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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by PROMISE OF JUSTICE INITIATIVE.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,589,771
Total expenses
$2,894,092
Contributions and grants received
$4,355,273
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$36,025
Investment income
$32,298
Other revenue
$166,175
Total assets, end of year
$4,043,626
Total liabilities, end of year
$252,325
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,791,301
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,327,827
Management and general expenses
$478,605
Fundraising expenses
$87,660
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,327,827

Program services were 80.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $27,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,328,273

  • 2a · Program service revenue: FEE REVENUE

    total $36,025 · related or exempt $36,025

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $32,298 · excluded $32,298

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $164,530

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $164,530

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $164,530 · excluded $164,530

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

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

    $27,000

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $31,270

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$31,270 · excluded -$31,270

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $32,915 · related or exempt $32,915

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $32,915

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $172,500 · program services $138,000 · management and general $27,600 · fundraising $6,900

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $1,367,019 · program services $1,093,615 · management and general $218,723 · fundraising $54,681

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $40,857 · program services $32,686 · management and general $6,537 · fundraising $1,634

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $237,832 · program services $190,266 · management and general $38,053 · fundraising $9,513

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $116,132 · program services $92,906 · management and general $18,581 · fundraising $4,645

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $31,242 · program services $27,480 · management and general $3,170 · fundraising $592

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $20,586 · program services $10,241 · management and general $8,621 · fundraising $1,724

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $394,330 · program services $390,924 · management and general $3,406

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $53,376 · program services $26,552 · management and general $22,355 · fundraising $4,469

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $112,800 · program services $56,400 · management and general $56,400

  • 17 · Travel

    total $66,026 · program services $66,026

  • 24a · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $268,311 · program services $189,650 · management and general $75,159 · fundraising $3,502

  • 24b · Other expenses: VOLUNTEER EXPENSES

    total $11,142 · program services $11,142

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONTINUING EDUCATION

    total $1,939 · program services $1,939

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $970,093 · end of year $2,106,015

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $501,682

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $637,063 · end of year $481,511

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $6,484 · end of year $9,478

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $11,657

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

    $6,647

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

    $4,932

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $1,715 · end of year $1,715

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $500,000 · end of year $768,616

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $273,586 · end of year $174,609

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $34,647 · end of year $84,230

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $270,329 · end of year $168,095

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,534,899 · end of year $2,995,859

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $560,723 · end of year $795,442

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE PROMISE OF JUSTICE INITIATIVE WORKS TO CREATE POSITIVE CHANGE FOR PEOPLE IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AT THE INTERSECTION OF IMPACT LITIGATION, DIRECT SERVICES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE PROMISE OF JUSTICE INITIATIVE IS A NON-PROFIT LAW OFFICE THAT WORKS TOWARDS EQUALITY AND CONSTITUTIONAL TREATMENT OF PEOPLE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

  • THE PROMISE OF JUSTICE INITIATIVE SEEKS TO REFORM LOUISIANA'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY. OUR PROJECTS FOCUS ON ENDING THE DEATH PENALTY, FIXING INHUMANE CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT, EXPOSING PROSECUTORIAL AND JUDICIAL MISCONDUCT, ELIMINATING POOR REPRESENTATION OF CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS, AND ENDING RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

    Expenses $2,327,827 · Revenue $68,940

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sara Totonchi

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Michael Stone

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Una Dean

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Mark Cunningham

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Calvin Duncan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Isley Gostin

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Laverne Thompson

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Marquest Meeks

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Diane Lucas

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Maya Chaudhuri

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Rita Radostitz

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 0.5 related

  • Diamond Samantha Kennedy

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $135,000
    From this org
    $135,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

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
2023
Filed
8 May 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501359349302325

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