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GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER
GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER (New York) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,151,058 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($2,021,375). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $681k
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $5.2M
- Net assets
- $873k
What Global Justice Center does
Mission
Global Justice Center is a legal human rights organization that uses international law to achieve gender equality and dismantle systems of oppression.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Demanding justice for sexual and gender-based violence(see schedule o for additional information.)demanding justice for sexual and gender-based violence1. Filed an amicus brief in the inter-american court of human rights case celia ramos v. Peru seeking justice for mass forced sterilization that occurred in 1990s peru.2.conducted discussions in october 2024 between the un special rapporteur on myanmar, the deputy permanent representative of norway, the head of independent investigative mechanism for myanmar, and activists on gender equality in myanmar.3. Organized three side events during the annual commission on the state of women that focused on gender justice in myanmar and documenting reproductive violence.4.organized or co-organized four events with un officials and feminist activists during the un high-level conference on the situation of rohingya muslims and other minorities in myanmar.5. Published a q&a addressing the most pressing questions from gjc's 2024 landmark report on the documentation of reproductive violence.
$708,554 spentof which $1,000 as grants100% of program spendingFighting for sexual and reproductive rights(see schedule o for additional information.)fighting for sexual and reproductive rights1. Co-filed a submission for the universal periodic review of the united states detailing the deteriorating state of bodily and reproductive autonomy in the u.s. Gjc later shared this submission with the un special rapporteur on the right to health.2.co-filed an amicus brief challenging idaho's abortion ban as a human rights violation in the case united states v. Idaho, building upon a previous brief submitted to the supreme court.3. Met with diplomats in geneva ahead of the universal periodic review of the united states to bring further attention to threats to reproductive and bodily autonomy in the country.4. Published a q&a with the un working group on discrimination against women and girls that explain how international law protects abortion in cases of "conscientious objection."5.hosted the first webinar in a series examining conscientious objection and its impact on abortion access that featured international experts and reproductive health stakeholders.6. Co-organized a side-event during the annual conference commission on the status of women…
Feminist multilateral system(see schedule o for additional information.)feminist multilateral system1. Attend un sixth committee sessions on the advancement of the draft treaty on crimes against humanity and re-circulated a joint statement in support of the treaty process.2. Spoke at a panel in the gambia to build african support for the crimes against humanity treaty effort on the margins of the african commissions on human and people's rights.3. Organized two events on the crimes against humanity treaty process and advancing gender justice during the assembly of states parties to the international criminal court.4. Organized a side event during the commission on the status of women focusing on advancing gender justice in the draft crimes against humanity treaty. 5. Prepared a short-form summary on enumerating the crime of forced marriage, the first of four legal briefs on advancing gender justice in the draft crimes against humanity treaty.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $708,554.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.3M to $1.7M (−27%).
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: 2021 9% · 2022 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER’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. 5 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
Elise Keppler
Executive director beginni
Board chair
Gretchen Freeman Cappio
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 10 funders, grant income fell $692k → $332k.
12 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 32 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
GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 75%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 45% · 2019 32% · 2020 50% · 2021 46% · 2022 54% · 2023 60% — 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.
How long its funders stay
57% of GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER draws 56% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 12 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $946k 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
GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER's revenue fell 50% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER
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
65% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
47%
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 GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER: 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 GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER?
- GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER (New York) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,151,058 to it, the largest being THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION ($2,021,375). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $5,151,058 in grants to GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER?
- THE SUSAN THOMPSON BUFFETT FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,021,375 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like GLOBAL JUSTICE CENTER 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 32 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