Totals
- Total revenue
- $5,979,912
- Total expenses
- $5,819,425
- Contributions and grants received
- $5,652,013
- Grants paid
- $0
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $316,715
- Other revenue
- $11,184
- Total assets, end of year
- $15,870,403
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $1,689,167
- Net assets or fund balances, end of year
- $14,181,236
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $4,213,285
- Management and general expenses
- $896,656
- Fundraising expenses
- $709,484
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $4,213,285
Program services were 72.4% 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.
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1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants
$5,652,013
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3 · Investment income
total $316,715 · excluded $316,715
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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: Other income
total $11,184 · related or exempt $11,184
-
11e · Other revenue, total
$11,184
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 $715,140 · program services $499,622 · management and general $144,350 · fundraising $71,168
-
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons
total $0
-
7 · Other salaries and wages
total $1,755,697 · program services $1,226,591 · management and general $354,385 · fundraising $174,721
-
8 · Pension plan contributions
total $0
-
9 · Other employee benefits
total $708,100 · program services $502,373 · management and general $136,116 · fundraising $69,611
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10 · Payroll taxes
total $217,846 · program services $153,022 · management and general $43,451 · fundraising $21,373
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11a · Fees: management
total $0
-
11b · Fees: legal
total $0
-
11c · Fees: accounting
total $144,300 · fundraising $144,300
-
11d · Fees: lobbying
total $0
-
11e · Fees: professional fundraising services
total $0
-
11f · Fees: investment management
total $0
-
11g · Fees: other
total $717,639 · program services $518,556 · management and general $70,839 · fundraising $128,244
-
12 · Advertising and promotion
total $3,773 · program services $2,652 · management and general $698 · fundraising $423
-
13 · Office expenses
total $67,129 · program services $57,375 · management and general $5,498 · fundraising $4,256
-
14 · Information technology
total $118,771 · program services $89,851 · management and general $17,124 · fundraising $11,796
-
15 · Royalties
total $0
-
16 · Occupancy
total $284,222 · program services $206,610 · management and general $44,459 · fundraising $33,153
-
17 · Travel
total $450,436 · program services $410,245 · management and general $25,169 · fundraising $15,022
-
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials
total $0
-
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings
total $0
-
20 · Interest
total $2,697 · program services $5 · management and general $2,111 · fundraising $581
-
21 · Payments to affiliates
total $0
-
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization
total $146,584 · program services $106,536 · management and general $22,941 · fundraising $17,107
-
23 · Insurance
total $25,882 · program services $18,810 · management and general $4,051 · fundraising $3,021
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24a · Other expenses: Stipends and community support
total $268,231 · program services $267,982 · management and general $249
-
24b · Other expenses: Training and development
total $97,183 · program services $65,567 · management and general $18,982 · fundraising $12,634
-
24c · Other expenses: Program trainers and specialis
total $37,813 · program services $37,703 · management and general $63 · fundraising $47
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24d · Other expenses: Childcare providers &materials
total $19,122 · program services $19,122
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24e · All other expenses
total $38,860 · program services $30,663 · management and general $6,170 · fundraising $2,027
Balance sheet
Part X, book values.
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1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing
beginning of year $253,741 · end of year $468,336
-
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments
beginning of year $13,231,997 · end of year $12,207,712
-
3 · Pledges and grants receivable
beginning of year $286,446 · end of year $977,392
-
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 $62,726 · end of year $47,280
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10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis
$546,792
-
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation
$210,340
-
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net
beginning of year $207,553 · end of year $336,452
-
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
beginning of year $242,633 · end of year $177,700
-
15 · Other assets
beginning of year $702,172 · end of year $1,655,531
-
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses
beginning of year $130,307 · end of year $116,126
-
25 · Other liabilities
beginning of year $836,212 · end of year $1,573,041
-
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions
beginning of year $13,495,749 · end of year $13,073,643
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28 · Net assets with donor restrictions
beginning of year $525,000 · end of year $1,107,593
Mission and programs · 2024
Mission
Essie Justice Group Is building a loving and powerful community of women with incarcerated loved ones. It's mission is to end mass incarcerations harm to women and communities.
Activities or mission (Part I)
Essies mission is to harness the collective power of women with incarcerated loved ones to end mass incarcerations harm to women and communities. Our award-winning Healing to Advocacy Model brings women together to heal, build collective power, and drive social change.
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In 2024, Essie Justice Group provided leadership development and healing justice programming for women with incarcerated loved ones in California and advocated for material improvements to women with incarcerated loved ones' lives. We facilitated three, nine-week Healing to Advocacy Program cohorts, graduating 31 new women with incarcerated loved ones from this program into our Essie Sisterhooda support network of 500 (and growing) system-impacted women with access to a monthly membership support group, free therapy, resource sharing, community building events, and ongoing opportunities for leadership development. To support women being able to attend our programming, we provided transportation support, childcare, and over 40 hot and healthy meals to women and their children in 2024. We trained 42 members via our Campaign School on how to make change in their communities and worked in partnership with a local advocacy coalition to support the creation and implementation of Care First pretrial services in Los Angeles County.
Expenses $4,213,285
As filed on the 2024 return.
Listed in Part VII
-
Gina Clayton-Johnson
Executive Dir.
- Total calculated
- $208,224
- From this org
- $208,224
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 43
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $208,224
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $208,224
-
Lily Mandlin
Deputy Dir.
- Total calculated
- $182,806
- From this org
- $182,806
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 43
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $182,806
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $182,806
-
Kelly Phipps
Dir. Communications & Partnerships
- Total calculated
- $163,523
- From this org
- $163,523
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 43
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $163,523
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $163,523
-
Tejal Kothari
Dir. Membership Strategy & Impact
- Total calculated
- $160,587
- From this org
- $160,587
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 43
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $160,587
- Bonus
- not reported
- Other
- not reported
- Deferred
- not reported
- Nontaxable benefits
- not reported
- Filer's total
- $160,587
-
Le'Char Toki
Leadership Dev.
- Total calculated
- $138,116
- From this org
- $138,116
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 43
-
Faraha Nia
Comm. Organizer
- Total calculated
- $121,571
- From this org
- $121,571
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 43
-
Tanasia Newman
Sr. Comm. Mgr
- Total calculated
- $120,092
- From this org
- $120,092
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 43
-
Emma Ayers
Mgr of Partnership
- Total calculated
- $109,364
- From this org
- $109,364
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 43
-
Wynter Daggs
Snr. Mgr. Programs
- Total calculated
- $102,371
- From this org
- $102,371
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Hours/week
- 43
-
Kirsten Levingston
Board Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 4
-
Tejinder Singh
Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Jamira Burley
Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Makis Antzoulatos
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Charlene A Carruthers
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Vanessa Garrison
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Arisha Hatch
Vice Chair
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Crystal Hayling
Board Member
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2
-
Michelle Alexander
Board Member
- 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
Answered yes
- 3 · Compensation committee
- 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
- 2024
- Filed
- 12 November 2025
- IRS schema version
- 2024v5.2
- Source object
- 202523169349304117
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