Neighbors for Justice

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
922704706
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2407141828
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Reported finances

Revenue
$145,500
Expenses
$123,246
Assets
$22,836
Liabilities
$582

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JULIE JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ANTHONY PETTY (CO-DIRECTOR)
  • JULIE JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
  • SEAN HARVEY (SECRETARY)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Neighbors for justice mission: increase awareness of the lived experience of neighbors in the jail in order to foster engagement, relationship, and deeper understanding in all of us. Support our neighbors in the jail and dc residents in the federal bureau of prisons through specific, tangible actions. Advocate on behalf of our neighbors in the jail via relevant proposed legislation and related decisions. Be a resource to amplify local groups and organizations working to support these neighbors.

What it reported doing in 2025

Neighbors for justice's most significant achievement was providing education about dc laws that support public safety and reentry. We shared information with bipartisan policymakers on capitol hill through testimony and briefings grounded in lived experience, helping inform policy discussions with accurate information about dc's legal framework, which has enabled hundreds of returning citizens to rebuild their lives.we wrote over 50 support letters for individuals facing second look and iraa hearings; launched our "intro to tech" program, teaching basic technology skills to returning citizens who had been incarcerated for decades; and hosted a returning citizens picnic bringing together over 100 returning citizens, families, and partner organizations.we also created opportunities for returning citizens to share their experiences with the dc council and at universities, and built partnerships with universities, law firms, churches, and policy organizations, demonstrating that an organization led by people with lived experience can coordinate effective public education programs.

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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.8%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 89.5%; rating input score 90

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.3%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 81.1%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.8% of revenue deployed · 89.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $110K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.