2022-05-16T13:03:52-05:00 2021-06-30 113266576 GRASSI & CO CPAS PC 488 MADISON AVENUE 21ST FLOOR NEW YORK NY 10022 990 2020-07-01 820993366 COMMON JUSTICE INC COMM 9294020569 540 ATLANTIC AVENUE 4TH FLOOR BROOKLYN NY 11217 DANIELLE SERED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PRESIDENT 9294020569 2022-05-16 1 DANIELLE SERED 999009999 DAVID ROTTKAMP P01303468 2126616166 2022-05-16 2 AAL1 IAL1 2020 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z DANIELLE SERED 540 ATLANTIC AVENUE 4TH FLOOR BROOKLYN NY 11217 3989354 0 X WWW.COMMONJUSTICE.ORG X 2017 NY COMMON JUSTICE DEVELOPS AND ADVANCES SOLUTIONS TO VIOLENCE THAT TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF THOSE HARMED AND FOSTER RACIAL EQUITY WITHOUT RELYING ON INCARCERATION. 4 4 39 4 0 0 6696112 3980070 359793 0 316 434 0 8850 7056221 3989354 0 0 0 0 2303021 3397215 0 0 248995 1643691 2076092 3946712 5473307 3109509 -1483953 11060918 9672169 762046 857250 10298872 8814919 X COMMON JUSTICE DEVELOPS AND ADVANCES SOLUTIONS TO VIOLENT CRIME THAT TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF THOSE HARMED AND FOSTER RACIAL EQUITY WITHOUT RELYING ON INCARCERATION. LOCALLY, WE OPERATE THE FIRST ALTERNATIVE-TO-INCARCERATION AND VICTIM SERVICE PROGRAM IN THE UNITED STATES THAT FOCUSES ON VIOLENT FELONIES IN THE ADULT COURTS. NATIONALLY, WE LEVERAGE THE LESSONS FROM OUR DIRECT SERVICE TO TRANSFORM THE JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS, ADVOCACY, AND ELEVATING THE EXPERIENCE AND POWER OF THOSE MOST IMPACTED. RIGOROUS AND HOPEFUL, WE BUILD PRACTICAL STRATEGIES TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR HARM, BREAK CYCLES OF VIOLENCE, AND SECURE SAFETY, HEALING AND JUSTICE FOR SURVIVORS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. 0 0 2797985 DIRECT SERVICES - WE OPERATED A RESTORATIVE JUSTICE-BASED ALTERNATIVE TO INCARCERATION AND VICTIM SERVICE PROGRAM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO HAVE COMMITTED VIOLENT CRIME AND THOSE THEY HARM IN BROOKLYN AND THE BRONX. THE RAPID ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC FORCED US TO ADAPT OUR PROGRAM MODEL IN A WAY WE COULD CONTINUE ENGAGING PARTICIPANTS REMOTELY AND SUBSTANTIALLY. ALONGSIDE THIS REMOTE MODEL, WE LAUNCHED A STIPEND PROGRAM TO MAINTAIN ENGAGEMENT AND PROVIDE PARTICIPANTS WITH THE ABILITY TO MANAGE ANY OBSTACLES TOWARDS MAINTAINING STABILITY, INCLUDING HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES, INCOME LOSS, AND FOOD AND HOUSING INSECURITY. CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.IN ADDITION TO ADAPTING OUR WORK WITH RESPONSIBLE PARTIES, OUR TRAUMA SUPPORT TEAM HAS ESTABLISHED A WORKGROUP TO ADVANCE AND INCREASE SUPPORT FOR HARMED PARTIES AROUND ISSUES OF MENTAL HEALTH, FOOD INSECURITY, AND EVICTIONS. OUR OUTREACH TEAM, WITH SUPPORT OF INTERVENTION AND TRAUMA SUPPORT, WORKED TO ADAPT AND IMPLEMENT NEW PROCESSES FOR VIRTUAL RESTORATIVE CIRCLES. THE ADAPTATIONS THE PROGRAM HAS UNDERTAKEN DURING THIS PERIOD HAVE BEEN FAR-REACHING AND MORE EFFECTIVE THAN WE ANTICIPATED. WE HAVE NOT LOST CONTACT WITH A SINGLE PARTICIPANT AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TOWARDS MAINTAINING FOOD AND HOUSING SECURITY. 917185 UNITED FOR HEALING EQUITY - TO ENSURE OUR LOCAL WORK WITH SURVIVORS SERVES AS A CATALYST FOR BROADER REFORM, WE OPERATED A NATIONAL MOVEMENT-BUILDING PROJECT, UNITED FOR HEALING EQUITY, THAT WORKS TO ENSURE HEALING EQUITY FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. UNITED FOR HEALING EQUITY GREW ITS WORKSHOPS AND TRAININGS FOR COLLABORATIVE MEMBERS IN NYC AND NATIONALLY. THIS YEAR, UHE STAFF CONDUCTED 17 TRAININGS FOR ORGANIZATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY TO GROUPS RANGING FROM SAFE HORIZON TO MAN UP! TO NEIGHBORS IN ACTION.CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.THESE TRAININGS INCLUDED A HANDS-ON