Impact Fund Annual Report 2025

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Our purpose is to provide grants, advocacy, and education to support impact litigation on behalf of communities seeking economic, environmental, racial, and social justice.

Our vision is a more equitable world where everyone can achieve justice.

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WELCOME! THIS YEAR HAS REMINDED US, in ways both challenging and inspiring, of the power of community when the need for action becomes urgent. Fundamental rights are under threat, our already meager social safety net is unraveling, and fear and anxiety pervade our lives. When uncertainty reigns, we look to those closest to us for comfort.

That is where the Impact Fund comes in. Our work has never been more important.

The Impact Fund is a dynamic community. Together, we are resisting injustice while building pathways toward equity and dignity. Every grant awarded, every training held, and every case filed is made possible by a group of individuals united in one simple belief: justice should not be reserved for the powerful alone.

This year, the Impact Fund and our partners, grantees, and supporters took bold action.

We challenged systemic racism, fought for workers’ rights, stood up to environmental destruction, and defended the tools that make collective justice possible. None of this could have happened without you. Your commitment, your resilience, and your generosity are the foundation on which we stand.

As we look ahead, we know the challenges are formidable. With this community, united in action, we will meet them. Thank you for believing in the power of impact litigation to protect and transform lives and for walking this path of justice with us.

In solidarity,

Lindsay Nako Executive Director

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NEW GRANTS MADE A Better Childhood, Inc. Amica Center for Immigrant Rights Asian Law Caucus Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Center for Food Safety Centro Legal de la Raza Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Disability Rights Texas Environmental Law Foundation Georgetown University LatinoJustice Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund Maxted Law LLC National Fair Housing Alliance Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation Oregon Law Center Our Children’s Trust Radford Scott LLP Rethink35 Shulman Buske Reams PLLC Snake River Waterkeeper Southern Coalition for Social Justice Wai Ola Alliance Wardenski P.C. WaterLegacy White Raven Law Corporation

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GRANTS FOR IMPACT LITIGATION 2025 HAS BEEN QUITE A YEAR: a year of concern

about our rights and freedoms, of frustration from moving backward, and of heartbreak for far too many. In troubled times, it helps to look toward our heroes for inspiration and guidance.

The nonprofits and civil rights attorneys we support are our heroes. With heads down and hearts committed, they teach us to fight for what is right, even when it is difficult, exhausting, or even frightening. As you read the pages that follow, I hope that you feel inspired by what a determined collective can do when working together. Take strength in the knowledge that your support makes you an integral part of this work. Together we are fighting for what is right. Now, as always, we are stronger together.

FY25 GRANTMAKING

YEAR IN REVIEW FY25 GRANT OUTCOMES

OUR PROCESS IN ACTION

MILESTONE REACHED: $10 MILLION GRANTED

GRANTS: In the 2025 fiscal year, the Impact Fund awarded 25 recoverable grants for impact litigation expenses.

THIS PAST YEAR, the Impact Fund surpassed a momentous milestone: $10 million granted since our founding 33 years ago. These funds were used to support 800 impact cases brought by concerned communities, committed nonprofits, and determined civil rights attorneys. We didn’t get to this milestone alone. This collective effort was made possible by so many committed people, including our nonprofit and attorney grantees; our Board of Directors, Grant Advisory Committee, and staff; our funders at the Justice Catalyst Access Fund, the Cameron Schrier Foundation, the Grove Foundation, Pisces Foundation, the Stardust Fund, and the Hewlett Foundation; and all our supporters, including everyone reading this report.

APPLICATIONS: We evaluated 32 applications.

Our Grant Advisory Committee of legal professionals conducted an in-depth review of each case.

LETTERS OF INQUIRY: We received and reviewed 64 letters of inquiry. Each LOI went through our due diligence process and was evaluated by our Executive Director.

INQUIRIES: We received approximately 818 inquiries: 521 eligibility questionnaires, 89 portal registrations, and approximately 208 phone / email contacts, resulting in approximately 30 informational calls with prospective applicants.

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GRANTEE STORIES CONFRONTING EDUCATIONAL DISPARITIES AS THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S ASSAULT on the

Department of Education continues, our grantees are working to ensure that states provide meaningful educational opportunities to all students. In Minnesota’s Twin Cities region, Shulman Buske Reams PLLC is challenging ongoing racial and economic segregation in urban and suburban school districts. In New York and Arizona, our grantees are winning fights to make sure that states provide all school districts with adequate funding. The Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest recently won their case challenging Arizona’s current school funding system, proving that the system fails to provide an equal education for all students.

And the Law Offices of Michael Rebell achieved a settlement requiring the New York Legislature to provide over $4 billion in additional funding to schools.

DEFENDING THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY WE STAND WITH the LGBTQ+ community against the ongoing

legal and political attacks seeking to erase their presence. Southern Legal Counsel’s case to ensure that Florida’s state employees have access to medically necessary gender affirming care has won several important rulings. However, the Supreme Court’s recent decision in United States v. Skrmetti, which upheld a Tennessee ban on medically necessary care for transgender youth, has again made these rights uncertain. In South Carolina, Wardenski P.C. is also fighting the Skrmetti headwind to protect the rights of transgender students.

After the state prohibited transgender students from using restrooms that match their gender identities, Wardenski P.C. filed a class action to challenge the unfair and cruel law.

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SAFEGUARDING THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE BEHIND BARS THE IMPACT FUND has a long history of supporting the rights of

people incarcerated in prisons and jails. One grantee, Maxted Law, is bringing an innovative class action on behalf of all people incarcerated in Colorado.

The case alleges that because people in prison are forced to work against their will, this amounts to slavery, which was outlawed in all circumstances (including prison) in Colorado in 2018. This case recently won class certification, allowing these important claims to proceed towards trial. And in Illinois, the Uptown People’s Law Center’s case challenging the excessive use of solitary confinement is headed to trial. Those harmed by the use of solitary confinement will be able to testify to its long-term, serious effects on their mental health and the dangers it poses to all people in the correctional system.

