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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by PURE JUSTICE.

Totals

Total revenue
$360,985
Total expenses
$370,299
Contributions and grants received
$359,061
Grants paid
$500
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$1,924
Total assets, end of year
$844,053
Total liabilities, end of year
$0
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$844,053
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$263,807
Management and general expenses
$98,569
Fundraising expenses
$7,923
Program service expenses (Part III)
$263,807

Program services were 71.2% 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

    $359,061

  • 10a · Gross sales of inventory

    $3,214

  • 10b · Cost of goods sold

    $1,290

  • 10c · Net income from sales of inventory

    total $1,924 · related or exempt $1,924

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $500 · program services $500

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $208,745 · program services $135,588 · management and general $71,438 · fundraising $1,719

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $28,970 · program services $18,817 · management and general $9,914 · fundraising $239

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $16,810 · program services $10,919 · management and general $5,753 · fundraising $138

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $78,245 · program services $73,107 · management and general $1,542 · fundraising $3,596

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,652 · program services $2,137 · fundraising $515

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $5,890 · program services $2,945 · management and general $2,945

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $5,148 · program services $1,716 · management and general $1,716 · fundraising $1,716

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $21,283 · program services $16,022 · management and general $5,261

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,056 · program services $2,056

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $836,954 · end of year $813,444

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    end of year $4,340

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $8,990

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

    $17,279

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $16,413 · end of year $17,279

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $853,367 · end of year $844,053

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

PURE JUSTICE SEEKS TO EMPOWER, INSPIRE, AND ACTIVATE ITS MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS TO CHAMPION RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES, EQUITY IN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, AND TRANSFORMATION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURES OF HARRIS COUNTY FOR THE UPLIFTING OF MARGINALIZED INDIVIDUALS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PURE JUSTICE SEEKS TO EMPOWER, INSPIRE AND ACTIVATE ITS MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTERS TO CHAMPION RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES, EQUITY IN ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, AND TRANSFORMATION TO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND ECONOMIC STRUCTURES OF HARRIS COUNTY FOR THE UPLIFTING OF MARGINALIZED INDIVIDUALS.

  • COMMUNITY ORGANIZING: COMMUNITY ORGANIZING IS THE PROCESS OF BUILDING POWER THROUGH INVOLVING A CONSTITUENCY IN IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS THEY SHARE AND THE SOLUTIONS TO THOSE PROBLEMS THAT THEY DESIRE. THROUGH THIS PROCESS THE COMMUNITY EDUCATES EACH OTHER, DECISION MAKERS, AND OTHER VITAL STAKEHOLDERS.

    Expenses $119,299

  • FELLOWSHIPS: THE PURE JUSTICE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IS A PAID HANDS-ON TRAINING PROGRAM TO ASSIST OUR MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN GAINING IN-DEPTH EXPERIENCE IN GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING AND LEADERSHIP. IT CONSISTS OF CIVIC EDUCATION, ORGANIZING TRAINING, AND FIELD PRACTICE THROUGH DIRECT IMMERSION IN LOCAL ISSUE CAMPAIGNS CENTERED AROUND SOCIAL JUSTICE.

    Expenses $49,667

  • CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: SUCCESSFULLY HELD 10 COMMUNITY MEETINGS, CONTACTED APPROXIMATELY 50,000 VOTERS TO HELP INCREASE VOTER TURNOUT, AND EDUCATED OVER 1500 INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS ON THEIR RIGHTS TO VOTE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

    Expenses $94,841 · Grants $500

  • VOTER REGISTRATION: IN AN EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITIES ARE CIVICALLY ENGAGED, PURE JUSTICE ASSISTS COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO BECOME VOLUNTEER DEPUTY VOTER REGISTRARS AND HOST EVENTS TO HELP OTHERS TO GET REGISTERED TO VOTE. IN 2022 PURE JUSTICE HOSTED OR PARTICIPATED IN 135 VOTER EDUCATION EVENTS. POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY AND COMMUNITY SAFETY: DEVELOPED A COMMUNITY SAFETY AND POLICING SURVEY TO CAPTURE COMMUNITY NEEDS. CAPTURED 400 SURVEYS IN 2022, IDENTIFIED 3 POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY DEMANDS FROM OVER-POLICED COMMUNITIES, HOSTING 5 POLICING/COMMUNITY SAFETY EVENTS. JUSTICE IN ACTION: BUILT A COALITION OF SUPPORT FOR MARVIN GUY, ASSISTED IN GETTING THE DEATH PENALTY REMOVED AS A SENTENCING OPTION FOR HIM AND HELPED SECURE HIS FIRST BAIL REDUCTION HEARING. FAIR CHANCE HOUSING: SURVEYED 250 RENTAL PROPERTIES IN HARRIS COUNTY TO IDENTIFY THOSE FRIENDLY TO JUSTICE-INVOLVED RESIDENTS. COMPLETED IMPACT REPORT FINDING THAT OF THE PROPERTIES INTERVIEWED, 70% WOULD AUTOMATICALLY DENY ANYONE WITH A FELONY RECORD.

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • SASHA LEGETTE

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $34,375
    From this org
    $34,375
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    25

  • CANERO BROWN

    VP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • ALEXANDRIA SHARIF

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • KAMI TUCKER

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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
2022
Filed
10 October 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202332839349301613

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