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Council On Criminal Justice Inc

WASHINGTON, DC

Website

Total revenue

$4.0M

Total expenses

$4.5M

Net assets

$6.4M

Grants received

$14.7M

78 grants

EIN

831925775

Tax year

2024

Mission

The council on criminal justice works to advance understanding of the criminal justice policy choices facing the nation and builds consensus for solutions that enhance safety and justice for all. Independent and nonpartisan, we are an invitational membership organization and think tank, serving as a center of gravity and incubator of policy and leadership for the criminal justice field. Harnessing the experience and vision of the nation's top experts, innovators, and influencerS, we are a catalyst for progress based on facts, evidence and fundamental principles of justice. above all, the council is founded on the belief that a fair and effective criminal justice system is essential to democracy and a core measure of our nation's well-being.

Programs

3 programs

policy: The Council's policy expenditures in 2024 include supporting Senior Fellows who contributed to the Council's and the field's dialogue on evidence-based criminal justice policy.

Expenses: $408K

research: The Council conducted, commissioned, and published a variety of stand-alone research products in 2024, including a variety of pieces on crime trends.

Expenses: $259K

general membership: The Council nominated, vetted, and elected new members in 2024, growing its representation of leaders, thinkers, and influencers from across the criminal justice and policy fields.

Expenses: $182K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$3.8M
Program service revenue—
Investment income$185K
Other revenue—
Total revenue$4.0M

Expenses

Grants paid—
Salaries & benefits$2.8M
Fundraising$260K
Other expenses$1.7M
Total expenses$4.5M
Total assets$6.5M
Net assets$6.4M