SUPPORTING IMMIGRANTS AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS WE ARE PROUD to support important cases upholding the rights

of immigrants. In New York, the Worker Justice Center’s challenge to forced labor practices within a privately run immigration detention facility won class certification, allowing them to continue to advocate for the human rights of those detained. Al Otro Lado won their challenge to a policy that allowed border officials to turn back people seeking asylum. Since this win, refugees and immigrants have faced a barrage of new challenges in 2025. We have funded several cases challenging executive orders, such as LatinoJustice PRLDEF’s class action challenging the blatantly unconstitutional Birthright Citizenship Executive Order, and the Coalition for Humane Immigrants Rights’ case defending the rights of lawfully admitted people seeking asylum.

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GRANTEE STORIES (cont.)

HOLDING CORPORATIONS ACCOUNTABLE SINCE OUR INCEPTION, the Impact Fund has sought to protect

against the unchecked power of corporations. In Hawai‘i, the Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation is bringing a case against a powerful local real estate company that has drained streams dry for decades, enriching itself at the expense of Native Hawaiian farmers and the ecological integrity of the island. In another long-running case, the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence continues their campaign to hold gun manufacturers accountable for their role in the epidemic of gun violence in Gary, Indiana. Despite efforts by the state legislature to block their case, the Brady Center continues to press for systemic change, centering the voices of those harmed by gun violence.

STANDING UP FOR THE ENVIRONMENT MANY OF OUR GRANTEES bring important cases to

safeguard our natural environment and protect the communities most affected by environmental harms. In Hawai‘i, the Wai Ola Alliance seeks to hold the U.S. Navy responsible for decades of leaks from fuel storage tanks into the sacred waters of Pearl Harbor that endanger O‘ahu’s aquifer. In California, the Environmental Law Foundation is representing a group of rural communities challenging the state’s failure to protect residents from agricultural runoff in their drinking water. And in Montana, Our Children’s Trust won a landmark declaration from the Montana Supreme Court that Montana must consider the devastating effects of climate change when deciding on oil and gas permits.

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CHALLENGING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OUR GRANTEES USE the law to fight for racial justice against

discrimination both past and present. In Chicago, amidst mounting community opposition and a lawsuit from Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, the city agreed to end their use of gunshot detection software and settle the lawsuit.

In this settlement, the city agreed that these technologies cannot be used to justify police stops, reducing unnecessary and dangerous police deployments in communities of color. And in Portland, the Oregon Law Center won a historic $8.5 million settlement for the descendants of homeowners in Central Albina, Portland’s historic Black community. This settlement restores wealth and property to a Black community whose houses were taken for an urban renewal project that never occurred.

PROTECTING UNHOUSED PEOPLE MANY OF OUR grantees fight to protect the safety and

dignity of people who have nowhere to live. These communities are increasingly facing legal headwinds as a result of the Supreme Court’s decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson, which permitted the arrest of people who must sleep on the street when the shelters are full.

In Minneapolis, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid’s case challenging the destruction of unhoused people’s property was dismissed as a result of this decision. However, our grantees persist in fighting for positive change. The National Homelessness Law Center won their case against the city of San Diego, preventing the city from impounding vehicles being used as shelters by people who have nowhere else to go. And in Daytona Beach, Florida, Southern Legal Counsel won a declaration that the city’s law forbidding panhandling clearly infringed on the First Amendment rights of the city’s unhoused community.

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CONTINUING LITIGATION U.S. ex rel. Terry v. Wasatch Advantage Group (Eastern District of California) IN FEBRUARY, the Court granted final approval of a settlement in a class action brought by Impact

Fund and co-counsel challenging Wasatch’s practice of requiring Section 8 tenants to pay for “additional” services beyond the rent amount allowed under Section 8. The settlement includes a $5 million fund to fully reimburse more than 2,400 class members, with interest, for the illegal fees Wasatch charged them.

The settlement also includes critical protections ensuring that Wasatch will no longer charge Section 8 tenants additional fees beyond the approved monthly rent.

Class members began receiving settlement checks in April. Impact Fund has been following up with class members to ensure that they are able to claim the funds they are entitled to under the settlement.

Impact Fund’s co-counsel are Centro Legal de la Raza, Dardarian Ho Kan & Lee, and Law Offices of Andrew Wolff.

Farrell v. Department of Defense (Northern District of California) IN MARCH, the Court approved a settlement in a class action brought by Impact Fund and co-coun-

sel against the Department of Defense on behalf of approximately 35,000 LGBTQ+ veterans discharged based on sexual orientation under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and prior discriminatory policies. Under the settlement, class members can use new expedited processes to obtain corrections of their discharge papers to remove references to sexual orientation, and many veterans discharged with a less than honorable discharge characterization can also be reviewed for an upgrade to “Honorable.” Class members no longer shoulder the burden of obtaining their military records and putting together a lengthy petition to request a record correction.

Impact Fund is conducting outreach to inform class members of the expedited procedures and help them participate.

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AMICUS BRIEFS & UPDATES OUR AMICUS WORK IN ADDITION TO bringing litigation,

authoring amicus (“friend of the court”) briefs is a cornerstone of Impact Fund’s legal work to protect and expand access to justice. We use amicus briefs to direct courts’ attention to important ways that an issue being decided may affect the ability of public interest plaintiffs to litigate future cases. Another way we use amicus briefs is to help lawyers in impact cases amplify the stories of vulnerable communities so that appellate courts get a fuller picture of what is at stake.

Impact Fund has filed amicus briefs in impact litigation in all 6 appellate districts in California, the California Supreme Court, every federal appellate court, and the United States Supreme Court.

Pickett v. City of Cleveland (Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals) IN JUNE, the Sixth Circuit affirmed certification of a class of Black Cleveland residents alleging illegal and

racially discriminatory water billing practices. Cleveland had appealed the district court’s class certification order, arguing that plaintiffs did not sufficiently demonstrate actual harm to enough members of the class.

Impact Fund had filed an amicus brief in support of the class certification order, explaining that Cleveland’s position would improperly increase the burden on plaintiffs at class certification and dangerously limit class actions as a tool for collective action. The Sixth Circuit agreed, holding: “To decertify based on the existence of some questions on individual damages would undermine the very purpose of Rule 23(b)(3), which endeavors to allow integration of numerous small individual claims into a single powerful unit.”

