Public Charity

INITIATE JUSTICE

INITIATE JUSTICE, of LOS ANGELES, CA, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2024 filing shows $3.0M in revenue, $1.5M in expenses, $3.6M in total assets. 42 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $5.4M, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 821028920 LOS ANGELES, CA Public Interest Law NTEE: I83 Latest filing: 2024
Total Revenue$3.0M
Total Expenses$1.5M
Total Assets$3.6M
Grant Records42
Funding Total$5.4M
Filing Years2020–2024

Mission

Initiate Justice's mission is to activate the power of people directly impacted by mass incarceration to be leaders in the movement to end it. Through direct outreach and trainings,we develop organizers both inside and outside of prisons, and identify our members' top priorities to reduce prison populations and increase the human rights of those currently incarcerated. We envision a California with healthy and economically empowered communities, free from mass criminalization.

Where $100 goes at Initiate Justice

How Initiate Justice divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 6 years.

$75 Programs the work itself
$25 Management running the organization
$0 Fundraising none reported

No fundraising costs are reported. That often means fundraising runs through a separate affiliated organization that files its own return.

Inside the $75 for programs

$54
Inside-Outside Organizing
72% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 40,000 members
$14
Initiate Justice gathers policy priorities and bill ideas from our incarcerated members and organizers that guide our policy goals and culture change work that is necessary to educate…
19% of program spending
$7
The Institute of Impacted Leaders is a 12-week organizing training and leadership development program designed for people directly impacted by mass incarceration
9% of program spending · Reported in the filing: 357 people
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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2024. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Sample Grants Received

2024
General operating support
$282,000
2024
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
$75,000
2024
CA - VOTING & ELECTIONS
$45,000
2024
ACTIVATING THE POLITICAL POWER OF THOSE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY INCARCERATION.
$10,000
2024
CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR GENDER FOCUSED CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMIC CHANGE, ORGANIZING AND POLICY ADVOCACY WORK IN LOS ANGELES AND ACROSS CALIFORNIA
$10,000

Showing up to 5 of 42 total records — full history available with membership.

Officers & Directors

Executive Dir. Antoinette Ratcliffe
Treasurer Jay Hockley
Director Jonathyn Barber
Dir. of Finance Marta Zepeda
Secretary Mireya Gonzalez
Director Rahsaan Thomas

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$3,555,314 24 grants
Economic Development
$303,000 4 grants
Civil Rights & Social Justice
$207,500 7 grants
Human & Social Services
$30,000 1 grant
Unspecified
$1,340,000 6 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2024 $3.0M $1.5M $3.6M
2023 $1.4M $1.8M $2.2M
2022 $2.0M $1.5M $2.2M
2021 $1.9M $1.4M $1.7M
2020 $1.4M $863K $1.2M

Between 2020 and 2024, reported annual revenue grew from $1.4M to $3.0M (+116%), with total assets most recently reported at $3.6M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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