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Justleadershipusa Inc

We amplify the power of people who have been directly impacted by the criminal legal system to self-organize and empower their communities to dismantle racist and oppressive systems in their communities to build a just u.s.

$887k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Civil Rights$780kCrime & Legal$636kCommunity Improvement$256kHuman Services$248kHealth$196kPublic Benefit$190kArts & Culture$160kPhilanthropy$140kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 9 grants below total $786,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $886,500 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $100,500 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 · FY2025

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $36k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $750k
$100,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$11M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BOREALIS PHILANTHROPY$150,000
LIFE AFTER JUSTICE$150,000
POSSIBILITY LABS$150,000
BUSINESS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE$100,000
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS$100,000
MISSION EDGE - SAN DIEGO$50,000
PHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION$50,000
DAUGHTERS OF DESTINY$18,000
MESSAGE 2 THE STREETS$18,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY18–25, $380k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 47% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 11%Mothers In Charge Inc: $25k → 22%MISSION EDGE - SAN DIEGO: $50k → 11%citizen action of new york: $110k → 14%Reentry Campus: $30k → 14%Reentry Campus: $15k → 14%POSSIBILITY LABS: $150k → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

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MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
PA
NJ
RI
CA
NE
AZ
DC
LA
MS
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 18% of Justleadershipusa Inc’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 32% of the giving stays in NY; by stated purpose, 29%.

Justleadershipusa Inclessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

44%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.2M · 12 repeat orgs$1.5M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +131% since the first grant, against +8% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
23

Total granted

$1.2M
$885k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+131%
+8%

Still filing today

100%
78%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 14% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $636k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’23’24’25
Human ServicesCrime & LegalCommunity ImprovementEmploymentEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • SA
    SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC
    3× · 2018–2025 · $280k · revenue +326%
  • VO
    VOICES OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS & LEADERS (VOCAL-NY) INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $181k · revenue +171%
  • NY
    New York Communities For Change Inc
    2× · 2018–2019 · $159k · revenue +46%

Funded once

  • VO
    VOTERS ORGANIZED TO EDUCATE-VOTE ACTION FUND
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue -82%
  • CA
    CITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC
    one grant, 2018 · $110k · revenue +3%
  • WI
    WISDOM INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $90k · revenue +182%
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
Justice Innovation Inc

The center for justice innovation is a non-profit organization that works to create a fair, effective, and humane justice system and build strong, thriving communities.

Crime & Legal
2
Philadelphia Area Jobs With Justice

Building support for the rights of working people through coalitions of labor and community and through public education.

Employment
3
Ceic Corp

The Coalition hosts programs & offers services to support the communities most impacted by mass incarceration and systemic disinvestment. We provide wraparound reentry programs, technology literacy training, community education workshops,…

Education
4
Jobs with Justice San Francisco

A long-term, strategic alliance of labor, community, faith-based, and student organizations working together to build greater economic power for workers and community members through employee rights at work and access to good jobs,…

Employment
5
Fund for Justice

Fund for Justice is a nationally connected social impact research and advocacy organization that works to achieve fundamental, systemic reform by addressing policies and practicies that prevent individuals from reaching their full…

Crime & Legal
6
Oregon Justice Network

Oregon Justice Network is an alliance built and staffed by criminal legal system impacted people advocating for the well-being of people affected or at-risk of being affected by carceral systems. Our work centers around restorative…

Human Services
7
Chicago United for Equity

Connecting and amplifying the power of individuals to build a just, equitable, and inclusive city.

Civil Rights
8
Colorofchangeorg

Colorofchange.org works to strengthen the voice of black americans and increase the level of accountability and responsiveness of elected officials to underrepresented black constituencies using the internet as a lobbying and…

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9
Circle for Justice Innovations Inc

Cjis mission is to end mass criminalization and incarceration by building and strengthening the infrastructure of the grassroots criminal justice movement to fundamentally transform the u.s. criminal legal system. we fund where the…

Philanthropy
10
Out for Justice Inc

Out for Justice Inc. OFJ is an organization comprised of individuals who are directly or indirectly impacted by the criminal justice system advocating for the reform of policies & practicesthat adversely affect successful reentry to…

Crime & Legal
11
Prison Policy Initiative

The Organization challenges over-criminalizationand mass incarceration through research, advocacyand organizing.

