NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER: Form 990, tax year 2010

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Organization: NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE CENTER (EIN 56-1348186)
Tax period: 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31
Filed: 2011-11-14
IRS object ID: 201143189349306929
Schema version: 2010v3.4
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	2011-11-14T16:45:28-06:00	Timestamp
Tax Period End Date	2010-12-31	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	2010-01-01	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	2011-11-14	DateSigned

Preparer Preparer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name	J KELLY LANIER	Name
Phone	9198705151	Phone
Date Prepared	2011-11-14	DatePrepared
Self Employed	X	SelfEmployed

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax Year	2010	TaxYear
Build TS	2016-03-07 17:11:31Z	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	4119085	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	15	NbrVotingMembersGoverningBody
Nbr Independent Voting Members	15	NbrIndependentVotingMembers
Total Nbr Employees	62	TotalNbrEmployees
Total Nbr Volunteers	16	TotalNbrVolunteers
Total Gross UBI	0	TotalGrossUBI
Contributions Grants Prior Year	4128866	ContributionsGrantsPriorYear
Contributions Grants Current Year	3967409	ContributionsGrantsCurrentYear
Program Service Revenue Prior Year	115134	ProgramServiceRevenuePriorYear
Program Service Revenue CY	97426	ProgramServiceRevenueCY
Investment Income Prior Year	19935	InvestmentIncomePriorYear
Investment Income Current Year	20026	InvestmentIncomeCurrentYear
Other Revenue Prior Year	42650	OtherRevenuePriorYear
Other Revenue Current Year	34224	OtherRevenueCurrentYear
Total Revenue Prior Year	4306585	TotalRevenuePriorYear
Total Revenue Current Year	4119085	TotalRevenueCurrentYear
Grants And Similar Amnts Prior Year	54360	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsPriorYear
Grants And Similar Amnts CY	102100	GrantsAndSimilarAmntsCY
Benefits Paid To Members CY	0	BenefitsPaidToMembersCY
Salaries Etc Prior Year	3513822	SalariesEtcPriorYear
Salaries Etc Current Year	3238678	SalariesEtcCurrentYear
Total Prof Fundrsng Exp CY	0	TotalProfFundrsngExpCY
Total Fundrsng Exp Current Year	44357	TotalFundrsngExpCurrentYear
Other Expense Prior Year	771830	OtherExpensePriorYear
Other Expenses Current Year	813157	OtherExpensesCurrentYear
Total Expenses Prior Year	4340012	TotalExpensesPriorYear
Total Expenses Current Year	4153935	TotalExpensesCurrentYear
Revenues Less Expenses Prior Year	-33427	RevenuesLessExpensesPriorYear
Revenues Less Expenses CY	-34850	RevenuesLessExpensesCY
Total Assets BOY	4049544	TotalAssetsBOY
Total Assets EOY	3988889	TotalAssetsEOY
Total Liabilities BOY	319925	TotalLiabilitiesBOY
Total Liabilities EOY	295520	TotalLiabilitiesEOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	3729619	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOY
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	3693369	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	1380877	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	511413	Expense
Grants	72100	Grants
Description	BLUEPRINT NC - ADVOCACY AND ORGANIZING GROUPS DEDICATED TO ACHIEVING A BETTER, FAIRER AND HEALTHIER NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTEGRATED COMMUNICATIONS, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND POLICY STRATEGY.	Description

Activity3 Activity3

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	460233	Expense
Grants	30000	Grants
Description	HEALTH ACCESS: WORKS TO ENSURE ACCESS TO QUALITY AND AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL NORTH CAROLINIANS.	Description

Activity Other ActivityOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	1481403	Expense
Description	BUDGET AND TAX; POLICY WATCH; POLICY ADVOCACY; EDUCATION AND LAW.	Description

