NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: Form 990, tax year 2011

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Organization: NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER (EIN 56-1348186)
Tax period: 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31
Filed: 2012-11-14
IRS object ID: 201233199349303508
Schema version: 2011v1.2
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule C
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule I
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Timestamp	2012-11-14T11:49:46-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2011-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDate

Preparer Firm PreparerFirm

Preparer Firm Business Name PreparerFirmBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	ROMEO WIGGINS & COMPANY LLP	BusinessNameLine1

Preparer Firm US Address PreparerFirmUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	8210 CREEDMOOR RD 202	AddressLine1
City	RALEIGH	City
State	NC	State
ZIP Code	27613	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnType
Tax Period Begin Date	2011-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDate

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	561348186	EIN

Name Name

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER	BusinessNameLine1

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Control	NORT	NameControl
Phone	9198562570	Phone

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	POST OFFICE BOX 28068	AddressLine1
City	RALEIGH	City
State	NC	State
ZIP Code	276118068	ZIPCode

Officer Officer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	MELINDA LAWRENCE	Name
Title	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	Title
Phone	9198562570	Phone
Date Signed	2012-11-13	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	J KELLY LANIER	Name
Phone	9198705151	Phone
Date Prepared	2012-11-13	DatePrepared
Self Employed	X	SelfEmployed

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2011	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-02-24 21:20:13Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Principal Officer Person	MELINDA LAWRENCE	NameOfPrincipalOfficerPerson

Address Principal Officer US AddressPrincipalOfficerUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	POST OFFICE BOX 28068	AddressLine1
City	RALEIGH	City
State	NC	State
ZIP Code	276118068	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	5822975	GrossReceipts
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliates
Organization501c3	X	Organization501c3
Web Site	WWW.NCJUSTICE.ORG	WebSite
Type Of Organization Corporation	X	TypeOfOrganizationCorporation
Year Formation	1982	YearFormation
State Legal Domicile	NC	StateLegalDomicile
Activity Or Mission Description	THIS ORGANIZATION SERVES AS A PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION. ITS MISSION IS TO REDUCE AND ELIMINATE POVERTY IN NORTH CAROLINA BY HELPING TO ENSURE THAT EVERY HOUSEHOLD GAINS ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES, SERVICES AND FAIR TREATMENT THAT IT NEEDS TO ENJOY ECONOMIC SECURITY.	ActivityOrMissionDescription
Nbr Voting Members Governing Body	13	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	13	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	58	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	14	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	3967409	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	3452421	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	97426	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	2318089	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	20026	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	7274	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	34224	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	27629	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	4119085	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	5805413	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	102100	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	22000	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	3238678	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	3792464	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	30888	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	813157	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	779123	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	4153935	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	4593587	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-34850	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	1211826	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	3988889	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	5271709	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	295520	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	364696	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	3693369	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	4907013	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOY
Info In Schedule O Part III	X	InfoInScheduleOPartIII
Mission Description	THIS ORGANIZATION SERVES AS A PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION. ITS MISSION IS TO REDUCE AND ELIMINATE POVERTY IN NORTH CAROLINA BY HELPING TO ENSURE THAT EVERY HOUSEHOLD GAINS ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES, SERVICES AND FAIR TREATMENT THAT IT NEEDS TO ENJOY ECONOMIC SECURITY.	MissionDescription
Significant New Program Services	false	SignificantNewProgramServices
Significant Change	false	SignificantChange
Expense	1795576	Expense
Description	POVERTY LAW ADVOCACY: REPRESENTS INTERESTS OF LOW-INCOME AND WORKING POOR PERSONS; LITIGATES MAJOR CASES NOT HANDLED BY FEDERALLY FUNDED LEGAL SERVICE PROGRAMS; INCLUDES THE NORTH CAROLINA IMMIGRANTS LEGAL ASSISTANCE PROJECT WHICH PROVIDES LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE STATE'S IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS.	Description