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AMICUS BRIEFS & UPDATES Spilman v. The Salvation Army (California Court of Appeal) IN MARCH, the Impact Fund and Disability Rights and Education Defense Fund co-authored an

amicus brief in support of plaintiffs challenging The Salvation Army’s policy of requiring participants in its “rehabilitation” programs to perform at least forty hours of unpaid manual labor for The Salvation Army each week. We argued that the trial court’s decision granting The Salvation Army’s motion to dismiss improperly created a novel test to determine who is considered an “employee” under California wage protection law. We also argued that the trial court’s decision would permit employers to exploit workers who require disability-related services and have little to no bargaining power in the employment arrangement, in direct violation of California’s public policy of protecting vulnerable workers. The appeal is pending, and oral argument was held on October 23, 2025.

San Diego Tenant Union v. San Diego Housing Commission (California Court of Appeal) ALSO IN MARCH, the California Court of Appeal reaffirmed the availability of catalyst fees under

state civil rights laws. Catalyst fees are attorneys’ fees awarded to plaintiffs if their litigation causes defendants to change the challenged practices before a final judgment in the case. Impact Fund authored an amicus brief on behalf of thirty-seven public interest legal organizations urging the Court of Appeal to reject defendants’ bid to make catalyst fees harder to obtain, and the Court did so, holding that “adding the bright-line requirements urged by the Housing Commission to this fundamentally flexible paradigm is inconsistent with the Supreme Court’s guidance.”

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2025 WAS A BANNER YEAR of expansion for the Notice Project. In the past year, the Notice Project launched 20+ class action notice templates, including templates for Spanish language notices, templates for email notices, and black-and-white versions of existing templates.

As of August 2025, Notice Project templates have been used to create notices in 34 lawsuits in twelve states, a threefold increase from 2024.

Districts Where Notices Based on Our Templates Have Been Approved

IN 2025, NoticeAssist, our AI-powered notice review software, was deployed in its first class action lawsuits.

In Terry v. Wasatch, the Impact Fund legal team drafted class action notices using Notice Project templates and the NoticeAssist software. The resulting notices were praised by the presiding judge: “To the parties’ credit, those notices employ unusually clear and straight­ forward language.”

–Judge Mueller, E.D. Cal., Settlement Approval Order

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RESPONDING TO THE MOMENT TRAINING IMPACT LITIGATORS FOR THE FIGHT AHEAD THE SUPREME COURT’S 2025 Trump v. CASA ruling limited na-

tionwide injunctions but reaffirmed class actions as a vital tool for collective justice. In response, Impact Fund launched trainings to equip attorneys with post-CASA strategies. Our October webinar drew 270 advocates nationwide, equipping them with strategies to keep systemic change within reach. This webinar is only one part of our legal education and training program, where we serve as a training hub for public interest lawyers. This year saw record attendance at our conference, trainings, and webinars. We covered topics from racial impact assessments to best practices in working with interpreters. Together, we are preparing the next generation of advocates to fight systemic injustice.

FUNDING COMMUNITIES AT RISK ACROSS THE COUNTRY, everyday people are under stress.

From older adults and people with disabilities to environmental justice communities and LGBTQ+ groups, many people are facing and coping with financial hardship, devastating service cuts, and targeted abuse.

As the Trump Administration has increased their attacks on many of these communities and more in the past year, we have noticed a corresponding increase in grant requests from organizations bringing litigation in response. Our grantees are challenging these rollbacks and cuts to keep essential supports in place. As many in our community experience increasing challenges, we are grateful that we have the ability to support impact litigation as a tool to push back against injustice and seek accountability for harmful practices.

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CHALLENGING EXECUTIVE OVERREACH FIGHTING FOR ALL FAMILIES’ ACCESS TO EDUCATION IMPACT FUND IS partnering with co-counsel including the ACLU Women’s Rights Project to protect the Head Start program from the Trump Administration’s attacks. Head Start provides vital early education services to over 800,000 children and families nationwide, including accessible and culturally responsive programming for children with disabilities; dual language learners; Black, Indigenous, and Latine children; immigrant families; and children experiencing homelessness or in foster care.

We represent Head Start associations and parent organizations across the country who are fighting back against the Administration’s ban on promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility, and mass cuts to Head Start staff and offices.

In May 2025, we asked a federal court to preliminarily enjoin these policies. The motion is pending. Then, in July 2025, after the Administration issued a new directive excluding children from Head Start based on immigration status for the first time in the program’s history, we went back to court for emergency relief to stop the exclusionary directive from going into effect. In September 2025, the court blocked the directive nationwide, protecting children’s access to Head Start.

DEFENDING REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS IN PACITO v. TRUMP, Impact Fund co-authored an amicus

brief highlighting the crucial role of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program in supporting older refugees and urging the Ninth Circuit to block the Trump Administration’s illegal attempt to dismantle the program. We also funded several cases taking on the Trump Administration’s unlawful exercise of authority with respect to immigrants. LatinoJustice PRLDEF is bringing a class action challenging the unconstitutional Birthright Citizenship Executive Order, focusing on the disproportionate impact of this order on the Latine community. The Coalition for Humane Immigrants Rights is challenging the Trump Administration’s use of expedited removal processes to deprive lawfully residing refugees of their due process rights to defend themselves against deportation.

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TRAINING 2025 SUMMER ONLINE TRAINING SERIES AT A GLANCE

IT WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL YEAR, with record participation in our trainings from advocates at

Qualified Legal Service Providers (legal aid nonprofits funded in part by the State Bar of California), private firms, and nonprofits around the nation. This year, the training team took multiple steps to enhance the accessibility of our programs. For each of our summer webinars, we provided both Communication Access Real-time Translation (CART) captioning and American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation. Additionally, we conducted demographic surveys at every training to better understand our reach and identify any communities we may be missing. The team also led an Effective Legal Writing training specifically for law fellows and clerks working at Qualified Legal Service Provider programs and nonprofits across California.

Organization Types at Our Trainings

“This felt really

comprehensive while also providing a depth of learning that made this feel actually useful. I really learned.”

–Anonymous Attendee, Berkeley Class Action Training Institute

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THE 19TH ANNUAL CLASS ACTION TRAINING INSTITUTE September 10-12 and 24-26, 2025 THE IMPACT FUND had another great year training future class action litigators at our 19th Annual Class Action Training Institutes in Los Angeles and Berkeley. The Training Institute is committed to training lawyers in the technical, strategic, and practical skills needed to succeed as class action litigators. Over the course of our three-day program, students from across the country engage in hands-on discussions and in-depth exercises focused on the fundamentals of class action litigation and effective strategies for pursuing class action cases. Students develop their skills in investigating and building a class action, selecting named plaintiffs and co-counsel, identifying common questions, crafting a discovery plan, working with experts, preparing for class certification, notifying the class, and negotiating a class-wide settlement.

