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Employees Naacp Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc. Janai Nelson

Janai Nelson

OfficerTrustee/director

President and Director-Counsel at Naacp Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc.

Fiscal year ended June 30, 2024. Published on January 25, 2026.

$623,431
2024

Total compensation

Janai Nelson has been listed as an employee of Naacp Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc. in Form 990 filings since at least fiscal year 2016. Total compensation for Janai Nelson has increased by 190.7% from 2016 to 2024.

Annual compensation details

$623,431
+14.9%
President and Director-Counsel
2024
$534k org
59 hrs/wk
$90k other
--
$542,427
+83.4%
President and Director-Counsel
2023
$449k org
59 hrs/wk
$94k other
--

Total compensation by year

Compare the compensation of Janai Nelson to:

2024

Other employees at Naacp Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc.

Tona Boyd
Assoc. Director Counsel
$400,441
$342,815 from orgNo related comp$57,626 other
Claude Johnson
Chief Development Officer
$392,496
$351,743 from orgNo related comp$40,753 other
Samuel Spital
Litigation Director
$370,517
$281,834 from orgNo related comp$88,683 other
Kevin Thomson
Chief Financial Officer
$349,572
$270,164 from orgNo related comp$79,408 other
Jin Hee Lee
Director of Strategic INT
$338,393
$242,636 from orgNo related comp$95,757 other
Elisabeth North
Chief Operating Officer
$298,579
$263,402 from orgNo related comp$35,177 other
Raymond Audain
Senior Counsel
$254,483
$196,862 from orgNo related comp$57,621 other
Stuart Naifeh
Manager, Redistricting Project
$250,567
$198,672 from orgNo related comp$51,895 other
Laura Fino
EXE Director Instit Giving
$247,951
$197,255 from orgNo related comp$50,696 other
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Revisions to this profile

January 25, 2026:
2024 Naacp Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc. 990 published
January 25, 2026:
2023 Naacp Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc. 990 published
January 25, 2026:
2022 Naacp Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc. 990 published

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