Justice for Keith Lamar Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
861360157
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Boardman, OH, USA
Phone
3304020848
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Administration of Justice, Courts

Reported finances

Revenue
$42,378
Expenses
$27,629
Assets
$107,734
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Amy Gordiejew (President, Co-Treasurer, Campaign Manager)
  • Denis O'Hearn (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Amy Gordiejew (President, Co-Treasurer, Campaign Manager)
  • Denis O'Hearn (Vice President)
  • Mary Yeboah (Co-Secretary, Co-Treasurer)

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

Justice for Keith LaMar is a charitable organization dedicated to assisting wrongfully-convicted citizens in their fight to prove their innocence and is committed to restorative work to help heal broken communities. We also support educational preventative endeavors for at-risk youth through an arm of our organization through the Native Sons Literacy Project. This year we have managed to complete an animated documentary for our flagship case (Keith LaMar) and created opportunities for him to engage with news outlets, audiences, and classrooms of students. Further, we have supported fundraisers aimed at repairing communities (Ivery Dorsey, Nipsy Hussle Runn, the Cottle family, for example) in keeping with our purpose statements. Additionally, JFKL's Native Sons Literacy Project which began a scholarship in 2023, awarded 3 more college-bound high school seniors and essay finalists financial support. We have tripled our support for young scholars since last year.

What it reported doing in 2024

Justice for Keith LaMar is a charitable organization dedicated to assisting wrongfully-convicted citizens in their fight to prove their innocence and is committed to restorative work to help heal broken communities. We also support educational preventative endeavors for youth through an arm of our organization called Native Sons Literacy Project. This year we have managed to create an animated documentary in our flagship case (Keith LaMar), meant to support public support. We've held numerous public awareness jazz concerts, created another spoken word album, and held talk-ins at universities. Further, we have supported fundraisers (such as Ivery Dorsey, Nipsy Hustle Foundation, for example) in keeping with our purpose to pursue social justice and restitution projects. Additionally, JFKL's Native Sons Literacy Project again awarded 3 at-risk college-bound high school seniors and essay finalists financial support through our annual scholarship. We have tripled our support for aspiring young people since last year. We conduct weekly book club sessions with urban public high schoolers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 45% for direct work, 13% for grants, and 41% for member benefits.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 78
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.2%; rating input score 65
  • 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: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.8%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.9; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -86.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $28K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.