Activity2 Activity2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	701924	Expense
Description	BUDGET AND TAX CENTER - ANALYZES THE IMPACT OF FISCAL POLICY ON LOW AND MODERATE INCOME NORTH CAROLINIANS.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	634053	Expense
Description	POLICY WATCH - INFORMS THE PUBLIC AND STATE LEADERS ABOUT CRITICAL ISSUES FACING NORTH CAROLINA AND SEEKS TO ENSURE THAT THE STATE MAKES THE KINDS OF INVESTMENTS IN PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS THAT ALLOW US TO ADDRESS OUR MOST PRESSING PROBLEMS.	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	1137344	Expense
Grants	22000	Grants
Description	EDUCATION AND LAW; POLICY ADVOCACY; HEALTH ACCESS	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	1137344	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Of Other Program Service Grnt	22000	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceGrnt
Total Program Service Expense	4268897	TotalProgramServiceExpense
Described In501 C3	true	DescribedIn501C3
Schedule B Required	true	ScheduleBRequired
Political Activities	false	PoliticalActivities
Lobbying Activities	true	LobbyingActivities
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTax
Donor Advised Funds	false	DonorAdvisedFunds
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasements
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArt
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounseling
Term Or Permanent Endowments	false	TermOrPermanentEndowments
Report Land Bldg Equip	true	ReportLandBldgEquip
Report Invest Oth Securities	false	ReportInvestOthSecurities
Report Prog Rel Invest	false	ReportProgRelInvest
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssets
Report Other Liabilities	true	ReportOtherLiabilities
Report Fin48 Footnote	false	ReportFin48Footnote
Independent Audit Financial Stmt	true	IndependentAuditFinancialStmt
Consolidated Audit Financial Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinancialStmt
School	false	School
Foreign Office	false	ForeignOffice
Foreign Activities	false	ForeignActivities
More Than5000 K To Organizations	false	MoreThan5000KToOrganizations
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividuals
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraising
Fundraising Activities	true	FundraisingActivities
Gaming	false	Gaming
Hospital	false	Hospital
Grants To Organizations	true	GrantsToOrganizations
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividuals
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequired
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBonds
Excess Benefit Transaction	false	ExcessBenefitTransaction
Prior Excess Benefit Transaction	false	PriorExcessBenefitTransaction
Loan To Officer Or DQP	false	LoanToOfficerOrDQP
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPerson
Bsnss Rltnshp With Organization	false	BsnssRltnshpWithOrganization
Bsnss Rltnshp Thru Family Member	false	BsnssRltnshpThruFamilyMember
Officer Entity With Bsnss Rltnshp	false	OfficerEntityWithBsnssRltnshp
Deductible Non Cash Contributions	false	DeductibleNonCashContributions
Deductible Contributions Of Art	false	DeductibleContributionsOfArt
Terminated	false	Terminated
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidation
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntity
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntity
Related Org Controlled Entity	false	RelatedOrgControlledEntity
Transaction Related Entity	false	TransactionRelatedEntity
Transfers To Exempt Non Chrtbl Org	false	TransfersToExemptNonChrtblOrg
Activities Conducted Partnership	false	ActivitiesConductedPartnership
Schedule O Required	true	ScheduleORequired
Info In Schedule O Part V	X	InfoInScheduleOPartV
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	17	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	103	NumberOfEmployees
Employment Tax Returns Filed	true	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiled
Unrelated Business Income	false	UnrelatedBusinessIncome
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccount
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTrans
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotification
Non Deductible Contributions	false	NonDeductibleContributions
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	true	QuidProQuoContributions
Quid Pro Quo Disclosure	true	QuidProQuoDisclosure
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOf
Funds To Pay Premiums	false	FundsToPayPremiums
Premiums Paid	false	PremiumsPaid
Form8899 Filed	false	Form8899Filed
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiled
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServices
Info In Schedule O Part VI	X	InfoInScheduleOPartVI
Nbr Voting Governing Body Members	13	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	13	NumberIndependentVotingMembers
Family Or Business Relationship	false	FamilyOrBusinessRelationship
Delegation Of Management Duties	false	DelegationOfManagementDuties
Changes To Organizing Docs	false	ChangesToOrganizingDocs
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuse
Members Or Stockholders	false	MembersOrStockholders
Election Of Board Members	false	ElectionOfBoardMembers
Decisions Subject To Approval	false	DecisionsSubjectToApproval
Minutes Of Governing Body	true	MinutesOfGoverningBody
Minutes Of Committees	true	MinutesOfCommittees
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddress
Local Chapters	false	LocalChapters
Form990 Provided To Governing Body	true	Form990ProvidedToGoverningBody
Conflict Of Interest Policy	true	ConflictOfInterestPolicy
Annual Disclosure Covered Persons	true	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPersons
Regular Monitoring Enforcement	true	RegularMonitoringEnforcement
Whistleblower Policy	true	WhistleblowerPolicy
Document Retention Policy	true	DocumentRetentionPolicy
Compensation Process CEO	true	CompensationProcessCEO
Compensation Process Other	true	CompensationProcessOther
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVenture
States Where Copy Of Return Is Filed	NC	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFiled
Upon Request	X	UponRequest

