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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMERICANS FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,472,597
Total expenses
$5,293,510
Contributions and grants received
$5,333,343
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$11,491
Other revenue
$127,763
Total assets, end of year
$5,396,865
Total liabilities, end of year
$544,526
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,852,339
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,351,425
Management and general expenses
$616,727
Fundraising expenses
$325,358
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,351,425

Program services were 82.2% 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)

    $452,128

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,881,215

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $11,491 · excluded $11,491

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $278,485

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $152,607

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $125,878 · excluded $125,878

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $1,885 · related or exempt $1,885

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $1,885

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $322,232 · program services $270,502 · management and general $51,730

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $3,231,663 · program services $2,626,987 · management and general $355,192 · fundraising $249,484

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $62,120 · program services $50,719 · management and general $7,237 · fundraising $4,164

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $280,177 · program services $228,429 · management and general $32,080 · fundraising $19,668

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $259,585 · program services $211,640 · management and general $29,722 · fundraising $18,223

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $489,584 · program services $432,336 · management and general $49,685 · fundraising $7,563

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $119,880 · program services $83,950 · management and general $26,844 · fundraising $9,086

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $281,180 · program services $261,596 · management and general $11,866 · fundraising $7,718

  • 17 · Travel

    total $40,992 · program services $38,788 · management and general $1,543 · fundraising $661

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $31,910 · management and general $31,910

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $13,707 · program services $11,784 · management and general $1,495 · fundraising $428

  • 24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE

    total $47,489 · program services $38,755 · management and general $5,711 · fundraising $3,023

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND LICENSES

    total $32,258 · program services $26,829 · management and general $3,042 · fundraising $2,387

  • 24c · Other expenses: TRAINING

    total $25,299 · program services $22,381 · management and general $2,050 · fundraising $868

  • 24d · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT RENTAL AND MA

    total $22,760 · program services $19,876 · management and general $1,487 · fundraising $1,397

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $32,674 · program services $26,853 · management and general $5,133 · fundraising $688

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,204,541 · end of year $2,415,042

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,907,942 · end of year $2,206,753

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $537,073 · end of year $672,508

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $19,965

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

    $484,684

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

    $426,447

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $67,523 · end of year $58,237

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $44,360 · end of year $44,325

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $65,639 · end of year $47,005

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $4,045 · end of year $489,053

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $38,468 · end of year $8,468

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,501,515 · end of year $4,661,852

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $171,737 · end of year $190,487

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS THROUGH A UNIQUE COMBINATION OF FREE DIRECT SERVICES, IMPACT LITIGATION, POLICY REFORM, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION AT LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVELS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS.

  • ADVOCACY THIS YEAR AMERICANS FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE ADVOCATED FOR FAIR AND HUMANE IMMIGRATION POLICIES THROUGH TARGETED PUBLIC EDUCATION, ADMINISTRATIVE ADVOCACY, AND LITIGATION. AI JUSTICE HOSTED NUMEROUS NATIONAL WEBINARS FOR LEGAL PRACTITIONERS AND THE PUBLIC-AT-LARGE, INCLUDING WEBINARS ON DACA AND ASYLUM PROCEDURES AT THE BORDER AND FOR FAMILIES. AI JUSTICE ATTORNEYS FILED COMPLAINTS WITH THE DHS OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES CHALLENGING CONDITIONS OF CONFINEMENT, LANGUAGE ACCESS, AND FAILURES TO PROVIDE ACCOMMODATIONS TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES, AMONG OTHERS. AI JUSTICE ENGAGED IN MEDIA WORK, HIGHLIGHTING THE HARMS OF FLORIDA STATE LEGISLATION TARGETING IMMIGRANTS, DECRYING ONGOING REMOVAL FLIGHTS TO HAITI, AND UPLIFTING THE VOICES OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THE HARMS OF IMMIGRATION DETENTION. LASTLY, AI JUSTICE LITIGATED CHALLENGES TO ANTI-IMMIGRANT LEGISLATION, ACCESS TO COUNSEL VIOLATIONS, FAMILY SEPARATION, TREATMENT EXPERIENCED BY IMMIGRANTS SUBJECTED TO PROLONGED DETENTION IN CBP CUSTODY, AND THE USE OF FLORIDA TAX DOLLARS TO TRANSPORT IMMIGRANTS TO "SANCTUARY" CITIES.

    Expenses $447,872

  • DIRECT SERVICES IN 2022, AMERICANS FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE (AI JUSTICE) CONTINUED TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY'S MOST VULNERABLE IMMIGRANTS. THE CHILDREN'S LEGAL PROGRAM SERVED 5,499 MINORS, THE PRO BONO ASYLUM PROJECTED ASSISTED MORE 1000 FAMILIES, THE FAMILY DEFENSE PROGRAM SERVED 732 INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY, THE DETENTION PROGRAM SERVED 253 DETAINED INDIVIDUALS, THE LUCHA PROGRAM SERVED 765 SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND/OR SEXUAL ASSAULT. IN ADDITION, AI JUSTICE REPRESENTED IMMIGRANTS IN LITIGATION CHALLENGING CONDITIONS OF DETENTION, FAMILY SEPARATION, AND STATE-BASED ANTI-IMMIGRANT LEGISLATION.

    Expenses $3,903,553

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

Listed in Part VII

  • JOHANNA O ROUSSEAUX ESQ

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ILARIA PEZZATINI CFP

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KHALID M MIRZA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JOSE SEPULVEDA ESQ

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ANA FERNANDEZ BURAGLIA

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • IAN M ROSS

    AT LARGE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CARL E GOLDFARB ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • FRANCISCO O SANCHEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • JANET R MCALILEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KIMBERLY GREEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PAULINA HOLGUIN ASKINS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • PETER UPTON ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • REV PRISCILLA FELISKY WHITEHEAD

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • SHARON KEGERREIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • MARKENZY LAPOINTE ESQ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • CHERYL LITTLE

    FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $125,595
    From this org
    $119,871
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,724
    Hours/week
    40

  • SHALYN FLUHART

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $76,051
    From this org
    $74,447
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,604
    Hours/week
    40

  • WALTER CORTES

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $131,740
    From this org
    $127,914
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $3,826
    Hours/week
    40

  • MICHELLE ORTIZ

    ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $108,881
    From this org
    $100,844
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,037
    Hours/week
    40

  • LISA LEHNER

    DIRECTOR OF LITIGATION

    Total calculated
    $106,952
    From this org
    $106,952
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 November 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202323199349306667

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