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Community Justice Foundation

Dedicated to religious, charitable and educational purposes

$495k
Granted FY2018
27
Grants FY2018
6
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.

Human Services$205kFood & Nutrition$133kArts & Culture$130kEducation$110kEmployment$100kHousing & Shelter$60kInternational$45kReligion$40kOther$0
02FY2018 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 27 grants below total $460,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $495,000 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $35,000 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2018

  • $10k–50k26 grants · $410k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$10,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HUNGER FOR SUCCESS$50,000
THE SPRIT OF MACY AWARDS$40,000
THE GOOD SHEPARD CENTER FOR WOMEN$40,000
CARING HANDS FOOD PANTRY$30,000
UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC$25,000
US FRIENDS OF THE HAGUE$25,000
MEND$20,000
BANDINI FOUNDATION$20,000
INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION OF$20,000
FOR THE TROOPS$15,000
LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$15,000
THE WILDLIFE WAY SATION$10,000
BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY$10,000
BUILDING FUND FOR THE WASHBURN$10,000
CITY OF SIMI VALLEY$10,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY17–18, $220k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $10k → 14%CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT: $10k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $10k → 14%COVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $10k → 14%THE GOOD SHEPARD CENTER FOR WOMEN: $40k → 14%THE GOOD SHEPARD CENTER FOR WOMEN: $40k → 14%THE GOOD SHEPARD CENTER FOR WOMEN: $10k → 14%MEND: $20k → 14%MEND: $20k → 14%BANDINI FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%LOS ANGELES HOUSE OF RUTH: $10k → 14%BANDINI FOUNDATION: $20k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$828k · 23 repeat orgs$83k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 23 still active in FY2018, 0 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2018 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
4

Total granted

$828k
$38k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+66%

Still filing today

65%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2018, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $45k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationCrime & LegalAnimalsEmploymentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • CC
    CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $90k · revenue +87%
  • UO
    University of the Pacific
    2× · 2017–2018 · $50k · revenue +39%
  • TB
    THE BANDINI FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $40k · revenue +290%

Funded once

  • LA
    LOS ANGELES HOUSE OF RUTHgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +66%
  • YH
    YOUNG & HEALTHYgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +132%
  • RM
    RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
    one grant, 2017 · $10k · revenue +17%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
California Human Trafficking Investigators and Prosecuters Asso
Crime & Legal
2
Interval House

The mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and…

Human Services
3
Colette's Children's Home Inc

Colettes childrens home provides housing and supportive services to homeless women and children with nowhere to turn. we work to remove the barriers that cause displacement and provide the means for transition from homelessness to stable…

Housing & Shelter
4
Coachella Valley Rescue Mission

To serve those in need by sharing the saving grace of jesus christ through the provision of food, shelter, clothing, and spiritual recovery. and a place where daily physical and spiritual needs may be met.

Human Services
5
The Midnight Mission

The midnight mission seeks to offer a bridge to self sufficiency for people experiencing homelessness through interim shelter, advocacy, education, training and job placement, make available the necessities of life, offer the 12-step…

Human Services
6
Cover the Homeless Ministry

This organization provides clothing, food, and medical services to low income citizens in various areas of southern california and reunite them with family

Human Services
7
Covenant House New Orleans

Covenant house new orleans (the organization) is a not-for-profit organization affiliated with 34 similar organizations across five countries, all of which are affiliates of covenant house international (parent affiliate) and share a…

Human Services
8
Oxnard Homeless Prevntion
Human Services
9
The San Francisco Particular Council of the Society of St Vincent De Paul

The mission of the st. vincent de paul society of san francisco (svdp-sf) is to offer hope and service on a direct person-to-person basis, working to break the cycles of homelessness and domestic violence.

Human Services
10
Committee On the Shelterless

At cots, our mission is to assist those experiencing homelessness to find and keep housing, increase self-sufficiency and improve well-being. we envision a community where everyone has a place to call home.

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11
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa

Catholic charities creates access to opportunities for self-sufficiency by providing innovative and compassionate services to people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and cultures.

Human Services
12
Mercy House Living Centers

Mercy house's most significant exempt activities focus on ending homelessness and providing comprehensive housing and support services. the organization offers homeless prevention, rapid rehousing, permanent supportive housing, and…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Young & Healthy; the most unlike its peers is Spirit of the Macy Awards. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH: $55,000 · OtherFIRST LUTHERAN CHURCHCOMMUNITY JUSTICE FOUNDATION: $30,000 · OtherCOMMUNITY JUSTICE FOUNDATIONWESTERN COLORADO INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATION INC: $30,000 · OtherWESTERN COLORADO INTERPRETIVE ASSOCIATIO…ST VINCENT SENIOR CITIZEN NUTRITION PROGRAM INC: $27,500 · OtherST VINCENT SENIOR CITIZEN NUTRITION PROG…US FRIENDS OF THE HAGUE CONFERENCE FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherUS FRIENDS OF THE HAGUE CONFERENCE FOUND…CITY OF SIMI VALLEY: $20,000 · OtherCITY OF SIMI VALLEYIGNITE THE FIGHT INC: $20,000 · OtherIGNITE THE FIGHT INCNAZARETH CONVENT & ACADEMY CORP: $20,000 · OtherNAZARETH CONVENT & ACADEMY CORPST PATRICK PRISH: $20,000 · OtherST PATRICK PRISHBROTHERS HELPERS INC: $30,000 · OtherBROTHERS HELPERS INCCenter for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc: $20,000 · OtherCenter for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conser…+4 more: $37,500 · Other+4 moreCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $90,000 · Human ServicesCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANG…MEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity: $40,000 · Human ServicesMEND - Meet Each Need With Di…THE BANDINI FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Human ServicesTHE BANDINI FOUNDATIONCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $20,000 · Human ServicesCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIAChildren of the Night: $20,000 · Human ServicesChildren of the NightHOPE THE MISSION: $20,000 · Human ServicesHOPE THE MISSIONLOS ANGELES HOUSE OF RUTH: $10,000 · Human ServicesHUNGER FOR SUCCESS: $100,000 · EmploymentHUNGER FOR S…Spirit of the MACY Awards: $80,000 · Arts & CultureSpirit of th…SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHILDREN'S CHORAL ASSOCIATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN CAL…University of the Pacific: $50,000 · EducationUniversit…BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationBRANDEIS …WASHBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · EducationWASHBURN …SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF SIMI VALLEY: $20,000 · Crime & LegalSACRAMENTO CA BIKERS AGAINST CHILD ABUSE: $20,000 · Crime & LegalFOR THE TROOPS: $35,000 · Public Benefit
Other$335,000Human Services$240,000Employment$100,000Arts & Culture$100,000Education$80,000Crime & Legal$40,000Public Benefit$35,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCATHOLIC CHARITIES OF LOS ANGELES INC: $90,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSpirit of the MACY Awards: $80,000 over 2y, 45% of budgetUniversity of the Pacific: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMEND - Meet Each Need With Dignity: $40,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE BANDINI FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetFOR THE TROOPS: $35,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetCOMMUNITY JUSTICE FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetST VINCENT SENIOR CITIZEN NUTRITION PROGRAM INC: $27,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOVENANT HOUSE CALIFORNIA: $20,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetChildren of the Night: $20,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetSOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL OF SIMI VALLEY: $20,000 over 2y, 20% of budgetSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHILDREN'S CHORAL ASSOCIATION: $20,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetCenter for Orangutan & Chimpanzee Conservation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetHOPE THE MISSION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetSACRAMENTO CA BIKERS AGAINST CHILD ABUSE: $20,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetBRANDEIS UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLOS ANGELES HOUSE OF RUTH: $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetYOUNG & HEALTHY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWASHBURN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILDLIFE WAYSTATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Ralph M Parsons F…The Bank of America C…Morgan Stanley Global…Network for GoodVanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Donor Advised Charita…Amazonsmile Foundation
The Ralph M Parsons FoundationCA13.2× affinity4 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Ralph M Parsons Foundation · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Network for Good · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Community Justice Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Community Justice Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Brandeis University: 9% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Community Justice Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Community Justice Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2018, released 2018. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2019) is on record and reports $7k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2018, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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