The Books Are In Care Of TheBooksAreInCareOf

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Person	MARY COLEMAN	NamePerson
Telephone Number	9198562174	TelephoneNumber

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	224 S DAWSON STREET	AddressLine1
City	RALEIGH	City
State	NC	State
ZIP Code	27611	ZIPCode

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionA (17 entries)

TitleTitle	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeek	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirector	Reportable Comp From OrganizationReportableCompFromOrganization	Reportable Comp From Related OrgsReportableCompFromRelatedOrgs	Other CompensationOtherCompensation	OfficerOfficer	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployee
DR REV WILLIAM J BARBER II
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
MAL MAYNARD
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
DHAMIAN BLUE
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
ANITA BROWN-GRAHAM
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
CHRISTOPHER GRAEBE
CO-CHAIR	1.00	X	0	0	0
RICHARD HOOKER JR
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
FIORELLA HORNA-GUERRA
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
KENNETH JERALD JONES SR
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
RAQUEL LYNCH
CO-CHAIR	1.00	X	0	0	0
GENE NICHOL
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
REV J GEORGE REED
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
GERALDINE SUMTER
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
BISHOP G PORTER TAYLOR
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
MELINDA LAWRENCE
EXEC DIRECTO	40.00		119163	0	14788	X
MARY COLEMAN
CFO	40.00		96757	0	13029	X
CHRIS FITZSIMON
POLICY WATCH	40.00		101425	0	13987		X
WILLIAM ROWE
GENERAL COUN	40.00		100894	0	16584		X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	418239	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	58388	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	3	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
Fundraising Events	28800	FundraisingEvents
All Other Contributions	3423621	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	3452421	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
ATTORNEY FEES	541900	2255447	2255447
CONTRACT SERVICES	541100	62642	62642

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	2318089	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	7274	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$7,274	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrbtns Rprtd Fundraising Events	28800	CntrbtnsRprtdFundraisingEvents
Fundraising Direct Expenses	17562	FundraisingDirectExpenses

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	-17562	TotalRevenueColumn

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc (2 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	ExclusionExclusionAmount
FORGIVENESS OF DEBT	900099	32800	$32,800
MISCELLANEOUS INCOME	900099	12391	$12,391