APPLICATIONS HIT A new record this year.

We selected forty dedicated attorneys to attend the Institute. Each session included attorneys with varied legal specializations, years of practice, and geographic locations who contributed their diverse experiences. All our participants demonstrated a strong commitment to justice and systemic change, which helped make the training a success.

Our faculty included Lindsay Nako, Lori Rifkin, and Fawn Rajbhandari-Korr of the Impact Fund; Laboni Hoq, founder of civil rights firm Hoq Law; Elizabeth Kristen, legal director at California Women’s Law Center; Andre Mura, partner at Gibbs Mura, A Law Group; Todd Jackson, mediator and partner at Feinberg, Jackson, Worthman & Wasow; and Hon. Carla M. Woehrle (ret.), mediator and retired federal magistrate judge.

Congratulations to the Class Action Training Institute (Berkeley) Class of 2025.

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OUR 2025 SPONSORS STAR

Audet & Partners, LLP Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Gibbs Mura, A Law Group Girard Sharp LLP Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP Miller Shah LLP

EXHIBITOR SILVER

Aligned Intelligence CPT Group Eisner Advisory Group LLC ILYM Group, Inc. RG/2 Claims Administration, LLC Rust Consulting, Inc. Tremendous Verita

THE 23RD ANNUAL CLASS ACTION CONFERENCE February 20-21, 2025 IN FEBRUARY 2025, the 23rd Annual Class Action Conference brought together 280 plaintiff-side class action attorneys and advocates to learn together, form new networks, and share strategies for holding corporate and government power accountable. Over the course of the two-day event, attendees learned about cutting-edge class action issues. Many thanks to our incredible speakers:

Jennifer Bennett, Gupta Wessler LLP • Elizabeth Tran Castillo, Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP • Joshua P. Davis, Berger Montague • Lynly Egyes, Transgender Law Center • Nicholas Espíritu, National Immigration Law Center • Professor Richard H. Frankel, Drexel University • Emily Teplin Fox, Oregon Law Center • Elizabeth Gill, LGBTQ & HIV Project, ACLU • Brandon Greene, Western Center on Law & Poverty • Naomi Harvey, Claimant Advocacy Group • Jennifer Holmes, NAACP Legal Defense Fund • Hannah Kieschnick, Public Justice • Rebecca Miller, Western Center on Law & Poverty • Julie Pollock, Berger Montague • Andrea Rodgers, Our Children’s Trust • Yaman Salahi, Salahi PC • Sumayya Saleh, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law • Steven Schmidt, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid • Vasudha Talla, Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP.

CHAMPION

Bryan Schwartz Law, P.C. Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy, LLP Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C. Olivier & Schreiber PC Tycko & Zavareei LLP

FRIEND

Andrus Anderson LLP • Berger Montague, P.C. Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP Dardarian Ho Kan & Lee Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. KalielGold, PLLC Kator, Parks, Weiser & Wright, PLLC Katz Banks Kumin LLP • Marsili Mediation McLane Bednarski + Litt, LLP Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P.C. Nichols Kaster, PLLP • Outten & Golden LLP Reese LLP • Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP Salahi PC • Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP Sugerman Dahab Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC Valerian Law, P.C. 18

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We thank all of this year’s conference sponsors, panelists, and attendees for their dedication and commitment to social justice.

Jennifer Holmes, NAACP Legal Defense Fund

CY PRÈS INVEST IN A FUTURE THAT IS EQUITABLE FOR ALL WHY THE IMPACT FUND IS AN IDEAL CHOICE Our Purpose: As one of the nation’s few foundations providing broad support for complex public interest litigation, we are committed to the idea that ordinary people should be able to join together and use the courts to protect their jobs and communities. Our unique ability to use public interest litigation as a tool to secure economic, environmental, racial, and social justice makes us an effective charitable investment.

Our Distinct Programs: Through our Grants Program, we’ve provided over $10 million to advocates to bring cases advancing economic, environmental, racial, and social justice. We also provide litigation and consulting services — counseling, advice, and assistance on complex litigation issues. We serve as counsel and regularly file multiple amicus briefs every year. We present a wide variety of training programs to support practitioners, and our curriculum includes topics such as new case developments, legal writing, and appellate practice.

cy près [sī-prā]

n. The legal doctrine that allows funds remaining after the distribution of a class action settlement to be given to a charitable organization (or more than one) whose mission dovetails with the original purpose of the case. Cy près is an important source of funding for non-profits and legal services.

Thank you to Bryan Schwartz Law, P.C. and The Gardner Firm, P.C., for naming us as cy près beneficiaries in cases that have made distributions during the past year.

Our Proven Track Record: We have been approved as a cy près recipient in more than one hundred cases in both state and federal courts. We ensure good stewardship of funds that we receive.

Our Impact: Because we support litigation in many substantive areas (e.g., employment, civil rights, disability access, consumer, poverty, environmental, and criminal justice), we have a nexus to many kinds of class actions. Cy près awards allow us to continue this vital work.

Help us continue to make a real impact! For more information contact: Teddy Basham-Witherington 510.845.3473 ext. 302 twitherington@impactfund.org

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AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, we endorsed

the following legislative efforts: • The Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act (FAIR Act) • John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act • SNAP CASH Across America Act

WE ALSO signed on to letters supporting/

urging: • Bolstering appropriations for judicial security and rejecting efforts to undercut the judiciary’s independence • Opposing costly bonds before illegal federal government actions can be enjoined • Continued support of DEI rules and policies • Rejecting attempts to roll back environmental protection and climate accountability • Inclusion of farm workers in disaster relief • Opposing the so-called Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025, rejecting its attacks on transgender, nonbinary, and intersex youth • A strong and independent CFPB • Public access to federal data • Opposing efforts to cut, gut, or weaken federal food assistance programs like SNAP • Adequate funding of free and fair elections

MOVEMENT BUILDING & ISSUE ADVOCACY OUR TEAM MEMBERS present seminars and trainings nationally and frequently speak on impact litigation, civil rights, and class actions.

