Coalition for a Safe and Just Michigan

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814253933
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Lansing, MI, USA
Phone
5174827753
Rating
94
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$77,000
Expenses
$110,567
Assets
$189,707
Liabilities
$22,383

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN S COOPER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • JOHN S COOPER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JARED RODRIQUEZ (DIRECTOR)
  • JOE HAVEMAN (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To advance policies that end Michigan's over-use of incarceration and promote community safety and healing.

What it reported doing in 2024

The coalition for safe and just Michigan advance's public education and policy campaigns regarding the removal of conviction-based barriers to health employment, clean slate, juvenile life without parole, and police accountability.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -43.6%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.72; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -25.6% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 40.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $111K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.