Nonprofit · EIN 23-7068627
WASHINGTON STATE ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE
Tax-exempt · SEATTLE, WA 98101
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $3,823,275 | $3,185,228 | $638,047 | $8,621,159 | $1,655,792 | $6,965,367 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $3,686,281 | $3,075,726 | $610,555 | $7,701,473 | $1,471,514 | $6,229,959 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $14,160
- Program service revenue
- $3,604,554
- Investment income
- $203,731
- Other revenue
- $830
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $529,866
- Other salaries and wages
- $539,936
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,261,112
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $277
- Accounting fees
- $25,969
- Occupancy
- $180,413
- Travel
- $36,200
- Depreciation
- $39,967
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $7,701,473
- Total assets, end of year
- $8,621,159
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,655,792
- Net assets, end of year
- $6,965,367
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $92,305
- Publicly traded securities
- $6,136,156
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $6,965,367
- Gross receipts
- $3,823,275
- Employees
- 14
- Volunteers
- 40
- Year formed
- 1967
- State of legal domicile
- WA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SARA CRUMB | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 19 | $282,500 | $30,741 |
| LAURENCE SHANNON | GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR Key employee | 40 | $200,833 | $15,792 |
| KELLI CARSON | GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DEPUTY DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $173,000 | $20,576 |
| MARY LEARNED | SYSTEMS & OFFICER MANAGER Highest-paid employee | 40 | $106,619 | $18,944 |
| ELIZABETH HANLEY | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| HARDEEP S REKHI | PRESIDENT-ELECT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| COLLEEN DURKIN PETERSON | IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TARA EUBANKS | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES W BECK | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JJ THOMPSON | VICE PRESIDENT EAST Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATHRYN KNUDSEN | VICE PRESIDENT WEST Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH MCLAFFERTY | VICE PRESIDENT CLE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MERCEDES DONCHEZ | 2ND VICE PRESIDENT CLE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SCOTT W EDWARDS | VICE PRESIDENT MEMBERSHIP Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JASON SKUDA | 2ND VICE PRESIDENT MEMBERSHIP Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
29 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREW ACKLEY | VICE PRESIDENT JUDICIAL RELATIONS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SARAH PEREZ | 2ND VICE PRESIDENT JUDICIAL RELATIONS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOHN D WEBBER | VICE PRESIDENT LEGISLATIVE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| AMIE PETERS | 2ND VICE PRESIDENT LEGISLATIVE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH WOODY LINDQUIST | VICE PRESIDENT PUBLIC AFFAIRS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MEGAN HALE | 2ND VICE PRESIDENT PUBLIC AFFAIRS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CARL-ERICH KRUSE | EDITOR IN-CHIEF Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHANNON M KILPATRICK | 1ST DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TIFFANY BAILEY | 2ND DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GREG PRICE | 3RD DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| DAVID ABEYTA | 4TH DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WES MORTENSEN | 5TH DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATHY COMFORT | 6TH DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JEFFREY BOYD | 7TH DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LEE STEWART THOMAS | 8TH DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL MONTGOMERY | 9TH DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KATHRYN N POTVIN | 10TH DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NATHAN ROBERTS | AT-LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| GRANT GELLATLY | AT-LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL WAMPOLD | AT-LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BETSYLEW R MIALE-GIX | AT-LARGE (WSBA LIAISON) Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CELIA RIVERA | AT-LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RON PARK | AT-LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARTA O'BRIEN | AT-LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| ADAM URRA | AT-LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MIKE FISHER | AT-LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MARIA S DIAMOND | AAJ GOVERNOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL PFAU | AAJ GOVERNOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| LEAH SNYDER | AAJ GOVERNOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 41 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAURENCE SHANNON | GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DIRECTOR Key employee | 40 | $289,100 | $22,035 |
| SARA CRUMB | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Officer | 19 | $255,000 | $27,404 |
| KELLI CARSON | GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS DEPUTY DIRECTOR Highest-paid employee | 40 | $161,000 | $19,041 |
