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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by OHIO JUSTICE AND POLICY CENTER.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,787,909
Total expenses
$1,692,112
Contributions and grants received
$1,778,133
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$45,912
Other revenue
-$36,136
Total assets, end of year
$2,909,694
Total liabilities, end of year
$554,145
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,355,549
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,224,828
Management and general expenses
$127,530
Fundraising expenses
$339,754
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,224,828

Program services were 72.4% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $81,596

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $197,324

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,499,213

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $1,080

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $45,912 · excluded $45,912

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $23,100

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

    $81,596

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $60,763

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$37,663 · excluded -$37,663

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC REVENUE

    total $1,527 · excluded $1,527

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,527

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $77,830 · program services $58,373 · management and general $19,457

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $811,113 · program services $641,672 · management and general $8,269 · fundraising $161,172

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $13,216 · program services $10,837 · management and general $132 · fundraising $2,247

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $129,464 · program services $106,160 · management and general $1,295 · fundraising $22,009

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $65,318 · program services $50,696 · management and general $2,169 · fundraising $12,453

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $59,225 · program services $46,788 · management and general $6,514 · fundraising $5,923

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $95,000 · fundraising $95,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $482 · management and general $482

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $60,172 · program services $4,209 · management and general $55,816 · fundraising $147

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $48,792 · program services $38,546 · management and general $5,367 · fundraising $4,879

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $81,055 · program services $64,033 · management and general $8,916 · fundraising $8,106

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $114,749 · program services $90,652 · management and general $12,622 · fundraising $11,475

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,623 · program services $16,691 · management and general $821 · fundraising $1,111

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $249 · management and general $249

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $3,903 · program services $3,084 · management and general $429 · fundraising $390

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $12,140 · program services $9,591 · management and general $1,335 · fundraising $1,214

  • 24a · Other expenses: EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

    total $50,000 · program services $50,000

  • 24b · Other expenses: LITIGATION EXPENSE

    total $17,562 · program services $17,562

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $13,990 · program services $1,319 · management and general $1,704 · fundraising $10,967

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL

    total $11,440 · program services $9,038 · management and general $1,258 · fundraising $1,144

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $7,789 · program services $5,577 · management and general $695 · fundraising $1,517

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $81,685 · end of year $75,416

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,616,054 · end of year $1,478,932

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $268,269 · end of year $669,317

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $195,346 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $20,002 · end of year $13,170

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

    $68,076

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

    $59,220

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,759 · end of year $8,856

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $147,207 · end of year $204,638

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $459,799 · end of year $459,365

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $73,612 · end of year $77,955

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $476,831 · end of year $476,190

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,982,409 · end of year $1,686,232

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $268,269 · end of year $669,317

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO CREATE FAIR, INTELLIGENT, REDEMPTIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS THROUGH ZEALOUS CLIENT-CENTERED ADVOCACY, INNOVATIVE POLICY REFORM AND CROSS-SECTOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION.

  • SECOND CHANCE:THIS STRATEGIC GOAL AIMS TO EXPAND THE FREEDOM OF PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS TO PARTICIPATE FULLY IN THE COMMUNITY. PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS FACE UNPRECEDENTED, LIFELONG BARRIERS TO OBTAINING AND RETAINING GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT, ACCESSING EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS, AND FINDING STABLE HOUSING. OJPC'S SECOND CHANCE COMMUNITY LEGAL CLINICS PROVIDE EXPERT 1 ON 1 LEGAL SUPPORT TO PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS. THROUGH THE LEGAL CLINICS AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, WE SCREEN PEOPLE FOR CRIMINAL RECORD SEALING, HELP INDIVIDUALS OBTAIN COURT-ISSUED REHABILITATION CERTIFICATES FOR EMPLOYMENT PURPOSES , PROVIDE REPRESENTATION TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS; RESOLVE COURT FINES, FEES, AND COSTS; AND HELP OHIOANS IN REMOVING OTHER LEGAL BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, LICENSING, HOUSING, OR CIVIC PARTICIPATION.

