Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$123,044,925

Total expenses

$105,183,007

Contributions and grants received

$122,479,936

Grants paid

$4,092,555

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$223,812

Other revenue

$341,177

Total assets, end of year

$75,629,648

Total liabilities, end of year

$24,832,183

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$50,797,465

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$89,746,409

Management and general expenses

$15,297,241

Fundraising expenses

$139,357

Program service expenses (Part III)

$89,746,409

Program services were 85.3% 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.

Mission and programs · 2023

• COURT REFORM PROGRAMS:SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1996, THE CENTER FOR JUSTICE INNOVATION HAS BEEN PIONEERING CREATIVE REFORMS TO MAKE INCARCERATION A LAST RESORT IN NEW YORK CITY AND BEYOND. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NEW YORK'S OFFICE FOR COURT ADMINISTRATION, THE CENTER RESPONDS TO CRIME WITH ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION, SUPERVISED RELEASE, AND SPECIALIZED COURT PROGRAMS. THE CENTER EMPHASIZES AN APPROACH THAT ADDRESSES THE ROOT PROBLEMTHROUGH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT; EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, AND HOUSING SERVICES; AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICEWE REDUCE THE WELL-DOCUMENTED HARMS OF THE SYSTEM WHILE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR MEANINGFUL, LONG-TERM SAFETY.

  Expenses $48,345,969 · Grants $626,434

• COMMUNITY SAFETY: TOO OFTEN, INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES TO ISSUES OF CRIME AND SAFETY ARE PURELY REACTIVE, COMING INTO PLAY ONLY AFTER HARM HAS BEEN DONE. THE CENTER FOR JUSTICE INNOVATION TAKES AN "UPSTREAM" APPROACHPLANTING THE SEEDS FOR GENUINE, LONG-TERM SAFETY AND JUSTICE BY INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES. FACTORS AFFECTING COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WELL-BEING INCLUDE ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY HOUSING, STRONG FAMILY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS, MEDICAL CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND MORE, AND SO OUR PROGRAMMING SUPPORTS THOSE NEEDS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT RESIDENTS ARE THE EXPERTS ON THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES, AND THAT NO DECISIONS ABOUT JUSTICE AND SAFETY CAN BE ADEQUATE WITHOUT INCORPORATING THE PERSPECTIVES AND PARTICIPATION OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THEMSELVES.

  Expenses $25,233,408 · Grants $211,429

• NATIONAL INITIATIVE: THE CENTER IS A NATIONAL LEADER IN DEVELOPING, STUDYING, AND DISSEMINATING A WIDE VARIETY OF INNOVATIVE JUSTICE MODELS. THROUGH THE CENTER'S NATIONAL INITIATIVES AND RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, STAFF CONDUCT MIXED-METHOD, MULTI-SITE EVALUATIONS OF COMMUNITY, COURT, PUBLIC HEALTH, JUSTICE, AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS RESEARCH TO PROMOTE NEW THINKING ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT SYSTEMS (E.G., EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, CRIMINAL JUSTICE) CAN ADDRESS PROBLEMS OF VIOLENCE, CRIME, AND SAFETY. THE DEPARTMENT'S TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SIDE PROVIDES HANDS-ON, EXPERT ASSISTANCE TO REFORMERS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING THROUGH FACILITATING SITE VISITS AT MODEL PROGRAMS; PROVIDING TRAINING ON A RANGE OF TOPICS, FROM COMMUNITY JUSTICE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; MAINTAINING AN ARRAY OF ONLINE LEARNING RESOURCES; AND OFFERING INTENSIVE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT TO JURISDICTIONS SEEKING TO LAUNCH NEW MODELS. RESEARCH INFORMS PROGRAMMING, PROGRAMMING INFORMS RESEARCH, AND BOTH RESEARCH AND PRACTICE INFORM OUR EFFORTS TO TRAIN AND ASSIST COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE U.S. AND INTERNATIONALLY IN ADOPTING TAILORED REFORMS.

  Expenses $13,277,156 · Grants $3,107,392

• POLICY:FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTER'S POLICY PRIORITIES AND NEW VENTURES, WITH AN EYE TOWARD ADVANCING LEADING-EDGE IDEAS AND PRACTICES ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION. IN ADDITION, THE POLICY TEAM IS FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING EFFICIENT, EVIDENCE-BASED COURT PRACTICES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEW YORK STATE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM, AS WELL AS OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE STAKEHOLDERS. THIS WORK INCLUDES DEVELOPING A MODEL FOR INDIVIDUALIZED JAIL POPULATION REVIEW THAT AIMS TO REDUCE THE NEW YORK CITY JAIL POPULATION IN ORDER TO HELP ENSURE THE CLOSURE OF RIKERS ISLAND, AND TO SERVE AS A MODEL FOR OTHER LARGE JURISDICTIONS TO REDUCE PRETRIAL INCARCERATION.

  Expenses $1,396,644

• CENTER CORE:THE CENTER'S CORE PLANNING AND OPERATIONS STAFF RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR PLANNING ASSISTANCE FROM THE COURT SYSTEM; PROVIDE SUPERVISION AND OVERSIGHT COURT PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY AND STATE; AND DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT FUNDING, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES THAT SUPPORT THIS WORK.

  Expenses $1,493,232 · Grants $147,300 · Revenue $341,177

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

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF CUNY

  $513,382

  SUBCONTRACTOR FEDERAL GRANT

• THE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION

  $300,000

  SUBCONTRACTOR MANHATTAN JUSTICE RESOURCE CENTER GRANT

• COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CO AUDITOR- CONTROLLER

  $259,185

  SUBCONTRACTOR FEDERAL GRANT

• AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

  $213,576

  SUBCONTRACTOR FEDERAL GRANT

• YWCA OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA

  $194,099

  SUBCONTRACTOR MACARTHUR FOUNDATION

• NPC RESEARCH

  $184,054

  SUBCONTRACTOR FEDERAL GRANT

• CROSSROADS ANTI-RACISM ORGANIZING & TRAINING

  $172,875

  SUBCONTRACTOR MACARTHUR FOUNDATION

• GWEN WRIGHT DBA CHANGE MATTERS INC

  $166,727

  SUBCONTRACTOR MACARTHUR FOUNDATION

• EAC NETWORK INC

  $165,252

  SUBCONTRACTOR UCS

• COOK COUNTY

  $155,145

  SUBCONTRACTOR MACARTHUR FOUNDATION

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

10 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202541339349300439

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