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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by ESSIE JUSTICE GROUP.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,226,367
Total expenses
$6,186,634
Contributions and grants received
$3,177,631
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$46,074
Other revenue
$2,662
Total assets, end of year
$14,987,268
Total liabilities, end of year
$966,519
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$14,020,749
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,715,435
Management and general expenses
$920,160
Fundraising expenses
$551,039
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,715,435

Program services were 76.2% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,177,631

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $46,074 · excluded $46,074

  • 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 $2,662 · related or exempt $2,662

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,662

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 $588,465 · program services $441,446 · management and general $82,765 · fundraising $64,254

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,660,945 · program services $1,245,985 · management and general $233,604 · fundraising $181,356

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $0

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $649,778 · program services $485,651 · management and general $92,703 · fundraising $71,424

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $197,521 · program services $147,913 · management and general $27,908 · fundraising $21,700

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $117,015 · management and general $117,015

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $899,354 · program services $713,558 · management and general $122,120 · fundraising $63,676

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $9,830 · program services $5,907 · management and general $212 · fundraising $3,711

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $100,375 · program services $92,793 · management and general $4,681 · fundraising $2,901

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $127,805 · program services $99,292 · management and general $16,127 · fundraising $12,386

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $379,956 · program services $296,255 · management and general $52,071 · fundraising $31,630

  • 17 · Travel

    total $623,928 · program services $560,236 · management and general $32,220 · fundraising $31,472

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $0

  • 20 · Interest

    total $2,288 · program services $33 · management and general $350 · fundraising $1,905

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $0

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $109,052 · program services $86,480 · management and general $14,042 · fundraising $8,530

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $25,689 · program services $19,714 · management and general $3,717 · fundraising $2,258

  • 24a · Other expenses: Training and development

    total $382,103 · program services $293,099 · management and general $49,610 · fundraising $39,394

  • 24b · Other expenses: Stipends and community support

    total $183,916 · program services $183,911 · management and general $3 · fundraising $2

  • 24c · Other expenses: Board expenses

    total $63,881 · management and general $63,881

  • 24d · Other expenses: Childcare providers &materials

    total $24,872 · program services $24,872

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $39,861 · program services $18,290 · management and general $7,131 · fundraising $14,440

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $260,648 · end of year $253,741

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $12,261,511 · end of year $13,231,997

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $3,816,355 · end of year $286,446

  • 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 $66,120 · end of year $62,726

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

    $336,242

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

    $128,689

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $202,226 · end of year $207,553

  • 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 $175,567 · end of year $242,633

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,685,105 · end of year $702,172

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $155,339 · end of year $130,307

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,331,177 · end of year $836,212

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,987,992 · end of year $13,495,749

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,993,024 · end of year $525,000

Mission and programs · 2023

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.

  • In 2023, Essie Justice Group provided leadership development and healing justice programming for women with incarcerated loved ones in California and across the country, and conducted community advocacy. Essie Justice Group ran 9 Healing to Advocacy program cohorts, graduating 65 women with incarcerated loved ones from this program. We conducted two leadership development trainings for program facilitators; prepared 29 members to lead a cohort of our Healing to Advocacy program via our Facilitators Training Program; advanced policy goals with lawmakers and worked in partnership with a coalition in local advocacy work to secure 1,000 mental health beds in a Los Angeles county jail.

    Expenses $4,715,435

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gina Clayton-Johnson

    Executive Dir.

    Total calculated
    $225,661
    From this org
    $225,661
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $225,661
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $225,661
  • Lily Mandlin

    Deputy Dir.

    Total calculated
    $204,259
    From this org
    $204,259
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,259
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $204,259
  • Kelly Phipps

    Dir. Communications & Partnerships

    Total calculated
    $158,545
    From this org
    $158,545
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $158,545
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $158,545
  • Tejal Kothari

    Dir of Membership

    Total calculated
    $141,485
    From this org
    $141,485
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Faraha Nia

    Comm. Organizer

    Total calculated
    $120,132
    From this org
    $120,132
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Kirsten Levingston

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Hillary Brooks

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chant Parker

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Makis Antzoulatos

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tejinder Singh

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charlene A Carruthers

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karen Shain

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Teresa Younger

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vanessa Garrison

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Arisha Michelle Hatch

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Crystal Hayling

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Jamira Burley

    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
2023
Filed
14 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413199349307941

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