Justice Outside

Analysis

Justice Outside is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakland, CA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover philanthropy, voluntarism and grantmaking foundations, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. 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 Outside reported income of $9.4m and spending of $7.6m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.2m to $9.4m (+703%), an average of +68% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 154%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 19,413 United States charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Justice Outside sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within CA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and ($9.3m), Childrens Healthcare Charity Inc ($9.4m) and Hope for the Warriors ($9.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 95% and program service revenue 3.6% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $1.2m (15% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.7m. At year end it held assets of $11.2m against liabilities of $2.6m, net assets of $8.6m. It reported 37 employees.