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FORWARD JUSTICE

EIN 81-2450800 MORRISVILLE, NC

Revenue 2024
$7,693,507
Expenses 2024
$4,465,018

Program services were 70.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
I01
Classification
1200
Street
1 COPLEY PKWY STE 302

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

FORWARD JUSTICE IS A NONPARTISAN LAW POLICY AND STRATEGY CENTER DEDICATED TO ADVANCING RACIAL SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE.

  • The organization conducted trainings to equip community members with the information skills tools and resources needed to effectively organize and build power within their communities. The organization coordinated and facilitated the Second Chance Day of Advocacy during which directly impacted individuals and community advocates met with state lawmakers to discuss the causes and consequences of involvement with the criminal legal system. The program advanced public awareness and policy discussions aimed at expanding opportunity and reducing barriers for people with criminal records. The organization hosted the Peoples Convening on Fines and Fees a community-centered forum examining the impact of criminal legal fines and fees on low-income individuals

    Expenses $904,915 · Grants $2,193,703

  • The organization hosted Transformative Justice events and community dinners designed to build community deepen trust and create spaces for collective care healing reflection and shared strategizing. These gatherings supported relationship-building and strengthened community capacity to practice transformative justice. The organization facilitated the Man in the Mirror mens dinner and discussion series which provided a structured environment for participants to explore the complexities of manhood community accountability emotional wellbeing and healing. The series offered opportunities for dialogue reflection and personal and collective growth. The organization organized and amplified seven days of free community events in celebration of Kwanzaa in collaboration with SpiritHouse NC. The events promoted cultural education artistic expression and community connection while honoring the principles and traditions of Kwanzaa.

    Expenses $305,040

  • The organization lead the statewide protect our vote coalition including voter and election protection through legal cases policy advocacy and statewide tours. Voter protection hotlines provided real-time assistance information and advocacy for voters experiencing barriers at the polls. The organization conducted the Unlock Our Vote peer-to-peer voter engagement program reaching directly impacted voters through phone calls text outreach and in-person events. The initiative expanded civic participation by providing accurate voting information and supporting voter readiness. The organization supported the Long March for Unity and Justice with the Beloved Community Center helping to uplift community concerns strengthen solidarity across groups and mobilize residents toward collective action and social transformation. The organization provided voter protection and community-based support work to end poverty across the U.S. South.

    Expenses $1,939,293 · Grants $5,334,789

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Caitlin Swain

    Co-Director

    Total calculated
    $203,585
    From this org
    $153,525
    From related orgs
    $50,060
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $141,866 + $50,060 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $141,866 + $50,060 related

  • Daryl Atkinson

    Co-Director

    Total calculated
    $203,694
    From this org
    $153,557
    From related orgs
    $50,137
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $148,945 + $50,137 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $148,945 + $50,137 related

  • James Coleman

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.05

  • Jamie Cole

    Chairwoman

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.05

  • Norris Henderson

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.05

  • Roxanne Saucier

    Officer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.05

  • Dr Ashley Marshall

    Senior Director of Sustainability Emergence

    Total calculated
    $183,575
    From this org
    $133,521
    From related orgs
    $50,054
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $133,499 + $50,054 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $133,499 + $50,054 related

  • John Anthony Holbert

    Director of Impact

    Total calculated
    $101,520
    From this org
    $101,520
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $101,520
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $101,520

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
    $7,693,507
    Expenses
    $4,465,018
    Contributions
    $5,334,789
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,554,303
    Expenses
    $3,125,334
    Contributions
    $2,829,864
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $4,569,892
    Expenses
    $2,834,003
    Contributions
    $4,194,794
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $5,810,265
    Expenses
    $2,433,654
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,408,511

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,585,533
    Expenses
    $6,350,101
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,434,220

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,468,703
    Expenses
    $3,586,505
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,711,054

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,590,098
    Expenses
    $976,002
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,755,188

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

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.

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.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.