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Filing year 2024

EMPIRE JUSTICE CENTER

Rochester, New York·EIN 16-1487925·NTEE I80 · Crime & Legal-Related·3
Total revenue
$11.4M
Total assets
$4.5M
Total expenses
$11.4M
Reported officers
22
Mission

TO PROTECT AND STRENGTHEN THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF PEOPLE IN NEW YORK STATE WHO ARE POOR, DISABLED OR DISENFRANCHISED THROUGH: SYSTEMS CHANGE ADVOCACY, TRAINING AND SUPPORT TO OTHER ADVOCATES AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND HIGH QUALITY DIRECT CIVIL LEGAL REPRESENTATION.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 7 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
President and CEO
$195k
$210k
Senior Attorney Director
highest compensated employee
$172k
$186k
Senior Staff Attorney
highest compensated employee
$154k
$166k
Senior Staff Attorney
highest compensated employee
$153k
$165k
Project Director - Senior Attorney
highest compensated employee
$141k
$152k
Supervising Attorney
highest compensated employee
$141k
$152k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Northeast region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 15 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Crime & Legal-Related

Up 29%
from 2023

From $151k in 2023 to $195k in 2024.

$151k
2023
$195k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 25% in real terms$169k to $210k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the Northeast region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

EMPIRE JUSTICE CENTER reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$11.3M
$10.6M
2023
$11.4M
$11.4M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Crime & Legal-Related executives earn in New York

Comparable crime & legal-related organizations in New York pay their highest-earning executive a median of $136,691.

25th percentile
$63k
Median
$136,691
75th percentile
$219k
90th percentile
$272k

These are crime & legal-related sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 217 organizations across 217 filings (2022 – 2024).

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