Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$127,610,940

Total expenses

$126,602,789

Contributions and grants received

$127,014,967

Grants paid

$5,791,915

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$329,906

Other revenue

$266,067

Total assets, end of year

$79,961,305

Total liabilities, end of year

$27,921,753

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$52,039,552

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$106,598,333

Management and general expenses

$19,840,685

Fundraising expenses

$163,771

Program service expenses (Part III)

$106,598,333

Program services were 84.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• COURT REFORM PROGRAMS:SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 1996, THE CENTER FOR JUSTICE INNOVATION HAS BEEN PIONEERING CREATIVE REFORMS TO MAKE INCARCERATION A LAST RESORT IN NEW YORK CITY AND BEYOND. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NEW YORK'S OFFICE FOR COURT ADMINISTRATION, THE CENTER RESPONDS TO CRIME WITH ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION, SUPERVISED RELEASE, AND SPECIALIZED COURT PROGRAMS. THE CENTER EMPHASIZES AN APPROACH THAT ADDRESSES THE ROOT PROBLEM - THROUGH MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT; EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, AND HOUSING SERVICES; AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE - WE REDUCE THE WELL-DOCUMENTED HARMS OF THE SYSTEM WHILE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR MEANINGFUL, LONG-TERM SAFETY.

  Expenses $62,262,589 · Grants $846,659

• COMMUNITY SAFETY: TOO OFTEN, INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSES TO ISSUES OF CRIME AND SAFETY ARE PURELY REACTIVE, COMING INTO PLAY ONLY AFTER HARM HAS BEEN DONE. THE CENTER FOR JUSTICE INNOVATION TAKES AN "UPSTREAM" APPROACH - PLANTING THE SEEDS FOR GENUINE, LONG-TERM SAFETY AND JUSTICE BY INVESTING IN COMMUNITIES. FACTORS AFFECTING COMMUNITY SAFETY AND WELL-BEING INCLUDE ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY HOUSING, STRONG FAMILY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS, MEDICAL CARE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND MORE, AND SO OUR PROGRAMMING SUPPORTS THOSE NEEDS. WE RECOGNIZE THAT RESIDENTS ARE THE EXPERTS ON THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES, AND THAT NO DECISIONS ABOUT JUSTICE AND SAFETY CAN BE ADEQUATE WITHOUT INCORPORATING THE PERSPECTIVES AND PARTICIPATION OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THEMSELVES.

  Expenses $27,410,772 · Grants $11,859

• NATIONAL INITIATIVES: THE CENTER IS A NATIONAL LEADER IN DEVELOPING, STUDYING, AND DISSEMINATING A WIDE VARIETY OF INNOVATIVE JUSTICE MODELS. THROUGH THE CENTER'S COMMUNITY JUSTICE SOLUTIONS TEAM, STAFF CONDUCT MIXED-METHOD, MULTI-SITE EVALUATIONS OF COMMUNITY, COURT, PUBLIC HEALTH, JUSTICE, AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS, AS WELL AS RESEARCH TO PROMOTE NEW THINKING ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT SYSTEMS (E.G., EDUCATION, PUBLIC HEALTH, CRIMINAL JUSTICE) CAN ADDRESS PROBLEMS OF VIOLENCE, CRIME, AND SAFETY. THE TEAM'S TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SIDE PROVIDES HANDS-ON, EXPERT ASSISTANCE TO REFORMERS AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING THROUGH FACILITATING SITE VISITS AT MODEL PROGRAMS; PROVIDING TRAINING ON A RANGE OF TOPICS, FROM COMMUNITY JUSTICE TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; MAINTAINING AN ARRAY OF ONLINE LEARNING RESOURCES; AND OFFERING INTENSIVE PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT TO JURISDICTIONS SEEKING TO LAUNCH NEW MODELS. RESEARCH INFORMS PROGRAMMING, PROGRAMMING INFORMS RESEARCH, AND BOTH RESEARCH AND PRACTICE INFORM OUR EFFORTS TO TRAIN AND ASSIST COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE U.S. AND INTERNATIONALLY IN ADOPTING TAILORED REFORMS.

  Expenses $12,608,339 · Grants $4,238,993

• POLICY:FOCUSED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTER'S POLICY PRIORITIES AND NEW VENTURES, WITH AN EYE TOWARD ADVANCING LEADING-EDGE IDEAS AND PRACTICES ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION. IN ADDITION, THE POLICY TEAM IS FOCUSED ON DEVELOPING AND IMPLEMENTING EFFICIENT, EVIDENCE-BASED COURT PRACTICES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEW YORK STATE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM, AS WELL AS OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE STAKEHOLDERS. THIS WORK INCLUDES DEVELOPING A MODEL FOR INDIVIDUALIZED JAIL POPULATION REVIEW THAT AIMS TO REDUCE THE NEW YORK CITY JAIL POPULATION IN ORDER TO HELP ENSURE THE CLOSURE OF RIKERS ISLAND, AND TO SERVE AS A MODEL FOR OTHER LARGE JURISDICTIONS TO REDUCE PRETRIAL INCARCERATION.

  Expenses $2,388,829 · Grants $57,400

• CENTER CORE:THE CENTER'S CORE PLANNING AND OPERATIONS STAFF RESPOND TO REQUESTS FOR PLANNING ASSISTANCE FROM THE COURT SYSTEM; PROVIDE SUPERVISION AND OVERSIGHT COURT PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK CITY AND STATE; AND DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT FUNDING, COMMUNICATIONS, AND TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES THAT SUPPORT THIS WORK.

  Expenses $1,927,804 · Grants $637,004

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

Listed in Part VII

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

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

• RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF CUNY

  $1,120,219

  SUBCONTRACTOR FEDERAL GRANT

• NPC RESEARCH

  $371,455

  SUBCONTRACTOR FEDERAL GRANT

• GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY

  $304,671

  SUBCONTRACTOR FEDERAL GRANT

• TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

  $302,853

  SUBCONTRACTOR NYC MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

• JUSTLEADERSHIPUSA INC

  $276,756

  SUBCONTRACTOR ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION

• GWEN WRIGHT DBA CHANGE MATTERS

  $224,667

  SUBCONTRACTOR MACARTHUR FOUNDATION

• THE OSBORNE ASSOCIATION

  $218,750

  SUBCONTRACTOR NYC MAYOR'S OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

• WHY NOT PROSPER INC

  $216,936

  SUBCONTRACTOR MACARTHUR FOUNDATION

• UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

  $156,200

  SUBCONTRACTOR FEDERAL GRANT

• FOUNTAIN HOUSE INC

  $142,044

  SUBCONTRACTOR NYS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

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

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

14 May 2026

IRS schema version

2024v5.5

Source object

202601349349312135

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