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Organizations Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy Institute for Justice

Institute for Justice

Fiscal year ending 2025. Filed on December 11, 2025.

901 North Glebe Road 900
Suite 120
Arlington, Virginia 22203

Institute for Justice (EIN: 52-1744337) has filed an IRS Form 990 between fiscal years 2016 and 2025. In its fiscal year 2025 IRS Form 990 filing, Institute for Justice, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 11 out of 239 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $500,468. The highest compensated employee at Institute for Justice is Scott Bullock with fiscal year 2025 compensation of $859,654.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$55,276,320

Expenses

$47,571,842

Employee compensation

$33,663,892
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Scott Bullock
President and Chief Counsel
$859,654
$797,018 No related comp$62,636
Dana Berliner
Senior Vice President and Litigation Director
$724,395
$673,010 No related comp$51,385
Daniel Knepper
CFO and General Counsel/Secretary and Treasurer
$625,371
$563,668 No related comp$61,703
Deborah Simpson
Chief Operating Officer
$599,563
$532,467 No related comp$67,096
John Kramer
Vice President for Strategic Relations
$554,776
$476,608 No related comp$78,168
Robert Gall
Managing Vice President and Senior Attorney
$494,662
$424,402 No related comp$70,260
Beth Stevens
Vice President, Development
$441,772
$377,712 No related comp$64,060
Robert McNamara
Deputy Litigation Director
$440,621
$370,551 No related comp$70,070
Robert Johnson
Senior Attorney
$364,207
$283,620 No related comp$80,587
Robert Frommer
Senior Attorney
$333,576
$281,203 No related comp$52,373
Wiliam Mellor
Chariman and Founding General Counsel (Until 10/11/2024)
$66,551
$50,537 No related comp$16,014

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Andrew Prins
Director
Arthur Dantchik
Director
Jim Lintott
Chair
Kenneth Levy
Director
Lawrence Greenberg
Director
Robert Gelfond
Director
Stephen Modzelewski
Director
Tara Smith
Director

Contractors

Ocean Solutions LLC
IT
$481,420
Doyle Printing & Offset Co Incorporated
Printing and Mailing
$247,538
Veritext Corp
Transcript
$196,361
Monument Advocacy
Lobbying Consultant
$130,000
Endgame Strategies LLC
Lobbying Consultant
$120,000

Mission Statement

THROUGH STRATEGIC LITIGATION, TRAINING, COMMUNICATION, ACTIVISM AND RESEARCH, THE INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE (IJ) ADVANCES A RULE OF LAW UNDER WHICH INDIVIDUALS CAN CONTROL THEIR DESTINIES AS FREE AND RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. IJ LITIGATES TO SECURE ECONOMIC LIBERTY, EDUCATIONAL CHOICE, PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS, FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND OTHER VITAL INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES, AND TO RESTORE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITS ON THE POWER OF GOVERNMENT. IN ADDITION, IJ TRAINS LAW STUDENTS, LAWYERS, AND POLICY ACTIVISTS IN THE TACTICS OF PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION. THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES, IJ CHALLENGES THE IDEOLOGY OF THE WELFARE STATE AND ILLUSTRATES AND EXTENDS THE BENEFITS OF FREEDOM TO THOSE WHOSE FULL ENJOYMENT OF LIBERTY IS DENIED BY GOVERNMENT.

Revisions to this organization profile

December 11, 2025:
2025 Institute for Justice 990 filed
December 15, 2023:
2023 Institute for Justice 990 filed
December 1, 2022:
2022 Institute for Justice 990 filed

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