APPROACH TO IMPLEMENTING EFFECTIVE TRAUMA-INFORMED STRATEGIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE OF COLOR, INCLUDING A FOCUS ON TRAUMA-PSYCHOEDUCATION, TRAUMA IN HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, AND CREATING COMMUNITIES OF HEALING. WE ARE ALSO IN THE EARLY PILOT PHASES OF TESTING THE HEALING FROM COMMUNITY VIOLENCE SCALE. THE UHE TEAM HAS BEEN DEVELOPING THIS SCALE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITIES ENGAGED IN HEALING WORK - FROM VARIOUS SETTINGS, APPROACHES, NEIGHBORHOODS, HISTORIES, VISIONS, AND EXPERIENCES OF COMMUNITY VIOLENCE AND HEALING IN THE AFTERMATH. 697581 COMMUNICATIONS - ALONGSIDE OUR WORK ON THE GROUND, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW OUR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION EFFORTS TO SHIFT THE NARRATIVE AROUND CRIMINAL JUSTICE, INCARCERATION, AND THE VIOLENCE THAT PEOPLE SURVIVE. OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DANIELLE SERED'S BOOK, UNTIL WE RECKON, IS EXPANDING THE NARRATIVE REACH OF OUR WORK: DANIELLE HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED ON DEMOCRACY NOW, THE BRIAN LEHRER SHOW, POD SAVE THE PEOPLE, ON THE MEDIA, DECARCERATION NATION, THE ACLU AT LIBERTY PODCAST, AND THE DECARCERATED PODCAST, AMONG OTHERS.CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O.DANIELLE WAS ALSO AWARDED THE RESEARCH/JOURNALISM AWARD FOR 2019 BY THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY AND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR THE SEMINAL QUALITY OF HER BOOK AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FIELD AND WAS A FINALIST FOR THE GODDARD RIVERSIDE BOOK AWARD. MOST RECENTLY, IT WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF FIVE BOOKS FOR THE ART FOR JUSTICE AND NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION'S LITERATURE FOR JUSTICE SERIES, WHICH SHOULD EXPAND THE REACH OF THE BOOK SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGHOUT THE COMING YEAR. BUILDING ON THESE EARLY STAGES, WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS EFFORTS AND THE WORK GREW RAPIDLY. COMMON JUSTICE PARTICIPATED IN YOUTUBE'S SOCIAL IMPACT LAB FOR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. WE UTILIZED YOUTUBE'S NEW YORK PRODUCTION STUDIO AND ARE THRILLED TO BUILD THIS PARTNERSHIP TO ELEVATE THE VOICES OF SURVIVORS AND SHIFT THE NARRATIVE AROUND VIOLENCE. 9256 LOBBYING 9256 4422007 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 28 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 NY X MYLES PAISLEY 9175886051 540 ATLANTIC AVENUE 4TH FLOOR BROOKLYN NY 11217 IAN FULLER BOARD CHAIR 2.00 X X 0 0 0 SAUL GREEN BOARD TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 JUDGE PRISCILLA HALL BOARD SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 NORRIS HENDERSON TRUSTEE 1.00 X 0 0 0 VINCENT SCHIRALDI TRUSTEE (TERM ENDED 5/12/2021) 1.00 X 0 0 0 DANIELLE SERED PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 35.00 X 156122 0 12859 CHRISTIAN MARTIN PHILEMON VP OF PROGRAMS 35.00 X 167752 0 1950 BRIDGETTE BUTLER CHIEF OF STAFF THROUGH OCT. 2020 35.00 X 145745 0 9622 469619 0 24431 3 0 1 0 0 740933 3239137 3980070 434 434 OTHER REVENUE 900099 8850 8850 8850 3989354 0 0 9284 X 372748 312582 40785 19381 2329991 2011253 160262 158476 34886 34886 424989 376272 26164 22553 234601 200462 16300 17839 818767 427380 385883 5504 7384 6470 570 344 47662 38084 7568 2010 113634 101569 10444 1621 345446 298287 31202 15957 81881 67550 14163 168 44429 29398 13458 1573 STIPENDS 498045 498045 MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSE 75713 19574 53336 2803 EQUIPMENT EXPENSE AND R 16419 14626 1027 766 LICENSES AND FEES 15212 10189 5023 11500 10266 1234 5473307 4422007 802305 248995 8051729 6667978 734610 1622769 2134002 1209683 58938 90100 81639 81639 11060918 9672169 383846 479050 378200 378200 762046 857250 X 3339822 4688629 6959050 4126290 10298872 8814919 11060918 9672169 -1483953 0 X X 0 1 X 1 0 X 4266547 4649013 6696112 3980070 19591742 4266547 4649013 6696112 3980070 19591742 8076285 11515457 443 316 434 1193 3447 8850 12297 19605232 898744 X SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION OF OTHER INCOME: OTHER REVENUE - 2017 AMOUNT: $ 3,447. 