Restorative Justice Community Action

What it reported doing in 2024

Adult programs: rjca creates a forum in which people impacted by crime/harm in community and meet with those who are harmed by these behaviors to discuss the impact and determine restitution. It is through these community forums that rjca achieves its primary objectives of effectively addressing harmful behaviors and helps prevent further criminal legal justice involvement and strengthens community well-being. Through our programming, rjca provides opportunities for community connection and shared problem solving by addressing the incidents, their context, and the persons referred. As referred participants (offenders) recognize the impact of their behavior, they receive support and often connect with the community in positive ways. We are evaluating from closed cases in fy25. Of those cases, 165 adult offenders were referred in rjca programming, a 17% increase from last year. Of 120 enrolled conferenced cases, 116 were conferenced (96.7% attendance rate), and 111 cases (92.5%) were successfully closed. Referred participants completed 209 hours of community service, gave 101 apology/gratitude letters, and donated 3 bags/items of in-kind donations in the communities that were affected. They also completed 410 hours of personal development activities: 55 activities that were focused on connection to community; 57 activities related to mental health and well-being; 18 activities on career development; and, 9 activities toward education. This year, 197 community member participations by 52 volunteers who met primarily on zoom with rjca staff facilitators. These community members provided 591 hours of volunteer time. This is the second year of providing community circles of support and accountability for adults on supervised probation in hennepin county. The process is to establish a sense of trust and belonging for the participant to develop action steps toward their goals of moving off of probation. In fy25, 2 circle keepers (rjca staff) convened 17 circle sessions for 2 different referred participants with 2 assigned community members for each. There were 4 unique community members providing 64 hours of time with referred participants in in circle.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 59.1%; rating input score 59
• Program expense ratio: 67.8%; rating input score 68
• Fundraising efficiency: $19.9 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 12.8%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 14.6%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings