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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by FUND FOR JUSTICE.

Totals

Total revenue
$579,910
Total expenses
$669,766
Contributions and grants received
$602,741
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$14,600
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
-$37,431
Total assets, end of year
$145,842
Total liabilities, end of year
$7,575
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$138,267
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$430,312
Management and general expenses
$168,178
Fundraising expenses
$71,276
Program service expenses (Part III)
$430,312

Program services were 64.2% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $179,722

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $423,019

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Service fees

    total $14,600 · related or exempt $14,600

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $179,722

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $43,640

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$43,640 · excluded -$43,640

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous

    total $6,209 · related or exempt $6,209

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $6,209

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $133,096 · program services $85,963 · management and general $32,081 · fundraising $15,052

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $342,290 · program services $221,075 · management and general $82,506 · fundraising $38,709

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $43,844 · program services $28,318 · management and general $10,568 · fundraising $4,958

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $38,084 · program services $24,597 · management and general $9,180 · fundraising $4,307

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $5,211 · program services $3,366 · management and general $1,256 · fundraising $589

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $40,760 · program services $26,326 · management and general $9,824 · fundraising $4,610

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $32,110 · program services $18,050 · management and general $14,022 · fundraising $38

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $19,684 · program services $12,713 · management and general $4,745 · fundraising $2,226

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,954 · program services $4,491 · management and general $1,676 · fundraising $787

  • 24a · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $7,733 · program services $5,413 · management and general $2,320

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $12,685 · end of year $3,604

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $304,899 · end of year $142,238

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

    $20,776

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

    $20,776

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $19,461 · end of year $7,575

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    beginning of year $70,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $23,477 · end of year -$11,733

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $204,646 · end of year $150,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

Fund for Justice is a nationally connected social impact research and advocacy organization that works to achieve fundamental, systemic reform by addressing policies and practicies that prevent individuals from reaching their full potential. We focus on social justice and government effectiveness ranging from fair criminal justice systems to equal access in financial institutions.

  • Criminal Justice Reform - Research and advocacy related to creating a diversion section within the Cook County Criminal Courts to provide a coordinated, more effective system of diverting defendants out of the criminal justice system and, in the process, reduce the population of the Cook County jail. Reducing the imposition of court costs, fines and fees on indigent persons.

    Expenses $258,188 · Revenue $20,809

  • Immigration Court Reform - Court watching and development of a research report on the way bond hearings should be conducted in immigration courts.

    Expenses $51,638

  • Voter Education in Judicial Elections - Preparing for a more user friendly, more effective judicial voter education system.

    Expenses $86,062

  • Child Support & Family Law - Launching hearing officer based program in the child support adjudication system when parents are unrepresented by legal counsel.Access to Justice - We are committed to studying and improving judicial efficiency, integrity, professionalism and knowledge throughout the Cook County Judicial Circuit. Developed a proposal to fund court recording equipment for eviction courts so tenants will be able to appeal their evictions.

    Expenses $34,424

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Maria Collado

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jimmie Covington

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ellen Craig

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Alexandra Daniels

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ron Futterman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Garien Gatewood

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kwame Gyimah

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Harleen Kaur

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Susan Poll Klaessy

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brent Knight

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Frances Krasnow

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Roger Lewis

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Stephen Mcinerney

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sonya Naar

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary E Pattillo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Palumbo

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Priyanko Paul

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher Rohn

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joseph Roselius

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Schoenfeld

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nicholas Siciliano

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julie Weber

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melanie Yeames

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Plagman

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Malcolm Rich

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Stephanie Agnew

    Co-Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $66,115
    From this org
    $66,115
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40
  • Naomi Johnson

    Co-Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $66,980
    From this org
    $66,980
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202403179349302895

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