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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by JUSTICE CATALYST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,427,795
Total expenses
$1,982,174
Contributions and grants received
$1,410,000
Grants paid
$1,264,067
Program service revenue
$17,795
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$458,072
Total liabilities, end of year
$612
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$457,460
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,807,310
Management and general expenses
$174,864
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,807,310

Program services were 91.2% 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

    $1,410,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: RELATED ACTIVITY SERVI

    total $15,275 · related or exempt $15,275

  • 2b · Program service revenue: INTEREST-PROGRAM INVES

    total $2,520 · related or exempt $2,520

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,264,067 · program services $1,264,067

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $225,000 · program services $144,375 · management and general $80,625

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $48,581 · program services $10,122 · management and general $38,459

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $372,257 · program services $358,957 · management and general $13,300

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,194 · management and general $25,194

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $30,274 · program services $26,770 · management and general $3,504

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,763 · management and general $4,763

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,297 · management and general $4,297

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,478 · program services $2,239 · management and general $2,239

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,483 · management and general $2,483

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROJECT BASED FELLOWSHI

    total $780 · program services $780

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $908,035 · end of year $370,160

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $109,770 · end of year $87,912

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $612

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 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 $1,017,805 · end of year $457,460

Mission and programs · 2022

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. IN 2022, JUSTICE CATALYST ADMINISTERED A PROJECT-BASED FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM THAT PLACED TEN INNOVATIVE LEGAL PROJECTS WORKING TO ADVANCE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE AT ORGANIZATIONS; WORKED WITH VARIOUS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ON DEVELOPING THEIR CAPACITY FOR INNOVATIVE LEGAL WORK AND WITH NEW NONPROFIT SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS TO AID THEIR FORMATION.

    Expenses $1,807,310 · Grants $1,264,067 · Revenue $17,795

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Emma Clippinger

    DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Jennifer Bennett

    DIRECTOR/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Sarah O'Brien

    DIRECTOR/TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Rakim Brooks

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Benjamin Elga

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $176,737
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $133,849
    Other
    $42,888
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $133,849 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,312 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $36,576 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $176,737 related

  • Jacob Lipton

    CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $136,209
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $122,347
    Other
    $13,862
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

  • Lindsay Cornelio

    OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $133,988
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $116,611
    Other
    $17,377
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 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. 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

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
JUSTICE CATALYST LAW, A RELATED ORGANIZATION, USED THE FOLLOWING METHODS TO ESTABLISH COMPENSATION FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: I) INDEPENDENT COMPENSATION CONSULTANT, II) COMPENSATION SURVEY OR STUDY, III) FORM 990 OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, IV) APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.

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

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
10 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323179349304882

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