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Coalition for Juvenile Justice

Coalition for Juvenile Justice (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,474,856 to it, the largest being THE TOW FOUNDATION INC ($430,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.1M
Funders on record
13
Grants received
$1.5M
Net assets
$202k
8/13 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 46%
01What it does

What Coalition for Juvenile Justice does

Mission

CJJ envisions a nation where all children, youth, and families have opportunities to live safe, fulfilling lives in their community. Our mission is to convene national and partners to educate on and advocate for youth-serving systems to be fair, effective, and rooted in community

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. Coalition for Juvenile Justice (CJJ) is a nationwide network of State Advisory Groups (SAGs) and dedicated allies committed to preventing youth involvement in the justice system, while ensuring the highest standards of care and fairness for those who are charged with wrongdoing. CJJs membership consists of State Advisory Group members, Organizational Members, Individual Members, and Youth Members. As our members national presence, we educate and inform Members of Congress and the Administration on state-identified needs and concerns in the arena of juvenile justice. Through support and technical assistance, CJJ enhances our members work to improve the treatment of young people and their families involved with the juvenile justice system, enhance community safety and develop and implement innovative strategies that prevent delinquency. CJJ offers conferences, training, and expert support to develop leaders and implement innovative practices within juvenile justice The organization continued public education and support efforts for the reauthorization of the JJDPA (due for reauthorization this year) emphasizing the importance of recommitment and continued investment for delinquency…

    $879,260 spent$466,079 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $879,260.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($516k) Expenses 100 ($386k) Net assets 100 ($161k)2018 Revenue 108 ($557k) Expenses 147 ($567k) Net assets 94 ($152k)2019 Revenue 98 ($504k) Expenses 141 ($544k) Net assets 100 ($161k)2020 Revenue 138 ($710k) Expenses 107 ($412k) Net assets 285 ($459k)2021 Revenue 85 ($436k) Expenses 116 ($447k) Net assets 278 ($448k)2022 Revenue 134 ($691k) Expenses 185 ($715k) Net assets 263 ($424k)2023 Revenue 164 ($846k) Expenses 268 ($1.0M) Net assets 146 ($236k)2024 Revenue 206 ($1.1M) Expenses 285 ($1.1M) Net assets 125 ($202k)
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Revenue (206)Expenses (285)Net assets (125)

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 $231k to $510k (+121%).

$265k
$238k
$231k
$510k
$566k
$531k
$351k
$319k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 2% · 2020 6% · 2024 41%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$130k
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−$9k
’18
−$41k
’19
$298k
’20
−$11k
’21
−$24k
’22
−$189k
’23
−$34k
’24
1.7
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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

Melissa Milchman

Executive Director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.

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Listed1919212121222222
Joined·+2+10+1+4+5+5+3
No longer listed·2814453
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 7 funders, grant income rose $130k → $245k.

2 of 13 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 Coalition for Juvenile 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

Coalition for Juvenile Justice leans on a few funders — its largest provides 29% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

29%
largest funder
70%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 62% · 2018 67% · 2019 62% · 2020 38% · 2021 45% · 2022 36% · 2023 35% — 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

83% of Coalition for Juvenile Justice's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 62% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

Coalition for Juvenile Justice draws 92% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 9 states in all.

WA
MI
NY
OH
CT
VA
MD
DC
TX

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Washington, D.C. out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $50k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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.

04Its place in the field

Government funding Coalition for Juvenile Justice receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.1M on record — $900k federal, $200k state.

Federal$900k
grants $900kcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of Justice$900k
State$200k
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By state
  • VT$96k
  • NJ$63k
  • MA$19k
  • DE$16k
  • OR$5k

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 Coalition for Juvenile 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 Washington, D.C.

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 20%Fundraising 0%

Governance

21
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

88%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds Coalition for Juvenile Justice?
Coalition for Juvenile Justice (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 13 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,474,856 to it, the largest being THE TOW FOUNDATION INC ($430,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does Coalition for Juvenile Justice have?
IRS filings report 13 organizations giving $1,474,856 in grants to Coalition for Juvenile Justice, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of Coalition for Juvenile Justice?
THE TOW FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $430,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like Coalition for Juvenile Justice find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 13 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