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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIALJUSTICE.

Totals

Total revenue
$5,865,439
Total expenses
$4,919,171
Contributions and grants received
$5,411,374
Grants paid
$298,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$440,325
Other revenue
$13,740
Total assets, end of year
$19,528,240
Total liabilities, end of year
$340,337
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$19,187,903
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,851,257
Management and general expenses
$687,810
Fundraising expenses
$380,104
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,851,257

Program services were 78.3% 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

    $5,411,374

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $440,325 · excluded $440,325

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $13,740 · excluded $13,740

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $13,740

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $298,000 · program services $298,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $214,801 · management and general $171,841 · fundraising $42,960

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,398,873 · program services $2,076,117 · management and general $116,263 · fundraising $206,493

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $149,338 · program services $126,872 · management and general $9,299 · fundraising $13,167

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $310,504 · program services $263,794 · management and general $19,333 · fundraising $27,377

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $220,042 · program services $176,604 · management and general $22,676 · fundraising $20,762

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $25,699 · program services $25,699

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $141,312 · management and general $141,312

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $329,591 · program services $261,157 · management and general $52,485 · fundraising $15,949

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $61,742 · program services $49,554 · management and general $6,362 · fundraising $5,826

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $95,855 · program services $76,933 · management and general $9,878 · fundraising $9,044

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $88,384 · program services $70,936 · management and general $9,108 · fundraising $8,340

  • 17 · Travel

    total $180,953 · program services $138,355 · management and general $42,474 · fundraising $124

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $41,101 · program services $32,987 · management and general $4,236 · fundraising $3,878

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $272,998 · program services $219,106 · management and general $28,134 · fundraising $25,758

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,273 · management and general $18,273

  • 24a · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP AND DUES

    total $16,409 · program services $15,028 · management and general $1,091 · fundraising $290

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $55,296 · program services $20,115 · management and general $35,045 · fundraising $136

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $185,665 · end of year $1,228,548

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $594,722 · end of year $492,131

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,106,090 · end of year $1,880,030

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,024 · end of year $9,107

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

    $7,185,451

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

    $518,558

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $6,912,536 · end of year $6,666,893

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $8,819,612 · end of year $9,251,531

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $381,014 · end of year $270,379

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $69,958

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $12,938,643 · end of year $13,589,244

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $5,302,992 · end of year $5,598,659

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE PARTNERS WITH COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE SOUTH TO DEFEND AND ADVANCE THEIR POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS. THROUGH AN INTERSECTIONAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH CENTERED ON VOTING RIGHTS, JUSTICE SYSTEM REFORM, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, WE COMBINE LEGAL ADVOCACY, LITIGATION, RESEARCH, AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS TO EXPAND ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR ALL.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SCSJ'S CORE PROGRAMS - VOTING RIGHTS, JUSTICE SYSTEM REFORM, AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE - ARE STRENGTHENED BY OUR INTEGRATED RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS TEAMS, ENABLING A HOLISTIC, COMMUNITY-DRIVEN APPROACH THAT IMPROVES OUTCOMES FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THE SOUTH. TOGETHER, THESE EFFORTS ADVANCE JUSTICE ACROSS GENERATIONS BY EXPANDING ACCESS TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND CONFRONTING ITS STRUCTURAL INEQUITIES THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACT MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. THROUGH OUR INTERDISCIPLINARY MODEL, WE EQUIP COMMUNITIES WITH THE TOOLS TO BE THEIR OWN AGENTS OF CHANGE.

  • SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE'S VOTING RIGHTS WORK PROTECTS THE RIGHTS OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR BY DEFENDING THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT THROUGH FAIR REDISTRICTING AND MINIMIZING ELECTIONS ADMINISTRATION PRACTICES THAT THREATEN FREE DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION IN ELECTIONS SUCH AS PHOTO ID REQUIREMENTS, RESTRICTIONS ON VOTER REGISTRATION AND EARLY VOTING AND ELECTION DAY VOTER CHALLENGES. THROUGH ITS JSR INITIATIVE, THE SOUTHERN COALITION FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE WORKS TO END THE SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE, ENSURE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY, END RACIAL PROFILING AND MASS INCARCERATION, ELIMINATE THE UNFAIR COLLATERAL CONSEQUENCES OF INVOLVEMENT WITH THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, AND CHALLENGE SYSTEMIC RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND INEQUITIES AT ALL STAGES OF THE SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, THE YOUTH JUSTICE PROJECT SEEKS TO END THE CRIMINALIZATION OF YOUTH BASED ON SKIN COLOR. THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE PROGRAM COUNTERS ENVIRONMENTAL INEQUITIES AND DISCRIMINATORY LAND USE PRACTICES BY EMPOWERING COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP AND AGENCY TO IMPACT DECISIONS AFFECTING THEIR HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

    Expenses $3,851,257 · Grants $298,000

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lisa Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.6

  • Gary Traynor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.6

  • Susan Price

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.6

  • Dr Andra Gillespie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.6

  • Ryan Roberson

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $214,801
    From this org
    $182,102
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $32,699
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $161,102
    Bonus
    $21,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,448
    Nontaxable benefits
    $20,251
    Filer's total
    $214,801

  • Melissa Boughton

    COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $124,806
    From this org
    $104,562
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,244
    Hours/week
    40

  • Mitchell Brown

    SENIOR COUNSEL, VOTING RIGHTS

    Total calculated
    $125,966
    From this org
    $105,644
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,322
    Hours/week
    40

  • Jacob Sussman

    CHIEF COUNSEL, JUSTICE SYSTEM REFORM

    Total calculated
    $164,748
    From this org
    $152,914
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $11,834
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $145,414
    Bonus
    $7,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,684
    Filer's total
    $164,748

  • Jeffrey Loperfido

    CHIEF COUNSEL, VOTING RIGHTS

    Total calculated
    $152,659
    From this org
    $131,480
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,179
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $123,980
    Bonus
    $7,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,429
    Filer's total
    $152,659

  • Anne Harvey

    CHIEF COUNSEL, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

    Total calculated
    $154,650
    From this org
    $132,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,970
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $125,180
    Bonus
    $7,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $8,750
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,220
    Filer's total
    $154,650

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 · 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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
14 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202513189349311001

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