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Other Program Service Exp	1481403	TotalOfOtherProgramServiceExp
Total Program Service Expense	3833926	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
Number Forms Transmitted With1096	46	NumberFormsTransmittedWith1096
Number W2 G Included	0	NumberW2GIncluded
Compliance With Backup Witholding	true	ComplianceWithBackupWitholding
Number Of Employees	62	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	false	QuidProQuoContributions
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	15	NbrVotingGoverningBodyMembers
Number Independent Voting Members	15	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
DR REV WILLIAM J BARBER II
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
ASA L BELL JR
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
JEAN CARY
CO-CHAIR	1.00	X	0	0	0
CHRISTOPHER GRAEBE
DIRECTOR	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
DR GREGORY MOSS SR
DIRECTOR	1.00	X	0	0	0
ORAGE QUARLES III
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
MELINDA LAWRENCE
EXEC DIRECTO	40.00		109206	0	14450	X
MARY COLEMAN
CFO	40.00		80368	0	12662	X

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	189574	TotalReportableCompFromOrg
Total Other Compensation	27112	TotalOtherCompensation
Number Individuals GT100 K	1	NumberIndividualsGT100K
Formers Listed	false	FormersListed
Total Comp GT150 K	false	TotalCompGT150K
Compensation From Other Sources	false	CompensationFromOtherSources
All Other Contributions	3967409	AllOtherContributions
Total Contributions	3967409	TotalContributions

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenue (3 entries)

DescriptionDescription	Business CodeBusinessCode	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumn	Related Or Exempt Function IncomeRelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
CONTRACT SERVICES	541900	62596	62596
ATTORNEY FEES	541100	32855	32855
DUES	900099	1975	1975

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	97426	TotalProgramServiceRevenue

Investment Income InvestmentIncome

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	20026	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$20,026	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Income Fundraising Events	24325	GrossIncomeFundraisingEvents

Net Income From Fundraising Events NetIncomeFromFundraisingEvents

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	24325	TotalRevenueColumn

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMisc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	MISCELLANEOUS INCOME	Description
Business Code	900099	BusinessCode
Total Revenue Column	9899	TotalRevenueColumn
Exclusion	$9,899	ExclusionAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Revenue	9899	TotalOtherRevenue

Total Revenue TotalRevenue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	4119085	TotalRevenueColumn
Related Or Exempt Function Income	97426	RelatedOrExemptFunctionIncome
Exclusion	$29,925	ExclusionAmount

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgs

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	102100	Total
Program Services	102100	ProgramServices

Comp Current Officers Directors CompCurrentOfficersDirectors

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	189574	Total
Program Services	113745	ProgramServices
Management And General	67958	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	7871	Fundraising

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWages

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	2272261	Total
Program Services	2240148	ProgramServices
Management And General	30465	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1648	Fundraising

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributions

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	148376	Total
Program Services	130783	ProgramServices
Management And General	17402	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	191	Fundraising

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefits

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	445522	Total
Program Services	392697	ProgramServices
Management And General	52251	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	574	Fundraising

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxes

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	182945	Total
Program Services	161254	ProgramServices
Management And General	21456	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	235	Fundraising

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccounting

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	30660	Total
Program Services	15357	ProgramServices
Management And General	14530	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	773	Fundraising

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOther

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	283960	Total
Program Services	244640	ProgramServices
Management And General	37602	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	1718	Fundraising

Office Expenses OfficeExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	114434	Total
Program Services	102232	ProgramServices
Management And General	5272	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	6930	Fundraising

Occupancy Occupancy

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	183553	Total
Program Services	173082	ProgramServices
Management And General	10446	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	25	Fundraising

Travel Travel

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	35298	Total
Program Services	33969	ProgramServices
Management And General	700	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	629	Fundraising

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetings

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	30507	Total
Program Services	28190	ProgramServices
Management And General	2317	ManagementAndGeneral

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletion

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	23051	Total
Program Services	19400	ProgramServices
Management And General	3010	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	641	Fundraising

Insurance Insurance

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	8839	Total
Program Services	7569	ProgramServices
Management And General	1270	ManagementAndGeneral

Other Expenses OtherExpenses (5 entries)

DescriptionDescription	TotalTotal	Program ServicesProgramServices	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneral	FundraisingFundraising
STAFF/BOARD DEVELOPMENT	21327	16682	4482	163
DEFENDERS FOR JUSTICE EXP	21234			21234
LIBRARY	18864	18794	70
FEES/ORGANIZATION DUES	17080	15106	1007	967
OTHER	9894	9237	657

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	14456	Total
Program Services	8941	ProgramServices
Management And General	4757	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	758	Fundraising

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	4153935	Total
Program Services	3833926	ProgramServices
Management And General	275652	ManagementAndGeneral
Fundraising	44357	Fundraising

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearing

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	1030652	BOY
EOY	1327301	EOY

Savings And Temp Cash Investments SavingsAndTempCashInvestments

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	326958	BOY
EOY	250739	EOY

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	2462583	BOY
EOY	2190503	EOY

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivable

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	7655	BOY
EOY	10930	EOY

Prepaid Expenses Deferred Charges PrepaidExpensesDeferredCharges

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	11426	BOY
EOY	16855	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Buildings Equipment Basis	311013	LandBuildingsEquipmentBasis
Land Bldg Equipment Accum Deprec	197628	LandBldgEquipmentAccumDeprec

Land Buildings Equipment Basis Net LandBuildingsEquipmentBasisNet

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	131887	BOY
EOY	113385	EOY

Investments Pub Traded Securities InvestmentsPubTradedSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	69094	BOY
EOY	69054	EOY

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecurities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	9289	BOY
EOY	10122	EOY

Total Assets TotalAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4049544	BOY
EOY	3988889	EOY

Accounts Payable Accrued Expenses AccountsPayableAccruedExpenses

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	287125	BOY
EOY	262720	EOY

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	32800	BOY
EOY	32800	EOY

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	319925	BOY
EOY	295520	EOY

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	599145	BOY
EOY	700840	EOY

Temporarily Restricted Net Assets TemporarilyRestrictedNetAssets

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3130474	BOY
EOY	2992529	EOY

Total Net Assets Fund Balances TotalNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	3729619	BOY
EOY	3693369	EOY

Total Liab Net Assets Fund Balances TotalLiabNetAssetsFundBalances

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	4049544	BOY
EOY	3988889	EOY

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expenses	-34850	ReconcilationRevenueExpenses
Reconcilation Other Changes	-1400	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	2734350	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	3352118	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	4197104	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	4128866	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	3967409	CurrentTaxYear
Total	18379847	Total

Total170 Total170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	2734350	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	3352118	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	4197104	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	4128866	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	3967409	CurrentTaxYear
Total	18379847	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Amounts Subst Contributors Total	8084571	AmountsSubstContributorsTotal
Public Support Total170	10295276	PublicSupportTotal170

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	85135	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	96897	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	17059	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	19935	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	20026	CurrentTaxYear
Total	239052	Total

Other Income170 OtherIncome170

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	35884	CurrentTaxYearMinus4Years
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	58823	CurrentTaxYearMinus3Years
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	13144	CurrentTaxYearMinus2Years
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	14400	CurrentTaxYearMinus1Year
Current Tax Year	9899	CurrentTaxYear
Total	132150	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	18751049	TotalSupport
Gross Receipts From Admissions Etc	784167	GrossReceiptsFromAdmissionsEtc
Public Support Pertcentage170	0.54910	PublicSupportPertcentage170
Public Support Pertcent Prior Year	0.50100	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	2797	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Direct Lobbying TotalDirectLobbying

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	21892	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Lobbying Expenditures TotalLobbyingExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	24689	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Other Exempt Purpose Expenditures OtherExemptPurposeExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	4129246	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Total Exempt Purpose Expenditures TotalExemptPurposeExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	4153935	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Lobbying Nontaxable LobbyingNontaxableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	357697	FilingOrganizationsTotals

Grassroots Nontaxable GrassrootsNontaxableAmount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Filing Organizations Totals	89424	FilingOrganizationsTotals

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

Lobbying Nontaxable Amount2 LobbyingNontaxableAmount2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	303239	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	366132	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	367001	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	357697	CurrentYear
Total	1394069	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Lobbying Ceiling	$2,091,104	LobbyingCeilingAmount

Total Lobbying Expenditures2 TotalLobbyingExpenditures2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	21175	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	50120	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	33881	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	24689	CurrentYear
Total	129865	Total

Grassroots Nontaxable Amount2 GrassrootsNontaxableAmount2

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	75810	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	91533	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	91750	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	89424	CurrentYear
Total	348517	Total