We serve as a resource for our community, providing free consulting. We also host an online community – aka the Impact Fund Class Action Forum: a unique and cherished space for 1,031 plaintiff-side class action practitioners.

We have helped author and have signed on to many initiatives to preserve and advance civil and other rights. Whenever and wherever civil rights and justice are under attack, Impact Fund is there to protect.

In California, we continue to lobby elected officials in Sacramento to more fully fund civil legal aid and endorsed bills that advance reparations to Black Californians.

We participate in: • The Funders Committee for Civic Participation, Funders Census Initiative (to advocate for a fair, properly funded, and accurate census).

• The Clean Budget Coalition, opposing poison pill amendments that seek to use the appropriations process to attack underserved communities, as well as harmful legacy riders

The number of letters we have signed onto in order to protect the civil and human rights has mushroomed in direct proportion to the unprecedented attack on underserved communities that we have witnessed this year.

The list above represents but a small sample of these.

The Impact Fund is a grateful member of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the Judicial Pathways Project, and a Steering Committee member of California Voices for Civil Justice.

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JOBS SERVICE OUR FREE JOBS SERVICE offers a curated list of employment opportunities available to public interest practitioners. Each week, we compile open positions from a variety of employers, including nonprofit organizations, government agencies, private firms, and more.

The Jobs Service is for individuals at all stages of their careers — from internships and associate positions to executive roles. We hope to make these opportunities easily accessible and available for professionals looking to make a difference in the world and in their careers.

A weekly bulletin regularly listing 100+ jobs is sent to over 1,250 public interest attorneys and is consistently opened by over 70% of recipients, making it a highly effective channel for recruitment.

To list your next job opening with us, complete the form at https://www.impactfund.org/jobs.

“Many thanks to you and Impact Fund for providing the mid-week jobs bulletin— it is a tremendous service to our community!”

–Karen Maoki, Interim Executive Director, National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA)

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IMPACT FUND CLASS ACTION HALL OF FAME THE IMPACT FUND created the Class Action Hall of Fame in 2016 to honor the courage and sacrifice of lead plaintiffs whose commitment and determination has led to significant advances in economic, environmental, racial, and social justice. On February 21, 2025, at our Class Action Conference, we inducted sixteen heroes to the Hall of Fame.

by denying them equal treatment, benefits, and participation opportunities in athletic programs and retaliating against those who spoke up.

The case resulted in material improvements for female athletes, including new facilities.

THE 2025 INDUCTEES ARE: Alexis Badis, Ashley Badis, Tatiana Troup, and Abby Pothier, named plaintiffs in the case A.B. v.

Department of Education. Alexis Badis and her other named plaintiffs served as class representatives in a class action alleging unlawful sex discrimination in violation of Title IX at a high school in Ewa Beach, Hawai‘i. The case claimed the state Department of Education discriminated against female students

Mayra Jimenez, named plaintiff in the case Padres Buscando el Cambio v Harbor Developmental Disabilities Foundation, Inc. Jimenez represented a class of people with developmental disabilities and their families challenging systemic anti-Latine racism in the administration of services at the Harbor Regional Center in California. The settlement improved the Center’s management of the cases of its Latine clients, established monitoring and enforcement mechanisms informed by community input, and improved access to services and information for Spanish-speaking people.

From left to right, inductees Jeffrey Powers, Ashley Badis, Alexis Badis, and Mayra Jimenez

Khi’Marria Marshall and Kristine Dadant

CLASS ACTION HALL OF FAME (continued)

Khi’Marria Marshall and Kristine Dadant, named plaintiffs in the case M.B. by his Next Friend Erika Eggemeyer v. Jennifer Tidballl. Khi’Marria Marshall represented a statewide class challenging violations under the 14th Amendment Due Process Clause, alleging that the state of Missouri unlawfully deprived children in state foster care of their liberty interest by failing to provide adequate oversight in the administration of powerful psychotropic medications to class members.

Joseph Fields, Lavon Johnson, Joshua Petitt, Jeffrey Powers, Deavin Sessom, and Laurieann Wright, named plaintiffs in the case Powers v. McDonough.

Joseph Fields and his fellow plaintiffs challenged the Department of Veterans Affairs’ misuse of its 388-acre West LA Campus, which had been deeded to serve veterans. Instead of building the promised supportive housing, the VA leased land to private entities, leaving thousands of disabled veterans homeless on LA’s streets without the care they need.

Shirley and Daniel Freeman, named plaintiffs in the case Shirley Freeman v. County of Riverside. Shirley and Daniel Freemen represented a class of parents and guardians of children charged juvenile detention fees after their children were detained by Riverside County.

Ultimately, Riverside County discharged over $4.1 million in outstanding juvenile fees, and a settlement fees and a settlement between the parties created a fund of $540,307 to reimburse over 1,200 families for fees previously paid.

Jaimaria Bodor, named plaintiff in the case Bodor v. Maximus Federal Services, Inc. Jaimaria Bodor represented a class of student loan borrowers alleging that Maximus Federal Services, Inc., violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by mispresenting the status of borrowers’ debts to the U.S. Department of Treasury. Upon receiving an offer to settle individually for a substantial sum that far exceeded her own personal claims, she embodied the spirit of all our Hall of Famers by refusing to abandon the class stating: “Reject it. No explanation needed. They are trying to get off scot-free and I’m not one to be bought.

Nor be pushed around.”

