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METROPOLITAN JUSTICE CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

METROPOLITAN JUSTICE CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being Northwestern University ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2020
$114k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$50k
Net assets
$0
0/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What Metropolitan Justice Center of Southeast Michigan does

Mission

To provide legal services to indigent persons in criminal matters charged with felonies in state and federal courts.

As stated on its FY2020 Form 990.

Program

State defender office - represents 25 percent of wayne county indigent felony defendants in the third judicial circuit, as appointed by the court.

The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($10M) Expenses 100 ($11M)2019 Revenue 22 ($2.3M) Expenses 19 ($2.0M)2020 Revenue 1 ($114k) Expenses 0 ($31k)
201820192020
Revenue (1)Expenses (0)

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 $344k to $0 (−100%).

$281k
$344k
$0
201820192020
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.

2018
2019
2020
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 3 reported years ran a deficit.

−$315k
’18
$269k
’19
$82k
’20
0.7
months of
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.

201820192020
Listed454
Joined·+1+0
No longer listed·01
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'17
total
$50k
funders
1

From the IRS filings of METROPOLITAN JUSTICE CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN’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.

Where its funders are

METROPOLITAN JUSTICE CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Michigan, across 1 state in all.

IL

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

Organizations like METROPOLITAN JUSTICE CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN

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 Michigan

Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

4
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

0%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

MI

Part of a family of 3 related entities

  • Legal Aid and Defender Association Inc · exempt
  • 613 Abbott Corporation · exempt
  • Southeastern Michigan Administrative Services Group · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds METROPOLITAN JUSTICE CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN?
METROPOLITAN JUSTICE CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $50,000 to it, the largest being Northwestern University ($50,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does METROPOLITAN JUSTICE CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $50,000 in grants to METROPOLITAN JUSTICE CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN.
Who is the largest funder of METROPOLITAN JUSTICE CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN?
Northwestern University 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 METROPOLITAN JUSTICE CENTER OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 FY2020 (financials across 2018–2020), and the filings of 1 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