COMMON JUSTICE

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

V26

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 25131

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

• COMMON JUSTICE ACTION FUND INC

  EIN 35-2641408

Mission and programs · 2024

• DIRECT SERVICES - WE OPERATED A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE-BASED ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION AND VICTIM SERVICE PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMITTED VIOLENT CRIME AND THOSE THEY HARM IN BROOKLYN, THE BRONX, AND MANHATTAN. OUR WORK DEMONSTRATED THAT PARTICIPATORY, NON-PRISON-BASED RESPONSES TO VIOLENT CRIME CAN: BREAK CYCLES OF VIOLENCE BY PROVIDING DIGNIFIED PATHWAYS TO ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR HARM AND MEANINGFUL PATHWAYS TO HEALING FOR THOSE HARMED; IMPROVE THE MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF CRIME SURVIVORS AND PROVIDE AND FOR MORE EQUITABLE SERVICES FOR YOUNG MEN OF COLOR AND OTHER UNDER-SERVED SURVIVORS; AVERT THE DAMAGING EFFECTS OF INCARCERATION FOR INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES; AND INCREASE PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCE OF FAIRNESS AND SAFETY IN THE AFTERMATH OF HARM.

  Expenses $2,973,529

• ADVOCACY - COMMON JUSTICE RAISED AWARENESS ABOUT NEW YORK STATE'S VICTIM COMPENSATION PROGRAM IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS TO ACCESS THAT SURVIVORS FACE. WE EXPANDED AWARENESS THAT SURVIVORS ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED TO REPORT THEIR HARM TO THE POLICE IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR VICTIM COMPENSATION. WE HAVE ALSO WORKED TO ELIMINATE THE STATE'S CONTRIBUTORY CONDUCT POLICY, WHICH BARS SURVIVORS FROM RECEIVING VICTIM COMPENSATION IF THEY OR THE LOVED ONE THEY LOST TO VIOLENCE ARE DEEMED TO HAVE HAD A HAND IN THEIR OWN HARM. THE ORGANIZING TEAM ALSO WORKED WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DEVELOP STRATEGIES THAT WILL CHANGE THE WAY MEDIA OUTLETS REPORT ON CRIME, VIOLENCE AND SAFETY.

  Expenses $989,341

• PARTNERSHIPS & TRAINING - COMMON JUSTICE WORKED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT OUR INTERVENTIONS ARE POSSIBLE AND CAN BE SUCCESSFUL, CREATING SPACE FOR OTHERS TO DO SIMILAR WORK ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE HAVE LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR REPLICATION AND EXPANSION BY BUILDING NATIONAL AND LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS, ESPECIALLY IN JURISDICTIONS WHERE VIOLENCE IS A CENTRAL CONCERN. WE ASSESSED POTENTIAL SITES THROUGH A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT CONSIDERED ALIGNMENT WITH OUR PRINCIPLES AND KEY STRUCTURAL FACTORS. BASED ON THAT ASSESSMENT, WE ENGAGED PARTNERS AT VARYING LEVELS, RANGING FROM FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR MODEL TO BROADER FIELD-BUILDING EFFORTS.

  Expenses $1,062,300 · Grants $100,000

• COMMUNICATIONS - COMMON JUSTICE WORKED TO SHIFT PUBLIC NARRATIVES ABOUT VIOLENCE BY CENTERING THE EXPERIENCES AND PERSPECTIVES OF SURVIVORS AND THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. WE USED MEDIA ENGAGEMENT, DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, PUBLIC EVENTS, AND CREATIVE PROJECTS TO INFLUENCE HOW VIOLENCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE DISCUSSED. OUR MESSAGING IS PRESENT ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF PLATFORMS AND AUDIENCES, AIMING TO REFRAME PUBLIC DISCOURSE AROUND SAFETY, PUNISHMENT, AND ALTERNATIVES TO INCARCERATION.

  Expenses $844,786

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

  $7,405,997

  Expenses

  $7,972,026

  Contributions

  $6,957,017

  Grants paid

  $100,000

• 2023

  Revenue

  $6,003,796

  Expenses

  $8,441,733

  Contributions

  $5,601,151

  Grants paid

  $506,000

• 2022

  Revenue

  $8,533,693

  Expenses

  $6,758,628

  Contributions

  $8,443,063

  Grants paid

  $596,878

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

  $13,399,283

  Expenses

  $5,628,000

  Assets (EOY)

  $17,117,573

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,989,354

  Expenses

  $5,473,307

  Assets (EOY)

  $9,672,169

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,617,645

  Expenses

  $3,884,743

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,684,311

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,940,090

  Expenses

  $2,792,350

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,477,945

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,541,492

  Expenses

  $1,911,193

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,313,172

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

• FREEDOM COMMUNITY CENTER

  $250,000

  2022 · NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND REPLICATION PROGRAM

• PEOPLE'S ADVOCACY INSTITUTE CO HIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC

  $250,000

  2022 · NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND REPLICATION PROGRAM

• FREEDOM COMMUNITY CENTER

  $250,000

  2023 · NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND REPLICATION PROGRAM

• PEOPLE'S ADVOCACY INSTITUTE CO HIGHLANDER RESEARCH & EDUCATION CENTER INC

  $250,000

  2023 · NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND REPLICATION PROGRAM

• FREEDOM COMMUNITY CENTER

  $100,000

  2024 · NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS AND REPLICATION PROGRAM

• BE WISE INC

  $24,824

  2022 · SAFE IN THE CITY GRANT

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TR

  $4,017,500

  2022 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

  $600,000

  2022 · GENERAL

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $560,650

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $355,600

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• EPIC FOUNDATION INC

  $270,000

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• NEW VENTURE FUND

  $254,000

  2022 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY

• JUST TRUST FOR EDUCATION

  $250,000

  2023 · PROJECT SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $206,400

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• ASSETS UNDER MOVEMENT

  $175,000

  2022 · GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT

• ASSETS UNDER MOVEMENT

  $157,500

  2023 · General operating support

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

Other IRS files