—Jaimaria Bodor

Sylvester McClain Lisa McConnell Christy Meierdiercks Carolina Romulo Mendoza Doering Meyer Shannon O’Conner Gloria Pagan Holly Pease Joshua Petitt Carl Pinkston Abby Pothier Jeffrey Powers Martha Pulido Gabriel Ramos Judy Reed Julie Reiskin Linda Rhodes Eileen Rocchio Christian Rodriguez Roslyn Sandronsky Seth Sandronsky Colin Scholl Selena Scola Deavin Sessom Nina Shahmirzadi Lance Slaughter Dawn Souto-Coons Kim Stoddard Lisa Strawn Steven Summers Jennifer Todd Tatiana Troup Amanda Underwood Sara Wellens Darryl White Kelli Wisuri Marie Wolf Laurieann Wright Isabel Zelaya

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SPONSORS HERO Kazan McClain Partners’ Foundation Gibbs Mura, A Law Group Miller Shah LLP

33RD ANNIVERSARY GALA May 14, 2025 | Westin St. Francis, San Francisco

FIRM CHAMPIONS Audet & Partners, LLP Girard Sharp LLP Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C. Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP Signature Resolution FIRM PATRON Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai LLP Harrington Investments Olivier & Schreiber PC Vinick Hyams FIRM FRIEND Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Fox & Robertson Katz Banks Kumin LLP Keker Van Nest & Peters LLP Moya Law Firm Nichols Kaster, PLLP Oppenheimer Investigations Group LLP Outten & Golden LLP Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP Rudy Exelrod Zieff & Lowe LLP FIRM ALLY Aaron Halegua, PLLC Dardarian Ho Kan & Lee Hunter Pyle Law Lozeau Drury LLP Peter Law Group Salahi PC Sugerman Dahab Van Der Hout LLP The Villegas Law Firm, APC

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FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Poppy Alexander, Eva Paterson, Dena Sharp

Paula Maccabee and Lindsay Nako

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Eva Paterson is a civil rights champion and litigator of more than four decades.

She co-founded the Equal Justice Society and served as its President from 2000 through August 31, 2022.

She was also a member of the Impact Fund’s original Board of Advisors. Eva co-founded and chaired the California Civil Rights Coalition for 18 years. She served as Vice President of the ACLU National Board for eight years and chaired the boards of Equal Rights Advocates and the San Francisco Bar Association Foundation. She has received more than 50 awards, including an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from her alma mater Northwestern University in 2022 and the ABA Thurgood Marshall Award in 2024.

HONOREE: We were thrilled to recognize grantee, WaterLegacy, and its executive director Paula Maccabee, for its success litigating In re Contested Case and Issuance of NPDES/SDS Permit for NorthMet Project: an appeal of a permit issued for Minnesota’s first proposed sulfide mine, which would have polluted the water of nearby rural and Indigenous communities with sulfate and toxic metals. WaterLegacy won this case at the Minnesota Supreme Court, which found that the permit was issued using irregular and arbitrary procedures and that the proposed mine did not comply with the Clean Water Act. As a result, the permit was reversed.

INDIVIDUAL BENEFACTOR Sara Campos Arlene Mayerson Lindsay Nako & Jason Polastri INDIVIDUAL PATRON Michael & Lynne Baldonado Mike Baller & Christine Brigagliano David Borgen & Sharon Moy Eric Havian & Jean Jarvis Laboni Hoq Bob Newman Gian & Robin Polastri INDIVIDUAL FRIEND Rob & Teddy Basham-Witherington Barry & Sandy Goldstein Jeff Lewis & Barbara Joan Tiger Bass Steve Mayer David Oppenheimer Jennifer Reisch Leslie Rose & Alan Ramo Dara Schur & Miye Goishi Maureen Sheehy & Steve Catton NONPROFIT FRIEND Disability Rights Advocates Equal Justice Society Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area Leadership Counsel for Justice & Accountability Legal Aid at Work We look forward to seeing you next year on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.

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YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR IMPACT Social Justice League Giving Program SMALL MONTHLY GIFTS, BIG SYSTEMIC WINS. MEMBERSHIP TIERS AND BENEFITS What Your Monthly Gift Can Do • $14/month covers a court filing fee in a case challenging abuses in a foster care system.

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$27/month funds a deposition translator, letting a worker testify in her native language — or two scholarships for nonprofit lawyers to attend our Class Action Conference.

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$50/month helps gather scientific evidence to hold polluters accountable, or trains a young lawyer at our Training Institute.

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$84+/month puts an advocate in the field documenting voter suppression, or underwrites a webinar for 50 law students.

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Why Monthly Matters When charitable resources fluctuate, monthly donors keep justice moving. Your steady support sustains Impact Fund grants, trainings, and advocacy that protect people facing civil rights abuses, racial discrimination, wage theft, and toxic water.

“The Impact Fund’s unparalleled leadership and commitment to the pursuit of civil rights, economic and environmental justice is a catalyst for creating a more just and compassionate society.” — Pat Shiu

EVA PATERSON, GALA KEYNOTE “One of the things

older people must do is remind younger people — it’s going to be OK. We’ve seen a lot.

We’ll get through it.”

“Be a vessel

of nourishing joy.”

“They want us

to be overwhelmed.

But we can fight it.

We will.”

“We’re in community.

We’re fighting back. We will win.

It may take time, but we’ll win.”

“It’s important

for us to come together, to lift each other up, and to know what we’re fighting.”

“Don’t obey

in advance.”

“ Continue to do the good work.”

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THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS Thank you to our generous donors without whom our work in advancing economic, environmental, racial, and social justice would not be possible.

Your support helps to build a more fair and just society.

SOCIAL JUSTICE LEAGUE MEMBERS Kirk Baert Teddy & Rob Basham-Witherington Jim & Betsy Boddy Paula Brantner Stephanie Chamberlain Natasha Dandavati Joshua Davis & Jessica Nenner Tim Derry & Mary Metcalf Donna DeDiemar Sara Dunsky Ryan Estes Odell Kathleen Flaherty Elissa Gershon & Michael Butler Robin Godfrey Byron Goldstein Scott Hugo Rachel Hunt Gautam Jagannath Poonam Juneja Zachary Kaufer Ashley LaFranchi Andrew Lah Andrew Lee Diane Lee Seth Lesser Monique Lillard & Duncan Palmatier Zachary McCoy Heather McKimmie Eduard Meleshinsky Jules & Ruth Mermelstein Mario Moya Leonard Mungo Andre M. Mura Lindsay Nako & Jason Polastri Amy Oppenheimer & Jennifer Krebs Prof. David Oppenheimer Michael Otoole Cindy Pánuco Gary & Lori Pearlmutter 28

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Adam Protheroe Kyle Quackenbush Jennifer Reisch & Javier Amaro Mark Rodgers Katherine Rowlands Devon Senges Vanessa Serrano Lauren Sevigny Marci Seville Christine Sun Bonnie Taub & David Gordon Joseph Wardenski Christine Webber Jason Williams Catha Worthman Heather Zakson

