Justice Necessary
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 934736502
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Arvada, CO, USA
- Phone
- 7203446489
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,131,812
- Expenses
- $1,960,076
- Assets
- $171,736
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DIANE CUSHMAN NEAL (FOUNDER & PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DIANE CUSHMAN NEAL (FOUNDER & PRESIDENT)
- JO HAYNES (SECRETARY/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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Justice necessary is a Colorado-based nonprofit dedicated to addressing the hidden crisis of hygiene poverty in our communities. This often overlooked issue defined by the lack of access to basic hygiene essentials, diapers, period supplies, oral care and laundry detergent are critical to dignity, health, and well-being.through our five pillars awareness, education, community engagement, find your pantry, and advocacy we deliver immediate relief while building sustainable, long-term solutions. By partnering with organizations, policymakers, and schools, we tackle this crisis through a collaborative, community-driven approach.we believe true change comes from working together to empower individuals to reach their full potential because access to hygiene just is necessary!
What it reported doing in 2024
In 2024, justice necessary, alongside legislative partners and stakeholders, helped introduce and pass hb24-1164, the 'free period products to students' law in Colorado. Following the law's passage, justice necessary assembled a team of experts and launched a dedicated implementation website to support schools in preparing for compliance.to identify gaps in access and help inform statewide distribution strategies, justice necessary conducted three community needs assessments across Colorado, which the organization classifies as direct program activity.in 2024, justice necessary distributed a total of 1,150,063 hygiene products statewide, including 921,536 menstrual products, 152,731 hygiene items, and 75,796 diapers and wipes, helping ensure students and families across Colorado had access to essential supplies with dignity.
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 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.2%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 90.5%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: $24.03 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.1%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.2% of revenue deployed · 90.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $168K reported
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.