Justice for Greenwood Foundation Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

Advocacy. Federal accountability - u.s. Department of justice (doj). Building on years of groundwork, our national advocacy campaign urging the doj to open a formal investigation into the massacre under the emmett till cold case act achieved critical traction. Through persistent congressional engagement, coalition building with national partners, and strategic public campaigns, the doj conducted its first-ever federal review of the massacre. This milestone represents a breakthrough in federal recognition of the harm and a strong testament to the power of survivor- and descendant- centered advocacy combined with public education, broad-based organizing, and persistence in holding systems accountable. Reparations plan pledged by the city of tulsa. In consultation with the last two living survivors, legal experts, and community leaders, justice for greenwood (jfg) created a local reparations initiative called project greenwood. Project greenwood is a comprehensive 13-point plan that aims to confront and address the historical harm caused by the massacre. Shortly after tulsa elected its first black mayor, the jfg team met with the mayor and his staff to present and advocate for project greenwood. After months of discussions, on june 1, 2025, tulsa mayor monroe nichols officially shared his 'road to repair' initiative and announced the creation of the greenwood trust, a 105 million private charitable fund dedicated to addressing the generational harm caused by the 1921 tulsa race massacre. Additionally, 5 of the 13 recommendations in jfg's project greenwood plan were formally incorporated into the mayor's reparations initiative. This remains historic this alignment is a testament to the power of truth-telling and organized advocacy. Secured the adoption of the official tulsa race massacre remembrance day. To ensure the history of the massacre is preserved and never repeated, the city of tulsa adopted justice for greenwood's project greenwood recommendation of establishing june 1 as the official holiday dedicated to remembrance and unity. The inaugural remembrance day took place on june 1, 2025. Impact litigation. Black indians of Oklahoma: tribal recognition and restoration citizenship. We have led a multi-front campaign to restore the citizenship and tribal recognition of black creeks. Jfg has also mobilized descendant networks for public-education campaigns, ensuring that legal strategy, political advocacy, and community empowerment moved in lockstep toward full citizenship, equal services, and cultural dignity for black indians in Oklahoma. In july 2025, the muscogee (creek) nation supreme court issued a landmark ruling, 5-0, affirming that the nation's citizenship board acted "contrary to law" when it refused to apply article ii of the 1866 treaty and denied citizenship to black creek freedmen descendants. The court declared all "by blood" language in the mcn constitution "unlawful and void ab initio", affirming that the 1866 treaty must be followed. For the first time in 46 years, this ruling means citizenship must be granted to freedmen descendants. This ruling immediately impacts thousands of black creek freedmen descendants, who now also have full access to benefits such as free healthcare, cash stipends, housing, college scholarships, clothing for their school-aged children, language and cultural assistance, access to gaming revenues, and so much more. This ruling is a pivotal step in correcting generations of exclusion and injustice. New program. Justice for greenwood hired a managing attorney to build our future legacy protection program. One of the lasting impacts of the 1921 tulsa race massacre was the destruction and dispossession of black wealth, land, and property. Survivors and descendants have faced a century of legal and systemic barriers to reclaiming what was lost. In 2026, justice for greenwood will launch its legacy protection program that will provide basic estate planning, representation in uncontested prob

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 84.5%; rating input score 84
• Program expense ratio: 66.6%; rating input score 67
• Fundraising efficiency: $19.29 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • 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: -23.2%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.78; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 22.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -73% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings