ALLIANCE FOR A JUST SOCIETY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

S21

Classification

1000

Street

3518 S EDMUNDS ST

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Other organizations at this address

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• JUST STRATEGIES

  EIN 82-5095846

Mission and programs · 2024

• ALLIANCE FOR A JUST SOCIETY - THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR TRANSIT JUSTICE CONTINUED OUTREACH & EDUCATION AROUND THE NEED FOR INVESTMENT IN TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS INCLUDED A WEEKLY MEETING WITH 60 COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. WE CONTINUED TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR TRANSIT OPERATIONS. WE WORKED WITH LOCAL, STATE, AND NATIONAL GROUPS TO IDENTIFY SHARED POLICY GOALS THAT WILL IMPROVE TRANSIT, BIKING, AND WALKING. THESE INCLUDE: 1. GREAT TRANSIT SERVICE REQUIRES FEDERAL OPERATING FUNDS. 2. COMMUNITIES SHOULD BE TRANSIT-READY. FREQUENT TRANSIT REQUIRES ROADS TO INCORPORATE TRANSIT LANES, TRAFFIC SIGNAL PRIORITY, AND SAFE ACCESS FOR ALL ROAD USERS BETWEEN TRANSIT STOPS AND KEY DESTINATIONS, AMONG OTHER FEATURES. ROAD DESIGN MUST PRIORITIZE SAFETY OVER SPEED TO PROTECT TRANSIT RIDERS AND REDUCE ROADWAY DEATHS AND INJURIES. ANY REAUTHORIZATION NEEDS TO UPDATE ROADWAY DESIGN STANDARDS TO REQUIRE TRANSIT-SUPPORTIVE ELEMENTS, FUND TRANSIT-SUPPORTIVE ACTIVITIES, AND SUPPORT UPDATING PLANNING AND ZONING CODES. SMALL AND RURAL COMMUNITIES DESERVE GREAT TRANSIT. REMOVE BARRIERS AND IMPROVE THE FEDERAL TRANSIT PROGRAM TO INCREASE ACCESS TO QUALITY TRANSIT IN SMALL TOWNS AND RURAL AREAS. THIS MEANS: AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR RURAL TRANSIT PROGRAMS. RAISING THE FEDERAL SHARE OF RURAL TRANSIT OPERATING FUNDING FROM 50% TO 80%. INCENTIVIZING COORDINATION ACROSS JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES AND MULTIPLE FUNDING SOURCES. TO ENABLE LONG-TERM PLANNING, STATES MUST PROVIDE MULTI-YEAR FUNDING ESTIMATES TO RURAL TRANSIT AGENCIES. INCENTIVIZING INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS WITH COMPETITIVE GRANT FUNDING. CREATE A FEDERAL PROCUREMENT CLEARINGHOUSE TO HELP SMALL AND RURAL TRANSIT AGENCIES RIGHT-SIZE THEIR PURCHASES, INCREASE EFFICIENCY, AND FACILITATE LOWER CAPITAL COSTS. 4. FIX IT FIRST: THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM SHOULD PRIORITIZE MAINTENANCE ON EXISTING ROADS, BRIDGES, AND HIGHWAYS AHEAD OF ROADWAY CAPACITY EXPANSION THAT REQUIRES DECADES OF ADDITIONAL REPAIR COSTS. 5. TRANSIT SHOULD HAVE A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WITH HIGHWAYS. WE RELEASED 5 REPORTS INCLUDING: "EARTH DAY: IT'S TIME TO MAKE BETTER TRANSPORTATION DECISIONS", " 3 WAYS TO MAKE BUS DRIVING A BETTER JOB", "GOOD TRANSIT REQUIRES WELL PAID UNION WORKERS", "INVESTING IN THE TRANSIT WORKFORCE FOR STRONGER COMMUNITIES AND "STATE BY STATE: IMPACT OF THE STRONGER COMMUNITIES THROUGH BETTER TRANSPORTATION ACT" WE DEVELOPED AND SHARED FIVE TOOLKITS GEARED TO HELPING GROUPS ORGANIZE CONSTITUENCIES, BUILD EFFECTIVE TOWNHALLS, AND OTHER EVENTS. WORKING WITH THE NETWORK ORGANIZATIONS TO BUILD ONLINE LISTS, WRITE EFFECTIVE EMAILS, DO NON-PARTISAN VOTER EDUCATION, AND STRENGTHEN THE INVOLVEMENT OF TRANSIT RIDERS, DISABILITY GROUPS, AND LABOR UNIONS.EXPANDED THE PUBLIC DIALOG ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSIT AND PARTICULARLY THE NEED FOR OPERATIONS FUNDING- BY PUBLISHING OP-EDS AND SPEAKING TO THE PRESS. WE PUBLISHED TWO NATIONAL AND OVER 35 OP-EDS IN 15 STATES TO URGE GREATER FEDERAL ACTION TO FUND TRANSIT. IN ADDITION, AJS, PLUS PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, WERE QUOTED IN NATIONAL OUTLETS LIKE POLITICO, STREET SMARTS, THE HILL AND THE STREETS.AJS INVESTED IN TRAINING COLLEGE STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. WEEKLY TRAINING SESSIONS TO EDUCATE 60 PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS ABOUT TRANSIT POLICY AND BEST PRACTICES. A SUMMER TRAINING SERIES ON ORGANIZING AND STRATEGY FOR THE COALITION OF TRANSIT GROUPS. THE SERIES INCLUDED AN INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIZING, RACIAL JUSTICE FOR ORGANIZERS (PARTS 1 AND 2), AND THREE WORKSHOPS ON CAMPAIGN DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGY. HOSTED 12 MEETINGS OF RURAL COMMUNITY AND TRANSIT GROUPS TO LEARN ABOUT TRANSIT BEST PRACTICES IN SMALL TOWNS AND RURAL COMMUNITIES. HOSTED 28 STUDENT FELLOWS WHO LEARNED RECEIVING TRAINING & FIELD EXPERIENCE TO EXPLORE ORGANIZING AS A CAREER. AJS STAFF CONDUCTED YEAR-ROUND COACHING OF ORGANIZERS WITH 3 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AMOUNTING TO 20 STAFF. AJS ALSO CONDUCTED DOZENS OF REMOTE & IN-PERSON EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS & WORKSHOPS FOR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. THE CONTENT OF THESE SESSIONS VARIED FROM BASIC ORGANIZING SKILLS TRAINING TO RACIAL JUSTICE PRINCIPLES & ANALYSIS, TO STRATEGY SESSIONS FOR COMMUNITY & LABOR ORGANIZATIONS & COMMUNITY ADVOCATES. COMMUNITIES FOR OUR COLLEGES (C4C) WORKS TO PROMOTE DIRECT INVESTMENTS, FINANCIAL SUPPORT, COUNSELING, CHILDCARE & OTHER WRAP-AROUND SERVICES, TO IMPROVE BOTH ACCESS & COMPLETION RATES FOR STUDENTS OF WA'S 34 COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGES (CTCS). CTCS, ATTENDED BY OVER 273,000 STUDENTS, ARE KEY TO RACIAL & SOCIAL EQUITY, EDUCATING STUDENTS OF COLOR AT HIGHER RATES THAN OTHER INSTITUTIONS. IN 2024, C4C CONTINUED TO WORK WITH LABOR, COMMUNITY, AND LOCAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. OUTREACH EFFORTS BUILT A TEAM OF 80 COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT LEADERS, CONTINUED TO WORK WITH LOCAL COMMITTEES AT 4 LOCAL COLLEGES, A STORY BANK OF 140 STORIES & 20 EARNED MEDIA STORIES. C4C RESEARCHED & PUBLISHED 3 REPORTS: "THE ROAD TO EQUITY -- WASHINGTON'S COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGES" WHICH EVALUATES HOW CTCS ARE PROGRESSING ON THE PATH TO EQUITY; "PATHWAYS TO THE FUTURE -- PROFESSIONAL LICENSES FOR WASHINGTON'S IMMIGRANTS" WHICH ADDRESSES BARRIERS IN ACCESSING PROFESSIONAL LICENSES FOR IMMIGRANTS; "BUILDING AND EQUITY ACTION PLAN -- A TOOLKIT FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY, STAFF IN WASHINGTON'S COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGES" WHICH PROVIDES A TOOLKIT FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT OUR 34 CTCS ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE HISTORIC RACIAL EQUITY LEGISLATION THAT SHIFTED THE LANDSCAPE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION & COMMUNITY & TECHNICAL COLLEGES, MAKING PROGRESS ON RACIAL EQUITY A REQUIREMENT FOR WA CTCS.

