2025-10-22T13:08:29-07:00 2024-12-31 811489821 HEALY AND ASSOCIATES 1200 CONCORD AVE STE 250 CONCORD CA 94520 990 2024-01-01 821028920 INITIATE JUSTICE INIT 5622704169 742 S Hill Street 702 LOS ANGELES CA 90014 Antoinette Ratcliffe Executive Dir. 2025-10-22 true true Hasina Sabrina Chowdhury P03013259 9256030800 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z Antoinette Ratcliffe 742 S Hill Street 702 LOS ANGELES CA 90014 3036251 false X WWW.INITIATEJUSTICE.ORG X 2017 CA Initiate Justice's mission is to activate the power of people directly impacted by mass incarceration to be leaders in the movement to end it. 6 5 13 238 0 1411767 2982030 16631 10075 9152 39977 2949 4169 1440499 3036251 298248 20377 0 1033091 1059620 0 8891 420376 446193 1751715 1526190 -311216 1510061 2244084 3614552 396051 256458 1848033 3358094 Initiate Justice's mission is to activate the power of people directly impacted by mass incarceration to be leaders in the movement to end it. Through direct outreach and trainings,we develop organizers both inside and outside of prisons, and identify our members' top priorities to reduce prison populations and increase the human rights of those currently incarcerated. We envision a California with healthy and economically empowered communities, free from mass criminalization. false false 849849 20377 10075 Inside-Outside Organizing: Initiate Justice has an inside-outside strategy where we prioritize organizing people directly impacted by incarceration, inside and outside prison walls. Our inside organizing takes place in the prison visiting rooms, in front of state prisons, and inside prisons through workshops, mailings, and in-person or phone training. Our outside organizing occurs through membership meetings and member committees that meet monthly with participants from around CA. We keep our community informed about the latest changes to California laws and prison policies that affect them. In 2024, we sent 200,072 newsletters to our 40,000+ incarcerated members and 4,818 newsletters to our 470+ inside organizers. We also aired Abolition is for Everybody Podcast," which hosts conversations led by our system-impacted co-hosts. These conversations explore the history, futures, obstacles, and joys of abolition. The podcast intends to connect the day-to-day legislative work of Initiate Justice with larger abolitionist theory and to engage new audiences in a way that allows them to lead and participate in meaningful conversations about prison reform and abolition. This project is also intended to be a resource for our primary and system-impacted audiences to help them shift the culture of punishment into a culture of care. 227472 Initiate Justice gathers policy priorities and bill ideas from our incarcerated members and organizers that guide our policy goals and culture change work that is necessary to educate the public and change the policy landscape around incarceration in California. We create guides, public educations materials, and offer training on how the public policy process works and how to create, support, and implement state policy. In 2024, we passed AB 1186 (Bonta), AB 1986 (Bryan), AB 2310 (Hart), AB 2483 (Ting) 111130 The Institute of Impacted Leaders is a 12-week organizing training and leadership development program designed for people directly impacted by mass incarceration. Each cohort trains between 20-25 people on community organizing principles, political education materials, and training on how the California legislative process works so that graduates are empowered to join Initiate Justices work or lead their own campaigns in their communities. By the end of 2024, the Institute has graduated 357 people across Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, Fresno, San Diego, Bakersfield, Santa Barbara, San Jose, Orange County, Long Beach, Contra Costa, San Joaquin County, and the Inland Empire 1188451 true true false true false false false false false false false false false false true false true false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 20 0 true 13 true false false false false false true true false 0 false false false false false false false X 6 5 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false CA X X X X THE ORGANIZATION 5622704169 742 S Hill Street Ste 702 LOS ANGELES CA 90014 Antoinette Ratcliffe Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X X 131232 0 0 Marta Zepeda Dir. of Finance 40.00 0.00 103354 0 0 Taina Vargas Chair&Pres. 40.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jay Hockley Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Mireya Gonzalez Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jonathyn Barber Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Rahsaan Thomas Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 234586 2 false false false 0 2982030 2982030 Program Service Revenue 541100 10075 10075 10075 39977 39977 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Miscellaneous Revenue 900099 4169 4169 4169 3036251 14244 39977 3050 3050 17327 17327 0 0 131232 97711 32888 633 0 719740 535894 180373 3473 0 140512 90682 49641 189 68136 48505 17928 1703 0 0 0 0 0 0 118028 99349 16717 1962 0 3534 2604 930 16355 7326 9029 0 73922 66846 7076 51208 48452 2092 664 0 0 34 34 0 0 3904 3904 Postage and Shipping 138000 137969 31 Program Supplies 12076 12076 Facilitators 9000 9000 HR and Payroll Service Fees 8160 5912 2015 233 11972 5748 6224 1526190 1188451 328848 8891 35042 1980571 1077431 1021944 0 962580 495000 0 0 0 0 14266 17596 0 0 0 0 10000 154765 89441 2244084 3614552 176358 124040 219693 132418 396051 256458 X 880207 2735522 967826 622572 1848033 3358094 2244084 3614552 1510061 X false true X true false X 1401528 1911758 1979342 1411767 2982030 9686425 0 0 1401528 1911758 1979342 1411767 2982030 9686425 4918 9681507 1735 1556 3256 9152 39977 55676 0 1917 1987 993 2949 4169 12015 9754116 38852 0.99260 0.99680 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED false false 1061 54026 55087 1471103 1526190 226310 56578 false 210176 222106 237586 226310 896178 1344267 4045 2369 12072 55087 73573 52544 55527 59397 56578 224046 336069 7998 4001 3421 1061 16481 Accrued payroll and benefits payable 48376 Lease liability - current portion 70891 Lease liability - long-term portion 13151 132418 3036251 3036251 3036251 1526190 1526190 1526190 true 0 0 stipend grants for graduates 36 17327 Additional Supplemental Information Grants Given to Organizations:Mass Liberation (EIN: 84-1962574)$750.00Progressive Era Project (EIN: 20-3175884)$500.00Social Good Fund (EIN: 46-1323531)$1,800.00Grants Given to Individuals:A total of $16,217 was allocated for program stipends and graduation stipends for our Institute of Impacted Leaders program.AIFE Podcast stipends $1,050.00 and Policy Stipends $60.00 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The tax return is prepared by an outside accounting firm. After completion of said returns, the organization is sent a draft of the tax returns to be reviewed and examined. The organization distributes copies of the returns to those individuals charged with governance. Those individuals at that time can review and if applicable discuss any line items in the return with the accountant who has prepared the return. If all items are found to be acceptable, an authorization is signed and provided to authorize the outside accounting firm to process, sign and provide copies of the returns to be filed (paper or electronically) with the designated governmental agencies. The tax returns are then signed by the organization, stamped and mailed with certified return receipt or the signed form 8879 is provided to the outside accounting firm allowing electronic filing. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS REVIEW ALL POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AT LEAST ANNUALLY. ALL PERSONNEL AND BOARD MEMBERS ARE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE (IN WRITING) POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AND ANY RELATED PARTY AFFILIATIONS. LOANS BETWEEN THE ORGANIZATION AND MEMBERS OF MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD ARE STRICTLY PROHIBITED. THE ORGANIZATION SEEKS FULL TRANSPARENCY ON ALL RELATIONSHIPS. ANY POTENTIAL CONFLICTS (IN FACT OR APPEARANCE) ARE DISCUSSED OPENLY AND RESOLVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORGANIZATION'S POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 18 Federal Tax Returns will be available at guidestar.org & charitynavigator.org. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents are available for public inspection at the principal place of business.The conflict of interest policy and the organization's financial statements are available upon request.