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DE NOVO CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HEALING INC

EIN 04-2470335 CAMBRIDGE, MA

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Revenue 2024
$4,654,183
Expenses 2024
$4,117,348

Program services were 78.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F32Z
Classification
1000
Street
47 THORNDIKE ST

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

DE NOVO CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HEALING PROVIDES CLIENT-DRIVEN INTEGRATED LEGAL AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO OVERCOME THE IMPACTS OF POVERTY, INEQUITY, AND TRAUMA.

  • DE NOVO CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HEALING PROVIDES FREE CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH INCOMES AT OR BELOW 125% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL. THE LEGAL PROGRAM DELIVERS SERVICES RANGING FROM BRIEF ADVICE TO FULL REPRESENTATION IN COMPLEX CIVIL LITIGATION. PRIORITY CASE AREAS INCLUDE FAMILY LAW AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION, DISABILITY BENEFITS, AND IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE RIGHTS, INCLUDING POLITICAL ASYLUM, SPECIAL IMMIGRANT JUVENILE (SIJ) CASES, AND RELIEF FOR BATTERED IMMIGRANTS.DURING FY25, THE PROGRAM SERVED 1,529 CLIENTS. SERVICES WERE DELIVERED BY 13 FULL TIME ATTORNEYS, 2 PART TIME ATTORNEYS, 5 PARALEGALS, AND 64 VOLUNTEERS, INCLUDING PRO BONO ATTORNEYS, LAW STUDENTS, PARALEGALS, INTERPRETERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE VOLUNTEERS. PROGRAM STAFF ALSO CONDUCTED COMMUNITY LEGAL TRAININGS AND COLLABORATED EXTENSIVELY WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. LEGAL STAFF COORDINATED CLOSELY WITH THE IN HOUSE COUNSELING PROGRAM THROUGH REFERRALS AND CASE CONSULTATIONS TO BETTER SUPPORT CLIENT NEEDS.TOTAL DONATED VOLUNTEER HOURS: 5,824.

    Expenses $2,655,200 · Revenue $1,919,257

  • THE COUNSELING PROGRAM PROVIDES AFFORDABLE MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES TO LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS WHO FACE BARRIERS TO ACCESSING CARE. MANY CLIENTS EXPERIENCE POVERTY, SOCIAL ISOLATION, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, OR THE EFFECTS OF VIOLENCE, TORTURE, SEXUAL ABUSE, OR INCEST. THE PROGRAM OFFERS SHORT TERM, LONG TERM, AND INTERMITTENT COUNSELING FOR INDIVIDUALS, COUPLES, AND GROUPS. IT ALSO PROVIDES FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS FOR IMMIGRANT SURVIVORS OF TRAUMA SEEKING LEGAL STATUS IN THE UNITED STATES, AS WELL AS SOCIAL WORK SUPPORT FOR IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE VICTIMS OF CRIME AND POLITICAL VIOLENCE.IN FY25, THE PROGRAM SERVED 434 CLIENTS THROUGH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FOUR FULL TIME SOCIAL WORKERS, A CASE MANAGER, AND 10 VOLUNTEER MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.TOTAL DONATED VOLUNTEER HOURS: 1,153.

    Expenses $578,951 · Revenue $19,445

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.

  • Christine Nelson

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Mark Bernfeld

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mark Smith

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Marie Lee

    CLERK

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emma N Andrews

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Walter Bardenwerper

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julia Byers

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • David Henderson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gary Howell-Walton

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Hugo Kamya

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Liza Lunt

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John A McBrine

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Merrick Mortley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tony Mirenda

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Murphy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mojdeh Rohani

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $169,270
    From this org
    $153,316
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,954
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,316
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,833
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,121
    Filer's total
    $169,270
  • John Froio

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $169,131
    From this org
    $149,514
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,617
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,514
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,633
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,984
    Filer's total
    $169,131
  • Amanda Becker

    DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $143,363
    From this org
    $128,255
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,108
    Hours/week
    35
  • Ellen Wilbur

    LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $134,919
    From this org
    $122,165
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,754
    Hours/week
    35
  • Valerie Fisk

    SUPERVISING ATTY - IMMIGRATION

    Total calculated
    $122,034
    From this org
    $107,836
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,198
    Hours/week
    35
  • Lauren Shebairo

    CLINICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $123,276
    From this org
    $101,529
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,747
    Hours/week
    35

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
    $4,654,183
    Expenses
    $4,117,348
    Contributions
    $2,603,507
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,566,231
    Expenses
    $3,889,505
    Contributions
    $2,355,636
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,140,250
    Expenses
    $3,379,178
    Contributions
    $1,441,056
    Grants paid
    $5,850

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
    $3,704,156
    Expenses
    $2,991,291
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,721,047
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,402,370
    Expenses
    $2,924,575
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,133,124
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,273,224
    Expenses
    $2,345,052
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,839,717
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,815,249
    Expenses
    $1,912,797
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,382,830
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,815,249
    Expenses
    $1,912,797
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,382,830
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,519,539
    Expenses
    $1,354,146
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,352,622
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,245,877
    Expenses
    $1,119,792
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,162,195
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,177,447
    Expenses
    $1,112,325
    Assets (EOY)
    $862,835
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,005,830
    Expenses
    $1,011,364
    Assets (EOY)
    $808,699
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,035,371
    Assets (EOY)
    $810,611

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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

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.