Southern Criminal Justice Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 621186611
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2011–2022
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2016
Location: Bluffton, SC, USA
Phone: 8039175000
Rating: 43
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue: $36,000
Expenses: $28,450
Assets: $9,050
Liabilities: $0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Catherine Marcum PHD (President)
Kent Kerley PHD (Vice - President)

People named in this filing

Catherine Marcum PHD (President)
Kent Kerley PHD (Vice - President)
Jerry Jennings (Comptroller)

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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote a philosophical approach of criminal justice as a systemic process; To promote the highest standards in criminal justice education, training, and practice; To foster the highest ethical and personnel standards in criminal justice and allied fields; and To promote high standards in criminal justice planning and research.

What it reported doing in 2022

The Southern Criminal Justice Association is a regional organization affiliated with the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. SCJA is a professional association serving criminal justice educators, researchers, practitioners, and students committed to the ongoing development of criminal justice science and practice. Member states include Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Membership in SCJA facilitates professional development and interaction. Each year is highlighted by the annual conference which rotates to a different location within the region. The conference provides opportunities to access the most current research findings on a wide range of criminal justice related topics. Members participate by presenting papers in panels and in roundtable discussions. Social receptions and activities provide members an opportunity for professional fellowship and the friendly atmosphere welcomes student participation. Annual dues include a subscription to the official journal of SCJA, the American Journal of Criminal Justice. This journal publishes article length manuscripts and research notes on a broad range of current criminal justice topics. The Journal is multi-disciplinary and serves both an academic and practitioner audience. Each issue also includes reviews of new books of criminal justice interest. Electronic access to the Journal of Quantitative Criminology is also provided to members of SCJA through the journal's publisher, Springer. SCJA is governed by officers and a Board of Directors elected by the membership. The work of the organization is performed in committees and several opportunities to serve exist. The objectives of this association shall be: To provide for communication among members, with other associations of higher education and training, and with the agencies of the criminal justice system;

Operating model

Revenue model: Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model: No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 0
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 55
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

Operating margin: 21%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: -5% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -14.7% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 9 filing years from 2011 to 2022
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.

High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.