Just Safe

Legal name: Alliance for Safety and Justice

Overview

Mission

Through sophisticated advocacy, we pursue smart policies in states across the nation that improve public safety, save taxpayer dollars and strengthen communities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Scaling safety is a collaboration between alliance for safety and justice and community-based public safety collective to invest in community-based public safety programs in five cities, document their impact, and promote replication nationwide. Selected by ted's the audacious project as a 2024 cohort grantee, scaling safety is focused on scaling up and supporting the growth of resident-powered programs that provide trauma recovery, crisis assistance, and violence interruption services. These programs are proven to save lives and heal neighborhoods.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 90% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 61% for direct work, and 39% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
853209787
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2020
Headquarters
Oakland, CA, USA
Phone
5108364700
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Official website

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 85
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 81.6%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: $39.72 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.4%; rating input score 99; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.6%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.72; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 30.8% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 44.3% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 63% of revenue deployed · 81.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $37.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $437K · 17 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $7.1M reported
  • Consistency: 41 of 42 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 4 annual filings from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 27 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 18 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • CATHERINE LENORE ANDERSON (PRESIDENT & CEO): $437,460 total reported compensation
  • ANDREA BROXTON (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $341,552 total reported compensation
  • ASWAD THOMAS (VP OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT): $278,933 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.