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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by JUSTICE CATALYST INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,782,638
Total expenses
$5,038,875
Contributions and grants received
$2,505,000
Grants paid
$5,000,000
Program service revenue
$200,000
Investment income
$77,638
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$5,000,451
Total liabilities, end of year
$4,503,541
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$496,910
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$5,002,400
Management and general expenses
$36,475
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$5,002,400

Program services were 99.3% 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

    $2,505,000

  • 2a · Program service revenue: GRANT RECOVERY

    total $200,000 · related or exempt $200,000

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $77,638 · excluded $77,638

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,000,000 · program services $5,000,000

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $11,023 · program services $2,400 · management and general $8,623

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,844 · management and general $22,844

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $690 · management and general $690

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $1,572 · management and general $1,572

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,746 · management and general $2,746

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,760,000 · end of year $921,813

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    end of year $4,078,638

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $6,853 · end of year $3,541

  • 18 · Grants payable

    end of year $4,500,000

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $2,295,687 · end of year $39,450

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $457,460 · end of year $457,460

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

JUSTICE CATALYST TAKES ON SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES THAT FALL BETWEEN THE CRACKS OF TRADITIONAL ADVOCACY MODELS. BY CONNECTING ADVOCATES WITH DIVERSE SPECIALTIES AND APPLYING A CROSS-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO THE LAW, JUSTICE CATALYST DEVELOPS NEW, PATH-BREAKING APPROACHES TO ENSURE THAT THE LAW SERVES THE PUBLIC INTEREST.

  • JUSTICE CATALYST, INC. LEVERAGES LEGAL CREATIVITY AND EXPERTISE TO ADDRESS INJUSTICES. JUSTICE CATALYST PROVIDES SUPPORT TO INNOVATIVE LEGAL IDEAS IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST BY SUPPORTING, ADVISING, AND FOSTERING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, FIRMS WORKING IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST, LAW STUDENTS, GOVERNMENT LAWYERS, ACADEMICS, AND ADVOCATES. JUSTICE CATALYST COLLABORATES WITH AND TRAINS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO LEVERAGE THEIR EXPERTISE, POSITION, AND MEMBERSHIP TO INITIATE WORK THAT ADVANCES THEIR MISSIONS, AND WORKS WITH VARIOUS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS ON DEVELOPING THEIR CAPACITY FOR INNOVATIVE LEGAL WORK, AND WITH NEW NONPROFIT SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS TO AID THEIR FORMATION. JUSTICE CATALYST MADE A GRANT TO SUPPORT A NONPROFIT PROGRAM THAT FUNDS PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION.

    Expenses $5,002,400 · Grants $5,000,000 · Revenue $200,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Benjamin Elga

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Jacob Lipton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jennifer Bennett

    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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
10 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202523159349303982

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