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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by JUSTICE DEFENSE FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,169,610
Total expenses
$1,124,923
Contributions and grants received
$1,169,610
Grants paid
$648,720
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$415,688
Total liabilities, end of year
$13,672
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$402,016
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$946,541
Management and general expenses
$112,237
Fundraising expenses
$66,145
Program service expenses (Part III)
$946,541

Program services were 84.1% 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

    $1,169,610

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    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

  • 11d · All other revenue

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

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $0

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $648,720 · program services $648,720

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $260,000 · program services $197,740 · management and general $24,904 · fundraising $37,356

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $22,179 · program services $16,576 · management and general $2,443 · fundraising $3,160

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $5,440 · program services $3,432 · management and general $2,008

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,032 · management and general $36,032

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $62,331 · program services $38,405 · management and general $201 · fundraising $23,725

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $27,204 · program services $1,575 · management and general $25,629

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $6,029 · program services $1,390 · management and general $4,550 · fundraising $89

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $19,985 · program services $15,325 · management and general $4,502 · fundraising $158

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $17,721 · program services $8,278 · management and general $7,786 · fundraising $1,657

  • 17 · Travel

    total $18,007 · program services $13,825 · management and general $4,182

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $1,275 · program services $1,275

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $342,572 · end of year $405,052

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $220,950 · end of year $10,542

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $94 · end of year $94

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,352 · end of year $13,672

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $552,264 · end of year $397,016

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $5,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

See Schedule O.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Empowering survivors of online sex trafficking, child sexual abuse material ("child pornography"), and criminal image-based sexual abuse to pursue justice through strategic litigation and advocacy support.

  • Litigation and Plaintiff Support: JDF supports civil litigation with funding where needed and helps survivors access the costly and historically unequal legal system by supporting their pursuit of justice holistically, including access to services such as wraparound advocacy.

    Expenses $687,765 · Grants $648,720

  • Public Pressure Campaigns: By shining a spotlight on the issue at hand, JDF brings significant public pressure and accountability to abusers, their enablers, and government officials, compelling them to take action. JDF educates legislators, corporations, and the public in order to advocate for the adoption of laws and policies both domestically and internationally that prevent sex trafficking, online child sexual abuse, and image-based sexual abuse (IBSA).

    Expenses $258,776

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Laila Micklewait

    Chief Executive Officer

    Total calculated
    $130,000
    From this org
    $130,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Morgan Perry

    COO

    Total calculated
    $130,000
    From this org
    $130,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Name withheld for security reasons

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Name withheld for security reasons

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

  • Justice Defense Fund 1 LLC

    Impact Investing · DE · income $0 · assets $100

    Directly controlled by Justice Defense Fund

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413189349307146

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