Fund for Justice

Analysis

Fund for Justice is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 1970, 56 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 (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Fund for Justice reported income of $580k and spending of $670k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $453k to $580k (+28%), an average of +6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Fund for Justice sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile, and in the 72nd percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christys Hope for Battered Women and Children Inc ($580k), Recovery Alliance of Austin ($580k) and Equity Legal Services Inc ($580k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 104% and program service revenue 2.5% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $133k (20% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $342k. At year end it held assets of $146k against liabilities of $7,575, net assets of $138k. It reported 18 employees.