Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$2,441,718

Total expenses

$1,526,488

Contributions and grants received

$2,340,471

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$68,637

Other revenue

$32,610

Total assets, end of year

$4,406,433

Total liabilities, end of year

$472,585

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$3,933,848

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,113,719

Management and general expenses

$218,487

Fundraising expenses

$194,282

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,113,719

Program services were 73.0% 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 · 2023

• THE MISSION OF MOTHERS FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY (MJE) IS TO END NEIGHBORHOOD VIOLENCE BY EMPOWERING MOTHERS AND YOUTH TO CHALLENGE THE NORMALIZATION OF VIOLENCE AND BECOME EFFECTIVE CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE IN THEIR HOMES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITIES. WE ENGAGE MOTHERS, YOUTH, & FAMILIES BY PROVIDING TARGETED SUPPORT, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVOCATE FOR PEACE AS A COMMUNITY. IN 2023 (1/1/23-12/31/23), MJE SUPPORTED OVER 3,600 INDIVIDUALS AND INFLUENCED 3,000 MORE THANKS TO OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS. ALMOST ALL CLIENTS WERE HOMELESS AND/OR SURVIVORS OF HOMICIDE, DOMESTIC OR FAMILY VIOLENCE. APPROXIMATELY 3,200 RECEIVED INFORMATION AND REFERRAL SERVICES, 2,200 RECEIVED EMOTIONAL SUPPORT OR SAFETY SERVICES, 1,800 RECEIVED PERSONAL ADVOCACY/ACCOMPANIMENT SERVICES, 125 RECEIVED SHELTER/HOUSING SERVICES, AND 50 RECEIVED CRIMINAL/CIVIL JUSTICE SYSTEM ASSISTANCE. 30% OF CLIENTS WERE BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN, 18% HISPANIC/LATINO, 40% MULTIPLE RACES, AND THE REMAINING 12% WERE WHITE, NATIVE, ASIAN, AND OTHER. 43% OF CLIENTS WERE AGED 25-59, 7% OVER AGE 60, 25% AGED 18-24, AND 25% UNDER AGE 17. 60% WERE FEMALE AND 40% WERE MALE. WE HELD OVER 30 WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT ALL DEPARTMENTS. ADULT EDUCATION: OUR PROGRAMS SUCH AS CAREER READINESS, TECHNOLOGY SERIES, PCA FUNDAMENTALS, FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT, COLLEGE TOURS, AND MORE, ARE GEARED TOWARDS PREPARING OUR CLIENTS FOR THE WORKFORCE AND HIGHER EDUCATION. WE ALSO OFFERED INCENTIVES FOR THEIR HARD WORK, SUCH AS 250- 500 STIPENDS AND CHROMEBOOKS UPON WORKSHOP COMPLETION. 95% OF ADULT EDUCATION CLIENTS GRADUATED FROM OUR COURSES, AND 80% SECURED EMPLOYMENT. ADDITIONALLY, WE STARTED THE INSPIRING ENTREPRENEUR TRAINING PROGRAM TO ENGAGE WOMEN OF COLOR AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESSES. WE PROVIDED A SAFE LEARNING AND HEALING SPACE FOR MOTHERS WHO HAVE CORI RECORDS, ARE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS, HAVE AN IN-HOME BUSINESS, OR HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN STARTING THEIR OWN BUSINESS. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES COACHING, MENTORING, AND WORKSHOPS TO HELP CREATE AN ACTION PLAN. IN OUR FIRST YEAR, WE HAD 23 GRADUATES RECEIVE A 500 STIPEND TO INVEST IN THEIR BUSINESSES. YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: OUR YOUTH PEER LEADERSHIP PROGRAM TEACHES YOUTH AGED 14 -18 HOW TO BE LEADERS IN THEIR COMMUNITY AND FORM HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS. THEY DO SO BY PARTNERING WITH YOUTH PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT BOSTON TO CONDUCT PEER-TO-PEER WORKSHOPS, LEAD STEM WORKSHOPS AT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND ORGANIZE COMMUNITY EVENTS TO PROMOTE PEACE. YOUTH WHO PARTICIPATE RECEIVE A 15/HOUR STIPEND, AND WE HAVE A PROGRAM FOR THE SCHOOL AND SUMMER SEASONS. TWO OF OUR MOST NOTABLE HIGHLIGHTS IN 2023 WERE THE STEM IN THE PARK PROGRAM AND THE YOUTH PARK RALLY. MJE PEER LEADERS SHOWED UP FOR THE COMMUNITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE, MANY OF WHOM HAVE LOST FAMILY AND FRIENDS THEMSELVES. HEALTH EQUITY & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: OUR HEALTH EQUITY DEPARTMENT HELD OVER 15 WORKSHOPS IN 2023, ALL BUILT WITH TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE. IN EACH CLASS, MJE CLIENTS CREATED ART OR ENGAGED IN EMPOWERING COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS WHILE SAFELY DISCUSSING FEELINGS SURROUNDING TRAUMA AND LEARNING HOW TO PROCESS THOSE FEELINGS. THIS YEAR, WE PARTNERED WITH BRIGHAM WOMEN AND MASS GENERAL TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND RESOURCES TO OUR YOUNG PARENTS PROGRAM (AGED 14-24). GRADUATES FROM THIS PROGRAM COMPLETED COURSES ON LEADERSHIP, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND MORE THROUGHOUT THE 8-WEEK PROGRAM. UPON COMPLETION, THE GRADUATES CELEBRATED WITH A PARTY AND RECEIVED 100 GIFT CARDS FOR THEIR EFFORTS. ADDITIONALLY, WE STARTED THE STRONGER COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE, WHICH NURTURES CONNECTIONS, ADVOCATES FOR INCLUSIVITY, AND IGNITES COLLECTIVE GROWTH FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES RE-ENTERING SOCIETY FROM INCARCERATION. OVERALL, 95% OF CLIENTS GRADUATED FROM OUR HEALTH EQUITY PROGRAMS. WE ALSO HOSTED SIX PUBLIC EMPOWERMENT EVENTS WITH MORE THAN 600 ATTENDEES: MOTHERS DAY LUNCHEON, YOUTH PARK RALLY, MOTHERS AGAINST VIOLENCE NATIONAL CONFERENCE, MEMORIAL BALLOON RELEASE FOR SURVIVORS AGAINST HOMICIDE VICTIMS AWARENESS MONTH, THANKSGIVING TURKEY DRIVE, AND THE CHRISTMAS PARTY.

  Expenses $1,113,719

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

Listed in Part VII

• MONALISA SMITH

  PRESIDENT AN

  Total calculated

  $250,066

  From this org

  $233,809

  From related orgs

  $0

  Other

  $16,257

  Hours/week

  40

  Schedule J breakdown matched by us

  Base

  $233,809

  Bonus

  —not reported

  Other

  —not reported

  Deferred

  —not reported

  Nontaxable benefits

  $16,257

  Filer's total

  $250,066

• DAVID DOLBASHIAN

  DIRECTOR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• EILEEN PATTERSON

  CLERK/SECRET

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• CYNTORIA GRANT

  TREASURER

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• RENEE OMOLADE

  BOARD CHAIR

  Total calculated

  $0

  Hours/week

  2

• HANNA MARTINEZ

  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. 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

26 June 2024

IRS schema version

2023v5.0

Source object

202412539349300746

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