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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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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-counsel 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.

Impact Fund’s co-counsel are California Women’s Law Center, Legal Aid at Work, King & Spalding LLP, and Haynes & Boone LLP.

AMICUS BRIEFS & UPDATES

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.”

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.

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.”

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 straightforward language.”

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

RESPONDING TO THE MOMENT

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.

TRAINING IMPACT LITIGATORS FOR THE FIGHT AHEAD

THE SUPREME COURT’S 2025 Trump v. CASA ruling limited nationwide 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.

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.

2025 SUMMER ONLINE TRAINING SERIES AT A GLANCE

“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

TRAINING

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

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.

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.

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 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

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

Salahi PC

• Rosen Bien Galvan & Grunfeld LLP

• Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, LLP

Sugerman Dahab

Terrell Marshall Law Group PLLC

Valerian Law, P.C.

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.

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.

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

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 nonprofits 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.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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

Renee Amochaev

Alexis Badis

Ashley Badis

LaRayvian Barnes

Elaine & Walter Barry

Guillermo Benitez

Jaimaria Bodor

Leighla Smith Murphy Brown

Vicki Butler

Kerrie Campbell

Lynne Coates

Amy Cohen

Kelly Contreras

Jessy Cruz

Maria del Pilar Gonzalez Cruz

Kristine Dadant

Patrice Daniels

Mike Dragovich

Erin Elder

Kelly Ellis

Joseph Fields

D’Angelo Foster

Daniel Freeman

Shirley Freeman

Ryan Gibson

Geronimo Guerrero

Robin Hall

Catarino Zapote Hernandez

Maria House

Megan Hull

Mayra Jimenez

Laryssa Jock

Lavon Johnson

Dustin Jones

Elyse K

Lisa Stern Kaplowitz

Heidi Lamar

Artie Lashbrook

Veronica Ollier Lewandowski

Denise Maddox

Khi’Marria Marshall

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 scotfree and I’m not one to be bought. Nor be pushed around.”

—Jaimaria Bodor

CLASS ACTION HALL OF FAME

( continued )

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

The Freemans

33RD ANNIVERSARY GALA

May 14, 2025 | Westin St. Francis, San Francisco

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.

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

Paula Maccabee and Lindsay Nako

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.

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.

• $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.

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

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

YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR IMPACT

Social Justice League Giving Program

SMALL MONTHLY GIFTS, BIG SYSTEMIC WINS.

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

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

“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.”

“Don’t obey in advance.”

“Continue to do the good work.”

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

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

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.

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

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.

AUDITED FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

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.

STAFF ENTRANCES & EXITS

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.

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.

…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.

TEAM IMPACT FUND STAFF

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

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.

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.

Christine Sun has held senior legal roles 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.

GRANT ADVISORY COMMITTEE

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

Gladys Limón

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.

Jason Flanders Kathleen Guneratne

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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Berkeley, CA 94704-1692

Tel: *1.510.845.3473

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