New York · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY
CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,294,525 to it, the largest being SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION ($1,039,525). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $269k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $208k
What Center for Justice and Democracy does
Mission
The center documents attacks on civil justice, publishes research andreports, develops outreach programs to victims and other organizations,testifies before congress and state legislatures, serving as a keymedia resource.form 990, part iii, line 4, statement of program service accomplishmentsthe Center for Justice and Democracy works to raise public awareness about the value of this nations civil justice system, inform the public about the dangers of tort reform and the stealth corporate campaign behind it, support efforts to stop and repeal tort reform laws.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Center for Justice and Democracy publishes research, reports, fact sheets and other educational materials which relate to its exempt purpose.
$178,243 spent80% of program spendingOrganizing the public interest community and injury victims to become engaged and interested in issues.
$22,281 spent10% of program spendingOutreach to media, newspapers and blogs.
$22,280 spent10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $222,804.
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 2019 to 2020, from $187k to $239k (+28%).
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: 2020 14% · 2021 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (99% 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 3 funders, grant income rose $15k → $166k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% 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 CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY’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
CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 80% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 96% · 2019 92% · 2020 94% · 2021 93% · 2022 93% · 2023 93% — growing more concentrated.
“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.
Where its funders are
84% of CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY'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. $55k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
44%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. Screen this nonprofit · How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY?
- CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY (New York) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,294,525 to it, the largest being SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION ($1,039,525). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,294,525 in grants to CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY?
- SUSTAINABLE MARKETS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,039,525 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY 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.
Play a game about who funds Center for Justice and Democracy →
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 7 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