Truth for Justice
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.3m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$1.5m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$1.5m
$91k liabilities
Net assets
$1.4m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
10
6.8 years on average
Staff
7
employees, year to 31 December 2024
Chair observed
≥1 yr
Sheherazade Semsar
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Truth for Justice's network
10 people1 organisationi10 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (10). Violet dotted lines (1) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
10 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 in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.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 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheherazade Semsar Chair | Board Chair | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Anne Applebaum | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Azar Nafisi | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Elizabeth T Gray JR JD | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Francis Fukuyama | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Ladan Boroumand | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Lashawn R Jefferson | Board Member | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Nazanin Boniadi | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Roya Boroumand | President & | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| William Shipsey | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roya Boroumand | President & | 40 | $92k | ||
| Anne Applebaum | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Nazanin Boniadi | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ladan Boroumand | Treasurer | 2 | $0 | ||
| Francis Fukuyama | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Elizabeth T Gray Jr JD | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Lashawn R Jefferson | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Azar Nafisi | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sheherazade Semsar | Board Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| William Shipsey | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Truth for Justice
- EIN
- 522302849
- Address
- 3220 N St Nw Ste 357, Washington, DC, 20007-2829
- State
- District of Columbia
- Mission
- Promotes awareness of democracy and universal human rights in iran through research, publication, and education. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B03 Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2001
- Principal officer
- Roya Boroumand (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 April 2003
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsAnne Applebaum
≥8years on the filingsAzar Nafisi
≥8years on the filingsElizabeth T Gray JR JD
≥8years on the filingsFrancis Fukuyama
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $1.5m
- Total liabilities
- $91k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $1.4m
- Contributions and grants received
- $1.3m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Employees
- 7
Filed finances
2 yearsiTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $1.3m | $1.5m | Deficit $138k |
| 2023 | $745k | $1.2m | Deficit $405k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
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.Truth for Justice 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: DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), corporate registrations (opendata.dc.gov). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: DC DLCP. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- District of Columbia
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active - In Good Standing
- Formed
- 16 March 2001
- Registered agent
- Roya Boroumand (city and state not held)