    Expenses $493,728

  • DECARCERATION:OJPC'S BEYOND GUILT PROJECT ADDRESSES OUR STRATEGIC GOAL TO REDUCE THE SIZE AND RACIAL DISPARITY OF THE STATE POPULATION OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE SAFELY AND SUBSTANTIALLY. LAUNCHED IN THE SPRING OF 2019, BEYOND GUILT WORKS TO FREE OVER-PUNISHED PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THEIR SENTENCES AND CAN DEMONSTRATE REHABILITATION AND READINESS TO REJOIN SOCIETY. BASED ON THE PREMISE THAT ALL PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE OF ACHIEVING REHABILITATION AND REDEMPTION, INCLUDING PEOPLE WHO COMMITTED A VIOLENT CRIME OR OTHER SERIOUS OFFENSE, WE BELIEVE (TO PARAPHRASE SISTER HELEN PREJEAN AND BRYAN STEVENSON) THAT PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE FOREVER DEFINED BY THEIR WORST ACTS. BEYOND GUILT AIMS TO DO FOR THE OVER-PUNISHED PRISONERS WHO ADMIT GUILT WHAT INNOCENCE PROJECTS HAVE DONE FOR WRONGFULLY CONVICTED PERSONS. TO DATE, BEYOND GUILT HAS FREED MORE THAN 45 PEOPLE.WE ARE ALSO LITIGATING TWO LAWSUITS AGAINST THE OHIO PAROLE BOARD TO FORCE CHANGES THAT WOULD HELP MORE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE REHABILITATED THEMSELVES GAIN THEIR FREEDOM.

    Expenses $473,833

  • HUMAN RIGHTS IN PRISON:THROUGH ITS IMPACT LITIGATION AND ADVOCACY, OJPC'S THIRD STRATEGIC GOAL IS TO ELIMINATE UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND DANGEROUS CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT FOR THOSE LIVING IN OHIO PRISONS. IN 1982, THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 17,000 PEOPLE INCARCERATED IN OHIO PRISONS, BUT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 45,000 TODAY (DOWN FROM APPROXIMATELY 50,000 AT THE BEGINNING OF 2020). AS THE PRISON POPULATION HAS RAPIDLY GROWN OVER THE YEARS, AND THE STATE HAS STRUGGLED TO PAY THE COSTS OF INCARCERATING SO MANY PEOPLE, PRISON CONDITIONS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DETERIORATED. INCARCERATED PEOPLE FACE AN ENORMOUS RANGE OF LEGAL AND HEALTH ISSUES LIKELY TO RESULT IN SERIOUS HARM OR DEATH. OJPC ALSO ADVOCATES FOR STATEWIDE POLICIES THAT ELIMINATE UNFAIR TREATMENT OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE.

    Expenses $42,537

  • OJPC'S OTHER WORK INCLUDES TRAINING FUTURE LEADERS; HOSTING A HANDFUL OF SUMMER INTERNS, OFFERING BOTH UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS AND LAW STUDENTS LEGAL EXPERIENCES. OUR MANAGING ATTORNEY SUPERVISES THE STUDENTS.OJPC ALSO WORKS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE NEED FOR CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM REFORM THROUGH VARIOUS COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS.

    Expenses $214,730

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • David Zimmerman

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • Dr Nina E Lewis

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Megan Dooley

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Wanda Spivey

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Sister Sally Duffy

    GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Officer Louis Arnold Sr

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Beck

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert Collins

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dion Crockett

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Fales

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Johnson

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bess Messerman

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Susan Noonan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Peter Olmsted

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Lillie Shockley

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brian Sullivan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Michele Young

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • David Singleton

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THROUGH 6.30.23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Gabriel Davis

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 8.1.23 TO PRESENT

    Total calculated
    $77,830
    From this org
    $69,773
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,057
    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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 May 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202441369349307684

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