2020 AMOUNT: $ 8,850. RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 9256 9256 5464051 5473307 423665 105916 0 0 245979 270827 347336 423665 1287807 1931711 1665 1244 9256 12165 61495 67707 105916 235118 352677 0 X 4012392 23038 23038 3989354 0 3989354 5496345 23038 23038 5473307 0 5473307 PART X, LINE 2: COMMON JUSTICE HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE ARE NO MATERIAL UNCERTAIN TAX POSITIONS THAT REQUIRE RECOGNITION OR DISCLOSURE IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. COMMON JUSTICE IS SUBJECT TO ROUTINE AUDITS BY TAXING JURISDICTIONS; HOWEVER, THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO AUDITS FOR ANY TAX PERIODS IN PROGRESS. COMMON JUSTICE BELIEVES IT IS NO LONGER SUBJECT TO INCOME TAX EXAMINATIONS FOR THE YEARS PRIOR TO 2018. X 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CHRISTIAN MARTIN PHILEMON VP OF PROGRAMS 167752 0 0 0 0 0 1950 0 0 0 169702 0 0 0 DANIELLE SERED PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 156122 0 0 0 0 0 1950 0 10909 0 168981 0 0 0 BRIDGETTE BUTLER CHIEF OF STAFF THROUGH OCT. 2020 117657 0 0 0 28088 0 1575 0 8047 0 155367 0 0 0 PART I, LINE 3 THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS CHARGED WITH THE TASK OF DETERMINING THE COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS COMPARABILITY DATA, INCLUDING COMPENSATION PAID BY SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS FOR FUNCTIONALLY COMPARABLE POSITIONS. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF INDEPENDENT PERSONS WITH RESPECT TO THE MATTER. PART I, LINE 4A SEVERANCE PAYMENT TO BRIDGETTE BUTLER, $28,088 FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B THE ORGANIZATION'S INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTING FIRM WORKS CLOSELY WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT TO PREPARE AN INITIAL DRAFT OF THE FORM 990. THE DRAFT IS THEN DISTRIBUTED TO AND REVIEWED BY THE ORGANIZATION'S BOARD CHAIR, TREASURER, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AFTER CORRECTIONS ARE MADE, THE FINAL FORM 990 IS PREPARED FOR FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C COMMON JUSTICE REGULARLY MONITORS COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY BY REVIEWING AND CONFIRMING EACH QUESTIONNAIRE WITH INDIVIDUALS COVERED UNDER THE POLICY. WHEN DEALING WITH MAJOR VENDORS, COMMON JUSTICE ASKS THE VENDOR TO DISCLOSE ANY RELATIONSHIP - PERSONAL, FINANCIAL, OR OTHERWISE - THAT THE VENDOR HAS WITH ANY OF THE ORGANIZATION'S DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, OR EMPLOYEES. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES IS CHARGED WITH THE TASK OF DETERMINING THE COMPENSATION OF THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, THE COMMITTEE REVIEWS COMPARABILITY DATA, INCLUDING COMPENSATION PAID BY SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS FOR FUNCTIONALLY COMPARABLE POSITIONS. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED ENTIRELY OF INDEPENDENT PERSONS WITH RESPECT TO THE MATTER. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PART IX, LINE 11G CONSULTANTS: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 335,084. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 491. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 917. TOTAL EXPENSES 336,492. OTHER PROFESSIONAL FEES: PROGRAM SERVICE EXPENSES 92,296. MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL EXPENSES 385,392. FUNDRAISING EXPENSES 4,587. TOTAL EXPENSES 482,275.