Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$318,202

Total expenses

$595,980

Contributions and grants received

$225,229

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$92,095

Investment income

$23

Other revenue

$855

Total assets, end of year

$171,543

Total liabilities, end of year

$9,866

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$161,677

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$536,769

Management and general expenses

$21,858

Fundraising expenses

$37,353

Program service expenses (Part III)

$536,769

Program services were 90.1% 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

• CORE PROGRAMMING - NYJN IS AN ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO CREATING ANTI-RACIST, HEALING-CENTERED JUSTICE FOR YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITIES. WE WORK TO UNITE ADVOCATES, ACTIVISTS, ORGANIZERS, ARTISTS, HEALERS, AND DREAMERS BEHIND THE LONG-TERM CAUSE OF DECONSTRUCTING HARMFUL YOUTH-LEGAL SYSTEMS AND BUILDING COMMUNITY MODELS OF CARE CENTERED ON HEALING, EQUITY, AND YOUTH AND FAMILY EMPOWERMENT.TO ACHIEVE OUR MISSION, WE EMPLOY SPECIFIC STRATEGIES TO: ASSIST STATE AND LOCAL ADVOCATES WITH LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY SUPPORT, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION; ORGANIZE NARRATIVE POWER TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON A NEW WAY OF HEALING-CENTERED JUSTICE AND DEBUNK HARMFUL NARRATIVES ABOUT YOUTH, PARTICULARLY YOUTH OF COLOR; DEVELOP THE SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP OF MOVEMENT LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY; AND, UNITE A NETWORK OF MOVEMENT LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ACROSS THE COUNTRY TOWARDS THE SAME END. ADVOCACY SUPPORT, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION: NYJN PROVIDES JUVENILE JUSTICE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE BY OFFERING POLICY RESEARCH, EDUCATION, COMMUNICATIONS, AND LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY TO ITS MEMBERS. WHILE NYJN AIMS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO THE GRASSROOTS NEEDS IDENTIFIED BY STATE-BASED MEMBERS, WE ARE ALSO LEADING THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO RAISE THE MINIMUM AGE OF YOUTH PROSECUTION AND CONFINEMENT. NARRATIVE ORGANIZING AND POWER BUILDING: THROUGH NYJN'S NARRATIVE ORGANIZING, WE BUILD NARRATIVE POWER AMONGST YOUTH JUSTICE MOVEMENT LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN ORDER TO TRANSFORM PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS AND ATTITUDES ABOUT YOUTH BY CREATING A NEW NARRATIVE THAT UPLIFTS THE DIGNITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR, AND HIGHLIGHTS THE INHERENT HARMS AND IMPACTS OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM ON YOUTH, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES.LEADERSHIP: NYJN DEVELOPS THE SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP OF MOVEMENT LEADERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WITH A SPECIFIC EMPHASIS ON SUPPORTING MOVEMENT LEADERS OF COLOR AND YOUTH ADVOCATES. THE HALLMARK OF THIS WORK IS OUR YOUTH JUSTICE LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (YJLI), ESTABLISHED IN 2011 TO PROVIDE A LEADERSHIP PATH FOR ADVOCATES OF COLOR, PARTICULARLY THOSE IMPACTED BY LEGAL SYSTEMS. NYJN PROVIDES DEEP LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND REFLECTIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YJLI FELLOWS THROUGH SHARING BEST PRACTICES, CHALLENGES, METHODS, AND INCREASING COLLECTIVE POWER.

  Expenses $536,769 · Revenue $92,095

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.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

14 May 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.1

Source object

202511359349304331

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