Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$4,193,284

Total expenses

$3,931,888

Contributions and grants received

$3,990,334

Grants paid

$1,087,851

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$92,435

Other revenue

$110,515

Total assets, end of year

$3,180,523

Total liabilities, end of year

$471,867

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,708,656

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$3,375,380

Management and general expenses

$386,522

Fundraising expenses

$169,986

Program service expenses (Part III)

$3,375,380

Program services were 85.8% 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

• CJA IS A LEADING US-BASED ORGANIZATION WORKING WITH SURVIVORS AND COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY ATROCITY CRIMES IN SEEKING TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND REDRESS. THROUGH INNOVATIVE HIGH-IMPACT LITIGATION, CJA HAS BROUGHT CASES AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, FROM LATIN AMERICA TO AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST. CJA PARTICIPATES IN CASES OF IMPORTANCE TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY AS AMICUS CURIAE IN HUMAN RIGHTS CASES IN THE U.S., AS WELL AS OTHER COURTS. CJA ALSO SUPPORTS INITIATIVES THAT ADVANCE THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO PROSECUTE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS. CJA WORKS ON AN ONGOING BASIS WITH US AND INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. CJA INTEGRATES OTHER INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES TO HOLD HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS ACCOUNTABLE. CJA PAIRS SURVIVOR-CENTERED LITIGATION WITH TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE PROJECTS, IN WHICH CJA WORKS ALONGSIDE LAWYERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS FROM IMPACTED COMMUNITIES IN JOINT CASE INVESTIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT. CJA PARTNERS WITH PRO BONO LAWYERS TO LITIGATE OUR CASES. DURING THE 2023-24 FISCAL YEAR, CJA'S PRO BONO PARTNERS DONATED SERVICES AND PROFESSIONAL OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $4,660,748. CJA ALSO LEVERAGES PARTNERSHIPS WITH LEADING ACADEMIC CENTERS, FORENSIC, MILITARY AND COUNTRY EXPERTS, SURVIVOR COALITIONS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, TORTURE TREATMENT CENTERS, AND FRONTLINE NGOS. THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO OUR SUCCESS IN INVESTIGATING NEW CASES, ENSURING A VICTIM-CENTERED APPROACH TO JUSTICE, AND ENGAGING IN TRANSNATIONAL LITIGATION THAT HAS IMPACT IN THE COUNTRIES WHERE THE CRIMES ORIGINALLY TOOK PLACE. THE IMPACT OF CJA'S WORK CAN BE MEASURED IN AT LEAST FOUR IMPORTANT WAYS:1. THE USE OF CJA'S CASES AROUND THE WORLD AS A CATALYST AND SUPPORT FOR DOMESTIC ACCOUNTABILITY.2. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BODY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW.3. THE HISTORIC RECORD OF TRUTH OUR CASES CREATE. 4. THE THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS THAT SURVIVORS OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES EXPERIENCE AS A RESULT OF PARTICIPATING IN JUSTICE PROCESSES. CJA MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN ALL OF ITS CASES BEFORE THE COURTS ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ATROCITY CRIMES. THROUGH ITS CAPACITY BUILDING WORK, CJA PROVIDES ADVICE AND SUPPORT TO LOCAL LAWYERS AND INVESTIGATORS ON COLLECTION, PRESERVATION, AND ANALYSIS OF EVIDENCE TO ASSIST IN HOLDING PERPETRATORS OF ATROCITY CRIMES ACCOUNTABLE. MORE INFORMATION IS AT WWW.CJA.ORG.

  Expenses $3,375,380 · Grants $1,087,851

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

• INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE

  $34,884

  TO ENGAGE ON TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE RAPID RESPONSE.

• CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE

  $19,552

  TO SUPPORT TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE WORK.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

3 March 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202500629349301230

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