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Filing year 2023

PUBLIC COUNSEL

Los Angeles, California·EIN 23-7105149·NTEE I80 · Crime & Legal-Related·3
Total revenue
$25.8M
Total assets
$32.9M
Total expenses
$21.5M
Reported officers
99
Mission

PUBLIC COUNSEL IS A NONPROFIT PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM DEDICATED TO ADVANCING CIVIL RIGHTS AND RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE, AS WELL AS TO AMPLIFYING THE POWER OF OUR CLIENTS THROUGH COMPREHENSIVE LEGAL ADVOCACY. (SEE SCH O FOR CONTINUATION)FOUNDED ON AND STRENGTHENED BY A PRO BONO LEGAL SERVICE MODEL, OUR STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS SEEK JUSTICE THROUGH DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES, PROMOTE HEALTHY AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES THROUGH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY-LED EFFORTS TO TRANSFORM UNJUST SYSTEMS THROUGH LITIGATION AND POLICY ADVOCACY IN AND BEYOND LOS ANGELES.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 12 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Directing Attorney
key employee
$272k
$301k
President & CEO (thru 11/23)
chief executive officer
$260k
$288k
VP & Chief Development Officer
chief development officer
$238k
$263k
Vp, COO & General Counsel
chief operating officer
$212k
$235k
President & CEO (start 07/24); VP C of Lit & Legal
chief executive officer
$181k
$199k
Directing Attorney
highest compensated employee
$178k
$197k
Pro Bono Director
highest compensated employee
$174k
$193k
Directing Attorney
highest compensated employee
$168k
$185k
Interim President & CEO (11/23-7/24)
chief executive officer
$159k
$176k
Directing Attorney
highest compensated employee
$158k
$175k
Interim Directing Attorney
highest compensated employee
$152k
$167k
Vp, Finance & CFO (start 5/23)
chief financial officer
$124k
$137k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 87 unpaid individuals.

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Up 2%
from 2022

From $268k in 2022 to $272k in 2023.

$268k
2022
$272k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 2% in real terms$306k to $301k

Estimated with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro-area CPI-U, 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

PUBLIC COUNSEL reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$17.3M
$18.7M
2022
$25.8M
$21.5M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Crime & Legal-Related executives earn in California

Comparable crime & legal-related organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $114,706.

25th percentile
$64k
Median
$114,706
75th percentile
$179k
90th percentile
$236k

These are crime & legal-related sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 360 organizations across 360 filings (2022 – 2024).

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