New York · Nonprofit
ACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC
ACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC (New York) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,229,892 to it, the largest being NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC ($814,658). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 36
- Grants received
- $3.2M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Access Justice Brooklyn Inc does
Mission
We help ensure a more accessible legal system and equitable brooklyn.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Economic security: in the past year ajb handled 4,657 consumer debt and bankruptcy matters, benefiting 10,370 people. Ajb's economic justice program encompasses consumer advocacy services - operated through two court-based programs in kings county civil court - and its bankruptcy practice, through which the organization offers advice and representation to individuals seeking to reorder their finances through chapter 7 or chapter 13 bankruptcy. These court-based programs, the civil legal advice and resource office (claro) clinic and the volunteer lawyer for a day (vlfd) program, allow ajb to address the severe representation gap in consumer credit cases, where the overwhelming majority of consumer defendants appear without counsel. Ajb staff manage these programs with the support of law students and dedicated pro bono attorneys who are long-time volunteers with these programs. Last year, ajb also launched a financial literacy program to complement its existing services focused on economic security and to better support individuals struggling with consumer or mortgage-related debt.
$517,910 spent32% of program spendingHomeowner assistance program: in the past year, the organization handled 516 foreclosure matters, department of buildings violations, and other issues impacting brooklyn homeowners, benefiting nearly 1,400 people. Access justice brooklyn's services to homeowners encompass a range of services that include foreclosure intervention and prevention, assistance with deed theft and other scams, and representation in administrative hearings that concern department of buildings (dob) violations. Ajb staffs several court-based programs for homeowners appearing in kings county supreme court and offers representation through the entire foreclosure process, including loan modifications, foreclosure motion practice, good faith hearings, foreclosure defense litigation, and settlement conferences. In addition to support in foreclosure matters, ajb assists homeowners facing other concerns such as title issues, deed scams, and other forms of property fraud.
$396,250 spent24% of program spendingFamily stabilization program: in the past year, the organization handled 431 family law cases, benefiting over 900 people.in kings county family court, ajb provides advice, brief services, and representation in custody and visitation matters as well as child and spousal support cases. Further, in partnership with law firms, ajb maintains a pro se uncontested divorce program to help individuals file an uncontested divorce in kings county supreme court. Unique among many legal service organizations, ajb also offers advice and representation in article 17a guardianship proceedings in surrogate's court, which designate a family member or friend to act on behalf of a person over the age of 18 who has intellectual or developmental disabilities - employing minimally restrictive options to give much-needed support to individuals and peace of mind to their families.
$377,270 spent23% of program spendingSenior assistance and miscellaneous mattersin the past year access justice brooklyn handled 34 elder law-related matters such as wills and probate assistance as well as other miscellaneous matters, affecting 44 people. Ajb addresses end of life concerns by helping brooklyn residents prepare and execute wills, health care proxies, and other life planning documents, as well as by handling small estate matters for estates of $50,000 or less. The organization also provides accessible community legal education specifically for older brooklyn residents, focusing on legal issues of concern for seniors such as wills, probate matters, and estate planning; consumer debt; government benefits; and threats to homeownership. This prevention-oriented education gives older brooklyn residents the knowledge and resources to help them retain stability and age in place. Community education and outreachaccess justice brooklyn offers individual legal assistance and community legal education in all its areas of practice - addressing current legal concerns while offering prevention-oriented education that helps individuals access legal help before problems can escalate. Over the last year ajb reached…
$338,703 spentof which $1,000 as grants21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,630,133.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $2.0M to $1.6M (−18%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 84% · 2018 66% · 2019 66% · 2020 55% · 2022 62% · 2023 59% · 2024 58%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
95% of ACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Lynn E Judell
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 23 funders, grant income rose $176k → $610k.
7 of 36 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 36 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
74% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 46% · 2018 49% · 2019 62% · 2020 26% · 2021 36% · 2022 31% · 2023 20% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
63% of ACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 64% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
79% of ACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $520k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 23 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,337 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC?
- ACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC (New York) receives grants from 36 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,229,892 to it, the largest being NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC ($814,658). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC have?
- IRS filings report 36 organizations giving $3,229,892 in grants to ACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC?
- NEW YORK LEGAL ASSISTANCE GROUP INC is the largest funder on record, with $814,658 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACCESS JUSTICE BROOKLYN INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 36 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing