JRI | Justice Resource Institute

Overview

Mission

The work of social justice is never done. For over 50 years, JRI has been dedicated to nurturing and empowering underserved children, individuals, families, and communities across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. For over 50 years, JRI has been dedicated to nurturing and empowering underserved children, individuals, families, and communities across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. We recognize the profound need for compassionate human services programs and the importance of continually innovating how we deliver this vital care. We strive to create a world where every person, regardless of their circumstances, has access to the support and resources they need to thrive.

What it reported doing in 2024

Community based services - justice resource institute has been providing in-home and community-based services to children and families with serious emotional disturbance, medical complications, developmental disabilities, and behavioral issues for over 20 years. Our services include intensive care coordination, in-home and outpatient therapies, mentoring services, in-home behavioral support, foster care services, parent/ caregiver support and education, and mentoring for commercially sexually exploited youth. Our community based programs are established in a wraparound framework that incorporates all necessary wraparound values and principles including; family voice and choice, providing community-focused support, using a strength-based and team based approach and collaboration.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042526357
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Website reviewed
Jun 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Needham, MA, USA
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services

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The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The website gives limited detail about important organizational relationships and the filing reports few safeguards for setting executive pay.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 61
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 90.8%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited
  • Public monitoring controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
  • Public policy transparency: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
  • Public financial transparency: 1 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 20
  • Impact reporting controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
  • Public relationship transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Public governance controls: 2 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Zakat policy transparency: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.7%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Operating reserve ratio: 0.91; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 86% of revenue deployed · 90.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $238.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $807K · 24 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.