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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by NIJC NFP.

Totals

Total revenue
$8,221,801
Total expenses
$2,759,472
Contributions and grants received
$8,200,619
Grants paid
$74,360
Program service revenue
$44,078
Investment income
-$150
Other revenue
-$22,746
Total assets, end of year
$11,409,952
Total liabilities, end of year
$966,115
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$10,443,837
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,263,840
Management and general expenses
$424,398
Fundraising expenses
$71,234
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,263,840

Program services were 82.0% 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

    $1,025,483

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $2,663,760

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $4,511,376

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $21,417

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Revenue

    total $44,078 · related or exempt $44,078

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $21,267

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $21,417

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$150 · other assets $0

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$150 · excluded -$150

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $61,040

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

    $1,025,483

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $84,062

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$23,022 · excluded -$23,022

  • 11a · Other revenue: Miscellaneous Revenue

    total $276 · excluded $276

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $276

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $74,360 · program services $74,360

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $60,201 · management and general $55,991 · fundraising $4,210

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,820,589 · program services $1,690,050 · management and general $81,527 · fundraising $49,012

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $6,164 · program services $5,478 · management and general $449 · fundraising $237

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $247,213 · program services $227,184 · management and general $11,910 · fundraising $8,119

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $185,161 · program services $167,007 · management and general $13,421 · fundraising $4,733

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $521 · program services $521

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $206,933 · program services $9,960 · management and general $195,364 · fundraising $1,609

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $60,280 · program services $19,976 · management and general $39,619 · fundraising $685

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $7,185 · management and general $7,185

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $69,051 · program services $59,308 · management and general $7,814 · fundraising $1,929

  • 17 · Travel

    total $2,444 · program services $1,965 · management and general $86 · fundraising $393

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,927 · program services $1,390 · management and general $7,537

  • 24a · Other expenses: Client Support

    total $6,641 · program services $6,641

  • 24b · Other expenses: Bank Charges

    total $3,699 · management and general $3,392 · fundraising $307

  • 24c · Other expenses: Credit Card Charges

    total $66 · management and general $66

  • 24d · Other expenses: Miscellaneous Administrative Fees

    total $37 · management and general $37

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0 · program services $0 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    end of year $7,371,779

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $3,258,954

  • 5 · Loans and receivables from officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 6 · Loans and receivables from disqualified persons

    end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $169,789

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    end of year $0

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $0

  • 13 · Investments: program-related

    beginning of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $609,430

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    end of year $461,963

  • 22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

    end of year $0

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $504,152

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    end of year $8,772,837

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $1,671,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is a leader in advancing immigrant rights through its unique strategy drawing on its legal services to promote legal reform through litigation, advocacy and strategic communications.

Activities or mission (Part I)

NIJC provides legal services to low-income immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.

  • NIJC is a national organization headquartered in Chicago, IL, with a Washington, DC team and offices in Goshen and Indianapolis, IN, and San Diego, CA. NIJC provides legal services to low-income noncitizens who are generally at or below 200 percent of the poverty line, including unaccompanied immigrant children, refugees, asylum seekers, immigrant families at risk of separation, survivors of torture and human trafficking, LGBTQ individuals, detained immigrants, and individuals with mental and physical health conditions. NIJC's legal services include providing legal information, conducting comprehensive legal screenings, representing noncitizens in their legal cases, seeking legal status and employment authorization. NIJC operates an immigration court help desk, which provides a critical resource to unrepresented immigrants in removal proceedings. Building on its direct service work, NIJC pursues legal reform to protect access to justice and the due process rights of immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. NIJC strategically litigates in the courts laws and practices that violate the human rights of noncitizens. NIJC also educates key stakeholders and the public on immigration policies and practices through policy analysis, report writing, and educating policymakers and the public. NIJC's goal is to promote access to justice, advance human rights, and preserve family and community integrity. Accomplishments: NIJC staff have extensive legal expertise and achieve high rates of success. NIJC collaborates with a wide group of partners, including universities, community organizations, social service providers, schools, and grassroots organizations, and leverages a network of approximately 2,400 pro bono partners to provide legal services to more than 11,000 immigrants annually. Given NIJC's legal expertise, NIJC trains legal aid organizations and pro bono attorneys. Through the immigration court helpdesk, NIJC identifies and responds to emergencies, explains legal options that helps immigrants make informed decisions. Last year, nearly 1,400 individuals were granted relief, and more than 1,000 individuals were granted employment authorization. NIJC maintained a success rate of approximately 98% in cases adjudicated. With legal status and/or work authorizations, these individuals can provide for their families and are on the path towards stability and safety. NIJC regularly presents to the community, schools, social service organizations, and domestic violence groups. NIJC has developed Know Your Rights materials and other FAQs and factsheets. These are particularly important as immigration law frequently changes. NIJC, along with its partners, challenges court decisions, policies and practices that violate the due process and human rights of immigrants. NIJC's litigation team often wins relief for its clients and secures changes in the law and/or secures settlements for the plaintiffs. NIJC educates the public and policymakers through research, reports, presentations, and the media. NIJC also files civil rights complaints on behalf of an individual who faced abusive and negligent conditions in immigration detention.

    Expenses $2,263,840 · Grants $74,360 · Revenue $44,078

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Abiman Rajadurai

    Board treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Chad Doobay

    Board Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Lee Ann Russo

    Board Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Mary Meg McCarthy

    Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    50

  • Sherene Jodrey

    Board Vice-Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Gretchen Wolf

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • James Morsch

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Joan Coogan

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Skakun

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Richard Klawiter

    Board Member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Susan Fortino-Brown

    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.

Grants on this return

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
11 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202501019349301405

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