NonprofitsEssie Justice Group

Crime & Legal-Related

Essie Justice Group

OAKLAND, CA

Total revenue

$6.0M

Total expenses

$5.8M

Net assets

$14.2M

Grants received

$22.0M

146 grants

EIN

800956021

Tax year

2024

Mission

Essies mission is to harness the collective power of women with incarcerated loved ones to end mass incarcerations harm to women and communities. Our award-winning Healing to Advocacy Model brings women together to heal, build collective power, and drive social change.

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$5.7M
Program service revenue
Investment income$317K
Other revenue$11K
Total revenue$6.0M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$3.4M
Fundraising$709K
Other expenses$2.4M
Total expenses$5.8M
Total assets$15.9M
Net assets$14.2M

People

18 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Gina Clayton-Johnson

Executive Dir.

Board

$208K

43 hrs/wk

Kirsten Levingston

Board Chair

Board

4 hrs/wk

Tejinder Singh

Treasurer

Board

2 hrs/wk

Jamira Burley

Secretary

Board

2 hrs/wk

Makis Antzoulatos

Board Member

Board

2 hrs/wk

Charlene A Carruthers

Board Member

Board

2 hrs/wk

Vanessa Garrison

Board Member

Board

2 hrs/wk

Arisha Hatch

Vice Chair

Board

2 hrs/wk

Crystal Hayling

Board Member

Board

2 hrs/wk

Michelle Alexander

Board Member

Board

2 hrs/wk

Lily Mandlin

Deputy Dir.

Staff

$183K

43 hrs/wk

Kelly Phipps

Dir. Communications & Partnerships

Staff

$164K

43 hrs/wk

Tejal Kothari

Dir. Membership Strategy & Impact

Staff

$161K

43 hrs/wk

Le'Char Toki

Leadership Dev.

Staff

$138K

43 hrs/wk

Faraha Nia

Comm. Organizer

Staff

$122K

43 hrs/wk

Tanasia Newman

Sr. Comm. Mgr

Staff

$120K

43 hrs/wk

Emma Ayers

Mgr of Partnership

Staff

$109K

43 hrs/wk

Wynter Daggs

Snr. Mgr. Programs

Staff

$102K

43 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

Kay Coaching LLC

Management Consulting

$154K

99 Pasadena Avenue LLC

Office Rent

$133K

Open Tent LLC

Salesforce Consulting

$132K

Boom LLC

Devlpmt & Coaching

$125K

Sutro Li

Accounting

$120K

Grants received

Showing 146 of 146

FromAmountPurposeYear
$252K
General operating support
2024
$200K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$156K
82043 SUPPORTING THE HEALING TO ADVOCACY PROGRAM IN INCREASING THE WELLBEING AND CONNECTION OF 150 WOMEN WITH INCARCERATED LOVED ONES
2024
$80K
PROJECT 10,000
2024
$50K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$50K
Program Support
2024
$50K
Program Grant
2024
$40K
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF ESSIE JUSTICE GROUP
2024
$35K
EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2024
$31K
BLACK CAPTURE AWARD
2024
$30K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$25K
TO SUPPORT ENTREPRENEURS TO TRANSFORM THEIR COMMUNITIES
2024
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$5K
STAFF COUNSELING
2024
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$1.1M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$333K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$252K
General operating support
2023
$150K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$150K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$100K
Support for Breaking Isolation and Building Power
2023
$100K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT: TO SUPPORT AN ORGANIZATION THAT HARNESSES THE COLLECTIVE POWER OF WOMEN WITH INCARCERATED LOVED ONES TO END MASS INCARCERATION'S HARM TO WOMEN AND COMMUNITIES IN CALIFORNIA.
2023
$75K
GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
2023
$55K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$50K
TO SUSTAIN LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND PEER SUPPORT FOR WOMEN WITH INCARCERATED FAMILY MEMBERS.
2023
$50K
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF ESSIE JUSTICE GROUP
2023
$50K
CHARITABLE
2023
$50K
General support
2023
$50K
Public Safety
2023
$40K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$30K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$30K
GENERAL SUPPORT (INSTALLMENT 2 OF 3)
2023
$25K
TO PROMOTE RACIAL, GENDER AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE
2023
$25K
EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2023
$25K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$20K
WELLNESS SUPPORT
2023
$20K
General Support
2023
$10K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
2023
$10K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2023
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT (HEALING JUSTICE)
2023
$300
SUPPORT FOR INCARCERATED MOTHERS
2023
$2.5M
HUMAN SERVICES
2022
$1.3M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$333K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$275K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$200K
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF ESSIE JUSTICE GROUP
2022
$170K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$150K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$75K
EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2022
$75K
GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
2022
$75K
EQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2022
$50K
CHARITABLE
2022
$45K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$40K
TO SUSTAIN LEADERSHIP TRAINING AND PEER SUPPORT FOR WOMEN WITH INCARCERATED FAMILY MEMBERS.
2022
$25K
WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
2022
$20K
General & Unrestricted
2022
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$15K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
2022
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$10K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
2022
$10K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT.
2022
$10K
GENERAL PROGRAM SUPPORT
2022
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING
2022
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT OF SERVICE PROGRAMS
2022
$5K
2022 DIRECTOR'S DISCRETIONARY GRANT REQUESTED BY EMILY TOW - RENEWAL
2022
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
2022
$5K
2022 DESCENDANT GRANT
2022
$600
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$2.5M
HUMAN SERVICES
2021
$1.2M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$1.2M
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$469K
General operating support
2021
$150K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$99K
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF ESSIE JUSTICE GROUP
2021
$50K
General Support for 501c3 activities
2021
$38K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$10K
Revenue Generation project
2021
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
2021
$5K
2021 DIRECTOR'S DISCRETIONARY GRANT
2021
$3K
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
2021
$1M
EQUALITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT
2020
$307K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$250K
FOR CORE OPERATING SUPPORT TO STRENGTHEN POLICY ADVOCACY, LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND ORGANIZING, AND NARRATIVE CHANGE EFFORTS TO DISRUPT THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE, PROMOTE HEALING JUSTICE AND IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLNESS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS OF COLOR IN CALIFORNIA.
2020
$150K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$145K
TO SUPPORT THE WORK OF ESSIE JUSTICE GROUP
2020
$100K
General Support for 501c3 activities
2020
$100K
General operating support
2020
$100K
General support
2020
$83K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$55K
GENERAL SUPPORT FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
2020
$50K
FOR ITS WORK TO HARNESS THE COLLECTIVE POWER OF WOMEN WITH INCARCERATED LOVED ONES TO END MASS INCARCERATIONS HARM TO WOMEN AND COMMUNITIES.
2020
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$40K
GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
2020
$27K
General operating support
2020
$25K
CONTRIBUTION
2020
$25K
WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES & EDUCATION
2020
$20K
Relief and Resilience
2020
$20K
General & Unrestricted
2020
$15K
FUNDS FOR UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$14K
Unrestricted
2020
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING
2020
$10K
general support FUND in response to COVID 19
2020
$10K
HUMAN SERVICES
2020
$8K
Black Policy Inititiative Stipend
2020
$8K
Black Policy Inititiative Stipend
2020
$6K
GENERAL AND/OR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSE
2020
$5K
2020 DIRECTOR'S DISCRETIONARY GRANT REQUESTED BY EMILY TOW JACKSON
2020
$2K
Human ResEnd harm to women by incarcertn
2020
$600
FUNDS FOR BLACK MAMAS BAIL OUT
2020
$500
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$500
GENERAL OPERATING GRANTS & MATCHING GIFTS.
2020
$262K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$150K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2019
$65K
GENERAL OPERATING ($30,000 PER YEAR) TO SUPPORT CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY, ORGANIZING, AND LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT WORK WITH WOMEN WITH INCARCERATED LOVED ONES IN CALIFORNIA, PLUS AN ADDITIONAL $5,000 IN THE FIRST YEAR FOR ANY COVID-19 CRISIS RELATED WORK
2019
$50K
Social and Racial Justice
2019
$200
CHARITABLE MATCH
2019
$160K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$100K
General support
2018
$56K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2018
$41K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2018
$6K
Unrestricted
2018
$5K
DIRECTOR'S DISCRETIONARY GRANT REQUESTED BY EMILY TOW JACKSON
2018
$60K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2017
$6K
PUBLIC/SOCIETY BENEFIT
2017

Funded by

$22.0M from 65 funders · 146 grants · 2017–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$5.6M · 7 grants · 2018–2023

National Philanthropic Trust

$5.1M · 3 grants · 2020–2022

Silicon Valley Community Foundation

$2.7M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc

$1.4M · 6 grants · 2020–2024

Tides Foundation

$1.2M · 5 grants · 2020–2024

The Ford Foundation

$865K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc

$620K · 5 grants · 2019–2023

Borealis Philanthropy

$534K · 5 grants · 2020–2024

Details

EIN800956021
NTEE codeI43
Subsection03
Ruling date2014-06
Formed2013
Employees74
Volunteers150
ESSIE JUSTICE GROUP — Mission, Financials & Grants Received | Grantivo