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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CENTER FOR PUBLIC JUSTICE.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,597,652
Total expenses
$2,447,523
Contributions and grants received
$4,495,592
Grants paid
$843,000
Program service revenue
$34,010
Investment income
$65,850
Other revenue
$2,200
Total assets, end of year
$3,818,140
Total liabilities, end of year
$715,919
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,102,221
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,710,581
Management and general expenses
$422,707
Fundraising expenses
$314,235
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,710,581

Program services were 69.9% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $4,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,491,592

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $44,339

  • 2a · Program service revenue: CONTRACT REVENUE

    total $34,010 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $65,735 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $65,735

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $2,200

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $2,200

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $2,200 · excluded $2,200

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $44,454

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

    securities $44,339

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $115

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $115 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $115

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $843,000 · program services $843,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $172,607 · program services $51,782 · management and general $86,304 · fundraising $34,521

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $591,174 · program services $322,259 · management and general $154,722 · fundraising $114,193

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $14,177 · program services $8,176 · management and general $2,239 · fundraising $3,762

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $98,020 · program services $38,628 · management and general $18,697 · fundraising $40,695

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $50,603 · program services $25,634 · management and general $13,623 · fundraising $11,346

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,935 · program services $4,935 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $14,710 · program services $0 · management and general $14,710 · fundraising $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $44,000 · fundraising $44,000

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $317,301 · program services $256,186 · management and general $56,427 · fundraising $4,688

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $329 · program services $329 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $36,060 · program services $13,135 · management and general $7,826 · fundraising $15,099

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $77,624 · program services $54,243 · management and general $13,416 · fundraising $9,965

  • 17 · Travel

    total $45,505 · program services $38,338 · management and general $4,248 · fundraising $2,919

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $46,452 · program services $37,425 · management and general $4,179 · fundraising $4,848

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $11,816 · program services $0 · management and general $11,816 · fundraising $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,305 · program services $0 · management and general $8,305 · fundraising $0

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES & FEES

    total $70,905 · program services $16,511 · management and general $26,195 · fundraising $28,199

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $238,339 · end of year $163,323

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $503,032 · end of year $419,822

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $197,710 · end of year $34,400

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $3,616 · end of year $1,200

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $34,449 · end of year $33,781

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

    $73,488

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

    $37,404

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $47,900 · end of year $36,084

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $509,485 · end of year $2,850,051

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $329,200 · end of year $279,479

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $69,620 · end of year $74,766

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $824,827 · end of year $641,153

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $19,674 · end of year -$263,862

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $949,610 · end of year $3,366,083

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE MISSION OF THE CENTER FOR PUBLIC JUSTICE IS TO SERVE GOD, ADVANCE JUSTICE, AND TRANSFORM PUBLIC LIFE AS WE SEEK TO EQUIP CITIZENS, DEVELOP LEADERS, AND SHAPE POLICY.

  • THE FAIRNESS FUND ADVOCATES FOR SIMULTANEOUS PROTECTIONS FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AND CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTIONS FOR LGBT PEOPLE IN FEDERAL LAW.

    Expenses $856,425 · Grants $828,000

  • THE INSTITUTIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ALLIANCE PROMOTES GOVERNMENT POLICIES, PUBLIC ATTITUDES, AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEST PRACTICES THAT SAFEGUARD INSTITUTIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SO THAT FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS CAN MAKE THEIR VITAL AND UNCOMMON CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON GOOD.

    Expenses $190,916 · Revenue $29,000

  • FAMILIES VALUED SEEKS TO HONOR THE GOD-GIVEN VOCATION OF FAMILIES BY PROMOTING POLICIES AND WORKPLACE PRACTICES THAT ENABLE CHILD WELL-BEING AND FAMILY FLOURISHING.

    Expenses $158,360

  • SHARED JUSTICE.ORG IS A COMMUNITY OF WRITERS AND READERS DEDICATED TO PURSUING THE QUESTIONS OF WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DO POLITICS JUSTLY

    Expenses $155,960

  • EQUIPPING MINISTRIES FELLOWSHIP IS CPJS CAPACITY- BUILDING INITIATIVE FOR HISPANIC-LED MINISTRY ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $248,609 · Grants $15,000

  • ADVOCACY - THE ADVOCACY TEAM EQUIPS CITIZENS AND LEADERS TO ADVOCATE IN CPJS FOCUS AREAS.

    Expenses $66,831

  • OTHER PROGRAMS

    Expenses $33,480 · Revenue $2,760

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

Listed in Part VII

  • John Bass

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Pointer

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly Tien

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Matt Reiffer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justin Bailey

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jesse Covington

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ivy Lau-Schindewolf

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Jeff Liou

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Claire McWilliams-Doty

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ruth Melkonian-Hoover

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Denise Strothers

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ryan Verwys

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Terry Woodnorth

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Stephanie Summers

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $168,461
    From this org
    $156,667
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,794
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $156,667
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,700
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,094
    Filer's total
    $168,461

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

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

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.

  • ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC JUSTICE

    501C4 · CIVIC EDUCATION · IL

    Directly controlled by NA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
30 December 2024
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202500279349301830

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