CHARLESTON AREA JUSTICE MINISTRY

EIN 46-1758506 N CHARLESTON, SC

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Revenue 2024: $469,905
Expenses 2024: $529,672

Program services were 69.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection: 03
NTEE code: S21
Classification: 1000
Street: PO BOX 71416

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

THE CHARLESTON AREA JUSTICE MINISTRY (CAJM) IS COMMITTED TO JUSTICE AND BUILDING A POWERFUL ORGANIZATION CAPABLE OF NEGOTIATING THE INTERESTS OF OUR COMMUNITY. HAVING BEEN FOUNDED BY RELIGIOUS CONGREGATIONS, CAJM IS BASED ON VALUES OF JUSTICE AND COMPASSION AS SHARED VALUES OF OUR FAITH TRADITIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

BY ORGANIZING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND HOLDING OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE, WE BUILD A JUSTCOMMUNITY.

THE CHARLESTON AREA JUSTICE MINISTRY (CAJM) PROVIDED TRAINING TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON HOW TO CONDUCT HOUSE MEETINGS, HOW TO CONDUCT 1-TO-1 VISITS, AND ON HOW TO RESEARCH PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS.

Expenses $92,223
THE CHARLESTON AREA JUSTICE MINISTRY (CAJM) NETWORK MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN TWO ASSEMBLIES - COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND NEHEMIAH ACTION - TO IDENTIFY COMMUNITY PROBLEMS AND THEN PRESS PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO ENACT PROVEN SOLUTIONS TO THOSE PROBLEMS.

Expenses $184,447 · Revenue $64,672
THE CHARLESTON AREA JUSTICE MINISTRY (CAJM) NETWORK MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN NETWORKING MEETINGS TO DEEPEN RELATIONSHIPS, RECEIVE SPECIALIZED LEADERSHIP TRAINING ASSOCIATED WITH THE JUSTICE CYCLE, AND STRENGTHEN THE NETWORK.

Expenses $92,223

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.

Mr Richard PastvaMR RICHARD PASTVA

AT-LARGE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Rev Rebecca HindsREV REBECCA HINDS

AT-LARGE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Ms Gail ThiedemanMS GAIL THIEDEMAN

AT-LARGE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rev Donnell HopkinsREV DONNELL HOPKINS

AT-LARGE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Rev Patricia B JonesREV PATRICIA B JONES

CO-PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

6
Rev Adam ShoemakerREV ADAM SHOEMAKER

CO-PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

4
Dr Elise Davis-McFarlandDR ELISE DAVIS-MCFARLAND

VICE PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Mrs Betty NiermanMRS BETTY NIERMAN

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Mr Jesse WilsonMR JESSE WILSON

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

2
Raynique SyasRAYNIQUE SYAS

CO-LEAD ORGANIZER

Total calculated

$77,475

From this org

$72,899

From related orgs

$0

Other

$4,576

Hours/week

40
Anna LongANNA LONG

CO-LEAD ORGANIZER

Total calculated

$63,603

From this org

$56,926

From related orgs

$0

Other

$6,677

Hours/week

40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

2024

Revenue

$469,905

Expenses

$529,672

Contributions

$399,933

Grants paid

$0
2023

Revenue

$497,948

Expenses

$490,891

Contributions

$431,261

Grants paid

$0
2022

Revenue

$537,581

Expenses

$577,996

Contributions

$468,739

Grants paid

$0

Tax year	Revenue	Expenses	Contributions	Grants paid
2024	$469,905	$529,672	$399,933	$0
2023	$497,948	$490,891	$431,261	$0
2022	$537,581	$577,996	$468,739	$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

$595,481

Expenses

$429,794

Assets (EOY)

$381,312
2020 · 990

Revenue

$456,620

Expenses

$333,142

Assets (EOY)

$255,124
2019 · 990

Revenue

$320,930

Expenses

$341,768

Assets (EOY)

$92,141
2018 · 990

Revenue

$343,496

Expenses

$256,776

Assets (EOY)

$114,835
2017 · 990

Revenue

$252,346

Expenses

$241,045

Assets (EOY)

$26,220
2016 · 990

Revenue

$218,572

Expenses

$249,429

Assets (EOY)

$14,886
2015 · 990

Revenue

$235,954

Expenses

$217,654

Assets (EOY)

$57,473
2014 · 990-EZ

Revenue

$149,505

Expenses

$166,783

Assets (EOY)

$34,461

Tax year	Form	Revenue	Expenses	Assets (EOY)
2021	990	$595,481	$429,794	$381,312
2020	990	$456,620	$333,142	$255,124
2019	990	$320,930	$341,768	$92,141
2018	990	$343,496	$256,776	$114,835
2017	990	$252,346	$241,045	$26,220
2016	990	$218,572	$249,429	$14,886
2015	990	$235,954	$217,654	$57,473
2014	990-EZ	$149,505	$166,783	$34,461

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

WAY TO RISE

$250,000

2024 GENERAL OPERATING
NEO PHILANTHROPY INC

$65,000

2024 Program Grant
FORGOOD INC

$56,863

2022 UNRESTRICTED
WAY TO RISE

$50,000

2024 GENERAL OPERATING
FORGOOD INC

$48,217

2023 UNRESTRICTED
N A A C P LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND INC

$40,000

2023 TO FURTHER SUPPORT RESTORATIVE PRACTICES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE AREAS
ASSETS UNDER MOVEMENT

$25,000

2022 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
NEO PHILANTHROPY ACTION FUND INC

$25,000

2022 Program Grant
N A A C P LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND INC

$25,000

2022 To further support the mission of the Sponsored Program
WAY TO RISE

$25,000

2023 GENERAL OPERATIONS

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.