New York · Nonprofit
JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD
JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD (New York) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,283,787 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($938,500). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $539k
- Funders on record
- 19
- Grants received
- $2.3M
- Net assets
- $341k
What Justice for Families Ltd does
Mission
A national network of family leaders, Justice for Families empowers families and trains youth justice stakeholders to transform lives and end youth incarceration.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
In 2024, Justice for Families (J4F) continued to make impactful strides in expanding and equipping our network of family leaders with lived experience amplifying their role in shaping policies and practices within the juvenile justice and child welfare systems. Building on the momentum of previous years, we broadened our efforts to support youth, families and communities through innovative partnerships, culturally responsive events, and resource development aimed at driving systemic reform In response to the temporary closure of the West Farms Library branch, J4F partnered with United Way to establish our own alternative community library site. This effort helped ensure continuity in access to books technology, and learning resources for Bronx families demonstrating J4F's adaptability and responsiveness to community needs. J4F in collaboration with those directly impacted by juvenile justice systems(and funded by the National PREA Resource Center), developed new educational materials to support families of incarcerated children, specifically focused on the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). These resources provide essential information on youth rights and protective measures, equipping caregivers with tools to advocate for the safety and dignity of their children while in custody.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Training & Technical Assistance: Justice for Families (J4F) provides training & technical tssistance to both directly impacted families and youth justice system professionals. This program strengthens family capacity to advocate for systemic change and equips professionals with tools to engage communities meaningfully. To date, we have trained nearly 2,000 family members and 8,000 system professionals across the country. Key training components include the Family Leadership Institute (FLI), Community Peer Navigator Training and Systems Professionals Training. In 2024, 25 new family advocates completed the FLI in Indianapolis, IN, 6 individuals completer a virtual 2-day training, 7 others completed an in person, advocacy-focused training.
$135,076 spentof which $110,000 as grants36% of program spendingJustice Reinvestment: Our Justice Reinvestment initiative redirects resources into the hands of communities most harmed by carceral systems. This includes supporting peer navigators, grassroots organizations, and community centered services that promote healing, stability, and leadership. In 2024, this iniatitive supported community peer navigators providing family-centered advocacy, support, and wraparound services, culturally responsive intergenerational programming, annual community events, healing arts, wellness workshops Bridges to the Land is a holistic justice initiative connecting environmental justice, land stewardship, and ancestral healing. J4F is working to repair systemic harm and invest in sustainable solutions.
$116,292 spentof which $125,000 as grants31% of program spendingYouth & Family Engagement: A cornerstone of J4Fs mission and a year round practice rooted in cultural relevance, lived experience, and collective power. We not only support families through challenges and difficult times, but we also mobilize them, especially those directly impacted by youth justice, child welfare, and criminal legal systems to lead as voters, advocates, organizers, and decision-makers. In 2024, J4F facilitated voter registration drives, town halls, and legislative visits to Albany, civic learning events that demystify government processes and connect community members to urgent policy issues, youth and family-centered education sessions that are accessible, real-life oriented, and intergenerational.
$128,021 spentof which $115,000 as grants34% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $379,389.
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 2022 to 2023, from $147k to $357k (+142%).
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 8% · 2021 13% · 2022 5%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
90% of JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (91% 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
Jeannette Bocanegra-Simon
Executive director
Board chair
Gladys Carrion
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $110k → $401k.
4 of 19 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD’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
JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 66%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
30% 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 JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 45% · 2018 100% · 2019 54% · 2020 64% · 2021 42% · 2022 30% · 2023 42% — 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
25% of JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD'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
JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD draws 66% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 8 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $226k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD has grown faster than half of the 21,616 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $248 on record.
- DEDICATED$248
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 JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD: 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 JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD?
- JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD (New York) receives grants from 19 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,283,787 to it, the largest being Annie E Casey Foundation Inc ($938,500). 11 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD have?
- IRS filings report 19 organizations giving $2,283,787 in grants to JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD, 11 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD?
- Annie E Casey Foundation Inc is the largest funder on record, with $938,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like JUSTICE FOR FAMILIES LTD 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.
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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 19 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