Connecticut · Nonprofit
THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC
THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,487,972 to it, the largest being THE WORKPLACE INC ($796,472). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 9
- Grants received
- $1.5M
- Net assets
- $3.2M
What The Justice Education Center Inc does
Mission
To prevent and reduce crime and improve public safety through sponsored educational programs.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Camp inspire is a new initiative of the justice education center, rooted in a long-standing commitment to education, equity, and opportunity for all. The justice education center acquired the historic almada times farm (channel 3) camp in coventry, connecticut in june 2024. This 100-year-old property spans more than 120 acres and has served generations of children and families through its connection to nature, learning, and community.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
The organization has operated under the state of connecticut judicial branch grants, as well as the city of new haven, relating to a career pathways collaborative partnership effort to establish and maintain meaningful employment opportunities within local communities. The judicial grants were for the organization to conduct public education and a research project on intermediate sanctions (ie) those sanctions between traditional probation and incarceration, and to develop and audit standards on the judicial branch's alternative sanction programs. The organization has done extensive research and published various reports.
$8,163,910 spent83% of program spendingInspire- inspring connecticut children, youth and families. Inspire is a statewide town and city sports, arts, and wellness program for girls in elementary, middle school and high school with an emphasis on at-risk communities. Inspire programming is offered throughout the year, holding clinics, summer camps and special events. The vision for camp inspire is to create a welcoming and inclusive environment where under-privileged children, youth, and families can experience the joys of the outdoors regardless of their ability to pay. The property includes accessible trails and seven year-round buildings, two of which are already equipped to serve children and families with special needs. Plans are underway to fully refurbish and modernize the camp while preserving its rich history and purpose. The grand opening of camp inspire in the summer of 2026
$1,635,996 spent17% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $9,799,906.
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 2024 to 2025, from $2.8M to $6.4M (+126%).
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 88% · 2018 86% · 2019 81% · 2020 80% · 2021 76% · 2022 73% · 2023 89% · 2024 91% · 2025 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Board chair
Timothy A Meehan
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 2 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $145k → $3k.
2 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 THE JUSTICE EDUCATION 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
THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 93% · 2018 100% · 2019 94% · 2020 62% · 2021 58% · 2022 98% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.
“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 THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 44% 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
89% of THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC's grant income comes from Connecticut funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $30k 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.
Government funding THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $41.3M on record — $2.2M federal, $39.1M state.
- Department of Justice$2.2M
- Pass thru Grant Non-State$34.1M
- State Aid Grants$3.6M
- Management Consultant Services$668k
- Educational Services$625k
- Educ & Training For Employees$100k
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 THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC
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 Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC: 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 THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC?
- THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC (Connecticut) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,487,972 to it, the largest being THE WORKPLACE INC ($796,472). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC have?
- IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $1,487,972 in grants to THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC?
- THE WORKPLACE INC is the largest funder on record, with $796,472 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE JUSTICE EDUCATION CENTER INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 9 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