Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$743,573

Total expenses

$768,820

Contributions and grants received

$604,142

Grants paid

$60,738

Program service revenue

$129,097

Investment income

$10,334

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$611,540

Total liabilities, end of year

$21,377

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$590,163

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$537,761

Management and general expenses

$144,836

Fundraising expenses

$86,223

Program service expenses (Part III)

$537,761

Program services were 69.9% 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 · 2022

• COMMUNITIES FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PROVIDES A PROCESS TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH POLICE AND OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES AND ALL RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS TO ADDRESS A CRIME OR HARM USING A TECHNIQUE CALLED RESTORATIVE JUSTICE. RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IS A TECHNIQUE THAT ENABLES GROUPS TO HOLD A CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE AND DEVELOP A PLAN OF ACTION TO HEAR THE HARM OF CRIME BY IDENTIFYING ROOT CAUSES AND ENLISTING APPROPRIATE SERVICES; MAKING AMENDS TO THE VICTIM AND/OR COMMUNITY, RESTITUTION AND REPAIR TO DAMAGED PROPERTY, AND RELEVANT SERVICE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY; AND ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY AND APOLOGIES TO THOSE HARMED. IT IS A VOLUNTARY, CONFIDENTIAL PROCESS MEANT TO FUNCTION AS A COMPLEMENT TO THE TRADITIONAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN APPROPRIATE CASES AND FOCUSES ON THE RELATIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THE MUTUAL RESPECT AND BEHAVIOR DEEMED SOCIALLY AND LEGALLY ACCEPTABLE BY A COMMUNITY.C4RJ CURRENTLY ACCEPTS JUVENILE AND ADULT REFERRALS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS OF ACTON, AMHERST, ARLINGTON, BEDFORD, BELMONT, BURLINGTON, CAMBRIDGE, CARLISLE, CHELSEA, CONCORD, EASTHAMPTON, GROTON, HADLEY, HUDSON, LEXINGTON, LINCOLN, LITTLETON, MAYNARD, NEWTON, NORTHAMPTON, NORTHBOROUGH, SOUTH HADLEY, STOW, SUDBURY, WATERTOWN, WAYLAND, WELLESLEY, WESTON, AND WINTHROP, AS WELL AS THE MIDDLESEX, NORTHWESTERN, AND SUFFOLK COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYSF OFFICES.C4RJ PARTNERS WITH REGIONAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICES FOR REFERRALS. EACH REFERRING PARTNER UNDERSTANDS RESTORATIVE JUSTICE, ITS AIMS, AND ITS PROCESS. BEYOND THAT, EACH REFERRING PARTNER SETS ITS OWN REFERRAL CRITERIA. POLICE OFFICERS AND OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT REPRESENTATIVES RECEIVE ONGOING TRAINING, PROVIDE MEETING SPACE, PARTICIPATE IN THE CIRCLE PROCESS, AND COORDINATE WITH C4RJ PERSONNEL THROUGHOUT EACH CASE.PARTICIPATING REFERRING PARTNERS SEEK OUT THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE OPTION AS A MEANS OF: -EMPOWERING VICTIMS WHO SEEK A VOICE IN THE JUSTICE PROCESS -PROVIDING AN INTERMEDIATE RESPONSE BETWEEN LETTING SOMEONE OFF THE HOOK FOR WRONGDOING AND LAUNCHING FULL CRIMINAL PROSECUTION -STRENGTHENING POLICE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITIESTHRIVE COMMUNITIES IS AN INDEPENDENT PROGRAM, WHICH WAS FISCALLY SPONSORED BY C4RJ THROUGH MARCH 31, 2023. THRIVE COMMUNITIES SEEKS THROUGH ITS MISSION TO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES FACED BY MEN AND WOMEN AS THEY RETURN FROM PRISON TO PUBLIC SOCIETY, PARTICULARLY THE CHALLENGE OF CONNECTION TO COMMUNITY, INCLUDING UNDERLYING RACIAL AND ECONOMIC STRESS AND DISPARITIES, NEGATIVE STIGMA AND DISTRUST, AND THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF RETURNING CITIZENS.

  Expenses $537,761 · Grants $60,738 · Revenue $129,097

As filed on the 2022 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.

Grants on this return

• COMMUNITY TEAMWORK INC(THRIVE COMMUNITIES)

  $60,738

  PROGRAM AND OPERATIONS

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

14 May 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202431359349301033

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