Arizona · Nonprofit
Center for Rural American Justice
Center for Rural American Justice (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $653k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $28k
What Center for Rural American Justice does
Mission
To exclusively promote access to justice through criminal prosecution victim advocacy and training for rural and tribal communities in need. To exclusively provide prosecution services to rural municipalities counties and tribes in a manner that is cost-effective to those communities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
In 2025 CRAJ provided prosecution services to approximately five rural counties and towns helping expand access to justice in underserved areas. The organization prosecuted more than 250 felony cases and over 500 misdemeanor cases. In addition CRAJ delivered victim assistance services in several of these communities offering advocacy and support to individuals impacted by crime.
$444,984 spent$641,505 earned by the program100% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingNot described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $444,984.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 2024 to 2025, from $13k to $28k (+114%).
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.
2% of Center for Rural American Justice’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 2 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
Celeste Robertson
President CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Against its field
Center for Rural American Justice's revenue grew 553% between 2024 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,547 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like Center for Rural American 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 Arizona
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Center for Rural American 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 Center for Rural American Justice?
- Center for Rural American Justice (Arizona) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Center for Rural American Justice have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to Center for Rural American Justice.
- Who is the largest funder of Center for Rural American Justice?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Center for Rural American Justice find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Arizona. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2024–2025), and the filings of 1 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