Center for Justice and Accountability

The Center for Justice and Accountability is a US non-profit international human rights organization based in San Francisco, California.

At-A-Glance

Issue Areas: Multi-Issue Advocacy
Location: San Francisco, CA View on map
Tax ID: 94-3299686
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $3,558,576 Revenue: $5,356,402 Expenses: $5,092,291

The Center for Justice and Accountability is a US non-profit international human rights organization based in San Francisco, California.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2025 $3,558,576 $5,356,402 $5,092,291 View
2024 $3,180,523 $4,193,284 $3,931,888 View
2023 $2,927,559 $3,198,908 $3,503,121 View
2022 $3,023,893 $2,242,200 $2,332,169 View
2021 $3,129,801 $2,221,867 $2,047,373 View
2020 $3,227,810 $3,740,695 $4,569,528 View

Prior year filings: 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 17

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Jennifer RasmussenDEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$199,649
Carmen CheungEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$196,228
Claret VargasSENIOR STAFF ATTORNEY$126,674
Scott KrieteCFO$126,611

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $18,064,164
  • Number of Grants: 250
  • Number of Funders: 65

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$1,500,0002021 Oak FoundationTo deter torture, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other severe human rights abuses around the world through litigation, legal advocacy, and outreach in pursuit of truth, justice and redress for victims and survivors. The Center for Justice and Accountability is a leading anti-impunity organisation employing innovative survivor-centred legal strategies to support domestic accountability movements and to hold war crimes perpetrators accountable.
$250,0002024 Wellspring Philanthropic FundGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$250,0002023 Wellspring Philanthropic FundGENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$250,0002022 Wellspring Philanthropic FundOPERATING SUPPORT
$250,0002021 Wellspring Philanthropic FundOPERATING SUPPORT
$250,0002020 Wellspring Philanthropic FundOperating support
$230,0002023 Open Society Foundationto support the Grantee's work challenging double standards in international justice by using a victim-centered approach
$150,0002023 ImpactAssetsGENERAL SUPPORT
$64,4002022 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$60,7562023 The International Coalition of Historic Ite Museums of ConscienceFINANCIAL SUPPORT (PASSTHROUGH FUNDS)
$55,0002024 The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati FoundationGeneral Operating Support
$38,2002023 The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati FoundationGeneral Operating Support
$35,0002023 The Morrison & Foerster FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT
$35,0002022 Flynn Family FoundationAlll charitable contributions were made for the unrestricted use of the recipients.
$31,9002023 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$31,6502023 Donor Advised Charitable Giving, Inc.HUMAN SERVICES
$30,0002023 Firedoll FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT
$30,0002022 Firedoll FoundationGENERAL SUPPORT
$30,0002020 Firedoll FoundationGeneral support
$25,0002024 Flynn Family FoundationALL CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS WERE MADE FOR THE UNRESTRICTED USE OF THE RECIPIENTS
$25,0002022 The Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati FoundationGeneral Operating Support
$25,0002020 Flynn Family FoundationAlll charitable contributions were made for the unrestricted use of the recipients.
$21,6042021 American Online Giving Foundation IncGENERAL SUPPORT
$20,5002022 Vanguard CharitableFor recipient's exempt purpose
$20,0922023 American Online Giving Foundation IncGENERAL SUPPORT

All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $3,371,231
  • Number of Grants: 62
  • Number of Recipients: 8

Selection of highest value grants given from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$321,0002022 Multiple EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) RecipientsSUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
$268,2002024 Multiple EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) RecipientsACCOUNTABILITY EFFORTS
$228,8642021 Multiple MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA RecipientsTO DEVELOP CASE-READY FILES ON WAR CRIMES, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AND GENOCIDE COMMITTED BY ISIS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA. AND TO BUILD CASE FILES TO SHARE WITH TRANSNATIONAL AUTHORITIES AND MULTILATERAL ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISMS IN SUPPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS AND PROSECUTIONS ON CRIMES AND ALLEGED PERPETRATORS OF ATROCITIES, INCLUDING PRESENT LOCATION.
$206,8042023 International Center for Transitional JusticeTO ENGAGE ON TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE RAPID RESPONSE.
$144,1752023 Multiple EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) RecipientsSUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
$124,6982023 Center for Victims of TortureTO SUPPORT TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE WORK.
$122,3582023 Multiple EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) RecipientsSUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
$120,0002024 Multiple EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RecipientsACCOUNTABILITY EFFORTS
$91,1372023 Multiple EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) RecipientsSUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
$88,0002022 Multiple EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) RecipientsSUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
$87,1502024 Multiple Sub-Saharan Africa RecipientsACCOUNTABILITY EFFORTS
$80,0022020 Anonymous RecipientSUBGRANTEE PARTNER
$80,0002022 Multiple MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA RecipientsSUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
$63,7952023 Multiple EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) RecipientsSUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
$62,5002021 Multiple MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA RecipientsDEVELOPMENT OF EVIDENCE COLLECTIONS AND POTENTIAL CASE FILES ON CRIMES COMMITTED BY ISIS, IN COLLABORATION WITH CJA.
$57,5002023 Multiple EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RecipientsSUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
$57,1672024 Multiple EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) RecipientsACCOUNTABILITY EFFORTS
$50,5872024 Multiple EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) RecipientsACCOUNATBILITY EFFORTS
$50,0002022 Multiple EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RecipientsSUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
$47,5002023 Multiple EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RecipientsSUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
$47,0002022 Multiple EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RecipientsSUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
$46,9382023 Multiple EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RecipientsSUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
$45,2432021 Multiple South Asia RecipientsTO WORK FOR WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE STATUS OF WOMEN, AND TO WORK FOR THE INCREASED PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN ALL SPHERES OF SOCIETY IN THE DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT, AND IN PEACE AND NATIONAL RECONCILIATION PROCESSES THROUGH CAPACITY BUILDING, ADVOCACY, RESEARCH, AND DOCUMENTATION.
$44,0002022 Multiple EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC RecipientsSUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
$42,0002022 Multiple EUROPE (INCLUDING ICELAND & GREENLAND) RecipientsSUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS