Avenues for Justice Inc

Analysis

Avenues for Justice Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in April 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover crime and legal-related, which this site groups under human rights and equality. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Avenues for Justice Inc reported income of $3.5m and spending of $2.4m, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.7m to $3.5m (+104%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Avenues for Justice Inc sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include March on Maryland Inc ($3.5m), Roxbury Youthworks Inc ($3.5m) and Allegheny County Bar Foundation ($3.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $306k (13% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $725k. It paid $87k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $4.5m against liabilities of $434k, net assets of $4.0m. It reported 15 employees.