Mobilization for Justice Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 132622748
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2124173700
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $24,245,240
- Expenses
- $25,194,864
- Assets
- $21,337,614
- Liabilities
- $13,649,968
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
50 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TIFFANY LISTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- TIFFANY LISTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $312,215 total reported compensation
- ANNE ELISE BROWN (DEPUTY DIRECTOR for legal prac): $252,119 total reported compensation
- MONTEL CHERRY (DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF DIVERSITY): $236,241 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Mobilization for justice envisions a society in which there is equal justice for all. Mobilization for justice's (mfj) mission is to achieve justice for all. Mfj prioritizes the needs of people who are low-income, disenfranchised, or have disabilities as they struggle to overcome the effects of social injustice and systemic racism. We provide the highest-quality free, direct civil legal assistance, conduct community education and build partnerships, engage in policy advocacy, and bring impact litigation. Mfj also promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion in our workplace, and understands the need to eliminate all racial disparities to achieve justice for all.
What it reported doing in 2024
HOUSING: Mobilization for Justice works to preserve affordable housing for low-income New Yorkers and prevent homelessness by providing advice, counsel and representation to residents on a wide range of housing issues, including to prevent evictions, obtain repairs, defend succession rights, contest incorrect rents and challenge landlord harassment, among other issues. We also help people preserve their homes by representing them in foreclosure actions.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 85% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.6%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: $46.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.9%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.64; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.6% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 37 of 37 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $22.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $312K · 50 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $599K reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
- 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 19/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.