Endowment for Equal Justice

Analysis

Endowment for Equal Justice is a registered charity in United States, based in Seattle, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Endowment for Equal Justice reported income of $1.6m and spending of $301k, leaving 81% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $2.5m to $1.6m (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Endowment for Equal Justice sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile, and in the 84th percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Generation Life Inc ($1.6m), Victory Project ($1.6m) and Insideout Writers Inc ($1.6m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 29% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $115k. It paid $3,893 in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $22.6m against liabilities of $23k, net assets of $22.6m. It reported 3 employees.