NonprofitsNew Jersey Institute For Social Justice Inc

Human Services

New Jersey Institute For Social Justice Inc

NEWARK, NJ

Total revenue

$5.8M

Total expenses

$4.8M

Net assets

$8.1M

Grants received

$13.8M

128 grants

EIN

223478143

Tax year

2024

Mission

A state-wide research and advocacy organization dedicated to the advancement of urban areas and residents.

Programs

2 programs

Pillar ii: criminal justice reformour goal within the criminal justice reform pillar is to build in new jersey the most equitable criminal justice system in america that can serve as a national model for what is possible from the ground up in our communities. In particular, the institute's work focuses advocating for the transformative reform of nj's criminal justice system and reimagining traditional policing practices.

Expenses: $878K

Pillar iii: democracy and justiceour goal within the democracy and justice pillar is to build a progressive, policy-driven agenda to protect and expand democracy particularly for people of color in new jersey; to provide a space for robust discussions with candidates, policy makers, and elected officials, focused on social justice issues; and prepare voters to realize maximum participation in the next several election cycles and collecting and analyzing data from those elections to identify and offer policy recommendations to address voting barriers. The institute focuses on advancing a progressive and policy-driven agenda to expand the right to vote, build democratic power and ensure political accountability.

Expenses: $937K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$5.5M
Program service revenue$20K
Investment income$201K
Other revenue$107K
Total revenue$5.8M

Expenses

Grants paid
Salaries & benefits$3.4M
Fundraising$569K
Other expenses$1.4M
Total expenses$4.8M
Total assets$8.7M
Net assets$8.1M

People

31 listed

NameRoleCompensation

RYAN P HAYGOOD ESQ

PRESIDENT & CEO

Board

$286K

40 hrs/wk

REV TIMOTHY L ADKINS-JONES

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

SANDRA KING

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JOHN H LOWENSTEIN

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JAMES MCQUEENY

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

DIANA DEJESUS-MEDINA

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

PAULETTE BROWN ESQ

BOARD CHAIR

Board

3 hrs/wk

DARRELL K TERRY SR

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

MARTIN VERGARA II

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

NINA MITCHELL WELLS ESQ

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JUSTIN WHITE

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

ANTOINETTE ELLIS-WILLIAMS

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

PATRICIA NACHTIGAL ESQ

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

ROBIN LENHARDT ESQ

BOARD VICE-CHAIR

Board

3 hrs/wk

KENNETH Y TANJI

TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

B JOHN PENDLETON JR ESQ

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

TANUJA M DEHNE

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

DOUGLAS S EAKELEYESQ

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JOHN J FARMER JR ESQ

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

PAUL J FISHMAN ESQ

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

MICHAEL D FRANCIS ESQ

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

JEROME C HARRIS JR

TRUSTEE

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

PHILIP WEBB

CHIEF FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONS OFFICER

Staff

$217K

40 hrs/wk

HENAL PATEL

DIRECTOR OF DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE

Staff

$202K

40 hrs/wk

LAURIE BEACHAM

CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING OFFICER

Staff

$198K

40 hrs/wk

LAURA SULLIVAN

DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC MOBILITY

Staff

$131K

40 hrs/wk

RUPAL MOTWANI

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Staff

$124K

40 hrs/wk

NUZHAT CHOWDHURY

SENIOR COUNSEL, DEMOCRACY & JUSTICE REFORM

Staff

$114K

40 hrs/wk

JEAN-PIERRE BRUTUS

SENIOR COUNSEL

Staff

$110K

40 hrs/wk

YANNICK WOOD

DIRECTOR OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM PROGRAM

Staff

$103K

40 hrs/wk

MICAURI VARGAS

ASSOCIATE COUNSEL, DEMOCRACY & JUSTICE REFORM

Staff

$101K

40 hrs/wk

Grants received

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FromAmountPurposeYear
$1.7M
81434 SUPPORTING THE NEW JERSEY REPARATIONS COUNCIL IN RESEARCHING THE ENDURING IMPACT OF SLAVERY IN THE STATE TOWARD A BLUEPRINT TO REPAIR SLAVERY'S HARMS
2024
$500K
VICTORIA FOUNDATION CENTENNIAL IMPACT AWARD TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$400K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$350K
82075 GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT FOR THE NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, 2024-2025
2024
$350K
GENERAL OPERATING
2024
$250K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE DEMOCRACY AND JUSTICE PROGRAM TO MAKE THE PROMISE OF DEMOCRACY REAL FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR ACROSS NEW JERSEY
2024
$125K
TO ADVANCE RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE IN NEW JERSEYS URBAN COMMUNITIES AND TO EXPAND AND PROTECT DEMOCRACY.
2024
$125K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2024
$103K
CROSSCUTTING STRATEGIES
2024
$100K
82086 SUPPORTING THE NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE'S ANNUAL GALA: BUILDING POWER FOR 25 YEARS
2024
$100K
General operating support
2024
$100K
TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$98K
CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS AND ADVOCACY
2024
$40K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$25K
80129 ESTABLISHING THE NEW JERSEY REPARATIONS COMMISSION TO STUDY THE STATE'S HISTORY OF SLAVERY AND RECOMMEND REPARATIVE POLICIES AND INVESTMENTS
2024
$20K
TO SUPPORT THE NEWARK VOTE16 YOUTH SUMMIT
2024
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$7K
TO SUPPORT CHIGOZIE ONYEMA CIVIC ASSOCIATION'S AUGUST 2024 BOOKS + BREAKFAST EVENT
2024
$1K
General Operating Support
2024
$500K
BUILDING AN EQUITABLE NEW JERSEY
2023
$250K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE DEMOCRACY & JUSTICE PROGRAM TO MAKE THE PROMISE OF DEMOCRACY REAL FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR ACROSS NEW JERSEY
2023
$215K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$150K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$130K
TO DISMANTLE STRUCTURAL RACISM IN NEW JERSEY, THROUGH POLICY ADVOCACY, POLITICAL EDUCATION, ORGANIZING, AND COALITION BUILDING, AMONG OTHER STRATEGIES.
2023
$125K
General operating support
2023
$110K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$100K
TO ADVANCE RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE, REPARATIONS, AND VOTING RIGHTS.
2023
$70K
TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$53K
CROSSCUTTING STRATEGIES
2023
$40K
OPERATING SUPPORT - (YOUTH JUSTICE INITIATIVE)
2023
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$24K
New Jersey Institute for Social Justice: Selma
2023
$15K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
SUPPORT NON-PARTISAN ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE GRANTOR'S FACILITATION OF IT'S REFORM ALLIANCE FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT (RACE) COUNCIL COMPRISED OF FORMERLY INCARCERATED INDIVIDUALS.
2023
$7K
TO SUPPORT THE BOOKS AND BREAKFAST EVENT AT THE CHIGOZIE ONYEMA CIVIC ASSOCIATION PROVIDING 150 STUDENTS WITH BOOKS, BACKPACKS, AND GIFT CARDS FOR SCHOOL UNIFORMS
2023
$6K
COMMUNITY OUTREACH & ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
2023
$5K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$1K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2023
$500
EMPLOYEE SPONSORED GIVING - HUMAN SERVICES
2023
$40
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$500K
BUILDING AN EQUITABLE NEW JERSEY
2022
$250K
CORE SUPPORT FOR THE DEMOCRACY & JUSTICE PROGRAM TO MAKE THE PROMISE OF DEMOCRACY REAL FOR PEOPLE OF COLOR ACROSS NEW JERSEY
2022
$250K
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2022
$156K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$150K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$128K
UNRESTRICTED GRANT TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$100K
TO SUPPORT AND ADVANCE RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND TO EXPAND VOTING RIGHTS IN NEW JERSEY.
2022
$90K
BENEFIT CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$70K
TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
2022
$40K
SPONSORSHIPS
2022
$40K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$25K
LOT21C Fellowship Program
2022
$20K
STIPENDS/FELLOWSHIPS
2022
$10K
SUPPORT STIPEND TO RACE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALL FORMERLY INCARCERATED FOR THEIR TIME ATTENDING THE BIWEEKLY MEETINGS AND FOR ORGANIZING AND LEADING VOTING IN PRISON EDUCATION EFFORTS. THIS FUNDING WILL GO TOWARD THOSE STIPENDS TO CONTINUE EDUCATION EFFORTS AIMED AT INCREASING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE VOTING FRANCHISE.
2022
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$10K
HUMAN SERVICES
2022
$10K
SUPPORT STIPEND TO RACE COUNCIL MEMBERS ALL FORMERLY INCARCERATED FOR THEIR TIME ATTENDING THE BIWEEKLY MEETINGS AND FOR ORGANIZING AND LEADING VOTING IN PRISON EDUCATION EFFORTS. THIS FUNDING WILL GO TOWARD THOSE STIPENDS TO CONTINUE EDUCATION EFFORTS AIMED AT INCREASING CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE VOTING FRANCHISE.
2022
$10K
CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2022
$9K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$5K
FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$4K
IMAGINE MORE
2022
$1K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2022
$500
Criminal Justice Reform
2022
$650K
Support for the campaign to close youth prisons and reinvest in communities.
2021
$500K
NJISJ ECONOMIC AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES ADDRESSING THE LEGACY OF INEQUALITY
2021
$85K
TO SUPPORT AND ADVANCE RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE IN NJS URBAN COMMUNITIES AND TO EXPAND VOTING RIGHTS.
2021
$70K
TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSES
2021
$20K
HUMAN SERVICES
2021
$15K
TO SUPPORT REPARATIVE JUSTICE IN NJ.
2021
$13K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$500
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2021
$500K
NJISJ ECONOMIC AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE INITIATIVES ADDRESSING THE LEGACY OF INEQUALITY
2020
$317K
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
2020
$300K
Support for work to close youth prisons and reinvest in communities
2020
$150K
Core support for its Civic Engagement Program to help advance voting reforms in New Jersey and movement lawyering to Black and Brown coalitions in Newark and surrounding areas
2020
$110K
TO PROVIDE $70K IN GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT AND $40K TO BE DIRECTED TO MEMBERS OF THE UNITED BLACK AGENDA TO DEVELOP AND BEGIN IMPLEMENTING A RACIAL JUSTICE SCORECARD PROJECT
2020
$100K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$100K
FOR DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$85K
TO ADVANCE RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE IN NEW JERSEYS URBAN COMMUNITIES, WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE RACIAL WEALTH GAP, VOTING RIGHTS, AND POLICE REFORM.
2020
$80K
Encouraging Census Participation Among Hard-To-Cou
2020
$78K
PROJECT SUPPORT - ENGAGING RETURNING CITIZENS
2020
$45K
Thriving Communities
2020
$25K
OPERATING SUPPORT
2020
$20K
TO EXPAND PEOPLE'S ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESS ORGANIZING EFFORTS IN NEWARK TO ADDRESS POLICE BRUTALITY AND OTHER RACIAL JUSTICE CHALLENGES BY SUPPORTING MASS OUTREACH EFFORTS, PRINTING, MAILING, TRANSPORTATION, PHONE, MASS TEXTING AND EMAILING, AND ENHANCING SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH
2020
$15K
TO SUPPORT THE REPARATIVE JUSTICE COALITION IN NEW JERSEY.
2020
$11K
Unrestricted
2020
$11K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$10K
TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS RELATED TO ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS THAT BENEFIT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES LIVING IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
2020
$1K
RACIAL EQUITY PROGRAM
2020
$500
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2020
$402
TO SUPPORT A COMPLETE AND ACCURANT COUNT OF NEW JERSEYANS IN THE 2020 CENSUS.
2020
$300
RACIAL EQUITY PROGRAM
2020
$250
EMPLOYEE GIVING PROGRAM
2020
$200
RACIAL EQUITY PROGRAM
2020
$200
RACIAL EQUITY PROGRAM
2020
$200
RACIAL EQUITY PROGRAM
2020
$100
RACIAL EQUITY PROGRAM
2020
$100
RACIAL EQUITY PROGRAM
2020
$302K
Support to close youth prisons and reinvest in communities
2019
$232K
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION
2019
$154K
Stipends/Fellowships
2019
$15K
HUMAN SERVICES
2019
$10K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2019
$250K
ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
2018
$250K
ACCESS TO WEALTH, HOUSING, AND CREDIT
2018
$250K
ECONOMIC MOBILITY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
2018
$35K
NEWARK RESILIENCE INITIATIVE
2018
$1K
UNRESTRICTED SUPPORT OF ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT PURPOSE
2018
$600K
Program support for statewide efforts to close youth prisons and reinvest in communities
2017

Funded by

$13.8M from 43 funders · 128 grants · 2017–2024

The Prudential Foundation

$3.1M · 8 grants · 2018–2024

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

$2.2M · 9 grants · 2020–2024

Public Welfare Foundation Inc

$1.9M · 4 grants · 2017–2021

Victoria Foundation Inc

$984K · 11 grants · 2020–2024

New Venture Fund

$924K · 4 grants · 2019–2024

The Ford Foundation

$900K · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Fund For New Jersey

$659K · 10 grants · 2020–2024

Geraldine R Dodge Foundation Inc

$400K · 3 grants · 2020–2023

Details

EIN223478143
NTEE codeP20Z
Subsection03
Ruling date1998-11
Formed1999
Employees36
Volunteers11
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