People

24 listed

NameRoleCompensation

ADAM GELB

President & CEO

Board

$166K

40 hrs/wk

JO-ANN WALLACE

Director

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

DANIEL F WILHELM

Director

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

DIANE WILLIAMS

CHAIR

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

RAMONA MAHONEY

Secretary

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

REA HOLMES

VP OF LEG AFFIR

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

KATHI WESTCOTT

Director

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

MICHAEL JACOBSON

Treasurer

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

JEREMY TRAVIS

Director

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

LAURIE ROBINSON

Director

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

ROY AUSTIN

Director

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

TIMOTHY HEAD

VICE CHAIR

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

JUSTIN KEENER

Director

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

GIL KERLIKOWSKE

Director

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

GERALD MALLOY

Director

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

DONALD K STERN

Director

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

NICOLE SURBER

Director

Board

—

1 hrs/wk

MARC LEVIN

CHIEF POLICY COUNSEL

Staff

$167K

40 hrs/wk

ABBY WALSH

VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATGEY & OPERAT

Staff

$151K

40 hrs/wk

ANDREW PAGE

VP MEM & EXT RELAT

Staff

$149K

40 hrs/wk

STEPHANIE AKHTER

DIR. WOMEN'S JUSTI

Staff

$144K

40 hrs/wk

JENIFER WARREN

SR.DIR.MEDIA RELAT

Staff

$135K

40 hrs/wk

STEPHANIE KENNEDY

DIR. OF POLICY

Staff

$122K

40 hrs/wk

LUCY LOVELESS

DEVELOPMENT MANAGE

Staff

$114K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

THE STRATEGY DISTRICT LLC

RESEARCH & POLICY ANALYSI

$223K

Grants received

Showing 78 of 78

FromAmountPurposeYear
JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR
$375K
IN SUPPORT OF GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
SOUTHERN COMPANY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$300K
ADVANCING SAFETY AND JUSTICE
2024
LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION
$255K
TO EXPLORE CURRENT CRIME TRENDS AND BUILD CONSENSUS FOR SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NATION'S DATA INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPACITY TO PRODUCE TIMELY, ACCURATE, AND COMPLETE CRIME DATA.
2024
THE FORD FOUNDATION
$200K
CORE SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS WORK TO SHAPE STRONGER AND MORE EXPLICIT GENDER JUSTICE APPROACHES IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM, REDUCE WOMEN'S INCARCERATION RATES, AND MAKING SYSTEM APPROACHES MORE RESPONSIVE TO THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF WOMEN
2024
THE JUST TRUST FOR EDUCATION
$200K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
THE ARTHUR M BLANK FAMILY FOUNDATION
$150K
VETERANS JUSTICE PROJECT
2024
THE ARTHUR M BLANK FAMILY FOUNDATION
$150K
VETERANS JUSTICE PROJECT
2024
THE JUST TRUST FOR EDUCATION
$131K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2024
GEORGIA POWER FOUNDATION INC
$100K
ADVANCING SAFETY AND JUSTICE
2024
LAW FOUNDATION INC
$100K
VETERANS JUSTICE PROJECT
2024
LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION
$75K
TO DEVELOP AN INITIATIVE THAT IMPROVES INFORMATION SHARING ACROSS CITIES AND STRENGTHENS GOVERNMENT CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO CRISES, WITH THE OVERALL GOAL OF ENABLING MAYORS TO BE EFFECTIVE AND TRUSTED LEADERS IN CREATING AND SUSTAINING PUBLIC SAFETY.
2024
LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION
$60K
TO EXAMINE TRENDS IN CORRECTIONAL POPULATIONS WITH THE GOAL OF IDENTIFYING REFORMS THAT CAN SAFELY REDUCE INCARCERATION AND RACIAL DISPARITIES.
2024
THE TOW FOUNDATION INC
$50K
WOMENS JUSTICE COMMISSION
2024
George Kaiser Family Foundation
$25K
Womens Justice Coalition
2024
THE JUST TRUST FOR EDUCATION
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
THE NEW YORK COMMUNITY TRUST
$10K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2024
THE CHANNING AND POPAI LIEM
$8K
PROGRAM SERVICES
2024
THE HARRY FRANK GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION
$1K
MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM
2024
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$507K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
THE ARTHUR M BLANK FAMILY FOUNDATION
$300K
VETERANS JUSTICE PROJECT
2023
SOUTHERN COMPANY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$300K
ADVANCING SAFETY AND JUSTICE
2023
LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION
$258K
TO EXPLORE CURRENT CRIME TRENDS AND BUILD CONSENSUS FOR SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NATION'S DATA INFRASTRUCTURE AND CAPACITY TO PRODUCE TIMELY, ACCURATE, AND COMPLETE CRIME DATA.
2023
JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR
$250K
in support of general operations
2023
THE JUST TRUST FOR EDUCATION
$250K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2023
LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION
$200K
TO EXAMINE TRENDS IN CORRECTIONAL POPULATIONS WITH THE GOAL OF IDENTIFYING REFORMS THAT CAN SAFELY REDUCE INCARCERATION AND RACIAL DISPARITIES.
2023
THE JUST TRUST FOR EDUCATION
$125K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2023
GEORGIA POWER FOUNDATION INC
$100K
ADVANCING SAFETY AND JUSTICE
2023
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM
$100K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
LAW FOUNDATION INC
$100K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2023
LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION
$100K
TO COMMUNICATE RESULTS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS FOLLOWING A YEAR-LONG CONSENSUS-BUILDING EFFORT ON THE EFFECTS OF LONG SENTENCES ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THE POPULATION IT SERVES.