Civil Rights
12
Justleadershipusa Inc

We amplify the power of people who have been directly impacted by the criminal legal system to self-organize and empower their communities to dismantle racist and oppressive systems in their communities to build a just u.s.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Voices of Community Activists & Leaders (Vocal-Ny) Inc; the most unlike its peers is Metro Justice Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

38 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. 38 of the 43 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
37/38
Grantees still filing
25/38
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

POSSIBILITY LABS: $150,000 · Human ServicesPOSSIBILITY LABSCITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC: $110,000 · Human ServicesCITIZEN ACTION OF N…BREAKING BARRIERS MENTORING-WISCONSIN-INC: $94,998 · Human ServicesBREAKING BARRIERS M…MISSION EDGE SAN DIEGO: $50,000 · Human ServicesMISSION EDGE SAN DI…REENTRY CAMPUS PROGRAM: $45,000 · Human ServicesREENTRY CAMPUS PROG…MOTHERS IN CHARGE: $25,000 · Human ServicesVOTERS ORGANIZED TO EDUCATE-VOTE ACTION FUND: $250,000 · Civil RightsVOTERS ORGANIZED…New York Communities For Change Inc: $159,444 · Civil RightsNew York Communi…LIFE AFTER JUSTICE: $150,000 · Crime & LegalLIFE AFTER …LATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF: $48,750 · Crime & LegalLATINOJUSTI…MICHIGAN CENTER FOR YOUTH JUSTICE: $40,000 · Crime & LegalMICHIGAN CE…Detroit Justice Center: $26,000 · Crime & LegalDetroit Jus…THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE FAIR SENTENCING OF YOUTH: $20,000 · Crime & LegalTHE CAMPAIG…+1 more: $5,435 · Crime & LegalSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $280,000 · EnvironmentSOCIAL AND …CLEAN AIR COALITION OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $10,000 · EnvironmentTIDES ADVOCACY: $90,000 · OtherTIDES ADVOCACYCORRECTIONAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK: $40,000 · OtherLATINO JUSTICE: $36,250 · OtherTHE CENTER FOR RETURNING CITIZENS: $35,000 · OtherWISDOM INC: $90,000 · OtherWISDOM INCPHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherPHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATIONESTHER INC: $33,000 · OtherTHE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP INC: $132,500 · OtherTHE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP …YOUTH JUSTICE COALITION INC: $40,000 · OtherBOREALIS PHILANTHROPY: $150,000 · OtherBOREALIS PHILANTHROPYPHILADELPHIA STUDENT UNION: $60,000 · OtherPHILADELPHIA STUDENT UNIONMETRO JUSTICE INC: $40,000 · Other+9 more: $120,430 · Other+9 moreVOICES OF COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS & LEADERS (VOCAL-NY) INC: $180,556 · HealthPROJECT RETURN INC: $15,000 · HealthBUSINESS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE INC: $100,000 · Community ImprovementDARE DIRECT ACTION FOR RIGHTS AND EQUALITY INC: $53,000 · Community ImprovementCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $30,000 · Community Improvement+1 more: $5,435 · Community Improvement
Human Services$474,998Civil Rights$409,444Crime & Legal$290,185Environment$290,000Other$917,180Health$195,556Community Improvement$188,435

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 budgetSOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENTREPRENEURS (SEE) INC: $280,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetVOTERS ORGANIZED TO EDUCATE-VOTE ACTION FUND: $250,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetNew York Communities For Change Inc: $159,444 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetTHE COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP INC: $132,500 over 3y, 3.6% of budgetCITIZEN ACTION OF NEW YORK INC: $110,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetBUSINESS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE INC: $100,000 over 1y, 6.7% of budgetTIDES ADVOCACY: $90,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWISDOM INC: $90,000 over 1y, 6.0% of budgetDARE DIRECT ACTION FOR RIGHTS AND EQUALITY INC: $53,000 over 2y, 9.0% of budgetLATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF: $48,750 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetREENTRY CAMPUS PROGRAM: $45,000 over 2y, 6.7% of budgetMICHIGAN CENTER FOR YOUTH JUSTICE: $40,000 over 2y, 4.3% of budgetYOUTH JUSTICE COALITION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetESTHER INC: $33,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetCOMMUNITY PARTNERS: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDetroit Justice Center: $26,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOne Voice United Inc: $22,600 over 1y, 3.7% of budgetCENTER FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES INC: $21,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPAIGN FOR THE FAIR SENTENCING OF YOUTH: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetDAUGHTERS OF DESTINY MINISTRIES INC: $18,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetPROJECT RETURN INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetURBAN AFFAIRS COALITION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRise Up Kingston Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetCLEAN AIR COALITION OF WESTERN NEW YORK INC: $10,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetNEW HOPE CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES: $5,435 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetTHE REACHING EDUCATING FOR COMMUNITY HOPE FOUNDATION: $5,435 over 1y, 2.3% 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.

NEO Philanthropy IncPublic Welfare Founda…Rockefeller Philanthr…Tides FoundationNew York FoundationSolidago FoundationNew Venture FundThe New York Communit…The Tow Foundation IncSocial and Environmen…The Heising-Simons Fo…The Ford Foundation
NEO Philanthropy IncNY24.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: NEO Philanthropy Inc · Public Welfare Foundation Inc · Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc · Tides Foundation · New York Foundation · Solidago Foundation · New Venture Fund · The New York Community Trust · The Tow Foundation Inc · Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc · The Heising-Simons Foundation · The Ford 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 Justleadershipusa Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Justleadershipusa Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%1%3%6%10%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    13report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    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.

    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 43 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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