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COMMUNITY BASED PUBLIC SAFETY COLLECTIVE

EIN 86-1795659 EAST ORANGE, NJ

Largest nonprofits in New Jersey

Revenue 2024
$6,023,885
Expenses 2024
$5,713,709

Program services were 88.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
M02
Classification
1236
Street
377 S HARRISON STREET

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

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Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

Our mission is to strengthen neighborhood leadership by investing in the education, advocacy and training of community based public safety practitioners and organizations.

Activities or mission (Part I)

We advocate for, and educate and train, community based public safety practitioners & organizations.

  • I. Introduction2024 was a transformative year for The Collective. Still in our early years of operation, the organization experienced significant growth, doubling our staff, budget, and projects. Despite being in a formative stage, our team rose to meet the demands of an expanding national footprint, managing a diverse range of projects with varying funding structures and compliance requirements.This period of rapid development marked a turning point for The Collective, as we firmly established ourselves as a national leader in the community based public safety movement. Highlights below reflect our continued momentum and the impact of our work across the country.II. Core Program Areas: Key AccomplishmentsCoalition to Advance Public Safety (CAPS) AccomplishmentsDisbursed $4.5 million through the Local Capacity Building Fund (LCBF) to support local CVI organizations nationwide. Of that total, The Collective directly administered $2.5 million in the following cities: Baton Rouge, Newark, Los Angeles, and AtlantaProduced narrative change tools, including sizzle reels for four grantees and community partners to elevate their stories and showcase their impactCreated 31 tailored TTA plans to strengthen grantee operations, infrastructure, and violence intervention strategiesTrained over 200 frontline practitioners and community members through certification programs and targeted capacity-building workshopsStrengthened back-office infrastructure for grantees by supporting board development, refining program design, enhancing data management systems, launching websites, and delivering a 16-week grant courseRaised over $6 million in additional funds to support LCBF grantees and sustain long-term impact through our 16-week grant course and assigned SMEs Completed the Impact Lab with BridgeSpan Consultants in early February, positioning CAPS for long-term growth and structural evolutionRevamped CAPS' internal onboarding process to streamline transitions, improve team integration, and set new hires up for successCommunity Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative (CVIPI)Developed Cohort Based Learning Communities to expand TTA capacity:Conducted the Data Management Cohort quarterly, training a total of 20 cities, counties, and municipal agencies and their subgrantees Conducted the Law Enforcement Engagement Cohort, training 6 law enforcement agenciesCreated 28 tailored TTA plans to strengthen grantee operations, infrastructure, and violence intervention strategiesProvided TTA to 75 CVIPI grantees, including CBOs, law enforcement, cities, counties, and state governmentsReconfigured staff to hire a Senior Project Manager and a Senior TTA Specialist enhance the effectiveness of the team and program deliveryLos Angeles Regional ProjectsLaunched the LA County Peer-to-Peer Academy to build a training infrastructure for CBOs to strengthen the skillsets of their peer workforce within the CVI field Launched Safe Passage and Peace Building programming with LAUSD schools Provided TTA for Gang Reduction Youth Development programs in Los Angeles areaIII. New InitiativesScaling Safety: The Collective along with our partner, Alliance for Safety and Justice were selected for the Audacious 2025 Cohort, in support of Scaling Safety. This comprehensive initiative aims to support cities across the nation experiencing chronic violence cycles to scale up effective community-based prevention, intervention, and crisis response programs and integrate these prevention strategies as complementary to existing public safety efforts, in five US cities: Austin, Texas; Cleveland, Ohio; Jackson, Mississippi; Miami, Florida; and Tucson, Arizona.Ford Build Nomination: The Ford Foundation nominated the Community Based Public Safety Collective for their highly competitive capacity building initiative that provides $3M over 5 years to exceptional organizations, to support strengthening their organizational infrastructure to further sustain the critical work.

    Expenses $5,073,608 · Grants $362,506 · Revenue $2,436,092

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Aqeela Sherrills

    President and Board Chairp

    Total calculated
    $250,000
    From this org
    $250,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $250,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $250,000

  • Dr Lena Miller

    Director and Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Frank Quintero

    Director and Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Archana Saligal

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • James Washington

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Salomon Zavala

    Director

    Total calculated
    $10,000
    From this org
    $10,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    2.5

  • Elizabeth Ruebman

    Managing Director

    Total calculated
    $200,000
    From this org
    $200,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    20

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,000
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $200,000

  • Kyra Dunson

    Chief Operating Officer

    Total calculated
    $150,000
    From this org
    $150,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Angela Grigoryan

    Chief Financial Officer Au

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Cindy Pfaff

    Director of Finance

    Total calculated
    $5,394
    From this org
    $5,394
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Fred Fogg

    Managing Director

    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. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $6,023,885
    Expenses
    $5,713,709
    Contributions
    $3,501,846
    Grants paid
    $362,506
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $6,932,480
    Expenses
    $4,411,473
    Contributions
    $5,260,492
    Grants paid
    $346,250
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $8,577,786
    Expenses
    $4,336,074
    Contributions
    $5,916,599
    Grants paid
    $346,250

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2023

Tax period
1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023
Principal officer
Aqeela Sherrills
Mailing address
377 S Harrison Street Suite 15KKEast Orange NJ 07018

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 2026. The IRS publishes only each organization's most recent postcard, so earlier years are not shown. A 990-N carries no financial detail. The postcard also gives the principal officer's address, which is not shown here.

Grants made

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

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.