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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JUST STRATEGIES.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,063,677
Total expenses
$858,789
Contributions and grants received
$1,042,965
Grants paid
$148,500
Program service revenue
$3,000
Investment income
$17,712
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$1,159,641
Total liabilities, end of year
$167,012
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$992,629
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$784,310
Management and general expenses
$33,588
Fundraising expenses
$40,891
Program service expenses (Part III)
$784,310

Program services were 91.3% 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.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $0

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $0

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,042,965

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Trainings

    total $3,000 · related or exempt $3,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $17,712 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $17,712

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

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

    $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $148,500 · program services $148,500

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $10,379 · program services $7,784 · management and general $1,038 · fundraising $1,557

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $85,153 · program services $63,865 · management and general $8,515 · fundraising $12,773

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $5,842 · program services $4,382 · management and general $584 · fundraising $876

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $8,081 · program services $6,061 · management and general $808 · fundraising $1,212

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $6,158 · management and general $6,158

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $437,705 · program services $416,178 · management and general $8,611 · fundraising $12,916

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $26,891 · program services $20,039 · management and general $2,843 · fundraising $4,009

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $3,571 · program services $2,678 · management and general $357 · fundraising $536

  • 17 · Travel

    total $28,351 · program services $21,263 · management and general $2,835 · fundraising $4,253

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $15,087 · program services $11,316 · management and general $1,508 · fundraising $2,263

  • 24a · Other expenses: Media and Publications

    total $79,762 · program services $79,762 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Equipment Rental/Maintenance

    total $3,309 · program services $2,482 · management and general $331 · fundraising $496

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $333,459 · end of year $657,781

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $453,816 · end of year $471,434

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $22,557 · end of year $30,176

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,310 · end of year $250

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $45,641 · end of year $43,045

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    end of year $123,967

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $279,026 · end of year $416,270

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $488,475 · end of year $576,359

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Just Strategy builds powerful issue campaigns that win. We educate organizers and movement leaders. We help develop effective strategies for racial and economic justice movements. We create innovative organizing projects where we see a need. We also partner with established organizations to build people's power.

  • NATIVE ORGANIZERS ALLIANCE ACTION FUND: Supports tribes and Native communities to advocate for grassroots-driven social change rooted in Native traditional practices & values to advance sovereignty & the health & well-being of rural & urban Native communities & reservations. NOA-AF is building campaign infrastructure, data collection, & voter participation to build the power of Native communities to connect local Native communities & tribal issues with state & national advocacy campaigns with non-Native allies. In 2024, NOA-AF advocated for the protection of sacred places & environmental protections with online advocacy conducted with tribal & traditional leaders to protect Pipestone National Monument from contamination by a proposed natural gas pipeline. NOA-AF gathered 25,000 letters directed to the MN Public Utilities Commission(PUC) calling for a cultural survey of the land in consultation with the tribes before permits are issued. The PUC reversed its decision to approve the permit. In 2024, NOA-AF hired a full-time employee to conduct the Organizing Fellows Program. The main goal of the Fellows program was to support urban and tribal communities in their voter mobilization outreach for voter registration and GOTV.

    Expenses $617,163 · Grants $148,500 · Revenue $2,361

  • JUST STRATEGY CAMPAIGNS: 1. Public transit is essential to communities, local economies, and the lives of millions of people across the country. Essential workers depend on and operate transit; businesses, both large and small depend on transit; historically marginalized communities depend on transit. Transit is a key component of a more environmentally sustainable society and is the road to equity for disenfranchised communities, both rural, urban, and suburban. Just Strategy worked with Rep. Johnsons to build 150 co-sponsors for the Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act to establish a federal operations funding program. In addition, Just Strategy mobilized to support public transit by: -Collected 1,358 "What Transit Means to Me" stories collected for Sen.Fetterman -7,784 direct messages to U.S. House Representatives, building co-sponsors and support for the Stronger Communities Through Better Transit Act -13,397 direct messages to U.S. Senators and House Reps, building co-sponsors and support for the GREEN Streets Act -36,937 direct messages to the Governor of all 50 states calling for setting ambitious goals in the implementation of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule -4,282 direct messages to California Governor Gavin Newsom, urging him to reverse course and unfreeze transit funding already approved by the state legislature -334 "Why Public Transit is Essential" stories collected to share with members of Congress -7,243 signers urging Senate THUD Appropriations Chairman Schatz and Ranking Member Hyde-Smith to lead the committee to reject the House bill and fully fund commitments Congress made in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act -5,267 direct messages urging Governor Newsom to live up to his pledge and fund projects that reduce pollution, traffic, and the harm from climate change. 2.The Communities for College campaign organized community college students, faculty, staff, and labor allies to advocate for broader equity in higher education and workforce access. One key state-level legislative achievement was the passage of House Bill 1889 in 2024, which ensures that individuals-regardless of immigration or citizenship status-can obtain professional and commercial licenses in Washington State as long as they meet all other requirements, promoting equitable access to economic opportunities and inclusion in the workforce. C4C packed hearing rooms, coordinated student testimony, and educated legislators, sending student stories to them three times a week.

    Expenses $167,147 · Revenue $639

  • .

As filed on the 2024 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Judith Le Blanc

    Project Director

    Total calculated
    $160,170
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $142,166
    Other
    $18,004
    Hours/week
    1 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $142,166 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $18,004 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $160,170 related
  • LeeAnn Hall

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $134,271
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $117,500
    Other
    $16,771
    Hours/week
    3 + 50 related
  • Will Pittz

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Deana Knutsen

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Lupita Torrez

    Treasurer & Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 1 related
  • Shelly Means

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • HyeEun Park

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 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)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 3
Just Strategy relied on a related organization (AJS-Alliance for a Just Society) that used written employment contracts & board or committee approval to establish the top management official's compensation.

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
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533189349309303

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