| COLLEEN DURKIN PETERSON | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 4 | $0 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH HANLEY | PRESIDENT-ELECT Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| NATHAN ROBERTS | IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATHRYN KNUDSEN | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JAMES W BECK | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| JJ THOMPSON | VICE PRESIDENT EAST Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| HARDEEP S REKHI | VICE PRESIDENT WEST Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH MCLAFFERTY | VICE PRESIDENT CLE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MERCEDES DONCHEZ | 2ND VICE PRESIDENT CLE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SCOTT W EDWARDS | VICE PRESIDENT MEMBERSHIP Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JASON SKUDA | 2ND VICE PRESIDENT MEMBERSHIP Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ANDREW ACKLEY | VICE PRESIDENT JUDICIAL RELATIONS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID ABEYTA | 2ND VICE PRESIDENT JUDICIAL RELATIONS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JOHN D WEBBER | VICE PRESIDENT LEGISLATIVE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| AMIE PETERS | 2ND VICE PRESIDENT LEGISLATIVE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ELIZABETH WOODY LINDQUIST | VICE PRESIDENT PUBLIC AFFAIRS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| TARA EUBANKS | 2ND VICE PRESIDENT PUBLIC AFFAIRS Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CARL-ERICH KRUSE | EDITOR IN-CHIEF Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SHANNON M KILPATRICK | 1ST DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| DAVID A BROWN | 2ND DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GREG PRICE | 3RD DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MEGAN HALE | 4TH DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| WES MORTENSEN | 5TH DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATHY COMFORT | 6TH DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| JEFFREY BOYD | 7TH DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| LEE STEWART THOMAS | 8TH DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL MONTGOMERY | 9TH DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| KATHRYN N POTVIN | 10TH DISTRICT Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| GRANT GELLATLY | AT-LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL WAMPOLD | AT-LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BETSYLEW R MIALE-GIX | AT-LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| CELIA RIVERA | AT-LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| SARAH PEREZ | AT-LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| RON PARK | AT-LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ADAM URRA | AT-LARGE Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARIA S DIAMOND | AAJ GOVERNOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL T PFAU | AAJ GOVERNOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| BRIAN LADENBURG | AAJ GOVERNOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 1809 7TH AVE STE 1500, SEATTLE, WA 98101-1328
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- SARA CRUMB, 1809 SEVENTH AVE 1500, SEATTLE, WA 98101
- Signed the 990
- SARA CRUMB, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (206) 464-1011
- Return prepared by
- GREENWOOD OHLUND PS
Mission
WE STAND UP IN THE COURTROOM AND HALLS OF GOVERNMENT FOR REAL PEOPLE. WE DEFEND YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO HAVE YOUR DAY IN COURT. WE HOLD CORPORATE AND OTHER POWERFUL INTERESTS ACCOUNTABLE. WE ARE A COMMUNITY CREATING AND SHARING RESOURCES FOR OUR MEMBERS TO SECURE JUSTICE.
Program accomplishments
- WE ARE A MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION SERVING CIVIL PLAINTIFF ATTORNEYS TO AID THEM WITH THEIR PRACTICE TO BETTER SERVE THEIR CLIENTS. WE SERVE OVER 2,000 MEMBERS STATEWIDE.
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 23-7068627
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(6): Business league or chamber of commerce
- Donations deductible
- No
- Exempt since
- 1971
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $8,621,159
- Income (IRS master file)
- $3,823,275
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $3,823,275 | $3,185,228 | $8,621,159 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $3,686,281 | $3,075,726 | $7,701,473 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $3,635,403 | $2,910,939 | $7,230,661 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2018 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2017 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 23-7068627).
Questions about WASHINGTON STATE ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE
- What is the EIN of WASHINGTON STATE ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of WASHINGTON STATE ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE is 23-7068627.
- Is WASHINGTON STATE ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(6) since 1971.
- Are donations to WASHINGTON STATE ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE tax-deductible?
- No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
- Which annual return does WASHINGTON STATE ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of WASHINGTON STATE ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did WASHINGTON STATE ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of WASHINGTON STATE ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names SARA CRUMB.
- Who are the officers and directors of WASHINGTON STATE ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 44 people; 4 received compensation from the organization, the highest $282,500 (SARA CRUMB, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).
- How much revenue does WASHINGTON STATE ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $3,823,275, expenses of $3,185,228 and total assets of $8,621,159 at year end.
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