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Organizations Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy Institute for Justice

Institute for Justice

Fiscal year ending 2022. Filed on December 1, 2022.

901 North Glebe Road Ste 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 2022 IRS Form 990 filing, Institute for Justice, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, reported compensation for 12 out of 217 total employees. Among the employees shown here, the average compensation is $362,625. The highest compensated employee at Institute for Justice is Scott G Bullock with fiscal year 2022 compensation of $611,646.

Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation

Revenue

$38,984,471

Expenses

$33,233,789

Employee compensation

$24,066,153
Revenue, expenses, and employee compensation over time

Reported Compensated Employees

Scott G Bullock
President and General Counsel
$611,646
$575,860 No related comp$35,786
Dana Berliner
Senior Vice President and Litigation Director
$545,734
$504,293 No related comp$41,441
Daniel Knepper
Managing Vp-Cfo/Secretary
$462,300
$420,601 No related comp$41,699
John Kramer
Vice President, Communications
$423,028
$375,385 No related comp$47,643
Deborah Simpson
Chief Operating Officer
$366,037
$323,351 No related comp$42,686
Robert Gall
Managing Vice President and Senior Attorney
$362,717
$308,016 No related comp$54,701
Robert McNamara
Senior Attorney
$347,629
$297,125 No related comp$50,504
Beth Stevens
Vice President, Development
$337,865
$295,587 No related comp$42,278
Jeffrey Rowes
Senior Attorney
$297,290
$237,746 No related comp$59,544
Melanie Hildreth
Vice President for External Relations (Until Jan/2022)
$286,833
$239,243 No related comp$47,590
Robert Johnson
Senior Attorney
$264,633
$232,340 No related comp$32,293
William Mellor
Chairman and Founding General Counsel
$45,786
$41,582 No related comp$4,204

Benchmark Employee Compensation

Non-Employee Board Members

Arthur Dantchik
Director
Bob Gelfond
Director
Jim Lintott
Director
Kenneth N Levy
Director
Mary E Stiefel
Director
Robert A Levy
Director (Until Dec/2021)
Stephen Modzelewski
Director

Contractors

Community It Innovators
IT Contractors
$219,374
Capsicum Group LLC
Forensics Litigation
$200,378
Production Solutions
Printing and Mailing Shop
$198,016
Ocean Solutions LLC
IT Contractors
$179,509
Doyle Printing & Offset CO
Printing and Mailing Shop
$173,172

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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