Justice Matters Inc

Analysis

Justice Matters Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Lawrence, KS. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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, Justice Matters Inc reported income of $121k and spending of $194k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $221k to $121k (-45%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Justice Matters Inc sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile, and in the 40th percentile within KS. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hendersonville Rotary Foundation ($121k), Global Relief International ($121k) and Failsafe for Life ($121k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% of the total. At year end it held assets of $72k against liabilities of $5,754, net assets of $66k.