CHAMPIONS

Bigglesworth Family Foundation Bryan Schwartz Law Elizabeth J. Cabraser & Marguerite Longtin Cameron Schrier Foundation Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC The Gardner Firm, P.C. Gibbs Mura, A Law Group Girard Sharp LLP The Grove Foundation Arlene Mayerson Kazan McClain Partners’ Foundation Jocelyn D. Larkin Justice Catalyst Action Fund Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP Miller Shah, LLP NYU Law Olivier & Schreiber P.C. Dena & Grady Sharp Signature Resolution State Bar of California

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BENEFACTORS

The Marc Bendick Jr. & Mary Lou Egan Charitable Fund Sara Campos Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, LLP CPT Group, Inc. Dardarian Ho Kan & Lee Hadsell Stormer Renick & Dai, LLP Harrington Family Fund & Harrington Investments, Inc. Eric Havian & Jean Jarvis Charitable Fund ILYM Group Katz Banks Kumin LLP Lichten & Liss-Riordan, P.C. Lindsay Nako & Jason Polastri Nichols Kaster, PLLP Joe Sellers & Laurie Davis Charitable Fund RG/2 Claims Administration LLC Leslie Rose & Prof. Alan Ramo Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP Joseph M. Sellers Sugerman Dahab PC Tremendous Verita Vinick Hyams LLP

PATRONS

Sarah Alexander & Ben Schrom Andrus Anderson LLP Berger Montague, P.C. California Change Lawyers Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel LLP Margo Hasselman Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd. KalielGold PLLC Kator, Parks, Weiser & Wright Keker, Van Nest & Peters, LLP Bill Lann Lee & Brenda Lowe Jason Marsili Marsili Mediation Inc. McLane Bednarski & Litt, LLP Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P.C. Andre M. Mura Amy Oppenheimer & Jennifer Krebs Gian & Robin Polastri Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight LLP Sarah Carpenter & Robert Newman Foundation Christian & Gretchen Schreiber

Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC The Villegas Law Firm, APC Valerian Law, P.C.

SPONSORS

Anonymous Aaron Halegua, PLLC David Alexander JB Alexander III The Mike Baller & Christine Brigagliano Fund Kirk Baert Michael Baldonado Steve Catton & Maureen Sheehy Teddy & Rob Basham-Witherington Lauren Blazing David Borgen & Sharon Moy Arthur Bryant Conn Law, PC Richard Drury Michael J. Loeb Charitable Fund Elissa Gershon & Michael Butler Terry Helbush Hendrix Foundation Fund/Logan Starr Hoq Law APC Hunter Pyle Law The James Irvine Foundation Matching and Discretionary Fund at the East Bay Community Foundation Kitei Family Fund Jeff Lewis & Barbara Joan Tiger Bass The Jongco Hutchinson Justice Fund Leonard Simon Charitable Fund Paula & Barry Litt Lozeau Drury LLP Mario Moya Allen Nako Zachary Nightingale Prof. David Oppenheimer Oppenheimer Investigations Group, LLP Peter Law Group Rudy Exelrod Zieff & Lowe, L.L.P Yaman Salahi Salahi PC Brooke & Robert Schug Dara Schur & Miye Goishi Oren McCleary Sellstrom Marc Van Der Hout & Jody LeWitter Anita Wotiz

ADVOCATES

The William Alderman Charitable Fund Jim & Betsy Boddy Dale Brodsky Daniel Brunner Nancy Budd Eve H. Cervantez Stephanie Chamberlain Mark & M. Victoria Cochran Donna DeDiemar Fox & Robertson PC Christopher Garcia Barry & Sandy Goldstein Scott Grzenczyk Rajesh Gupta & Shonali Shome Helen J. Hodges Shauna Marshall Steven L. Mayer William McKeveny & Lauren McDermott Eduard Meleshinsky Metalitz & Gage Family Fund Lydia Milnes Reisch Law Teresa Renaker Tessa Rouverol Callejo Laurence Pulgram & Kathleen Murray Pat Shiu & Michael Kamler Christine Sun Joe Tabacco & Peggy Schmidt F. Cameron Turner Lawrence Yuan

FRIENDS

Anonymous (2) Jodie Berger Stephanie Blumenthal Betsy Bowden Paula Brantner Jan & Byron Brown Frederick Burnside Darci Burrell Carmia N. Caesar & William G. Hamilton Patrick J. Carney Claudia Center Michael Claiborne Coalition For A Safe Environment Eric Cohen Susan Coler

AUDITED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS YEAR END 6/30/24 Natasha Dandavati Susan Daniewicz Linda Dardarian & Terry Carroll Joshua Davis & Jessica Nenner Tim Derry & Mary Metcalf Elissa Matross & Richard Doctoroff Sara Dunsky Tammy Edmonson Dorothy M. Ehrlich Kathleen Flaherty Fernando Flores Michael Gaitley Abby Ginzberg Robin Godfrey Byron Goldstein Linda Gordon Ginger Grimes Kathleen Guneratne Michael Harris & Catherine Lundy Adrienne & Mark Harrold Peggy Hernandez & Greg Power Irma Herrera & Mark Levine Rachel Hunt Hanne Jensen Helen Kang & Greg Martin Glenn Katon Anna Katz Zachary Kaufer Jinny Kim Leonid Koppel Ashley LaFranchi Andrew Lah Ellen Lake & Will Hoerger Andrew Lee Diane Lee Andrea LeNeve Seth Lesser Leung Law Michael D. Lieder Monique Lillard & Duncan Palmatier Elizabeth Loving KP Zachary McCoy William McNeill III Jules & Ruth Mermelstein Leonard Mungo Karen Musalo & Richard Boswell Erin Nunn David Offen-Brown

Carl Offner Kristine E. Oman Michael Otoole Walter & Suzanne Cochran-Bond Gary & Lori Pearlmutter Adam Protheroe David Pustinger Kyle Quackenbush Renée Rastorfer & Harry Keramidas Jennifer Reisch & Javier Amaro Cynthia L. Rice Michelle Roberts Katherine Rowlands Salinas Law Group Mark Savage Murray Scheel Kirsten Scott Jake Seidman Vanessa Serrano Marcia Settel Lauren Sevigny Marci B. Seville Johnny Sinodis James Stanley Logan Starr Margaret Stevenson Peter Stoughton Bonnie Taub & David Gordon Mona Tawatao Mark Taxy Hon. John M. True III (Ret.) Vaznaugh Law Firm Isabel Velez Francis Visoiu Mistrih Joseph Wardenski Christine Webber Catha Worthman Silvia Yee & Alex Wang Jenny Yelin & Avi Cieplinski Heather Zakson List accurate as of 10.22.25.