  Expenses $932,595 · Grants $1,600 · Revenue $301,475

• NATIVE ORGANIZERS ALLIANCE: NOA ADVOCATES & SUPPORTS GRASSROOTS-DRIVEN SOCIAL CHANGE ROOTED IN NATIVE TRADITIONAL PRACTICES & VALUES TO ADVANCE SOVEREIGNTY & THE HEALTH & WELL-BEING OF RURAL & URBAN NATIVE COMMUNITIES & RESERVATIONS ACROSS INDIAN COUNTRY.IN 2024, NOA SUPPORTED TRIBES AND COMMUNITY GROUPS IN A NUMBER OF CAMPAIGNS TO PROTECT SACRED PLACES, INCLUDING OAK FLAT, GRAND CANYON, BEARS EARS, LOWER SNAKE, THACKER PASS, MISSOURI RIVER, AND YUKON-KUSKOKWIM DELTA. WE SUPPORTED EFFORTS BY TRACKING AND ANALYZING LEGISLATION, PROVIDING COMMENTS TO AGENCIES, AND AMPLIFYING THE COLLECTIVE VOICES OF AFFECTED COMMUNITIES THROUGH LETTER CAMPAIGNS, PETITION DRIVES, AND EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES ON POLICY ISSUES THAT AFFECT INDIAN COUNTRY.IN 2024, NOA WORKED WITH A NUMBER OF TRIBES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE IN THEIR ONGOING BATTLE AGAINST THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE.NOA ENGAGES 43,837 FOLLOWERS ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND LINKEDIN AS A WAY TO GARNER SUPPORT AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ON CURRENT ISSUES AND CAMPAIGN INITIATIVES LED BY AND FOR NATIVE PEOPLE. NOA'S EMAIL LIST INCLUDES 220,975 TOTAL SUBSCRIBERS (A 70% INCREASE OVER 2022) WHO RECEIVED INFORMATION ON PETITIONS, LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGNS, AND 26 PUBLIC EDUCATION WEBINARS.THE 2024 NOA TRAINING PROGRAM CONDUCTED 1 NATIONAL AND 7 STATE-BASED OR REGIONAL TRAINING WITH 245 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS.

  Expenses $3,156,015 · Grants $655,682 · Revenue $154,086

• EASTSIDE FOR ALL (EFA) EXPANDED ITS BASE-BUILDING WITHIN BIPOC COMMUNITIES IN EAST KING COUNTY, INCLUDING OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND MOBILIZATION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN BELLEVUE, REDMOND, AND KIRKLAND AS WELL AS SUPPORTED STATEWIDE MOBILIZATION FOR RENT STABILIZATION IN WA FOR THE UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE SESSION. WE COMPLETED A MAJOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS WITH THE CITY OF REDMOND FOR THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, AND HAD AN ADDITIONAL 250 PARTICIPANTS FOR THAT EFFORT, TOTALING OVER 950 PEOPLE FROM BIPOC AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES WHO PROVIDED INPUT TO CITIES FROM 2023-2024. WE CONTINUED TO DO VOTER EDUCATION AND REGISTRATION AT MULTIPLE TABLING EVENTS AND WE HOSTED TWO CANDIDATE FORUMS FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE ELECTIONS. IN OUR EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT WORK, FORMALIZED OUR COALITION WITH 10 OTHER BIPOC LED ORGANIZATIONS IN VISIONING AND PLANNING TO OPERATE A COMMUNITY HUB IN REDMOND AT AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL OPEN IN 2027. OVERALL, WE INCREASED OUR CAPACITY FOR EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVOCACY WITH THE HIRING OF A NEW FULL-TIME STAFF PERSON IN OCTOBER OF 2024. TO INCREASE COMMUNICATIONS AND CONNECTION WITH MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, EFA STARTED RECORDING EPISODES FOR A NEW PODCAST CALLED REIMAGINING COMMUNITY: EASTSIDE VOICES FOR CHANGE THAT WILL BE LAUNCHING IN EARLY 2025. IN TOTAL ACROSS ALL OUR PROGRAMS IN 2024, WE HAD 56 EVENTS WITH 2,681 PARTICIPANTS.

