Justice Defense Fund

“There are no committees with authority to act on behalf of the Board. Therefore this line was no in accordance with the instructions.”

“Form 990 is prepared by an independent CPA firm and reviewed by top manangement in detail. The final draft of Form 990 is submitted to the Board for approval prior to filing with the IRS. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Lines 12, 13, 14: The organization is in its first year of operations. It is in the process of developing and implementing best practices for a conflict of interest policy, whistleblower policy, and document retention and destruction policy.”

“Compensation of officers was established by the independent members of the Board. The Board utilized comparability data. The Board also received outside consultation. Deliberations and decisions were documented in the Board minutes.”

“The organization makes public inspection documents available upon request.”

“The Justice Defense Fund (JDF) is a non-partisan, non-religious 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering survivors of sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material and image-based sexual abuse to pursue justice through strategic litigation and advocacy support. We also engage in public initiatives and advocate for the adoption of laws and policies that prevent sexual abuse and provide recourse to victims.”

“JDF supports civil litigation with funding where needed and helps survivors access the costly and historically unequal legal system by supporting their pursuit of justice holistically, including access to wraparound services such as therapy. Specific expenses included on line 24a are: survivor advocacy, trauma therapy, abusive content takedown demands, litigation support and funding.”