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	45191	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	5805413	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	2318089	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$52,465	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	22000	Total
Program Services	22000	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	215920	Total
Program Services	200880	ProgramServices
Management And General	14025	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1015	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2797054	Total
Program Services	2602239	ProgramServices
Management And General	181676	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	13139	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	181934	Total
Program Services	169262	ProgramServices
Management And General	11817	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	855	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	378440	Total
Program Services	363576	ProgramServices
Management And General	14749	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	115	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	219116	Total
Program Services	203855	ProgramServices
Management And General	14232	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1029	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17856	Total
Program Services	15852	ProgramServices
Management And General	1504	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	500	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	243182	Total
Program Services	216618	ProgramServices
Management And General	24161	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	2403	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	140480	Total
Program Services	127101	ProgramServices
Management And General	4501	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	8878	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	201628	Total
Program Services	190439	ProgramServices
Management And General	9575	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1614	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	32805	Total
Program Services	31604	ProgramServices
Management And General	1136	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	65	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	18516	Total
Program Services	18482	ProgramServices
Management And General	34	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	34135	Total
Program Services	30835	ProgramServices
Management And General	3300	ManagementAndGeneral

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	17291	Total
Program Services	14263	ProgramServices
Management And General	3028	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (4 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
STAFF/BOARD DEVELOPMENT	22662	17505	5157
FEES/ORGANIZATION DUES	18479	15742	1612	1125
LIBRARY	17195	17195
NON CAPITAL PURCHASES	7657	6538	969	150

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	7237	Total
Program Services	4911	ProgramServices
Management And General	2326	ManagementAndGeneral

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4593587	Total
Program Services	4268897	ProgramServices
Management And General	293802	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	30888	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1327301	BOY
EOY	3016411	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	250739	BOY
EOY	251209	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2190503	BOY
EOY	1821618	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	10930	BOY
EOY	10790	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	16855	BOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	328584	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	231763	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	113385	BOY
EOY	96821	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	69054	BOY
EOY	65143	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	10122	BOY
EOY	9717	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3988889	BOY
EOY	5271709	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	187144	BOY
EOY	212845	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	108376	BOY
EOY	151851	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	295520	BOY
EOY	364696	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Follow SFAS117	X	FollowSFAS117

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	700840	BOY
EOY	2566271	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2992529	BOY
EOY	2340742	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3693369	BOY
EOY	4907013	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3988889	BOY
EOY	5271709	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	1211826	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	1818	ReconcilationOtherChanges
Method Of Accounting Accrual	X	MethodOfAccountingAccrual
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReview
FS Audited	true	FSAudited
Audit Committee	true	AuditCommittee
Financial Statement Consolidated	X	FinancialStatementConsolidated
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequired

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org170b1 Avi	X	PubliclySupportedOrg170b1Avi

Gifts Grants Contrib Received170 GiftsGrantsContribReceived170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	3352118	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	4197104	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	4128866	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3967409	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	3452421	CurrentTaxYear
Total	19097918	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	3352118	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	4197104	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	4128866	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	3967409	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	3452421	CurrentTaxYear
Total	19097918	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	8181451	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	10916467	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	96897	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	17059	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	19935	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	20026	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	7274	CurrentTaxYear
Total	161191	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	58823	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	13144	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	14400	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	9899	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	45191	CurrentTaxYear
Total	141457	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	19400566	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	2757313	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.56270	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.54910	PublicSupportPertcentPriorYear
Thirty Three Percnt Tests CY170	X	ThirtyThreePercntTestsCY170

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Info ContributorInfo

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor Number	RESTRICTED	ContributorNumber

Contributor Name Business ContributorNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor Address US ContributorAddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Aggregate Contributions	RESTRICTED	AggregateContributions

Schedule C IRS990ScheduleC

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed4955 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4955Tax
Correction Made	false	CorrectionMade
Form1120 Pol Filed	false	Form1120PolFiled

Total Grassroots Lobbying TotalGrassrootsLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	22781	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	65545	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Lobbying Expenditures TotalLobbyingExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	88326	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Other Exempt Purpose Expenditures OtherExemptPurposeExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	4505261	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Exempt Purpose Expenditures TotalExemptPurposeExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	4593587	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Lobbying Nontaxable LobbyingNontaxableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	379679	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	94920	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form4720 Filed	false	Form4720Filed

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount2 LobbyingNontaxableAmount2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	366132	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	367001	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	357697	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	379679	CurrentYear
Total	1470509	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$2,205,764	LobbyingCeilingAmount

