Equal Justice America Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.7m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$1.6m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$265k
$560k liabilities
Net assets
Minus $296k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
5.4 years on average
Staff
16
employees, year to 30 June 2025
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
2
named in Part VII
Equal Justice America Inc's network
4 peoplei4 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
4 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Ruben | Executive Di | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Linda Connolly | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Sonia Marquez | Company secretary | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Stephen Houghton | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
2 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| David Santacroce | President | since 2021 |
| Larry Zabar | Treasurer | since 2021 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Connolly | Director | $0 | |||
| Stephen Houghton | Director | $0 | |||
| Sonia Marquez | Secretary | $0 | |||
| Dan Ruben | Executive Di | $0 | |||
| David Santacroce | President | $0 | |||
| Larry Zabar | Treasurer | $0 |
No pay was reported for anyone in Part VII on this return.
Colorado roster
7 listediOfficers, directors and trustees from the latest filing with the Colorado Secretary of State (document 20263008305). Titles are as filed; some entries are registered agents or custodians of records rather than board members. Source: data.colorado.gov, public domain.| Name | Title as filed |
|---|---|
| Larry Zabar | Treasurer |
| Sonia Marquez | Secretary |
| David Santacroce | President |
| Linda Connolly | Director |
| Dan Ruben | Vice President |
| Stephen Houghton | Director |
| Katie Toman |
About
- Legal name
- Equal Justice America Inc
- EIN
- 133708596
- Address
- 3007 E Boundary Ter, Midlothian, VA, 23112-3933
- State
- Virginia
- Mission
- Equal justice america provides grants to legal aid and civil rights organizations serving low-income and disadvantaged people by funding fellowships for law students and early-career lawyers. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- I80Z Crime and legal-related
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Crime & Legal-Related
- Size band
- 4 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1992
- Principal officer
- Dan Ruben (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 July 1993
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsDan Ruben
≥7years on the filingsSonia Marquez
≥5years on the filingsStephen Houghton
≥1years on the filingsLinda Connolly
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $265k
- Total liabilities
- $560k
- Net assets or fund balances
- Minus $296k
- Contributions and grants received
- $1.7m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $705k
- Employees
- 16
Grants paid
25+ listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Others Under 5000 | Legal grants | $232k |
| Legal Aid Chicago | $117k | |
| Legal Aid of North Carolina | $65k | |
| East Bay Community Law Center | $65k | |
| Greater Boston Legal Services | $33k | |
| Eja Disability Law Clinic | $26k | |
| The Legal Aid Society | $17k | |
| New Haven Legal Assistance | $15k | |
| University of Michigan Law School | $12k | |
| Texas Riogrande Legal Aid | $11k | |
| Neighborhood Legal Services Program | $11k | |
| New York Legal Assistance Group | $11k | |
| Legal Aid of West Virginia | $10k | |
| Open Door Legal | $10k | |
| Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles | $8k | |
| Manhattan Legal Services | $7k | |
| Legal Aid Society of DC | $7k | |
| Public Counsel | $7k | |
| Pennsylvania Institutional Law Proj | $7k | |
| Legal Aid Society of San Diego | $7k | |
| Community Legal Services | $6k | |
| Philadelphia Legal Assistance | $6k | |
| Legal Aid Justice Center | $5k | |
| Mexican American Legal Defense | $5k | |
| Equip for Equality | $5k |
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Equal Justice America, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Colorado Secretary of State (CDOS), business entities (data.colorado.gov 4ykn-tg5h). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Colorado
- Entity type
- nonprofit corporation
- Status
- Good Standing
- Formed
- 2 February 2026
- Registered agent
- Registered Agents INC (city and state not held)
This register does not publish officers or directors.