New York · Nonprofit
URBAN JUSTICE CENTER
URBAN JUSTICE CENTER (New York) receives grants from 227 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,804,968 to it, the largest being ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ($4,280,000). 102 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $40M
- Funders on record
- 227
- Grants received
- $31M
- Net assets
- $31M
What Urban Justice Center does
Mission
The organization was established to engage in legal advocacy on behalf of the homeless, indigent, disenfranchised, and those members of the general public who have been deprived of civil and economic rights in the new york city metropolitan area.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The safety net project stands in unconditional solidarity in the fight against all forms of white supremacy and anti-blackness. With sorrow and rage, we recognize that the killings of george floyd, breonna taylor, tony mcdade, david mcatee, and ahmaud arbery represent only some of the many black lives lost to racist state violence in all its forms. We speak their names and the names of others like. Eleanor bumper, amadou diallo, kimani grey, eric garner, akai gurley, david felix, delrawn small, deborah danner, saheen vassell,and so many more killed by the nypd. We mourn their deaths and we unequivocally condemn the racist policing apparatus that has taken so many black lives.we see the righteous anger and the deep sorrow in all the current uprisings across our country and around the world. We see the deep structural inequality of our society, which values profits and property over people. A society that has spent more on militarizing police and prisons than it has on hospitals, essential medical supplies, and housing for our homeless neighbors, even while a global pandemic brings widespread death. And we ask: what are we saying about the value of black and brown lives when the…
$16,040,392 spent$16,040,392 earned by the program49% of program spendingDomestic violence project (dvp) was established in 2003 as a direct response to the disconnect amongst legal and social services providers for survivors of intimate partner violence, as well as emerging as one of the first providers to champion all survivor voices regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, or otherwise. Dvp has grown from 1 staff member in one borough to 23 full time staff and a team of interns, pro bono attorneys, and volunteers, citywide.we meet the full needs of survivors through comprehensive legal and advocacy services. Dvp is unique in its approach that values and recognizes the dignity and worth of all individuals. Our work is holistic, based in client self-determination, strengths-based, and collaborative.services are trauma-informed, allowing staff to develop working alliances with clients while their individual needs are met. Fostering skill building to better navigate and overcome barriers, staff prioritize services in ways that reflect client preferences while also ensuring safety. Currently, our services includes legal assistance, advocacy, outreach & training.
$8,162,791 spent$8,162,791 earned by the program25% of program spendingThe mental health project's mission is to disrupt and dismantle the cycle of hospitalization, homelessness, and incarceration that traps low-income new yorkers with serious mental health concerns. We intervene at all parts of this cycle: we work to secure financial and medical benefits to prevent homelessness and hospitalizations; we help individuals obtain housing; we provide peer advocacy to empower our clients; we ensure proper discharge planning occurs prior to release from jails and hospitals; and we provide social work support to clients. Our interdisciplinary team includes attorneys, social workers, advocates, peers specialists, and organizers who work to address our clients' problems holistically.
$2,515,467 spent$2,515,467 earned by the program8% of program spendingVarious other programs.
$5,864,648 spentof which $232,285 as grants$5,864,648 earned by the program18% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $32,583,298.
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 2017 to 2018, from $30M to $38M (+26%).
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 62% · 2018 68% · 2019 71% · 2020 86% · 2021 74% · 2022 87% · 2023 81% · 2024 81% · 2025 79%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Douglas H Lasdon
Exec director
Board chair
Jyotin Hamid
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 66 funders to 52 funders, grant income fell $3.1M → $2.3M.
44 of 227 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 37% 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 URBAN JUSTICE CENTER’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 227 funders by total. 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
URBAN JUSTICE CENTER has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 14% of grant income, and it takes 10 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 10 funders to its left
73% 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 URBAN JUSTICE CENTER.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 11% · 2018 34% · 2019 30% · 2020 59% · 2021 22% · 2022 15% · 2023 11% — broadly stable.
“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
19% of URBAN JUSTICE CENTER's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
67% of URBAN JUSTICE CENTER's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $11M arriving through sponsors registered in 19 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.
Government funding URBAN JUSTICE CENTER receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $750k on record.
- Department of Justice$750k
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 URBAN JUSTICE CENTER
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for URBAN JUSTICE CENTER: 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 URBAN JUSTICE CENTER?
- URBAN JUSTICE CENTER (New York) receives grants from 227 organizations whose IRS filings report $30,804,968 to it, the largest being ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION ($4,280,000). 102 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does URBAN JUSTICE CENTER have?
- IRS filings report 227 organizations giving $30,804,968 in grants to URBAN JUSTICE CENTER, 102 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of URBAN JUSTICE CENTER?
- ROBIN HOOD FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,280,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like URBAN JUSTICE CENTER 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.
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 227 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing