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JULIAN

Providing legal services to victims and survivors of discrimination

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$12,353.70 USD of $1,300,000 USD raised (1%)

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Individuals

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Guest

$5,000 USD since May 2023

2
Jocelyn N McArthur

$5,000 USD since Jun 2023

3
Thomas Enochs

$1,000 USD since Sep 2021

4
Chris Foster

$500 USD since Aug 2021

5
Ralph Frid

$375 USD since Jun 2022

6
Guest

$250 USD since Jan 2023

7
Albert Allen Lawrence

$200 USD since Jan 2022

8
Valerie Mace

$100 USD since Aug 2021

9
Monte Atkinson

$100 USD since Aug 2021

10
Margaret Cekuta

$100 USD since Aug 2021

Organizations

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Ford Foundation

$125,000 USD since Apr 2022

2
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

$105,000 USD since Apr 2022

3
Borealis Philanthropy

$95,000 USD since Oct 2022

4
Public Welfare Foundation

$75,000 USD since Jun 2022

6
The Frances Lear Foundation

$20,000 USD since Jun 2022

7
Moore Philanthropy

$20,000 USD since Dec 2022

8
Lear Family Foundation

$10,000 USD since Dec 2022

9
Fidelity Charitable

$5,000 USD since Dec 2022

JULIAN is all of us

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Ford Foundation

$125,000 USD

W.K. Kellogg ...

$105,000 USD

Borealis Phil...

$95,000 USD

Public Welfar...

$75,000 USD

HIGHLANDER RE...

$40,700 USD

The Frances L...

$20,000 USD

Moore Philant...

$20,000 USD

Lear Family F...

$10,000 USD

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Today’s balance

$8,714.63 USD

Total raised

$468,083.27 USD

Total disbursed

$459,368.64 USD

Estimated annual budget

$281,274.87 USD

Expenses

All time

Expenses paid

401

Amount disbursed

$476,919.13

Tags# of ExpensesAmount (USD)
personnel
16$149,381.45
no tag
15$52,637.68
legal
34$52,070.37
organizer
32$41,280.00
fundraising
10$31,789.14
contractor
7$28,800.75
Others Combined
287$120,959.74

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Contributions received

21

Amount collected

$12,885.00

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one-time
20$12,560.00
recurring
1$325.00

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News from JULIAN

Updates on our activities and progress.

2021 JULIAN Update

2021 has been a great year for JULIAN. Funding from NBA champion Jrue Holiday and the People's Advocacy Institute allowed us to keep operating. Some of our key milestones from this year include winning a civil judgment in the 2018 lynching...
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Published on December 21, 2021 by Jill Collen Jefferson

Litigation in Modern-Day Lynching Filed

On December 28, my firm, Julian, filed suit in a modern-day lynching case where a 21-year old Black man named Willie Jones Jr. was found hanging from a tree in his white girlfriend’s front yard. It was February 8, 2018, in the dead of night...
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Published on January 23, 2021 by Jill Collen Jefferson

About


Julian’s mission is to attack discrimination in all forms through legal advocacy and activism in order to exact justice, foster equality, and innovate and advance the doctrines of civil and human rights law so that they will evolve in stride with social change and fulfill their purpose of protecting and empowering the vulnerable. Our intention is to revive the spirit, effectiveness, strategy, and impact of the civil rights movement to end lynchings, unjustified police killings, and all other hate crimes and rights violations.

Julian is the next phase of civil rights. Through litigation, we push back against all forms of discrimination and advocate for social change. Through technology and innovation, we create the civil rights haven of tomorrow. For us, love and a calling are at the core of what we do. The beloved community is now. It’s us. Like the union that our nation’s forefathers called us to make more perfect, the beloved community is ever evolving, and it’s on us to perfect it...TOGETHER. 

Donations collected will be used for three categories: 
1. OPERATIONS:
-Malpractice insurance
-Research/database software 
-Travel
-Court fees
-Office space

2. TECHNOLOGY 
-Application Development costs Phase 1 
-UX and UI designers
-UAT (User Acceptance Testing)
-Server Costs

3. SALARIES
-Attorneys: (At least two other attorneys and two paralegals) 
-Private Investigators
-Operations Director
-Litigation Support, Research, and Library Services Staff



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