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Filing year 2024

PUBLIC JUSTICE FOUNDATION

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 59-1730478·NTEE I030 · Crime & Legal-Related·3
Total revenue
$11.7M
Total assets
$22.9M
Total expenses
$9.2M
Reported officers
98
Mission

PUBLIC JUSTICE TAKES ON THE BIGGEST SYSTEMATIC THREATS TO JUSTICE OF OUR TIME-ABUSIVE CORPORATE POWER AND PREDATORY PRACTICES, THE ASSAULT ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE EARTH'S SUSTAINABILITY. WE CONNECT HIGH-IMPACT LITIGATION WITH STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS AND THE STRENGTH OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS TO FIGHT THESE ABUSIVE AND DISCRIMINATORY SYSTEMS AND WIN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 9 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Vice President of Development and Membership
vice president
$222k
$235k
Vice President, Communications, Marketing & Brandi
vice president
$219k
$232k
Vice President of Operations
vice president
$213k
$226k
Vice President, Finance
vice president
$200k
$213k
Vice President, Finance
vice president
$200k
$212k
Executive Director
$160k
$169k
Vice President, Legal Affairs
vice president
$42k
$45k
Director, Students' Civil Rights Project
highest compensated employee
$29k
$31k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 89 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Crime & Legal-Related

Down 26%
from 2023

From $298k in 2023 to $222k in 2024.

$298k
2023
$222k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Down 28% in real terms$327k to $235k

Estimated with Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 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 JUSTICE FOUNDATION reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$9.7M
$9.1M
2023
$11.7M
$9.2M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Crime & Legal-Related executives earn in District of Columbia

Comparable crime & legal-related organizations in District of Columbia pay their highest-earning executive a median of $180,000.

25th percentile
$108k
Median
$180,000
75th percentile
$245k
90th percentile
$375k

These are crime & legal-related sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 93 organizations across 93 filings (2022 – 2024).

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