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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by ACCOUNTABLE JUSTICE ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,481,549
Total expenses
$5,997,970
Contributions and grants received
$9,508,845
Grants paid
$2,870,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$972,704
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$22,453,578
Total liabilities, end of year
$214,915
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$22,238,663
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,141,175
Management and general expenses
$852,531
Fundraising expenses
$4,264
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,141,175

Program services were 85.7% 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

    $9,508,845

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,023,288 · excluded $1,023,288

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,107,489

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $4,158,073

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$50,584

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$50,584 · excluded -$50,584

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,870,000 · program services $2,870,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $889,247 · program services $779,258 · management and general $109,989

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $268,950 · program services $152,062 · management and general $113,738 · fundraising $3,150

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $12,385 · program services $4,697 · management and general $7,501 · fundraising $187

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $113,314 · program services $76,730 · management and general $35,858 · fundraising $726

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $66,847 · program services $52,866 · management and general $13,792 · fundraising $189

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $20,743 · management and general $20,743

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $28,517 · management and general $28,517

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $57,060 · management and general $57,060

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $176,691 · program services $12,070 · management and general $164,621

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,436 · program services $25 · management and general $5,411

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,186 · program services $540 · management and general $11,646

  • 17 · Travel

    total $75,417 · program services $75,417

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,104,123 · program services $1,102,178 · management and general $1,945

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $47,479 · management and general $47,479

  • 24a · Other expenses: FED. FOR. & STATE TAXES

    total $229,189 · management and general $229,189

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $12,244 · program services $10,049 · management and general $2,195

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING FEE

    total $6,780 · program services $5,283 · management and general $1,485 · fundraising $12

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $791 · management and general $791

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $571 · management and general $571

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $18,395,497 · end of year $22,313,515

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $28,289 · end of year $27,155

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $32,617 · end of year $112,908

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $28,192 · end of year $214,915

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $1,065,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $17,363,211 · end of year $22,238,663

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE CORPORATION SUPPORTS AND PROMOTES CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM VIA PUBLIC EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, DONOR ADVISING AND GRANT MAKING. OUR CORE PROGRAMMATIC AREAS ARE GRANTS AND DONOR ADVISING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE PART III, LINE 1.

  • GRANTS: GRANTS WERE PROVIDED TO 10 ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE FOCUSED ON REFORMING THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM AND SHRINKING THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INCARCERATED IN THE UNITED STATES. HISTORICALLY, GRANTS HAVE SUPPORTED COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, DIRECT ADVOCACY, JOURNALISM, NARRATIVE CHANGE, AND POLICY REFORM. WE SEEK TO FUND INNOVATIVE LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS DEPLOYING DYNAMIC STRATEGIES TO REDUCE INCARCERATION AND TO FORGE SOLUTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION THAT ARE EFFECTIVE IN KEEPING COMMUNITIES SAFE. IN FY25, GRANTS WERE PROVIDED TO 10 ORGANIZATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF ROUGHLY $2.8 MILLION. WE PROVIDE HOLISTIC SUPPORT TO GRANTEES AND THEIR PEER MOVEMENT LEADERS WHICH CAN INCLUDE FUNDRAISING, OPERATIONAL, PARTNERSHIP BUILDING, AND STRATEGIC PLANNING ASSISTANCE. (SCHEDULE O)IN FY25, WE CONVENED 450 LEADERS FOR A FOUR-DAY CONVENING WITH WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS ON ORGANIZING, STRATEGY, COMMUNICATIONS, INTERPERSONAL HEALING, AND MANAGEMENT. WE ENGAGED WITH INDEPENDENT CONSULTING FIRMS TO PROVIDE WORKSHOPS ON LEADERSHIP, CYBERSECURITY, AND MENTAL HEALTH, AT NO COST TO GRANTEES.

    Expenses $3,357,452 · Grants $2,870,000

  • DONOR ADVISING: THE CORPORATION SPENDS THE MAJORITY OF ITS TIME FOCUSED ON PROVIDING ADVISORY ASSISTANCE, GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THOUGHT LEADERSHIP TO DONORS WHO ON OUR ADVICE HAVE INVESTED IN TRANSFORMING CRIMINAL JUSTICE. IN FY25, WE RECOMMENDED OVER $5 MILLION TO DOZENS OF ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH A DONOR-ADVISED-FUND. IN ADDITION, WE CREATED BESPOKE GRANTMAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OTHER FUNDERS. IN 2025, WE CALCULATE THAT OVER $10 MILLION IN MULTI-YEAR FUNDING COMMITMENTS WERE MADE BASED ON OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO OTHER FUNDERS. EACH MONTH, THE CORPORATION COMPOSES AND DISTRIBUTES MEMORANDA ON CURRENT AFFAIRS, RECENT NEWS, BEST FUNDING PRACTICES, AND PHILANTHROPIC OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM SPACE, REACHING A WIDE RANGE OF DONORS AND DONOR ADVISORS. (SCHEDULE O)WE REGULARLY HOST DONOR BRIEFINGS AND WORKSHOPS TO GIVE GUIDANCE TO FUNDERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GRANTMAKING TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM FIELD.

    Expenses $1,783,723

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Chloe Cockburn

    CEO/PRESIDENT/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $584,389
    From this org
    $504,755
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $79,634
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $504,755
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $23,000
    Nontaxable benefits
    $56,634
    Filer's total
    $584,389

  • Tim Silard

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Michael Kieschnick

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 07/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Michelle Crentsil

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Rashad Robinson

    DIRECTOR (UNTIL 04/2025)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • Zachary Carpenter

    SENIOR ADVISOR

    Total calculated
    $266,732
    From this org
    $187,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $79,607
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $187,125
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $24,139
    Nontaxable benefits
    $55,468
    Filer's total
    $266,732

  • Jasson Perez

    PROGRAM LEAD

    Total calculated
    $200,602
    From this org
    $166,425
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,177
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $166,425
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $34,177
    Filer's total
    $200,602

  • Povneet Dhillon

    GRANTS & OPERATION MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $163,938
    From this org
    $116,920
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $47,018
    Hours/week
    30

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $116,920
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,128
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,890
    Filer's total
    $163,938

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

  • 1a · Tax indemnification and gross-up payments
  • 1b · Written policy on the line-1a expenses
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 2 · Substantiation required before reimbursing expenses
  • 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

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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
15 July 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202641969349301124

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