Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$5,356,402

Total expenses

$5,092,291

Contributions and grants received

$5,143,801

Grants paid

$1,989,406

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$106,161

Other revenue

$106,440

Total assets, end of year

$3,558,576

Total liabilities, end of year

$587,996

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$2,970,580

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$4,636,755

Management and general expenses

$230,666

Fundraising expenses

$224,870

Program service expenses (Part III)

$4,636,755

Program services were 91.1% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• CJA IS A LEADING U.S.-BASED ORGANIZATION WORKING WITH SURVIVORS AND COMMUNITIES IMPACTED BY ATROCITY CRIMES IN SEEKING TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND REDRESS. THROUGH INNOVATIVE HIGH-IMPACT LITIGATION, CJA HAS BROUGHT CASES AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS FROM BOSNIA, CAMBODIA, CHILE, CHINA, COLOMBIA, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HAITI, HONDURAS, INDONESIA, LIBERIA, PERU, SOMALIA, SRI LANKA, SYRIA AND THE UNITED STATES. ADDITIONALLY, CJA PARTICIPATES IN OTHER CASES OF IMPORTANCE TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY AS AMICUS CURIAE IN HUMAN RIGHTS CASES IN THE U.S. AS WELL AS ADVOCACY BEFORE UNITED NATIONS AND REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS BODIES. CJA ALSO SUPPORTS INITIATIVES THAT ADVANCE THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO CRIMINALLY PROSECUTE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS. CJA WORKS ON AN ONGOING BASIS WITH U.S. AND INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. CJA INTEGRATES OTHER INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES TO HOLD HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSERS ACCOUNTABLE. CJA PAIRS SURVIVOR-CENTERED LITIGATION WITH TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE PROJECTS, IN WHICH CJA WORKS ALONGSIDE LAWYERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS FROM IMPACTED COMMUNITIES IN JOINT CASE INVESTIGATION AND DEVELOPMENT. CJA ENGAGES IN ADVOCACY TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE LEGAL REMEDIES TO HOLD HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS ACCOUNTABLE, WHEREVER THEY MAY BE FOUND. CJA PARTNERS WITH PRO BONO LAWYERS TO LITIGATE OUR CASES. DURING THE 2024-25 FISCAL YEAR, CJA'S PRO BONO PARTNERS DONATED SERVICES AND PROFESSIONAL OUT OF POCKET EXPENSES VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $8,347,007. CJA ALSO LEVERAGES PARTNERSHIPS WITH LEADING ACADEMIC CENTERS, FORENSIC, MILITARY AND COUNTRY EXPERTS, SURVIVOR COALITIONS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, TORTURE TREATMENT CENTERS, AND FRONTLINE NGOS. THESE PARTNERSHIPS ARE FOUNDATIONAL TO OUR SUCCESS IN INVESTIGATING NEW CASES, ENSURING A SURVIVOR-CENTERED APPROACH TO JUSTICE, AND ENGAGING IN TRANSNATIONAL LITIGATION THAT HAS IMPACT IN THE COUNTRIES WHERE THE CRIMES ORIGINALLY TOOK PLACE. THE IMPACT OF CJA'S WORK CAN BE MEASURED IN AT LEAST FIVE IMPORTANT WAYS: 1. THE USE OF CJA'S CASES AROUND THE WORLD AS A CATALYST AND SUPPORT FOR DOMESTIC ACCOUNTABILITY MOVEMENTS. 2. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BODY OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS JURISPRUDENCE. 3. THE HISTORIC RECORD OF TRUTH OUR CASES CREATE. 4. THE THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS THAT SURVIVORS OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES EXPERIENCE AS A RESULT OF PARTICIPATING IN JUSTICE PROCESSES. 5. THE DOMESTICATION OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS NORMS IN THE UNITED STATES THROUGH CJA'S HUMAN RIGHTS LITIGATION IN U.S. COURTS. CJA MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN SEVERAL OF ITS CASES BEFORE THE COURTS ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ATROCITY CRIMES. CJA ALSO FILED BRIEFS AS AMICUS CURIAE IN CASES PENDING IN U.S. APPELLATE COURTS. THROUGH ITS CAPACITY BUILDING WORK, CJA PROVIDES ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE TO LOCAL LAWYERS AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS ON COLLECTION, PRESERVATION AND ANALYSIS OF EVIDENCE TO ASSIST IN HOLDING PERPETRATORS OF ATROCITY CRIMES ACCOUNTABLE. MORE INFORMATION IS AT WWW.CJA.ORG.

  Expenses $4,636,755 · Grants $1,989,406

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF TORTURE

  $220,106

  TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

• INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE

  $82,408

  TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

• US CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS

  $60,005

  TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

1 April 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202600969349300735

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