FY2023-2024 Income Contributions & Events In-kind Contributions Grants Cy Près Grant Repayments Education & Training Services Investment Activity Interest/Other Income

INCOME Contributions & Events In-kind Donations Grants Cy Près Grant Repayments Education & Training Investment Activity Interest/Other Income Total

$293,756 $437,343 $1,348,885 $1,184,459 $192,380 $225,530 $181,704 $36,978 $3,901,035

7.53% 11.21% 34.58% 30.36% 4.93% 5.78% 4.66% 0.95%

$266,961 $398,277 $3,161,315 $3,826,553

6.98% 10.40% 82.62%

FY2023-2024 Expenses

Core (admin) Fundraising Program

EXPENSES Core (admin) Fundraising Program Total Change in Net Assets

$74,482

The financial information summarized here is drawn from the Impact Fund’s audited financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2024, which were audited by Healy and Associates. The complete audited financial statements are available upon request.

Please note that our financial model is multi-year. We typically receive a substantial attorneys’ fees award every few years. Those funds are invested and this reserve is drawn down in years when we receive little or no attorneys’ fees. Our financial year runs July 1 – June 30.

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STAFF ENTRANCES & EXITS

TEAM IMPACT FUND

WELCOME...

Rena Lu, Grants and Operations Assistant: Rena recently graduated from UC Berkeley with degrees in Legal Studies and Public Policy. She previously worked with the Othering & Belonging Institute and the Civil Justice Research Initiative and was the Impact Fund’s 2024 summer grants intern.

STAFF

Kate Yeash, HR/Accounting Associate: Kate joined the Impact Fund in April as our HR/ Accounting Associate. She graduated from Whittier College with a self-designed major in business and environmental studies and previously worked in finance at HandsOn Bay Area.

INTERNS Rory Powell, Summer Grants Intern: Rory joined us this summer and fall as a junior at UC Berkeley majoring in Legal Studies and Cognitive Science with a minor in Data Science.

She has experience with the ACLU of Northern California, reproductive justice research, and Berkeley’s Student Legal Clinic.

Mauricio Sanchez, Summer Law Clerk: Mauricio joined us as a Summer Law Clerk before returning to Yale Law School, where he is now a rising third-year student. His areas of interest include access to justice, immigration law, discrimination, and civil rights.

LEFT TO RIGHT, TOP TO BOTTOM: Eliza Gordon, Josh Kay, Meredith Dixon, Teddy Basham-Witherington, Jordyn Gleaton, Erin Nunn, Lori Rifkin, John Henry Frankel, Amy Daniewicz, Sanjana Manjeshwar, Lindsay Nako, Fawn Jade Rajbhandari-Korr, Megan Flynn, and Ashley LaFranchi.

…AND FAREWELL Sanjana Manjeshwar, Grant Program Associate: Sanjana served as our Grant Program Associate before departing to begin her law studies at Yale Law School. We look forward to seeing where her legal career takes her.

Alex Lara, Product Manager: After five years with the Impact Fund, Alex concluded his role as Product Manager for the Notice Project. He will continue to support the project as a consultant.

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Lindsay Nako, Executive Director Teddy Basham-Witherington, Deputy Director Amy Daniewicz, Grant Program Director Meredith Dixon, Staff Attorney Megan Flynn, Law Fellow John Henry Frankel, Legal Communications Technologist Jordyn Gleaton, Program Assistant Eliza Gordon, Development Associate Josh Kay, Grant Program Associate

Ashley LaFranchi, Development Manager Alex Lara, Product Manager Jocelyn D. Larkin, Of Counsel Sanjana Manjeshwar, Grant Program Associate Rena Lu, Grants and Operations Assistant Erin Nunn, HR/Finance Director Fawn Jade Rajbhandari-Korr, Training Director & Sr. Counsel Lori Rifkin, Litigation Director Kate Yeash, HR/Accounting Associate

WELCOME...

BOARD OF DIRECTORS Robert Schug (Chair)* Sarah “Poppy” Alexander (Vice Chair)* Mario M. Moya (Secretary) Tiffany Carter (Treasurer) Elissa Gershon*

Felicia Gilbert* Laboni Hoq* Andrew P. Lee* David Lopez* Jason C. Marsili* Andre Mura*

Dara Schur* Dena Sharp* Marco Simons* Christine Sun* Lawrence Yuan

* Serves on Board of Directors and Grant Advisory Committee

Jason Flanders is an environmental attorney focused on the Clean Water Act, CEQA, Proposition 65, and public records law, and previously served as Executive Director at San Francisco Baykeeper. hristine Sun has held senior legal roles C at the ACLU of Northern California, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and as Special Assistant to former California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, working on economic justice, immigrants’ rights, and LGBTQ+ rights.

Lawrence Yuan is Vice President of Finance & Operations at Legal Aid at Work and brings more than a decade of nonprofit leadership experience in social justice, community service, and international education.

...AND FAREWELL Christian Schreiber after just over nine years of service on the Board and Grant Advisory Committee.

Poonam Juneja after just over three years of service on the Grant Advisory Committee.

Catherine Fisk after just over six years of service on the Board and Grant Advisory Committee.

David Lopez after just over six years of service on the Board of Directors.

IMPACT FUND BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND GRANT ADVISORY COMMITTEE Left to right: Dara Schur, Lindsay Nako, Dena Sharp, Robert Schug, Poppy Alexander, Lawrence Yuan, Elissa Gershon.

GRANT ADVISORY COMMITTEE Jason Flanders

Kathleen Guneratne

The Board members listed above with an asterisk, together with:

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See You in 2026!

Impact Fund 24th Annual Class Action Conference San Francisco February 12-13, 2026

34th Anniversary Gala

Westin St. Francis, Union Square, San Francisco May 13, 2026

20th Annual Training Institute Los Angeles: September 9-11, 2026 Berkeley: September 23-25, 2026

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