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grassroots Ceiling	$522,776	GrassrootsCeilingAmount

Grassroots Lobbying Expenditures GrassrootsLobbyingExpenditures

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Year Minus3	6201	CurrentYearMinus3
Current Year Minus2	24916	CurrentYearMinus2
Current Year Minus1	14345	CurrentYearMinus1
Current Year	2797	CurrentYear
Total	48259	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	311013	OtherCostOrOtherBasis
Depreciation	197628	Depreciation
Book Value	113385	BookValue

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Book Value Land Buildings	113385	TotalOfBookValueLandBuildings

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilities

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Description	LOANS FOR LITIGATION	Description
Amount	$32,800	Amount

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Of Amounts	32800	TotalOfAmounts
Total Revenue	4119085	TotalRevenue
Total Expenses	4153935	TotalExpenses
Excess Or Deficit For Year	-34850	ExcessOrDeficitForYear
Net Unrealized GL On Investments	-1400	NetUnrealizedGLOnInvestments
Total Adjustments	-1400	TotalAdjustments
Excess Or Deficit Per FS	-36250	ExcessOrDeficitPerFS
Tot Revenue Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	4144460	TotRevenueEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Net Unrealized Gains Investments	-1400	NetUnrealizedGainsInvestments
Donated Srvc And Use Of Facilities	26775	DonatedSrvcAndUseOfFacilities
Revenue Not Rptd F990	25375	RevenueNotRptdF990
Revenue Subtotal	4119085	RevenueSubtotal
Total Revenue Per Form990	4119085	TotalRevenuePerForm990
Tot Expenses Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	4180710	TotExpensesEtcAuditedFinclStmt
Donated Services Use Of Facilities	26775	DonatedServicesUseOfFacilities
Expenses Not Rptd F990	26775	ExpensesNotRptdF990
Expenses Subtotal	4153935	ExpensesSubtotal
Total Expenses Per Form990	4153935	TotalExpensesPerForm990

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Events Information EventsInformation

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Name Of Event1	DEFENDERS FOR J	NameOfEvent1
Gross Receipts Event1	24325	GrossReceiptsEvent1
Gross Revenue Event1	24325	GrossRevenueEvent1
Gross Receipts Total	24325	GrossReceiptsTotal
Gross Revenue Total Events	24325	GrossRevenueTotalEvents
Net Income Summary	24325	NetIncomeSummary

Schedule I IRS990ScheduleI

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

Recipient Table RecipientTable (7 entries)

Address Line1AddressUS/AddressLine1	CityAddressUS/City	StateAddressUS/State	ZIP CodeAddressUS/ZIPCode	EIN Of RecipientEINOfRecipient	Amount Of Cash GrantAmountOfCashGrant	Purpose Of GrantPurposeOfGrant
A PHILIP RANDOLPH INSTITUTE
1408 HILLSBOROUGH ST	RALEIGH	NC	27605	561500282	8000	CANVASSING AND PHONE
ACTION FOR CHILDREN
1300 ST MARYS ST SUITE 500	RALEIGH	NC	27605	581534066	30000	GOOD HEALTH PLAN PRO
COMMON CAUSE
19 W HARGETT ST SUITE 701	RALEIGH	NC	27601	311705370	18000	NONPARTISAN VOTER EN
CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF NC
PO BOX 12671	RALEIGH	NC	27605	237206810	8000	PHONEBANKING BLUEPRI
DEMOCRACY NC
1821 GREEN ST	DURHAM	NC	27705	562271150	15000	NONPARTISAN VOTER EN
NC CONSERVATION NETWORK
112 SOUTH BLOUNT ST	RALEIGH	NC	27601	582504713	7350	NONPARTISAN VOTER EN
PLANNED PARENTHOOD HEALTH SYSTEMS
100 S BOYLAN AVE	RALEIGH	NC	27603	551282557	8000	VOTER ENGAGEMENT

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Nbr Of Other Organizations	9	TotalNbrOfOtherOrganizations

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 (7 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 ACHIEVEMENTS DESCRIPTION	FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D	BUDGET AND TAX; POLICY WATCH; POLICY ADVOCACY; EDUCATION AND LAW.
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 MADE AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS.
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.