Total Lobbying Expenditures2 TotalLobbyingExpenditures2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	50120	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	33881	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	24689	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	88326	CurrentYear
Total	197016	Total

Grassroots Nontaxable Amount2 GrassrootsNontaxableAmount2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	91533	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	91750	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	89424	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	94920	CurrentYear
Total	367627	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$551,441	GrassrootsCeilingAmount

Grassroots Lobbying Expenditures GrassrootsLobbyingExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	24916	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	14345	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	2797	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	22781	CurrentYear
Total	64839	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Volunteers	false	Volunteers
Paid Staff Or Management	false	PaidStaffOrManagement
Media Advertisements	false	MediaAdvertisements
Mailings Members	false	MailingsMembers
Publications Or Broadcast	false	PublicationsOrBroadcast
Grants Other Organizations	false	GrantsOtherOrganizations
Direct Contact Legislators	false	DirectContactLegislators
Rallies Demonstrations	false	RalliesDemonstrations
Other Activities	false	OtherActivities
Not Described In501c3	false	NotDescribedIn501c3
Form4720 Filed4912 Tax	false	Form4720Filed4912Tax
Substantially All Dues Nondeduct	false	SubstantiallyAllDuesNondeduct
Only In House Lobbying	false	OnlyInHouseLobbying
Agree To Carryover Prior Year	false	AgreeToCarryoverPriorYear

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Disclosed Orgs Legal Control	false	DisclosedOrgsLegalControl
Disclosed For Charitable Purposes	false	DisclosedForCharitablePurposes
Written Policy Monitoring	false	WrittenPolicyMonitoring
Sect170h Requirements Satisfied	false	Sect170hRequirementsSatisfied
Solicited Assets For Sale	false	SolicitedAssetsForSale
Agent Trustee Etc	false	AgentTrusteeEtc
Included On FS	false	IncludedOnFS
Endowments Held By Unrelated Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByUnrelatedOrgs
Endowments Held By Related Orgs	false	EndowmentsHeldByRelatedOrgs
Are Related Orgs Listed Schedule R	false	AreRelatedOrgsListedScheduleR

Equipment Equipment

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	328584	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	231763	Depreciation
Book Value	96821	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	96821	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	AmountAmount
CLIENT DEPOSITS	$138,171
REFUNDABLE ADVANCE	$13,680
LOANS FOR LITIGATION

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	151851	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	5805413	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	4593587	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	1211826	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	1818	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Total Adjustments	1818	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	1213644	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	5930720	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	1818	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	105927	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Other Revenues	17562	OtherRevenues
Revenue Not Rptd F990	125307	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	5805413	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	5805413	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	4717076	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	105927	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Other Expenses Included	17562	OtherExpensesIncluded
Expenses Not Rptd F990	123489	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	4593587	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	4593587	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Form990 Schedule D Part XIV Form990ScheduleDPartXIV (3 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
RECONCILIATION OF CHANGES - OTHER	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XI, LINE 8	FUNDRAISING EXPENSES - DEFENDERS OF JUSTICE 17,562 FUNDRAISING EXPENSES - DEFENDERS OF JUSTICE -17,562
REVENUE AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN FINANCIALS - OTHER	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XII, LINE 2D	FUNDRAISING EXPENSES - DEFENDERS OF JUSTICE 17,562
EXPENSE AMOUNTS INCLUDED IN FINANCIALS - OTHER	SCHEDULE D, PAGE 4, PART XIII, LINE 2D	FUNDRAISING EXPENSES - DEFENDERS OF JUSTICE 17,562

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	DEFENDERS FOR J	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	28800	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Charitable Contributions Event1	28800	CharitableContributionsEvent1
Other Direct Expenses Event1	17562	OtherDirectExpensesEvent1
Gross Receipts Total	28800	GrossReceiptsTotal
Charitable Contributions Total	28800	CharitableContributionsTotal
Other Direct Expenses Total Events	17562	OtherDirectExpensesTotalEvents
Direct Expense Summary Events	17562	DirectExpenseSummaryEvents
Net Income Summary	-17562	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Records Maintained	true	RecordsMaintained

