Virginia · Nonprofit
MARIJUANA JUSTICE
MARIJUANA JUSTICE (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,137,000 to it, the largest being WEISSBERG FOUNDATION ($300,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2023
- $262k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $262k
What Marijuana Justice does
Mission
Marijuana Justices mission is to organize equitable legalization as a gateway to dismantling the War on Drugs by providing educational resources and learning opportunities to the community.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2023 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
Overview of Changes: Hosted local community event with a large turnout. Program Event Name: Gas Grab and Go Program Event Description: 200+ people in community attended the mutual aid event with 5 other community vendors. Purpose of event was to inform the local community on new legislation and provide know your rights safety yoga music free food prizes and a chance to expand the resources available to them through meeting other aligned organizations also attending the event.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Ceased CannaJustice Conference attendance this year; possibility to resume conference attendance in the future.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Hosting organizing and running community-wide events to bring people from all walks of life together to improve mental well-being educate and provide information on new legislation or changes to current legislation and connecting people to resources while helping to alleviate personal struggles. Facilitating the opportunity to bring members of the community together along with local businesses vendors other partner organizations through a social event that they can enjoy while expanding on their educational resources.
$70,000 spent54% of program spendingDigital outreach program to amplify education components of repeal repair and reparations initiatives in digital venues including social media conference speaking engagements and General Assembly. Program increased engagement on important issues to build a bigger base for community advocacy. YOY Digital Media Growth Facebook Page Reach: +990% Instagram Reach: +280% Facebook Visits: +110% Instagram Visits: +95%
$50,328 spent39% of program spendingMulti day conference space to educate on equity and justice in legalization with 150+ in attendance. Generated revenue from ticket sales and donations increased social media reach by 147%.
$9,047 spent7% of program spendingThis program provides a monthly virtual platform where we host speakers including legal experts entrepreneurs and those connected policy within the field to bring education events and updates to Virginia State helping expand community support and following.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $129,375.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $176k to $268k (+52%).
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.
100% of MARIJUANA JUSTICE’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 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
Chelsea Wise
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $15k → $331k.
3 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 30% 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 MARIJUANA 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
MARIJUANA JUSTICE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 26% 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
71% 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 MARIJUANA JUSTICE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 85% · 2022 56% · 2023 39% — 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
50% of MARIJUANA JUSTICE's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 36% 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
MARIJUANA JUSTICE draws 62% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 6 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $340k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
MARIJUANA JUSTICE is better cushioned than half of the 13,352 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,352 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like MARIJUANA 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
48% 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 MARIJUANA 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 MARIJUANA JUSTICE?
- MARIJUANA JUSTICE (Virginia) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,137,000 to it, the largest being WEISSBERG FOUNDATION ($300,500). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MARIJUANA JUSTICE have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,137,000 in grants to MARIJUANA JUSTICE, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MARIJUANA JUSTICE?
- WEISSBERG FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $300,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MARIJUANA JUSTICE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2023 (financials across 2021–2023), and the filings of 11 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