  Expenses $483,130 · Grants $750 · Revenue $74,991

• THERE ARE SEVEN ORGANIZING OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES, ONE OF WHICH IS BATTLE CREEK. IN 2024, THE BATTLE CREEK COALITION FOR TRUTH, RACIAL HEALING, AND TRANSFORMATION (BCTRHT) DEEPENED ITS IMPACT THROUGH OVER 20 COMMUNITY EVENTS AND INITIATIVES, ENGAGING MORE THAN 1,200 PARTICIPANTS ACROSS BATTLE CREEK. WE HOSTED OUR EIGHTH ANNUAL NATIONAL DAY OF RACIAL HEALING, A POWERFUL ENVISIONING DINNER ATTENDED BY 150 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND LED A YOUTH SUMMIT WITH 70 STUDENTS FROM FIVE HIGH SCHOOLS EXPLORING RACIAL HEALING AND MENTAL HEALTH. OUR SIX COMMUNITY ENVISIONING SESSIONS UPLIFTED DIVERSE VOICES TO IMAGINE A BATTLE CREEK FREE FROM RACISM. WE LAUNCHED THE BATTLE CREEK DID NOT BURN ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, PRODUCING A DOCUMENTARY AND ARCHIVAL INTERVIEWS CAPTURING LOCAL CIVIL RIGHTS HISTORY. OUR "BUILDING EQUITY" HOUSING JUSTICE SERIES FEATURED NATIONAL AUTHORS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, AND BOOK CLUBS WITH OVER 150 ATTENDEES. WE ALSO SUPPORTED TWO LEGAL RIGHTS WORKSHOPS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NAACP AND THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL RIGHTS. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, OUR PROGRAMMING WOVE TOGETHER COMMUNITY VISIONING, HEALING PRACTICES, POLICY ADVOCACY, AND INTERGENERATIONAL DIALOGUEALL IN SERVICE OF A MORE EQUITABLE BATTLE CREEK WHERE ALL CAN FLOURISH.

  Expenses $1,048,528 · Grants $5,250 · Revenue $20,726

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.

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

  $9,006,993

  Expenses

  $6,729,725

  Contributions

  $8,241,176

  Grants paid

  $663,282

• 2023

  Revenue

  $5,349,926

  Expenses

  $4,613,140

  Contributions

  $4,665,255

  Grants paid

  $293,590

• 2022

  Revenue

  $6,402,353

  Expenses

  $3,708,529

  Contributions

  $5,840,620

  Grants paid

  $138,090

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.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,320,520

  Expenses

  $2,296,313

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,680,868

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $16,548,163

  Expenses

  $6,465,173

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,911,441

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

• TRIBAL MINDS INC

  $158,982

  2023 · SPIN OFF OF FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT

• NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

  $134,200

  2024 · FELLOWS NATIVE VOTE GRANT

• MIGHTY FEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

  $129,350

  2024 · FELLOWS NATIVE VOTE GRANT

• BALSA POLICY INSTITUTE

  $90,000

  2023 · SPIN OFF OF FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT

• THE MOBILIZATION CENTER LLC

  $83,450

  2024 · FELLOWS NATIVE VOTE GRANT

• MENIKANAEHKEM

  $68,300

  2024 · FELLOWS NATIVE VOTE GRANT

• ARIZONA NATIVE VOTE

  $60,900

  2024 · FELLOWS

• AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH RUNNING STRONG

  $44,750

  2024 · ITECK FIELD SCHOOL

• Creative Visions Foundation

  $36,000

  2022 · Protection of sacred sites

• Utah Dine Bikeyah

  $36,000

  2022 · Protection of sacred sites

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

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Grants received

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $700,000

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION

  $500,000

  2022 · POVERTY RELIEF

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $317,750

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• TIDES FOUNDATION

  $305,000

  2022 · EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $250,000

  2024 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

• INATAI FOUNDATION

  $237,500

  2023 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• ASSETS UNDER MOVEMENT

  $188,000

  2024 · General operating support and project support

• NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC

  $172,800

  2022 · ENV. ADVOCACY

• ASSETS UNDER MOVEMENT

  $170,000

  2023 · Project support

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $155,959

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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