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← JUST COMMUNITIES ARIZONA

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JUST COMMUNITIES ARIZONA.

Totals

Total revenue
$715,153
Total expenses
$676,940
Contributions and grants received
$715,153
Grants paid
$162,381
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$162,312
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$162,312
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$546,937
Management and general expenses
$84,735
Fundraising expenses
$45,268
Program service expenses (Part III)
$546,937

Program services were 80.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $434,676

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $280,477

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $162,381 · program services $162,381

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $87,511 · program services $52,506 · management and general $21,878 · fundraising $13,127

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $166,277 · program services $135,203 · management and general $27,967 · fundraising $3,107

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $39,456 · program services $35,140 · management and general $3,884 · fundraising $432

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $19,495 · program services $14,633 · management and general $3,736 · fundraising $1,126

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,165 · management and general $1,165

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $1,748 · management and general $1,748

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $105,971 · program services $76,165 · management and general $11,789 · fundraising $18,017

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $6,907 · program services $6,095 · management and general $734 · fundraising $78

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $22,867 · program services $10,862 · management and general $4,592 · fundraising $7,413

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $35,597 · program services $29,762 · management and general $4,547 · fundraising $1,288

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,663 · program services $2,663

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,217 · program services $8,204 · management and general $13 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $11,327 · program services $8,722 · management and general $2,039 · fundraising $566

  • 24a · Other expenses: Dues & Subscriptions

    total $706 · program services $195 · management and general $511 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Staff expenses

    total $4,081 · program services $3,876 · management and general $91 · fundraising $114

  • 24c · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $571 · program services $530 · management and general $41 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $88,202 · end of year $85,589

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $41,260 · end of year $76,723

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,500

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $7,623

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $124,339 · end of year $162,312

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

To create, foster, and resource new models for safety and justice outside the punishment system. We work with people impacted by the punishment system to promote a holistic view of safety that encompasses physical, emotional, and economic health and wellness; cultivate the next generation of community leaders; and build community-based solutions.

Activities or mission (Part I)

We are creating new models for justice and safety outside of Arizona's punishment system.

  • We completed another Community Safety Incubator Project which included a gathering to bring residents of the complex and their unhoused neighbors together. We then worked with the Community Safety Team to add soft wood chips as bedding underneath a play structure in the complex, and threw an after school party for neighborhood children. A new project in Arroyo Chico neighborhood launched on November 2, 2024 with a community cleanup and beautification event. We have done extensive outreach with the neighborhood school and we invited students and families to join us for the painting of the community mural. In total, we've invested over $11,000 into Tucson neighborhoods through Incubator Projects We awarded Justice Reinvestment grants to six Maricopa County nonprofits, totaling $175,000 in funding. Over the first 3 quarters of 2024, these 6 organizations have served 2,448 individuals Our subgrantees have reported impressive outcomes: RE:Frame Youth Arts Collective: 25% increase in neighborhood activities and events, 70% report feeling more connected Unlimited Potential: Participants in Community Therapy Wheels reported 85% report feeling more connected, 100% report Increased sense of well being BlackNet: 25% increased participation in community activities or events Father Matters enrolled 235 people in their program AZRSOL hosted a total of 18 support groups in Tucson and Phoenix and a statewide conference on rational sex offense sentencing laws DPAA provided books to 23 people on Death Row in Arizona-20% of the population

    Expenses $483,151 · Grants $162,381

  • In 2024, our Expungement Advocates engaged in a more than 1520 outreach activities (flyering, street outreach, or presentations). In total, they reached over 2,000 individual contacts. We partnered with Hey Joe Media to produce two short videos featuring formerly incarcerated individuals talking about their experiences of losing and then regaining (or not) the right to vote. We timed the release to coincide with the 2024 election to capitalize on the attention being paid to the campaigns and highlight the issue of disenfranchisement. The videos then direct people to Reclaim Your Future to begin the process of having their rights restored. The videos were disseminated via social media and shared with other partners. We also paid for a 30 day ad campaign on YouTube.

    Expenses $59,193

  • Our pilot incubator project produced encouraging results. Survey responses confirm that participants in the incubator mirror the makeup of the neighborhood. The majority (nearly 70%) were BIPOC. The majority of respondents (56%) have been personally impacted by the criminal punishment system. The reported impacts were overwhelmingly positive: 88% said the project made them feel safer in their neighborhood 75% said it helped them get to know their neighbors better 87.6% said the project would contribute to greater health and wellness

    Expenses $4,593

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Caroline Isaacs

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $87,063
    From this org
    $71,600
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,463
    Hours/week
    60
  • Luis Carrion

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Howe

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tasha Menaker

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beth Meyer

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kesha Dawson

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marilyn Rodriguez

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Liane Hernandez

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Zachary Stout

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

  • Amplify the power of youth voices to drive change for climate justice, human rights, public health, and education

  • Strengthen individuals and families by providing multifaceted services that promote literacy and empower families to actively participate in their communities.

  • Improve the well-being of children and strengthen our families by increasing the proportion of children growing up with involved, responsible, and committed fathers and mothers

  • Improve health and wellness of low-income residents and marginalized populations by reducing stigma and increasing access to care.

  • BlackNet

    $11,000

    Build Black political power through education, leadership development, policy advocacy and electoral engagement.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202541349349312544

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