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Filing year 2024

RISING FOR JUSTICE INC

Washington, District of Columbia·EIN 52-0847160·3
Total revenue
$1.7M
Total assets
$4.1M
Total expenses
$3.6M
Reported officers
21
Mission

THE MISSION OF RISING FOR JUSTICE IS TO LEVERAGE THE COLLECTIVE FORCES OF LAW STUDENTS AND SOCIAL WORK STUDENTS WHO WORK ALONG WITH OUR EXPERIENCED ATTORNEYS TO ACHIEVE JUSTICE FOR OUR CLIENTS. WE DIRECTLY REPRESENT INDIVIDUALS WHO CANNOT AFFORD COUNSEL BEFORE THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS AND VARIOUS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES. WE TRAIN LAW STUDENTS FROM AREA LAW SCHOOLS IN TRIAL ADVOCACY AND OTHER LAWYERING SKILLS AND SEEK TO INSTILL IN THEM A COMMITMENT TO PRO BONO SERVICE. WE ALSO SERVE AS A FIELD PLACEMENT FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS FROM MSW PROGRAMS WHO WORK ON TEAMS WITH OUR LAW STUDENTS AND ATTORNEYS TO SERVE THE SOCIAL SERVICES NEEDS OF OUR CLIENTS THROUGH AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO CLIENT REPRESENTATION.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 3 reported individuals · Filing year 2024

Executive Director
$169k
$180k
Base
$162k
Bonus
Other
$7k
Benefits
Director of Social Work
officer (unspecified)
$120k
$127k
Director of Development & Communication
$116k
$124k

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 18 unpaid individuals.

Up 48%
from 2023

From $114k in 2023 to $169k in 2024.

$114k
2023
$169k
2024
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 44% in real terms$125k to $180k

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

RISING FOR JUSTICE INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3M
$4M
2023
$1.7M
$3.6M
2024
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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