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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JUSTICE CATALYST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,514,226
Total expenses
$218,539
Contributions and grants received
$2,500,000
Grants paid
$167,913
Program service revenue
$14,226
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,760,000
Total liabilities, end of year
$6,853
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,753,147
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$171,418
Management and general expenses
$47,121
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$171,418

Program services were 78.4% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,500,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GRANT RECOVERY

    total $14,226 · related or exempt $14,226

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $167,913 · program services $167,913

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $2,050 · management and general $2,050

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $15,320 · program services $2,209 · management and general $13,111

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,593 · management and general $23,593

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $238 · management and general $238

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,388 · management and general $4,388

  • 17 · Travel

    total $127 · program services $64 · management and general $63

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,020 · program services $1,020

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,746 · management and general $2,746

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAR MEMBERSHIP, OTHER

    total $932 · management and general $932

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROJECT BASED FELLOWSHI

    total $212 · program services $212

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $370,160 · end of year $2,760,000

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $87,912

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $612 · end of year $6,853

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $2,295,687

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $457,460 · end of year $457,460

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

JUSTICE CATALYST TAKES ON SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES THAT FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS OF TRADITIONAL ADVOCACY MODELS. BY CONNECTING ADVOCATES WITH DIVERSE SPECIALTIES AND APPLYING A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO THE LAW, JUSTICE CATALYST DEVELOPS NEW, PATH-BREAKING APPROACHES TO ENSURE THAT THE LAW SERVES THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

  • JUSTICE CATALYST, INC. ("THE ORGANIZATION") LEVERAGES LEGAL CREATIVITY AND EXPERTISE TO ADDRESS INJUSTICES. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES SUPPORT TO INNOVATIVE LEGAL IDEAS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST BY SUPPORTING, ADVISING, AND FOSTERING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, FIRMS WORKING IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, LAW STUDENTS, GOVERNMENT LAWYERS, ACADEMICS AND ACTIVISTS. THE ORGANIZATION COLLABORATES WITH, AND TRAINS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO LEVERAGE THEIR EXPERTISE, POSITION AND MEMBERSHIP TO INITIATE WORK THAT ADVANCES THEIR MISSIONS AND WORK WITH VARIOUS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ON DEVELOPING THEIR CAPACITY FOR INNOVATIVE LEGAL WORK AND WITH NEW NONPROFIT SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS TO AID THEIR FORMATION.

    Expenses $171,418 · Grants $167,913 · Revenue $14,226

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Benjamin Elga

    DIRECTOR/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jacob Lipton

    DIRECTOR/CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Emma Clippinger

    DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
8 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202443169349302734

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