Justice Catalyst Inc

Analysis

Justice Catalyst Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in New York, NY. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, 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, Justice Catalyst Inc reported income of $2.5m and spending of $219k, leaving 91% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $410k to $2.5m (+513%), an average of +57% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 76%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Justice Catalyst Inc sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile, and in the 85th percentile within NY. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oregon Indigent Defense Consortium Inc ($2.5m), Disability Rights Arkansas Inc ($2.5m) and Janes Due Process Inc ($2.5m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 99% and program service revenue 0.6% of the total. At year end it held assets of $2.8m against liabilities of $6,853, net assets of $2.8m.