Recipient Table RecipientTable

Recipient Name Business RecipientNameBusiness

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	LSSP	BusinessNameLine1

Address US AddressUS

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	1431 ELIZABETH AVE	AddressLine1
City	CHARLOTTE	City
State	NC	State
ZIP Code	28204	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN Of Recipient	561202940	EINOfRecipient
IRC Section	501	IRCSection
Amount Of Cash Grant	7000	AmountOfCashGrant
Purpose Of Grant	ACA CONTRACT WORK	PurposeOfGrant

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of501 C3 And Govt Grants	1	TotalNbrOf501C3AndGovtGrants

Form990 Schedule I Part IV Form990ScheduleIPartIV

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Identifier	PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING THE USE OF GRANT FUNDS INSIDE THE UNITED STATES	Identifier
Return Reference	SCHEDULE I, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 2	ReturnReference
Explanation	ORGANIZATIONS RECEIVING GRANTS FROM THE JUSTICE CENTER ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT REPORTS SHOWING THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN DONE AS WELL AS A BUDGET REPORT TO SHOW HOW GRANT FUNDS WERE SPENT.	Explanation

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

General Explanation GeneralExplanation (8 entries)

IdentifierIdentifier	Return ReferenceReturnReference	ExplanationExplanation
ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	FORM 990 - ORGANIZATION'S MISSION	THIS ORGANIZATION SERVES AS A PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION. ITS MISSION IS TO REDUCE AND ELIMINATE POVERTY IN NORTH CAROLINA BY HELPING TO ENSURE THAT EVERY HOUSEHOLD GAINS ACCESS TO THE RESOURCES, SERVICES AND FAIR TREATMENT THAT IT NEEDS TO ENJOY ECONOMIC SECURITY.
ALL OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENT DESCRIPTION	FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D	EDUCATION AND LAW; POLICY ADVOCACY; HEALTH ACCESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION	FORM 990, PART V	THE ORGANIZATION EMPLOYED 58 PEOPLE DURING 2011. THERE WERE AN ADDITIONAL 45 PEOPLE RECEIVING W-2'S FROM THE ORGANIZATION RELATED TO PAYMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH A BANKRUPT DEFENDANT. THESE RECIPIENTS WERE NOT EMPLOYEES OF THE ORGANIZATION.
ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS USED TO REVIEW FORM 990	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B	THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRIOR TO ITS FILING. THE RETURN IS THEN SENT TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRIOR TO FILING.
ENFORCEMENT OF CONFLICTS POLICY	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C	THE NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER MAINTAINS A COMPREHENSIVE CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND WHICH IS CLEARLY OUTLINED IN ITS EMPLOYEE POLICY MANUAL. THE JUSTICE CENTER ENSURES THAT THIS POLICY IS COMMUNICATED TO EMPLOYEES BY REQUIRING THAT THEY SIGN A NOTICE STATING THEY KNOW THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR READING THE POLICIES AND FOLLOWING THEM. THE JUSTICE CENTER MONITORS COMPLIANCE WITH THE POLICY BY REQUIRING THAT ALL CONTRACTS THAT OBLIGATE THE ORGANIZATION FINANCIALLY OR OUTLINE SERVICES RENDERED ARE REVIEWED AND SIGNED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. FURTHERMORE, NO JUSTICE CENTER STAFF MEMBER CAN ENTER INTO A CONTRACT UNLESS IT IS AUTHORIZED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR TOP OFFICIAL	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A	ANNUAL REVIEW CONDUCTED BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS BASED ON GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
COMPENSATION PROCESS FOR OFFICERS	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B	THE SALARIES OF OFFICERS ARE REVIEWED ANNUALLY BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BASED ON RECOMMENDATION OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS DISCLOSURE EXPLANATION	FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19	ORGANIZATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS ARE MADE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST TO THE ORGANIZATION'S OFFICE.