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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ACCOUNTABLE JUSTICE ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$12,127,576
Total expenses
$7,428,068
Contributions and grants received
$11,525,000
Grants paid
$5,410,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$602,576
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$21,304,501
Total liabilities, end of year
$110,363
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$21,194,138
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$7,050,815
Management and general expenses
$377,253
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$7,050,815

Program services were 94.9% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $11,525,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $573,994 · excluded $573,994

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $5,795,982

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

    securities $5,767,400

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $28,582

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $28,582 · excluded $28,582

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,410,000 · program services $5,410,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $782,482 · program services $719,003 · management and general $63,479

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $113,004 · program services $60,150 · management and general $52,854

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $5,578 · program services $1,699 · management and general $3,879

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $78,797 · program services $47,383 · management and general $31,414

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $41,496 · program services $32,978 · management and general $8,518

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,598 · management and general $11,598

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,586 · management and general $19,586

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $34,088 · management and general $34,088

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $308,112 · program services $256,206 · management and general $51,906

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $10,478 · management and general $10,478

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,308 · management and general $4,308

  • 17 · Travel

    total $69,568 · program services $69,568

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $452,046 · program services $452,046

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $53,185 · management and general $53,185

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

    total $15,182 · management and general $15,182

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES & SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $12,317 · program services $30 · management and general $12,287

  • 24c · Other expenses: PAYROLL PROCESSING FEE

    total $3,255 · program services $1,752 · management and general $1,503

  • 24d · Other expenses: FEES AND CHARGES

    total $1,820 · management and general $1,820

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $1,168 · management and general $1,168

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $778

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $16,658,799 · end of year $21,224,946

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $625,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $18,374 · end of year $40,442

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $39,113

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $11,969 · end of year $10,363

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $750,000 · end of year $100,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $16,540,982 · end of year $21,194,138

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE ASSOCIATION 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.

  • Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

    Expenses $5,695,818 · Grants $5,410,000

  • DONOR ADVISING: THE ASSOCIATION SPENDS THE MAJORITY OF ITS TIME FOCUSED ON PROVIDING ADVISORY ASSISTANCE, GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS, AND THOUGHT LEADERSHIP TO DONORS WHO ON OUR ADVICE HAVE INVESTED HEAVILY INTO TRANSFORMING CRIMINAL JUSTICE. IN FY23, WE RECOMMENDED $11,395,000 TO 35 ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH A DONOR-ADVISED-FUND. IN ADDITION, WE CREATED BESPOKE GRANTMAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OTHER FUNDERS. IN 2022, WE CALCULATE THAT OVER $30,000,000 IN MULTI-YEAR FUNDING COMMITMENTS WERE MADE BASED ON OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO OTHER FUNDERS. EACH MONTH, THE ASSOCIATION COMPOSES AND DISTRIBUTES MEMORANDA ON CURRENT AFFAIRS, RECENT NEWS, BEST FUNDING PRACTICES, AND PHILANTHROPIC OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM SPACE, REACHING HUNDREDS OF DONORS AND DONOR ADVISORS. WE REGULARLY HOST DONOR BRIEFINGS DISCUSSING OUR STRATEGY AND PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO FUNDERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GRANTMAKING TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM FIELD. WE OFFER AN INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP TO THE FIELD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM FOR DONORS AND DONOR ADVISORS. IN FY23, WE WERE INVITED TO PRESENT ON OUR WORK AT FOUR PRESTIGIOUS CONFERENCES EXCLUSIVELY ATTENDED BY DONORS, DONOR ADVISORS, AND PHILANTHROPY PROFESSIONALS.

    Expenses $1,354,997

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Listed in Part VII

  • CHLOE COCKBURN

    CEO/PRESIDENT/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $514,094
    From this org
    $484,889
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,205
    Hours/week
    60

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $484,889
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $29,205
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $514,094

  • TIM SILARD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • MICHAEL KIESCHNICK

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • MICHELLE CRENTSIL

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • RASHAD ROBINSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2

  • ZACHARY CARPENTER

    SENIOR ADVISOR (BEG. 08/22)

    Total calculated
    $85,417
    From this org
    $85,417
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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

  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

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
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 7
ZACHARY CARPENTER RECEIVED A $12,500 BONUS.

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
2022
Filed
15 July 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202411979349300986

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