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JOSEPH AND EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC
JOSEPH AND EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $244,140 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR CIVIC LEADERSHIP INC ($50,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $410k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $244k
- Net assets
- $402k
What Joseph and Evelyn Lowery Institute Justice and Human Rights Inc does
Mission
To provide a platform for citizens of every walk of life to learn the important principles that underline nonviolent advocacy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
The lowery institute 'agents of change' program connects highachieving undergraduate and graduate students with elementary and middle school students in atlanta's historic westside community. The program allows the lowery institute to do the following: "perform missioncritical work that advances the strategic initiatives of the institute in the areas of social justice and nonviolence."work with elementary and middle school students in both small and large group dimensions to create postive selfidentity and increased efficacy amongst 'atrisk' student population."gather information through observation of and engagement with students in order to assess the level of conflict to be addressed by their peer mediators. "identify the best environment for the students to receive peer mediation and small group sessions. "build relationships with the teachers, administrators and curriculum development staff at partner schools."use partnership opportunities as creative engagement with the students. "interact with influential leaders in the metro atlanta community and the educational arena to enhance the leadership capacity of the next generation of leader. "expand the capacity of the lowery…
$371,929 spentof which $1,281 as grants$4,654 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $371,929.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.1M to $800k (−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.
95% of JOSEPH AND EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 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
Cheryl Lowery
CEO/presiden
Board chair
Kijua Saunders-Mcmurtry
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 6 funders, grant income rose $8k → $46k.
1 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 JOSEPH AND EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 11 of 12 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
JOSEPH AND EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 20% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
57% 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 JOSEPH AND EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 50% · 2019 100% · 2020 91% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 33% — 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
20% of JOSEPH AND EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
JOSEPH AND EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC draws 67% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $140 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
JOSEPH AND EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC is better cushioned than half of the 4,524 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,524 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Georgia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds JOSEPH AND EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC?
- JOSEPH AND EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC (Georgia) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $244,140 to it, the largest being FOUNDATION FOR CIVIC LEADERSHIP INC ($50,000). 7 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JOSEPH AND EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $244,140 in grants to JOSEPH AND EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC, 7 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JOSEPH AND EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC?
- FOUNDATION FOR CIVIC LEADERSHIP INC is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JOSEPH AND EVELYN LOWERY INSTITUTE JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 12 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