Campaign for Youth Justice
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 204394246
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2020
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2024235213
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Delinquency Prevention
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $68,817
- Expenses
- $341,933
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Marcy Mistrett (President and CEO)
- Linda Bowen (President)
People named in this filing
- Marcy Mistrett (President and CEO)
- Rene Bryce Laporte (Treasurer)
- Billy Harris (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Organization works to end the practice of trying, sentencing and incarcerating children (under age 18) in the adult justice system while working to improve conditions in the juvenile justice system.
What it reported doing in 2020
The Campaign for Youth Justice is a national campaign dedicated to ending the practice of trying, sentencing and incarcerating children (under age 18) in the adult justice system, and working to improve conditions within the juvenile justice system. The organization believes that youthful offenders are better served by the juvenile justice system, where greated emphasis is placed on developmentally appropriate rehabilitative and educational services.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 4
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 84.5%; rating input score 84
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -396.9%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 19%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -16.8% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -14.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 84.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $289K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.