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Filing year 2024

PUBLIC RIGHTS PROJECT

Oakland, California·EIN 88-4139028·NTEE R20 · Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy·3
Total revenue
$6.6M
Total assets
$5.4M
Total expenses
$6.7M
Reported officers
16
Mission

PUBLIC RIGHTS PROJECT (PRP) CLOSES THE GAP BETWEEN THE PROMISE OF OUR LAWS AND THE LIVED REALITY OF MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH LOCAL, STATE, AND TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS ACROSS THE U.S. TO EQUITABLY ENFORCE LAWS THAT PROTECT PEOPLE'S CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 10 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefits
Base salaryBonusOther compensationBenefitsExecutive compensation
Chief Development Officer
$250k
$265k
Chief Program Officer
key employee
$220k
$234k
Chief Executive Officer
$220k
$233k
Legal Director
director (operational)
$194k
$205k
Chief Operating Officer
$182k
$192k
Chief of Staff
highest compensated employee
$179k
$190k
Director of Organizing
highest compensated employee
$179k
$189k
Director of Training & Learning
highest compensated employee
$178k
$188k
Staff Attorney
highest compensated employee
$148k
$157k
Salesforce Platform Manager
highest compensated employee
$142k
$151k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 6 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

Up 98%
from 2023

From $126k in 2023 to $250k in 2024.

$126k
2023
$250k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 92% in real terms$138k to $265k

Estimated with San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into April 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 RIGHTS PROJECT reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$8.6M
$3.4M
2023
$6.6M
$6.7M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
Sector benchmark

What Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy executives earn in California

Comparable civil rights, social action & advocacy organizations in California pay their highest-earning executive a median of $103,984.

25th percentile
$50k
Median
$103,984
75th percentile
$182k
90th percentile
$242k

These are civil rights, social action & advocacy sector-wide figures, not this organization's reported pay. Based on 272 organizations across 272 filings (2022 – 2024).

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