Charity profile · Historical source record

Equal Justice America

EIN 13-3708596Human and Civil Rights Virginia Small

Historical collection: May 2019 · Rating details mostly from 2017. Source & context

The mission

What this organization describes

Legal Services Fellowships

Established in 1993, Equal Justice America (EJA) has become a national leader in providing opportunities for law students and lawyers to work with organizations that deliver civil legal services to those most in need. Our efforts expose a new generation to the urgency for pro bono assistance to our most vulnerable citizens. Students at more than 100 law schools now have the opportunity to take part in the Equal Justice America Fellowship Program. Equal Justice America has sponsored fellowships for more than 4,500 law students to work with over 500 legal services organizations. EJA has paid out more than $11.5 million in grants and has provided approximately free legal e million hours of free legal services..

Mission and tagline reproduced from the source record.

Historical scorecard

Three perspectives. One record.

73.99Overall score
out of 100

63.90Financial score
out of 100

93.00Accountability & transparency
out of 100

These are the dataset’s historical numeric fields, not a current rating or a new DonorAPI.com assessment. Read the score context ↗

Financial context

Revenue, expenses, and composition

Total revenue · USD$1,109,993

Total expenses · USD$1,109,390

Program expenses

$764,369.71 recorded amount

68.9%

Fundraising expenses

$200,799.59 recorded amount

18.1%

Administrative expenses

$143,111.31 recorded amount

12.9%

Fundraising efficiency: $0.18 spent per $1 raised in donations, as defined in the source.

Expense shares are displayed as percentages. Component amounts in this collection match total expenses multiplied by the source ratios; rounding can leave a small difference from the total. The source does not supply a row-specific fiscal year. Field definitions ↗

Historical leadership record

The leadership information supplied

Recorded leader: Dan Ruben
Recorded compensation: $104,000.00
Recorded compensation percentage: 9.37%

These fields do not establish the current officeholder or current compensation. The metadata does not specify the denominator of the leader compensation percentage. Read with context ↗

Inspect all 23 original source fields

Exact source strings are retained below, including numeric precision. A blank value is marked as not reported; zero remains zero.

All 23 original fields for Equal Justice America
Source field	Original source value
`ascore` Accountability & transparency score	93.0
`category` Category	Human and Civil Rights
`description` Mission & description	Established in 1993, Equal Justice America (EJA) has become a national leader in providing opportunities for law students and lawyers to work with organizations that deliver civil legal services to those most in need. Our efforts expose a new generation to the urgency for pro bono assistance to our most vulnerable citizens. Students at more than 100 law schools now have the opportunity to take part in the Equal Justice America Fellowship Program. Equal Justice America has sponsored fellowships for more than 4,500 law students to work with over 500 legal services organizations. EJA has paid out more than $11.5 million in grants and has provided approximately free legal e million hours of free legal services..
`ein` EIN	13-3708596
`tot_exp` Total expenses	1109390.0
`admin_exp_p` Administrative expense fraction	0.129
`fund_eff` Fundraising efficiency ($ per $1 raised)	0.18
`fund_exp_p` Fundraising expense fraction	0.18100000000000002
`program_exp_p` Program expense fraction	0.6890000000000001
`fscore` Financial score	63.9
`leader` Recorded leader	Dan Ruben
`leader_comp` Recorded leader compensation	104000.0
`leader_comp_p` Recorded leader compensation fraction	0.09369999999999999
`motto` Tagline	Legal Services Fellowships
`name` Charity name	Equal Justice America
`tot_rev` Total revenue	1109993.0
`score` Overall score	73.99
`state` State code	VA
`subcategory` Subcategory	Advocacy and Education
`size` Source size label	small
`program_exp` Program expenses	764369.7100000001
`fund_exp` Fundraising expenses	200799.59000000003
`admin_exp` Administrative expenses	143111.31

Identity & classification

At a glance

EIN: 13-3708596
Source category: Human and Civil Rights
Source subcategory: Advocacy and Education
Recorded location: Virginia (VA)
Expense-based size: Small
Under $3.5M in total expenses · source label: small

Explore alongside

Related source records

Linked by source subcategory, prioritizing the same recorded state. Not a recommendation or ranking.

A useful next step

Keep the context.

Check current organizational information separately before making a giving decision. This record does not include an official website, donation URL, or current eligibility field.

Giving research guide ↗

Source: Charity Navigator Scores Expenses Dataset, version 1, attributed to katyjqian on Kaggle. Collection: May 2019; rating details mostly from 2017. Read attribution, scope, and reuse notes.