Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1995.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
95 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.
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Who runs it and what they're paid
13 people listed on the 990; $1.0M paid to officers and key staff.
Tera K Duvernay’s $181K as Deputy Director of Legacy Sites is at the 26th percentile of top reported officer pay among 129 $10–100M civil rights & advocacy nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tera K Duvernay | $180,602 | $147,962 | $149,105 | $111,697 | $112,075 | — |
| Charlotte Morrison | $172,710 | $150,586 | $150,685 | $134,792 | $126,090 | $108,295 |
| Margaret Hayden | — | $153,109 | — | — | — | — |
| Sia M Sanneh | $151,073 | $127,780 | $129,427 | $104,417 | — | — |
| Aaryn M Urell | $148,086 | $129,578 | $131,318 | $116,143 | $112,190 | — |
| Alicia a D'Addario | $140,871 | — | $124,378 | $103,892 | — | — |
| Angela Setzer | $139,910 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sonia Kapadia | — | — | — | — | $109,045 | — |
Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.
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Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Provides anti-poverty support, free healthcare, and financial assistance for food to low-income families and individuals in Alabama.
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In 2024, eji welcomed hundreds of thousands of visitors to the legacy sites: the legacy museum, the national memorial for peace and justice, and freedom monument sculpture park. The legacy sites offer visitors a powerful experience to confront our nation's history of racial injustice and the legacy of slavery.
Eji provided direct legal services to hundreds of people in 2024 who were wrongly convicted, unfairly sentenced or illegally prosecuted. We won several rulings that advanced the rule of law and protected vulnerable people from unjust treatment.
Our anti-poverty initiative continues to offer life-changing support to thousands of families in alabama. Our health clinic provides high quality care at no cost to uninsured patients, and our anti-hunger program fights food insecurity by providing direct financial assistance for food and essential items to low-income people in alabama.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2025 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY25 | End FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $262.3M | $219.3M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $171.5M | $234.1M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $455.3M | $474.8M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $11.9M | $9.5M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $443.5M | $465.3M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to domestic individualsLn 2 | $6.6M | $6.6M | ||
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $204K | $157K | $37K | $11K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $12.9M | $11.6M | $1.2M | $106K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $2.9M | $2.6M | $270K | $25K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $999K | $895K | $95K | $9K |
| Management feesLn 11a | $170K | $170K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $356K | $259K | $65K | $33K |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $162K | $162K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $3.8M | $3.7M | $113K | $35K |
| TravelLn 17 | $1.2M | $1.1M | $71K | $11K |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $9.5M | $9.5M | $20K | $2K |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $810K | $743K | $57K | $9K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $8.3M | $8.2M | $109K | $9K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $4.0M | $3.9M | $62K | $32K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $52.1M | $49.7M | $2.1M | $282K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest Viewing | $73.4M | $52.1M | $21.3M | $465.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $79.6M | $75.6M | $4.0M | $443.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $67.3M | $55.1M | $12.1M | $418.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $112.3M | $28.4M | $83.9M | $397.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $133.1M | $94.0M | $39.1M | $333.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 | $216.2M | $25.2M | $191.0M | $293.7M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $73,423,570 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 5 of 8 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $73,423,570 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $52,081,236 across 14 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $474,804,644 assets, 17 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $465,293,928 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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