Justice Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821918240
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Bluffton, SC, USA
Phone
8437906194
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Administration of Justice, Courts

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$0
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ISAAC M STONE III (CHAIRMAN)
  • ANDREW P FULGHUM (SECRETARY)
  • J KEVIN GRIFFIN (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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Justice Institute's mission is to permanently reduce crime in the South Carolina Lowcountry Promise Zone counties -- Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper - as well as Beaufort County, S.C., by creating and operating a criminal justice center that will provide necessary resources, research and education to our current and future criminal justice professionals. The Institute will also work with the 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office and other public, private and nonprofit entities to provide a one-stop services center for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, child abuse and related offenses. To this end, the Corporation shall lesson the burdens on government and promote of social welfare through the provision of the enumerated services.

What it reported doing in 2020

We were able to provide financial assistance to the 14th Circuit Solicitor's Office in the opening and furnishing of their brand new Victim's Service Center.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Sustainability: NotEnoughData
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2019 to 2020
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.