Illinois · Nonprofit
ADMINISTER JUSTICE
ADMINISTER JUSTICE (Illinois) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,914,315 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($1,350,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.3M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $1.8M
What Administer Justice does
Mission
Empowering vulnerable neighbors with the help of a lawyer and the hope of Gods love. Through neighborhood-based Gospel Justice Centers we free people from the fear of confusing legal circumstances to provide a customized plan for clarity, confidence and direction.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
In 2025 we concluded our Open the Gates campaign and exceeded our goal to raise 7MM over 5 years. We also marked 25 years of ministry through a February community concert and an October fundraising gala. By year-end we had 122 Gospel Justice Centers at some stage of opening or operating, with active operations in 19 states 20 of these Centers were new in 2025. We saw a 20 increase in volunteer attorneys serving 332 and an overall 8 increase in professional services donated by all volunteers 3,825,777. During the year, 1,283 trained volunteers served 3,411 client appointments, providing legal guidance and holistic support to community members in need. Client feedback remained strong 94 of clients reported being highly satisfied with the legal help received, and 95 reported experiencing a deeper sense of Gods love.
$932,635 spent$59,579 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $932,635.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 2020 to 2021, from $773k to $2.8M (+264%).
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: 2018 5% · 2019 13% · 2020 30% · 2021 10% · 2022 25% · 2023 12% · 2024 1% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of ADMINISTER JUSTICE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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.
Chief executive
Bruce Strom
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $250 → $196k.
9 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 94% 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 ADMINISTER JUSTICE’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
ADMINISTER JUSTICE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 ADMINISTER JUSTICE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 38% · 2021 96% · 2022 41% · 2023 51% — 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
14% of ADMINISTER JUSTICE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
94% of ADMINISTER JUSTICE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $123k that is directly attributable, 84% of it comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
ADMINISTER JUSTICE's revenue grew 73% between 2018 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding ADMINISTER JUSTICE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $200k on record.
- Department of the Treasury$200k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ADMINISTER JUSTICE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% 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 10 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ADMINISTER JUSTICE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ADMINISTER JUSTICE?
- ADMINISTER JUSTICE (Illinois) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,914,315 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($1,350,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 94% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ADMINISTER JUSTICE have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $1,914,315 in grants to ADMINISTER JUSTICE, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ADMINISTER JUSTICE?
- The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $1,350,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ADMINISTER JUSTICE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2018–2025), and the filings of 16 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