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JUST THE BEGINNING

EIN 26-4802076 TULSA, OK

Revenue 2025
$291,743
Expenses 2025
$300,360

Program services were 66.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
X99
Classification
1000
Street
PO BOX 14486

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 · 2025

Mission

Empowering justice-involved women to break cycles while promoting health equity and strengthening our community.

  • Empowerment Programs Serving Justice-Involved Individuals Our Empowerment Programs are designed to address the underlying causes of justice involvement while providing participants with the tools, accountability, and support needed to achieve lasting transformation. Empowerment Diversion Program (24 Months) The Empowerment Diversion Program is a minimum 24-month intensive program for justice-involved women who are facing incarceration and have been given the opportunity to remain in the community through diversion. Participants receive trauma-informed behavioral health case management, individualized service planning, life skills education, workforce readiness, substance use recovery support, court advocacy, healthy relationship education, financial literacy, and employment preparation. The program emphasizes personal accountability while helping women develop sustainable lifestyle changes that reduce recidivism and strengthen family stability. Empowerment Reentry Program (6 Months) The Empowerment Reentry Program provides a structured six-month transition for women returning to the community following incarceration. Participants receive individualized support focused on employment, housing stability, behavioral health, family reunification, life skills, transportation, community resource navigation, and long-term self-sufficiency. The program equips women with the confidence and resources necessary to successfully rebuild their lives. Prison Training Program (8 Weeks) The Prison Training Program is an eight-week trauma-informed curriculum delivered within correctional facilities prior to release. Participants engage in classes focused on trauma recovery, emotional wellness, healthy decision-making, communication, financial literacy, workforce readiness, goal setting, resilience, and successful community reintegration, preparing them for a smoother transition upon release. Leadership Development Program (6 Months) The Leadership Development Program is a six-month program designed to cultivate leadership, confidence, and civic engagement among program graduates and participants. Through leadership training, professional development, public speaking, mentoring, volunteerism, and community engagement, participants develop the skills necessary to become positive leaders within their families, workplaces, and communities.

    Expenses $125,739 · Grants $12,910 · Revenue $2,500

  • Career Success Navigation Career Success Navigation prepares participants for meaningful employment that leads to long-term economic mobility and family-sustaining wages. Coaching to Employment - THRIVE Workforce Resilience Training (8 Weeks) The THRIVE (Transforming Habits, Rebuilding Identity, Vision & Empowerment) Workforce Resilience Training is an eight-week trauma-informed workforce development program that prepares participants for long-term workplace success. The curriculum combines workforce readiness, emotional intelligence, resilience, communication, conflict resolution, financial capability, professional behavior, healthy workplace relationships, time management, and career planning to help participants develop the confidence and skills necessary to obtain and retain employment. Technical Training to Employment (16 Weeks)

    Expenses $62,843 · Grants $2,225

  • Community Outreach Just The Beginning believes community transformation occurs through collaboration, education, and access to opportunities. Second Chance Hiring Event The annual Second Chance Hiring Event connects justice-involved individuals and other job seekers with second-chance employers, workforce agencies, educational institutions, and community resources. Participants have access to on-site interviews, résumé assistance, workforce coaching, supportive services, and employment opportunities that promote long-term career success. Fall Carnival The annual Fall Carnival is a family-centered community event designed to strengthen neighborhoods by providing free food, family activities, children's entertainment, health and wellness resources, community services, educational information, and workforce opportunities. Together, the Second Chance Hiring Event and Fall Carnival are expected to serve more than 1,000 individuals annually, expanding access to critical resources while strengthening community connections.

    Expenses $9,079

  • #HealthyMatters Workshops The #HealthyMatters initiative promotes health equity by addressing the physical, mental, emotional, nutritional, and spiritual well-being of participants through interactive workshops held throughout the year. Nutrition Workshop (4 Weeks) A four-week workshop designed to improve nutrition knowledge, meal planning, food budgeting, healthy cooking habits, and disease prevention through practical education and hands-on activities. Mental Health Workshop (8 Weeks) An eight-week workshop providing trauma-informed education on stress management, emotional wellness, resilience, healthy coping skills, self-awareness, and mental health resources that promote healing and long-term wellness. Physical Health Workshop (8 Weeks) An eight-week wellness workshop promoting healthy lifestyles through physical activity, movement, mindfulness, preventive health education, chronic disease awareness, and practical strategies that improve overall health and well-being.

    Expenses $2,326

As filed on the 2025 return.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Jenice Jones

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $67,055
    From this org
    $54,680
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,375
    Hours/week
    50

  • Anita Barnes

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Areyell Scott

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Lindsay McAteer

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Steven Lee

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Tammy Pea

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Izetta Gibson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Keith Carpenter

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Mary Burchett

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

  • Rachel Wolfe

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5

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

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $291,743
    Expenses
    $300,360
    Contributions
    $290,071
    Grants paid
    $15,135
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $281,408
    Expenses
    $285,619
    Contributions
    $283,030
    Grants paid
    $10,086
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $209,802
    Expenses
    $254,970
    Contributions
    $207,279
    Grants paid
    $4,154
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $190,751
    Expenses
    $155,223
    Contributions
    $189,344
    Grants paid
    not reported

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-EZ

    Revenue
    $146,655
    Expenses
    $53,864
    Assets (EOY)
    $104,844

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2020

Tax period
1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020
Principal officer
Jenice Jones
Mailing address
P O Box 14486Tulsa OK 74159
Website
www.justthebeginningok.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 26 October 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

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

  • Exemption revoked 15 May 2012, reinstated 15 May 2012.

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 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.