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FAIR HOUSING JUSTICE CENTER INC

EIN 20-8681674 LONG IS CITY, NY

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Revenue 2024
$5,061,105
Expenses 2024
$3,327,463

Program services were 74.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R99
Classification
1000
Street
3030 NORTHERN BLVD 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

THE CORPORATION HAS BEEN FORMED FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING RELIEF TO THE POOR, DISTRESSED AND UNDERPRIVILEGED, AND FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE PUBLIC GOOD THROUGH PROGRAMS TO LESSEN NEIGHBORHOOD TENSIONS, ELIMINATE PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION, TO DEFEND HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS SECURED BY LAW AND TO COMBAT COMMUNITY DETERIORATION IN THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE CHARITABLE PURPOSES, THE CORPORATION SHALL PLAN AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS THAT: (A) ELIMINATE HOUSING DISCRIMINATION, (B) PROMOTE POLICIES THAT FOSTER OPEN, ACCESSIBLE, AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES; AND (C) STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT OF FAIR HOUSING LAWSTHE CORPORATION SHALL CONDUCT ALL LAWFUL ACTIVITIES WHICH MAY BE USEFUL IN ACCOMPLISHING THE FOREGOING PURPOSES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ENFORCING FAIR HOUSING LAWS THROUGH CIVIL LITIGATION, RAISING AWARENESS OF FAIR HOUSING LAWS.

  • THE CORPORATION IS FORMED FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDING RELIEF TO THE POOR, DISTRESSED AND UNDERPRIVILEGED, AND FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE PUBLIC GOOD THROUGH PROGRAMS TO LESSEN NEIGHBORHOOD TENSIONS, ELIMINATE PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION, TO DEFEND HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS SECURED BY LAW AND TO COMBAT COMMUNITY DETERIORATION IN THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA. IN FURTHERANCE OF THESE CHARITABLE PURPOSES, THE CORPORATION SHALL PLAN AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS THAT: (A) ELIMINATE HOUSING DISCRIMINATION: FHJC TESTING INVESTIGATIONS HAVE LED TO SUCCESSFUL LITIGATION THAT OPENED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF HOUSING UNITS TO PEOPLE PREVIOUSLY EXCLUDED; RECOVERED MILLIONS IN DAMAGES AND PENALTIES TO VICTIMS OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION; AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, CHANGED THE WAY THAT MANY HOUSING PROVIDERS DO BUSINESS. (B) PROMOTE OPEN AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITIES: THE FHJC PRODUCED MAJOR POLICY REPORTS AND FILMS AND PROVIDES FREQUENT OUTREACH AND TRAINING TO THE PUBLIC SO AS TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF FAIR HOUSING RIGHTS. (C) STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT OF FAIR HOUSING LAWS: THE FHJC ESTABLISHED A UNIQUE AND EFFECTIVE FAIR HOUSING TESTING PROGRAM BY UTILIZING STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY AND HIGHLY SKILLED PROFESSIONAL ACTORS TO PARTICIPATE IN FAIR HOUSING TESTING INVESTIGATIONS. THE FHJC BRINGS FREQUENT LAWSUITS TO ELIMINATE DISCRIMINATION AND TO PUT MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE IT DOES NOT RE-OCCUR. (D) CHANGE PEOPLE'S LIVES: THE FHJC HAS ASSISTED WELL OVER A THOUSAND INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO EXERCISE THEIR FAIR HOUSING RIGHTS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION, INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE, AND REFERRALS.

    Expenses $2,473,707 · Revenue $3,143,275

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.

  • Kaaron Briscoe

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ramsey Chamie

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rebecca Kostyuchenko

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Aronowitz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Bernhard Blythe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • George Carotenuto

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lisa Darden

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Anne Nacinovich

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Sullivan-Brady

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Shino Tanikawa

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Will Jawde

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Yvette Wilson-Barnes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Grossman

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (LEFT 9/16/24)

    Total calculated
    $67,097
    From this org
    $67,097
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    35
  • Michele Cortese

    INTERIM ED. (STARTED 9/19/24)

    Total calculated
    $45,283
    From this org
    $36,888
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,395
    Hours/week
    35
  • Alaine Dungee

    DIRECTOR OF INVESTIGATIONS

    Total calculated
    $114,371
    From this org
    $105,269
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,102
    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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,061,105
    Expenses
    $3,327,463
    Contributions
    $1,868,804
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $3,369,910
    Expenses
    $2,859,262
    Contributions
    $1,604,426
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,694,929
    Expenses
    $2,544,344
    Contributions
    $1,562,928
    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
    $2,709,064
    Expenses
    $2,403,928
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,443,484
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,405,686
    Expenses
    $1,555,901
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,309,481
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,217,343
    Expenses
    $1,436,897
    Assets (EOY)
    $964,046
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,576,712
    Expenses
    $1,334,343
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,035,062
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,413,997
    Expenses
    $1,538,377
    Assets (EOY)
    $862,757
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,576,676
    Expenses
    $1,629,113
    Assets (EOY)
    $968,957
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,361,009
    Expenses
    $1,191,691
    Assets (EOY)
    $887,233
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $911,078
    Expenses
    $797,865
    Assets (EOY)
    $302,700
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $908,796
    Expenses
    $977,801
    Assets (EOY)
    $209,248
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $935,216
    Assets (EOY)
    $371,758

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.

Form 990-N e-Postcard, tax year 2007

Tax period
1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008
Principal officer
Emily Martin
Mailing address
5 Hanover Square 17th FloorNew York NY 11101
Website
www.fairhousingjustice.org

As filed, from the IRS e-Postcard file of 2 November 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

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.