WE THE ACTION FOUNDATION
EIN 84-3593053
What they do
WE THE ACTION FOUNDATION (WTAF) is A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION THAT PROMOTES PRO BONO WORK BY LAWYERS ON BEHALF of 501(C)(3) TAX-EXEMPT NONPROFITS and OTHER ORGANIZATIONS CARRYING OUT CHARITABLE and EDUCATIONAL WORK. A 2017 ABA STUDY FOUND 81% of ATTORNEYS BELIEVE PRO BONO SERVICE is IMPORTANT, BUT ONLY 45% SAID THEY WERE LIKELY to DO IT THEMSELVES. MEANWHILE, CHARITABLE and EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PURSUING CRITICAL MISSIONS STRUGGLE to FIND LEGAL SUPPORT. TRADITIONAL TOOLS for CONNECTING LAWYERS to NONPROFITS ARE OUTDATED and FAIL to FULLY SERVE EVOLVING NEEDS of NONPROFITS and THE LAWYERS WHO MIGHT SERVE THEM. WTAF BRIDGES THIS GAP BY SUPPORTING, THROUGH ITS OWN WORK and RESTRICTED GRANTMAKING, THE USE of TECHNOLOGY to MATCH VOLUNTEER LAWYERS WITH CHARITABLE and EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS and BY PROMOTING PRO BONO SERVICE BY LAWYERS.
Financial picture
About this charity
- Location
- 1156 15TH ST NW NO 1000, WASHINGTON, DC 20005
- County
- District of Columbia
- In care of
- ANDREW LARSEN
- Primary officer
- ANDREW LARSEN, FORMER SENIOR COUNSEL AND ADVISOR
How to reach them
Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2020
- Tax period began
- October 1, 2020
- Return type
- 990
- Tax preparer
- GELMAN ROSENBERG & FREEDMAN
- Grant-giving organization
- Yes