEAU | DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES Highest-paid employee | 40 | $225,460 | $25,653 |
| YASMINE CHUBIN | LEGAL ADVOCACY DIRECTOR, THE DOCKET Highest-paid employee | 40 | $206,396 | $21,218 |
| SHAUNAGH CONNAIRE | DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND MEDIA Highest-paid employee | 40 | $198,522 | $25,121 |
| STEPHEN TOWNLEY | LEGAL DIRECTOR, TRIAL WATCH Highest-paid employee | 40 | $184,371 | $25,270 |
| JACQUELINE RYALL | GENERAL COUNSEL Officer | 40 | $175,589 | $16,468 |
| NICOLE DEYEAR | HEAD OF OPERATIONS Highest-paid employee | 40 | $124,694 | $22,253 |
| AMAL CLOONEY | DIRECTOR, CO-PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| GEORGE CLOONEY | DIRECTOR, CO-PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 3 | $0 | $0 |
| PHILIPPA WEBB | SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| DR ERIC ESRAILIAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| BRYAN LOURD | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| SUSAN ZANNY MINTON BEDDOES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| DR DENIS MUKWEGE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| BRAD SMITH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| DARREN WALKER | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| EMMA LINDSAY | DIRECTOR, TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 169 MADISON AVE STE 11436, NEW YORK, NY 10016-5101
- In care of
- % JOSHUA LOFTIN
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- DAVID SAGAL, 169 MADISON AVE STE 11436, New York, NY 10016
- Signed the 990
- DEENA KATZ, COO
- Phone
- (347) 735-8944
- Website
- https://cfj.org/
- Return prepared by
- Boggeln & Company Inc
Mission
The Clooney Foundation for Justice wages justice by providing free legal aid in defense of free speech and womens rights in over 40 countries. CFJs work has led to dozens of journalists being set free and thousands of women receiving free legal support to defend their rights.
Program accomplishments
- TRIALWATCH : TrialWatch provides free legal aid to journalists who are unfairly imprisoned to secure their release and uphold freedom of speech. It is the first initiative that monitors criminal trials globally, exposing unfair trials and advocating to reform laws that are repeatedly weaponized against freedom of speech. The initiative has freed dozens of journalists and democracy defenders facing unfair prison sentences and sham charges.Expenses $3,822,328 · grants $63,156
- THE DOCKET : The Docket worked to represent survivors of grave international crimes in court, gathering evidence in conflict zones and working to advance accountability for perpetrators.Expenses $1,311,317
- WAGING JUSTICE FOR WOMEN (WJW) : Waging Justice for Women provides free legal aid to women and girls to defend their rights, including their right to be free from discrimination, child marriage and violence. Together with its on-the-ground partners across Africa, WJW challenges unjust laws, establishes women-for-women legal aid clinics and mentors the next generation of womens rights lawyers through an annual fellowship. In its first two years, WJW has directly provided free legal services to more than 6,500 women and girls through legal aid clinics. Its fellows have waged justice in hundreds of womens rights cases.Expenses $777,922 · grants $555,000
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
- 81-3006634
- 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
- 2016
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- International, foreign affairs and national security (Q33)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $9,698,565
- Income (IRS master file)
- $8,282,725
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $5,500,780 | $12,227,097 | $9,698,565 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $15,135,137 | $10,740,414 | $15,493,885 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $9,970,577 | $8,585,276 | $8,725,192 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2019 | – | – | – | 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 81-3006634).
Questions about CLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE
- What is the EIN of CLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of CLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE is 81-3006634.
- Is CLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2016.
- Are donations to CLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does CLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE 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 CLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE 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 CLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE 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 CLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names DAVID SAGAL.
- Who are the officers and directors of CLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 24 people; 15 received compensation from the organization, the highest $352,576 (EMMA LINDSAY, CO CEO & PRES.).
- How much revenue does CLOONEY FOUNDATION FOR JUSTICE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $5,500,780, expenses of $12,227,097 and total assets of $9,698,565 at year end.
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