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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by CENTER FOR NULEADERSHIP ON URBAN SOLUTIONS INC.

What the amendment changed

Compared with the return it replaced , filed 15 November 2024. matched by us Only the Part I totals and the names listed in Part VII are compared. We relate returns by organization, tax year and form, and order them by each return's own timestamp; the filer's own "amended return" checkbox is a separate fact.

Total revenue
$2,914,262 changed to $3,076,762
Total expenses
$2,528,790 changed to $2,407,472
Contributions and grants received
$2,202,396 changed to $2,364,896
Total assets, end of year
$1,058,007 changed to $1,364,106
Total liabilities, end of year
$331,266 changed to $353,551
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$726,741 changed to $1,010,555
Program services expenses
$1,957,056 changed to $1,799,841
Management and general expenses
$545,258 changed to $424,073
Fundraising expenses
$26,476 changed to $183,558
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,957,056 changed to $1,799,841

Totals

Total revenue
$3,076,762
Total expenses
$2,407,472
Contributions and grants received
$2,364,896
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$708,216
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$3,650
Total assets, end of year
$1,364,106
Total liabilities, end of year
$353,551
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,010,555
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,799,841
Management and general expenses
$424,073
Fundraising expenses
$183,558
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,799,841

Program services were 74.8% 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.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $300,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,064,896

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Service Income

    total $708,216 · related or exempt $708,216

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $0

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $0

  • 9c · Net income from gaming

    total $0

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $0

  • 11a · Other revenue: BANK INTEREST

    total $3,650 · related or exempt $3,650

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $3,650

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $226,064 · program services $73,471 · management and general $50,864 · fundraising $101,729

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $201,994 · program services $157,555 · management and general $30,299 · fundraising $14,140

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $133,913 · program services $73,395 · management and general $25,206 · fundraising $35,312

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $19,757 · program services $15,410 · management and general $2,964 · fundraising $1,383

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $3,279 · management and general $3,279

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $50,815 · program services $25,408 · management and general $25,407

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $209,113 · program services $156,863 · management and general $31,367 · fundraising $20,883

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $0

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $0

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $95,822 · program services $71,866 · management and general $21,081 · fundraising $2,875

  • 17 · Travel

    total $77,018 · program services $46,211 · management and general $30,807

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $14,441 · management and general $14,441

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $0

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,452 · program services $4,839 · management and general $1,613

  • 24a · Other expenses: Fiscal Sponsorship Expenses

    total $580,609 · program services $580,609

  • 24b · Other expenses: Guarantee income and support

    total $470,328 · program services $423,295 · management and general $47,033

  • 24c · Other expenses: SUPPLIES

    total $144,719 · program services $108,539 · management and general $28,944 · fundraising $7,236

  • 24d · Other expenses: BAd debts

    total $60,000 · management and general $60,000

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $113,148 · program services $62,380 · management and general $50,768

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $54,893 · end of year $275,127

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $0

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $788,091 · end of year $871,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $0

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $0

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $3,618 · end of year $5,526

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

    $257,671

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

    $51,218

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $206,453

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    end of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    end of year $0

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $4,400 · end of year $6,000

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $210,737 · end of year $106,560

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $99,000 · end of year $171,491

  • 24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

    beginning of year $200,000 · end of year $75,500

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$238,735 · end of year $487,388

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $580,000 · end of year $523,167

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Our mission is to shift the paradigm and practice of public safety, justice and accountability from criminal justice to Human Justicean outcomes-driven liberation framework to redirect human resources (social, cultural, financial and political)from punishment-oriented systems and pedagogy to more equitable, sustainable and self-determined solutions. Human Justice is our original framework, launched in 2011. Human Justice = Human Rights + Human DevelopmentWe believe that justice cannot be achieved if the starting point is criminal. We believe that pathways to true safety and accountability is by building community generational wealth and health, together.We aim to shift the paradigm and practice of public safety from criminal justice to Human Justice. In other words, criminal justice puts the focus on things like nicer jails, police trainings, and ending cash bail (among other things). Human Justice focuses on building community generational wealth and health in communities destroyed by

  • The Organization is the fiscal sponsor of the Peoples Bail Out NYC. Peoples Bail Out NYC organizes community bail outs from New York City jails. Each bail out is a radical, collective act of community defense against pretrial jailing on Rikers and the Boat, in Horizons and Crossroads.

    Expenses $613,574 · Revenue $35,372

  • Village Takeback - is all about system triaging and intervention in order to take back our youth and the Million Dollar Blocks (due to incarceration) in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. We focus hyper-locally to build deep roots of healing, power, organizing seeds. VT provides i) system triage through post-bail out support, arrest diversion organizing at the precinct level and gun diversion programming for eventual dismissal of conviction; ii) community statbilization through guaranteed income and communiversity sessions. Through VT, we provided guaranteed income support of 600/month to 12 families over 6-12 months; provided guaranteed income, housing, childcare, grocery, transportation and phone connection as part of post-bail support and stabilization for 5 people; organized over 10 community village circles and events on the Million Dollar Blocks of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn to listen, survey and build with the residents and system involved youth of Bed-Stuy; we surveyed over 250 bed-stuy community residents about safety, health and community needs and dreams.

    Expenses $514,779

  • NuLegacy - connects New Yorkers of color whose lives have been devastated by incarceration to the regenerative power of nature and land. Right now, through our live-in residency at WILDSEED Community Farm & Healing Village, we provide experiences such as camping, farming training, medicine workshops, healing circles, wellness retreats, reconnection gatherings, creative space for artists, and respite for family members visiting loved ones in upstate prisons. NuLegacy nurtures the skills and provides the experiences necessary for people to live, heal, and thrive in nature and to steward land in healthy and harmonious ways. Through NuLegacy, we organized three first-time exposure and experience gatherings for a total of 160 people from the five boroughs of NYC through our organizational residency with the Wildseed Community Farm which we won in 2021. We also organized 3 camping trips for 6 Brooklyn youth who have never camped before.

    Expenses $303,627

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Kyung-Ji Rhee

    CO-EXEC Dir.

    Total calculated
    $144,807
    From this org
    $105,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $39,807
    Hours/week
    41
  • Chino Hardin

    CO-EXEC Dir.

    Total calculated
    $129,334
    From this org
    $105,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,334
    Hours/week
    41
  • Joseph Coello

    Chairman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Belinda Nelson

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Natalia Kennedy

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Maryam khaja

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Eun Joung Lee

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Javier Lopez

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Gus Newport

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bina Ahmed

    Director

    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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
4 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202540949349300234

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