Nonprofit · EIN 86-1434433
TRIAL IMPACT PROJECT
Tax-exempt · LOS ANGELES, CA 90014
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2025 | 990 | $1,769,827 | $1,915,545 | -$145,718 | $651,370 | $13,465 | $637,905 |
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $1,385,552 | $1,180,361 | $205,191 | $784,559 | $936 | $783,623 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $1,474,006 | $1,215,409 | $258,597 | $592,304 | $18,072 | $574,232 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $1,762,375
- Program service revenue
- $3,750
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $3,702
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $238,080
- Other salaries and wages
- $940,422
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,380,550
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $239,006
- Accounting fees
- $19,254
- Occupancy
- $12,087
- Travel
- $2,532
- Depreciation
- $2,040
- Program services (functional)
- $1,628,213
- Management and general (functional)
- $287,332
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $784,559
- Total assets, end of year
- $651,370
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $13,465
- Net assets, end of year
- $637,905
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $1,788
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $637,905
- Gross receipts
- $1,769,827
- Employees
- 15
- Volunteers
- 2
- Year formed
- 2020
- State of legal domicile
- CA
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, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sara Haji | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $200,000 | $38,080 |
| Marjorie Menza | Sr. Attorney | 40 | $157,385 | $29,966 |
| Ashley Artmann | Sr. Attorney | 40 | $140,000 | $26,656 |
| Hannah Comstock | Sr. Attorney | 40 | $135,779 | $25,852 |
| Joshua Behrens | SJLF Fellow | 40 | $86,159 | $16,405 |
| John Hueston | President/Dir Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Marshall Camp | Treasurer/Dir Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Moez Kaba | Secretary/Dir Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Brian Hennigan | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Vicki Chou | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sara Haji | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $218,092 | $13,987 |
| Vanessa Domenichelli | Sr. Attorney | 40 | $126,984 | $10,085 |
| Hannah Comstock | Sr. Attorney | 40 | $94,147 | $7,573 |
| John Hueston | President/Dir Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Marshall Camp | Treasurer/Dir Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Moez Kaba | Secretary/Dir Trustee or director, Officer | 2 | $0 | $0 |
| Brian Hennigan | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Vicki Chou | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 8 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shubhra Shivpuri til 1023 | Executive Dir. Officer | 40 | $159,574 | $10,651 |
| Maria del Pilar Gonzalez Morales | Dir Advcy til11/23 | 40 | $146,291 | $6,945 |
| Vanessa Domenichelli | Sr. Attorney | 40 | $113,616 | $9,630 |
| John Hueston | Chairman/Dir Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Marshall Camp | Treasurer/Dir Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Moez Kaba | Secretary/Dir Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Brian Hennigan | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| Vicki Chou | Director Trustee or director | 1 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 523 W 6TH ST STE 450, LOS ANGELES, CA 90014-1261
- In care of
- % JOHN HUESTON
- Principal officer (990 for 2025)
- John Hueston, 523 West 6th Street 450, Los Angeles, CA 90014
- Signed the 990
- Marshall Camp, Treasurer/Dir
- Phone
- (213) 542-5241
- Website
- www.trialimpact.org
- Return prepared by
- Fontanello Duffield & Otake LLP
California records
California keeps its own records of charities and corporations. Search them by EIN 86-1434433 or by the name TRIAL IMPACT PROJECT.
- Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers
- Registration status and filed reports (CT-TR-1, RRF-1)
- Secretary of State, bizfile Online
- Corporation status, entity number, agent for service
- Franchise Tax Board
- Entity status letter (state tax exemption, good standing)
Mission
Advancing social justice by focusing on groundbreaking trial work and innovative collaboration across private, public and academic sectors. Our trial lawyers, veterans of historic cases, work closely with the next generation of leaders in the law to prevail in the nations most impactful, precedent-setting cases.
Program accomplishments
- In 2025, Trial Impact Project ("TIP" had two ongoing programs:1. Fellowship: One of TIPs two core missions is the fellowship program, which provides two years of intensive litigation training to recent law school graduates committed to working in civil rights. In September 2025, we welcomed three new fellows to our third fellowship cohort, and we were able to cover their moving expenses and bar fees. The fellows have joined our cases, working under the supervision of our senior staff attorneys and executive director to draft memoranda and briefs, research legal issues, and contribute to our community outreach and advocacy. After completing their first six months of training, our fellows begin developing their own investigations and building their own civil rights cases with the help of our team.2. Impact Litigation: TIP's other core mission is to develop precedent-setting litigation to advance social justice. Our first docket of cases included five major pieces of litigation, including two police misconduct cases with the ACLU of Louisianas Justice Lab and the Southern Poverty Law Center; one case in state court in Southern California that seeks to ease the burden of homelessness and reduce the punitive fines and fees associated with it; one major class-action case in federal court in Southern California that seeks to hold accountable a private prison and detention center operator that systematically poisoned immigrant detainees; and one case with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Knight First Amendment Institute in Northern California that aims to have San Mateo County reverse its policy of digitizing and destroying inmate mail. SJLF is also continuing investigation into potential new litigation.Expenses $1,628,213 · revenue $3,750
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 | 990 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
- 86-1434433
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2022
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Crime and legal-related (I83)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $651,370
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,769,827
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2025 | $1,769,827 | $1,915,545 | $651,370 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2024 | $1,385,552 | $1,180,361 | $784,559 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2023 | $1,474,006 | $1,215,409 | $592,304 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $1,178,387 | $1,007,019 | $367,545 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | 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 86-1434433).
Questions about TRIAL IMPACT PROJECT
- What is the EIN of TRIAL IMPACT PROJECT?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of TRIAL IMPACT PROJECT is 86-1434433.
- Is TRIAL IMPACT PROJECT tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2022.
- Are donations to TRIAL IMPACT PROJECT tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does TRIAL IMPACT PROJECT 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 TRIAL IMPACT PROJECT due?
- The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did TRIAL IMPACT PROJECT last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of TRIAL IMPACT PROJECT?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names John Hueston.
- Who are the officers and directors of TRIAL IMPACT PROJECT?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 10 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $200,000 (Sara Haji, Executive Dir.).
- How much revenue does TRIAL IMPACT PROJECT have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,769,827, expenses of $1,915,545 and total assets of $651,370 at year end.
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