Equal Justice Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 232490426
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Phone
- 2158987491
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $49,545
- Expenses
- $50,017
- Assets
- $14,020
- Liabilities
- $1,450
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Scott Aravena (President)
- Julie Linstra (President(until April 2025))
- Samantha Schlafani (Vice President(until April 2025)
People named in this filing
- Scott Aravena (President)
- Julie Linstra (President(until April 2025))
- Samantha Schlafani (Vice President(until April 2025)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Awards summer grants to match law students who provide legal services to low-income people.
What it reported doing in 2024
Auctions and other events are held to generate revenue to use to award scholarships to needy students, which is the exemptpurpose of the organization.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 34
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 97.9%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 97%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.6% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 97.9% of revenue deployed · 97% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $49K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.