Program areas at The District of Columbia Employment Justice Center
Legal Services: The EJC provides free legal advice and assistance to low-wage workers with employment law problems through our weekly workers' rights clinic operating in Northwest and Southeast D.C. Since our opening on Labor Day 2000, the EJC has provided high-quality, free employment law advice and assistance to over 12,000 low-wage workers and returned more than $8 million in back wages and damages to their pockets.
Education: The EJC's education program is an outreach effort that informs workers about their rights and responsibilities on the job, empowering them to identify illegal practices and teaching them how to appropriately take action to seek justice.
Advocacy: Through our advocacy program, the EJC works for systemic change to address the collective problems faced by low-income workers, such as our campaign to improve wage theft laws and enforcement in DC. Recognizing that legal advice and representation generally address the problems of one individual at a time, the EJC also identifies issues for systemic reform. The EJC also led the coalition to encourage enforcement of the Wage Theft Prevention Act in 2013, which tripled the damages employers face when they fail to pay the wages they owe their employees, and the Minimum Wage Amendment Act of 2014, which raised DC's minimum wage over three years to $11.50 per hour and index it to inflation.
Personnel at The District of Columbia Employment Justice Center
| Name | Title | Compensation | Date of data |
|---|
| Philip Fornaci | Executive Director | $67,513 | 2017-10-13 |
| Dwight W Crawford | Treasurer | $0 | 2016-12-31 |
| Miles Sedgick | Vice President | $0 | 2016-12-31 |
| Mark Herzog | Past Interim Executive Director | $23,350 | 2016-12-31 |
| Omar Vincent Melehy | Board President | $0 | 2016-12-31 |
| ...and 9 more key personnel |
Financials for The District of Columbia Employment Justice Center
| Revenues | FYE 12/2016 | FYE 12/2015 | % Change |
|---|
| Total grants, contributions, etc. | $613,210 | $507,160 | 20.9% |
| Program services | $15,760 | $26,930 | -41.5% |
| Investment income and dividends | $83 | $144 | -42.4% |
| Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 | $0 | - |
| Royalty revenue | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net rental income | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from fundraising events | $0 | $-3,030 | -100% |
| Net income from gaming activities | $0 | $0 | - |
| Net income from sales of inventory | $0 | $0 | - |
| Miscellaneous revenues | $0 | $0 | - |
| Total revenues | $625,254 | $531,204 | 17.7% |
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Data update history
July 1, 2022
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
August 16, 2018
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2017
October 13, 2017
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2016
Nonprofit Types
Social advocacy organizationsCrime and legal aid organizationsLegal service nonprofits
Issues
Human servicesHuman rightsCrime and lawLegal services
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingFundraising eventsState / local levelCommunity engagement / volunteeringTerminated
General information
- Address
- 11 Dupont Cir NW No 400
- Washington, DC 20036
- Metro area
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
- County
- District of Columbia, DC
- Website URL
- fairpunishment.org/dcejc/Â
- Phone
- (202) 828-9675
IRS details
- EIN
- 52-2235570
- Fiscal year end
- April
- Taxreturn type
- Form 990
- Year formed
- 2000
- Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
- No
Categorization
- NTEE code, primary
- I80: Legal Services
- NAICS code, primary
- 813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
- Parent/child status
- Independent
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