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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by COMMUNITY JUSTICE PROJECT INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,870,851
Total expenses
$1,899,577
Contributions and grants received
$2,805,799
Grants paid
$962,230
Program service revenue
$50,500
Investment income
$14,131
Other revenue
$421
Total assets, end of year
$3,867,148
Total liabilities, end of year
$169,300
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,697,848
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,738,508
Management and general expenses
$113,984
Fundraising expenses
$47,085
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,738,508

Program services were 91.5% 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

    $2,805,799

  • 2a · Program service revenue: TRAINING REVENUE

    total $50,500 · related or exempt $50,500

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $14,131 · excluded $14,131

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUES

    total $421 · related or exempt $421

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $421

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $962,230 · program services $962,230

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $91,192 · program services $79,337 · management and general $7,295 · fundraising $4,560

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $469,984 · program services $408,886 · management and general $37,599 · fundraising $23,499

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $28,059 · program services $24,411 · management and general $2,245 · fundraising $1,403

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $40,618 · program services $35,338 · management and general $3,249 · fundraising $2,031

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $41,676 · program services $36,258 · management and general $3,334 · fundraising $2,084

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $19,200 · management and general $19,200

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $68,922 · program services $68,922

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $8,397 · program services $5,806 · management and general $2,411 · fundraising $180

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $675 · program services $581 · management and general $47 · fundraising $47

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $24,000 · program services $16,800 · management and general $7,200

  • 17 · Travel

    total $32,460 · program services $32,460

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $276 · management and general $276

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,382 · management and general $6,382

  • 24a · Other expenses: BAD DEBT

    total $25,000 · program services $25,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $16,278 · program services $8,139 · management and general $6,511 · fundraising $1,628

  • 24c · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT

    total $9,500 · fundraising $9,500

  • 24d · Other expenses: EVENTS

    total $9,151 · program services $6,955 · management and general $2,196

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $45,577 · program services $27,385 · management and general $16,039 · fundraising $2,153

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,440,505 · end of year $3,320,276

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $28,843 · end of year $1,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,361 · end of year $10,307

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,762

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $2,762

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $276

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $323,539 · end of year $535,565

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $73,950 · end of year $102,209

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $67,091

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $2,722,074 · end of year $3,182,816

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,500 · end of year $515,032

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

COMMUNITY JUSTICE PROJECT CONSISTS OF COMMUNITY LAWYERS. IN OUR LEGAL WORK WE COLLABORATE CLOSELY WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS AND GRASSROOTS GROUPS IN LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT A MORE DEMOCRATIC, MORE JUST AND MORE EQUAL SOCIETY CAN ONLY TRULY COME ABOUT THROUGH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND SOCIAL MOVEMENT. WE ARE A PART OF THAT SOCIAL MOVEMENT IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND STRIVE TO SUPPORT ORGANIZING THROUGH OUR VARIED AND OFTEN INNOVATIVE LEGAL WORK.

  • IN 2022, COMMUNITY JUSTICE PROJECT SUPPORTED FLORIDIANS RIGHTS TO HOUSING STABILITY BY WORKING WITH TENANTS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO WIN FAIR NOTICE POLICIES, TENANT BILLS OF RIGHTS AND SUPPORT EFFORTS FOR RENT STABILIZATION. THIS ORGANIZING STARTED IN MIAMI-DADE AND WOULD EVENTUALLY SPREAD TO AT LEAST 19 OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ACROSS THE STATE WHERE ROUGHLY 53% FLORIDA RENTERS BENEFITTED FROM THIS EXPANDED NOTICE. WE REPRESENTED COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS IN LITIGATION CHALLENGING THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF LAWS THAT TARGET IMMIGRANTS AND BLACK PROTESTORS. WE BROUGHT COMMUNITY LEADERS TO THE UNITED NATIONS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH REPRESSIVE POLICIES IN FLORIDA AND SHINE A LIGHT ON THE IMPACT OF FLORIDA'S ANTI- PROTEST LAW. ADDITIONALLY, WE ALSO SUPPORTED BUILDING STATEWIDE POWER BY COLLABORATING WITH NETWORKS LIKE GULF SOUTH FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL, FLORIDA HOUSING JUSTICE ALLIANCE AND SOUTH FLORIDAS RACIAL JUSTICE TABLE. COMMUNITY JUSTICE PROJECT ALSO CREATED DATA-DRIVEN AND USER-FRIENDLY RESOURCES FOR ORGANIZERS SUCH AS HOUSING POLICY TOOLKITS, HURRICANE IAN DEMAND GUIDES AND GUIDES AND RESOURCES FOR UNEMPLOYMENT AND FOOD INSECURITY, AS WELL AS MAINTAINING AN UP-TO-DATE DATABASE OF EVICTIONS THAT WERE SHARED WITH ORGANIZERS FOR CANVASSING.

    Expenses $1,738,508 · Grants $962,230

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rodney Q Smith

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Purvi Shah

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Charles Elsesser

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alana Greer

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $91,192
    From this org
    $91,192
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Lida Rodriguez-Taseff

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jennifer Newton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Yasmin Grant

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Meena Jagannath

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aja Monet

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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

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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
17 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202322939349301812

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