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← THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY JUSTICE INC

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY JUSTICE INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$522,576
Total expenses
$516,174
Contributions and grants received
$504,001
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$3,149
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$15,426
Total assets, end of year
$274,545
Total liabilities, end of year
$194,059
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$80,486
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$460,063
Management and general expenses
$54,376
Fundraising expenses
$1,735
Program service expenses (Part III)
$460,063

Program services were 89.1% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $442,871

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $61,130

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM FEES

    total $3,149 · related or exempt $3,149

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $15,426

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $15,426

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $68,359 · program services $68,359

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $235,928 · program services $229,087 · management and general $6,841

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $31,759 · program services $31,361 · management and general $398

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $25,972 · program services $24,866 · management and general $1,106

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $23,931 · management and general $23,931

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $39,269 · program services $38,812 · management and general $457

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $11,640 · program services $11,323 · management and general $317

  • 17 · Travel

    total $8,108 · program services $7,928 · management and general $180

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $3,675 · management and general $3,675

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,665 · program services $3,580 · management and general $85

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,176 · management and general $8,176

  • 24a · Other expenses: RENTRY SERVICES AND SUPPLIES

    total $14,005 · program services $14,005

  • 24b · Other expenses: TELEPHONE/INTERNET

    total $11,550 · program services $11,336 · management and general $214

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT MAINT AND REPAIRS

    total $9,758 · program services $8,879 · management and general $879

  • 24d · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $4,655 · program services $4,427 · management and general $228

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $15,724 · program services $6,100 · management and general $7,889 · fundraising $1,735

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,508 · end of year $3,175

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $0

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $167,247 · end of year $212,700

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $31,089 · end of year $34,027

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $301,252

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $276,609

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $24,058 · end of year $24,643

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $84,881 · end of year $71,122

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $9,500 · end of year $11,500

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $50,000 · end of year $105,000

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $6,437 · end of year $6,437

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $67,834 · end of year $19,311

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,250 · end of year $61,175

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY-BASED REMEDIES IN THE PURSUIT OF PEACEFUL RESOLUTIONS, ACCOUNTABILITY AND JUSTICE

  • THE ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION PROGRAMS CONSIST OF COMMUNITY SERVICE, RESTITUTION, REENTRY PROGRAM, AND THE COMMUNITY ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD(CAB). THIS RANGE OF SERVICES IS DESIGNED TO HOLD OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS WHILE ALSO EASING THE BURDEN ON OVERCROWDED JAILS AND LOCAL COURTS AND PROVIDES CARING SUPPORT DESIGNED TO AVOID INCARCERATION. THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND RESOLUTION PROGRAMS PROMOTE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF OFFENDERS WHO REPAY THE COMMUNITY THROUGH SERVICE TO APPROVED GOVERNMENT OR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THE REENTRY PROGRAM INCREASES PUBLIC SAFETY BY IMPLEMENTING NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES TO COORDINATE THE REENTRY OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE RETURNING FROM STATE PRISON TO SCHENECTADY COUNTY. THE CAB IS MADE UP OF TRAINED COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO DEVELOP ACCOUNTABILITY STRATEGIES FOR OFFENDERS TO REPAIR THE HARM TO VICTIMS AND THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AND RESTITUTION.

    Expenses $216,087

  • THE LEGAL HAND PROGRAM IS A call-in center (Legal Hand) serving Schenectady and Albany Counties provides free legal information and referrals for civil legal issues to everyone, with no barriers of any kind to receiving service.

    Expenses $150,417

  • THE COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATES PROGRAM (CASA)WORKS WITH CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO ENSURE POSITIVE OUTCOMES. CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AFFECTS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AND THERE ARE FEW INDIVIDUALS MORE VULNERABLE THAN THE CHILDREN OF VICTIMS AND OFFENDERS. THE CASA PROGRAM GIVES ABUSED AND NEGLECTED CHILDREN IN SCHENECTADY, ALBANY AND RENSSELAER COUNTIES A "VOICE IN COURT" SPECIFICALLY TRAINED VOLUNTEER ADVOCATES WORK WITH THE FAMILY COURT SYSTEM TO PROTECT THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILDREN, AND HELP CHILDREN ACHIEVE PERMANENT AND SAFE HOMES AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

    Expenses $93,559

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Cheryl Vallee

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $78,703
    From this org
    $68,259
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,444
    Hours/week
    40
  • Joseph Mancini

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andrew Healey Esq

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • JOSEPH Di CAPRIO

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • ELLEN WERTLIEB PhD

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Daniel Beck

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dr Charletta L Robinson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Natifa R Walters

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dc Dunkel

    Director

    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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
11 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202543159349300824

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