Minnesota · Nonprofit
NEIGHBORHOOD JUSTICE CENTER INC
NEIGHBORHOOD JUSTICE CENTER INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $399,939 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($340,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $400k
- Net assets
- $643k
What Neighborhood Justice Center Inc does
Mission
The mission of njc is to provide comprehensive criminal defense and crime prevention services for low-income persons, emphasizing outreach to communities of color.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Legal representation & advice: "the neighborhood justice center's primary program is our legal representation and advice program where we provide comprehensive criminal defense services to disadvantaged and underserved persons who face criminal charges and need extended legal representation, brief legal service and/or advice only to obtain the best possible outcome in their case. As an organization created by and for communities of color, njc seeks to represent clients from throughout our diverse community, specifically seeking to assist those groups who have been traditionally disenfranchised and targeted for unfair treatment. Njc staff look beyond the immediate legal problems to serve the whole person, helping to connect such services as housing assistance, chemical dependency and/ or mental health treatment. Many of our clients also face immigration consequences and we partner with experts in immigration law to protect and inform our clients about their rights and risks. Njc strives to prove staff that reflect the community we serve by hiring bilingual, culturally and racially diverse attorneys, community advocates and law clerks. This program also includes legal defense…
$809,836 spent$2,599 earned by the program100% of program spendingCommunity outreach: "njc's community outreach and education program is designed to meet the ever-changing needs of the community, with the goal of getting information to those who need it most. We focus on serving low income persons, juveniles, refugees and immigrants from various cultures, and also seeks to educate the broader community about the realities and needs of people like our clients. This program intends to educate the community about the law by clarifying what constitutes illegal behavior, how to avoid criminal behavior, and how to effectively and safely interact with law enforcement, while still retaining and enforcing your constitutional rights. This program can take many forms from large presentations, small group discussions, digital meetings, tabling events, as well as access to our community outreach resources on our website. To ensure broad awareness of our services, we partner with non-profits, schools, shelters, pro bono partners and other similar programs to help community members gain access to vital legal services.in the last year njc reached approximately 250 people through our in-person community outreach efforts. Additionally, njc provides multiple forms…
"at njc we believe that good people can make mistakes and people have the amazing ability to grow and change, and as a result expungements are essential for individual and societal growth. Expungements benefit everyone, from the individual seeking the expungement, to employers who need quality, dedicated workers. These second chances allow reformed people back in the work force, using their talents to the best of their ability, which in turn leads to more stable families and communities. Minnesota law now supports expungement for reformed people in many cases, but this legal process is long and unfortunately complicated. Njc specializes in helping those with the greatest needs, including those who have complicated expungement cases, multiple prior convictions and also individuals who have personal limitations that may prevent them from being able to file an expungement on their own. Njc provides full service expungement representation, from the initial consultation through all stages of litigation. In the 2024-25 fiscal year njc served clients on 210 expungement petitions in counties throughout the state of mn. Of the petitions that came to final decision, over 96% were granted in…
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $809,836.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $427k to $748k (+75%).
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: 2017 76% · 2018 83% · 2019 83% · 2020 83% · 2021 58% · 2022 83% · 2023 94% · 2024 83% · 2025 96%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Cullin J Smith
Executive director
Board chair
Ernest Dial
Chair and treasurer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $106k.
From the IRS filings of NEIGHBORHOOD JUSTICE CENTER INC’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
NEIGHBORHOOD JUSTICE CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 94%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 84% · 2021 100% · 2022 93% · 2023 80% — 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.
Where its funders are
98% of NEIGHBORHOOD JUSTICE CENTER INC's grant income comes from Minnesota funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
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In Minnesota
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
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 NEIGHBORHOOD JUSTICE CENTER INC?
- NEIGHBORHOOD JUSTICE CENTER INC (Minnesota) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $399,939 to it, the largest being OTTO BREMER TRUST ($340,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NEIGHBORHOOD JUSTICE CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $399,939 in grants to NEIGHBORHOOD JUSTICE CENTER INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NEIGHBORHOOD JUSTICE CENTER INC?
- OTTO BREMER TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $340,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NEIGHBORHOOD JUSTICE CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Minnesota. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 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