Tzedek DC INC: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 81-2208907)

Sarah Hollender’s $178K as Deputy Director/Acting Exec. Dir. is at the 77th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1147 $1–10M crime & legal 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 · 4 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Ariel Levinson-Waldman	$148,028	$188,650	$179,668	$171,111	$162,767
Sarah Hollender	$178,026	$138,573	$125,164	$126,139	$107,072
Aj Huber	$110,778	—	—	—	—
Jorge Tormes	$110,730	—	—	—	—

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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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Tzedek DC INC is a legal and crime-related nonprofit based in Washington, DC.

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1 program · $572K · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

Tzedek DC provides direct legal services to vulnerable D.C. Residents. Specifically, tzedek DC provides quality, affordable (typically pro-bono) legal services to D.C. Residents who are at or below the 400 percent of the federal poverty line (including those under the 200 percent threshold) and facing debt collection and other…

$572Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record

Grants received · FY2025

The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati FoundationFY2025$15K

American College of Bankruptcy FoundationFY2025$15K

Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$30K

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$936K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$940K

Investment incomeLn 3$4K

Money outPt IX

$755K

Ln 25

Programscol B$572K

Managementcol C$60K

Fundraisingcol D$123K

Owns and owesPt X

$843K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$723K

Total assetsLn 16$942K

LiabilitiesLn 26$98K

PeoplePt VI, VII

6

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a4

IndependentVI 1b4

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$940K

Government grantsLn 1e$128K

Noncash giftsLn 1g$82K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$257K

Investment incomeLn 3$4K

Gains on assetsLn 7$939

Total revenueLn 12$936K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$340K

SavingsLn 2$382K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$723K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$14K

Total assetsLn 16$942K

LiabilitiesLn 26$98K

Net assetsLn 32$843K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 59

VolunteersI 6110

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$421K	$723K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$12K	$14K
Total assetsLn 16	$671K	$942K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$8K	$98K
Net assetsLn 32	$662K	$843K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$165K	$91K	$25K	$49K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$354K	$304K	$16K	$34K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$44K	$34K	$3K	$7K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$44K	$33K	$3K	$7K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$42K	$32K	$3K	$7K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$57K	$43K	$4K	$9K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$11K	$8K	$818	$2K
Office expensesLn 13	$10K	$6K	$582	$3K
TravelLn 17	$565	$430	$45	$90
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$3K	$2K	$227	$461
InsuranceLn 23	$6K	$4K	$448	$909
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$18K	$13K	$1K	$3K
All other expensesLn 24e	$2K	$675	$970	$142
Total functional expensesLn 25	$755K	$572K	$60K	$123K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$3.6M	$2.5M	$1.1M	$4.3M	990 PDF
FY2023	$2.5M	$1.7M	$818K	$3.1M	990 PDF
FY2022	$1.8M	$1.1M	$706K	$2.1M	990 PDF
FY2021	$1.5M	$852K	$666K	$1.5M	990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing	$936K	$755K	$181K	$843K	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash J · Pay O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $936,498 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $785,837$940,336

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $0$0

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $3,494$3,532

I-11 Other revenuePrior year −$19,394−$7,370

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $769,937$936,498

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $426,536$607,156

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $105,200$148,139

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $531,736$755,295

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $238,201$181,203

Part VI · Governance 4 of 4 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body4

VI-1b Independent voting members4

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $936,498 across 9 lines filed

VIII-1c Fundraising events$256,757

VIII-1e Government grants$127,939

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$555,640

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$82,264

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$940,336

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $2,593$2,593

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $939$939

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$7,370−$7,370

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax −$3,838$936,498

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $755,295 across 13 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $90,648 · Management $24,722 · Fundraising $49,444$164,814

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $304,078 · Management $16,397 · Fundraising $33,903$354,378

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $34,233 · Management $3,359 · Fundraising $6,818$44,410

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $33,149 · Management $3,437 · Fundraising $6,968$43,554

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $32,201 · Management $3,339 · Fundraising $6,769$42,309

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $43,166 · Management $4,476 · Fundraising $9,073$56,715

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $7,889 · Management $818 · Fundraising $2,178$10,885

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,609 · Management $582 · Fundraising $3,466$9,657

IX-17 TravelPrograms $430 · Management $45 · Fundraising $90$565

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,194 · Management $227 · Fundraising $461$2,882

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,322 · Management $448 · Fundraising $909$5,679

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $13,442 · Management $1,393 · Fundraising $2,825$17,660

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $675 · Management $970 · Fundraising $142$1,787

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $572,036 · Management $60,213 · Fundraising $123,046$755,295

Part X · Balance sheet $941,808 assets, 14 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $141,139$340,187

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $279,866$382,459

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $233,818$201,050

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $775$3,508

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $2,778$468

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $12,295$14,136

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $670,671$941,808

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $8,392$18,826

X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payable$79,500

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $8,392$98,326

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $405,779$633,482

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $256,500$210,000

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $662,279$843,482

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $670,671$941,808

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $843,482 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$936,498

XI-2 Total expenses$755,295

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$181,203

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$662,279

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$843,482

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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