2023
Annie E Casey Foundation Inc
$70K
SUPPORT COUNCIL ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE'S CRIME TRENDS WORKING GROUP
2023
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
$50K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
THE JUST TRUST FOR EDUCATION
$50K
PROJECT SUPPORT
2023
NFL FOUNDATION INC
$50K
SALUTE TO SERVICE
2023
MS FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN INC
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
$50K
Public Safety
2023
LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION
$46K
TO SUPPORT A WASHINGTON POST LIVE CONVENING ON VIOLENT CRIME AND EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS.
2023
EUGENE M LANG FOUNDATION
$25K
GENERAL
2023
THE HARRY FRANK GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION
$20K
CRIME TRENDS WORKING GROUP
2023
THE HARRY FRANK GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION
$1K
MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM
2023
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$546K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION
$418K
TO EXAMINE TRENDS IN CORRECTIONAL POPULATIONS WITH THE GOAL OF IDENTIFYING REFORMS THAT CAN SAFELY REDUCE INCARCERATION AND RACIAL DISPARITIES.
2022
THE ARTHUR M BLANK FAMILY FOUNDATION
$300K
VETERANS JUSTICE PROJECT
2022
NEW VENTURE FUND
$250K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2022
JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR
$250K
in support of general operations
2022
LAURA AND JOHN ARNOLD FOUNDATION
$200K
TO SUPPORT A WASHINGTON POST LIVE CONVENING ON VIOLENT CRIME AND EVIDENCE-BASED SOLUTIONS.
2022
THE FORD FOUNDATION
$170K
PROJECT SUPPORT TO ADVANCE RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS WORK TO DOCUMENT AND RAISE AWARENESS OF SENTENCING TRENDS AND TO BUILD CONSENSUS FOR SOLUTIONS PARTICULARLY TO MITIGATE UNNECESSARILY LONG SENTENCES
2022
THE FORD FOUNDATION
$150K
FOR RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS WORK THAT WILL GENERATE EVIDENCE THAT HELPS SHAPE EFFORTS TO SIMULTANEOUSLY REDUCE RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES AND CORRECTIONAL POPULATIONS
2022
LAW FOUNDATION INC
$100K
VETERANS JUSTICE PROJECT
2022
GEORGIA POWER FOUNDATION INC
$100K
ADVANCING SAFETY AND JUSTICE
2022
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
$50K
PROGRAM/OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
EUGENE M LANG FOUNDATION
$25K
GENERAL
2022
Annie E Casey Foundation Inc
$10K
PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
THE HARRY FRANK GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION
$10K
2022 MEMBER SUMMIT
2022
THE HARRY FRANK GUGGENHEIM FOUNDATION
$1K
MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM
2022
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS FOUNDATION
$500
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2022
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$500K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$500K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR
$250K
in support of general operations.
2021
JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR
$250K
in support of general operations.
2021
The Pew Charitable Trusts
$50K
Policy
2021
EUGENE M LANG FOUNDATION
$50K
GENERAL
2021
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM
$50K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
$50K
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2021
JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR
$50K
to enable the Council on Criminal Justice to establish a Violent Crime Working Group to explore the causes of rising violence and facilitate the translation of sound anti-violence evidence into policy and practice.
2021
JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR
$50K
to enable the Council on Criminal Justice to establish a Violent Crime Working Group to explore the causes of rising violence and facilitate the translation of sound anti-violence evidence into policy and practice
2021
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND
$3.6M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
Charles Koch Institute
$600K
Education
2020
JOHN D AND CATHERINE T MACARTHUR
$300K
to support the creation of a national commission on criminal justice system responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020
The Joyce Foundation
$75K
Gun Violence Prevention & Justice Reform
2020
THE DAVID ROCKEFELLER FUND INC
$75K
NATIONAL JUSTICE REFORM COALITION
2020
EUGENE M LANG FOUNDATION
$50K
GENERAL
2020
OGC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
$50K
IN SUPPORT OF EFFORTS TO INTEGRATE THE SUSTAINABLE MISSION & VISION
2020
The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
THE MARGARET AND DANIEL LOEB FOUNDATION
$25K
CHARITABLE
2020
JOHN SPERLING FOUNDATION
$5K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT (DISCRETIONARY)
2020
THE FORD FOUNDATION
—
EARMARKED SUBGRANTS FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION GRANT TO BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS FOR THE JUSTICE AND MOBILITY FUND. $100,000 to study the impacts of COVID 19 on the justice involved population in the United States.
2020
BLUE MERIDIAN PARTNERS INC
$250K
TO PROVIDE COVID-19 SUPPORT
2019

Funded by

$14.7M from 31 funders · 78 grants · 2019–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$5.7M · 5 grants · 2020–2023

John D And Catherine T Macarthur

$1.8M · 8 grants · 2020–2024

Laura And John Arnold Foundation

$1.6M · 9 grants · 2022–2024

The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation

$900K · 4 grants · 2022–2024

The Just Trust For Education

$771K · 6 grants · 2023–2024

Southern Company Charitable Foundation

$600K · 2 grants · 2023–2024

Charles Koch Institute

$600K · 1 grant · 2020

The Ford Foundation

$520K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Details

EIN831925775
NTEE codeI50
Subsection03
Ruling date2019-10
Formed2018
Employees24
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