Nonprofit · EIN 46-1482878
JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER
Tax-exempt · NEW ORLEANS, LA 70125
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 31, 2024 | 990 | $731,711 | $916,172 | -$184,461 | $1,043,719 | $51,964 | $991,755 |
| December 31, 2023 | 990 | $912,624 | $885,147 | $27,477 | $1,236,184 | $59,968 | $1,176,216 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $725,782
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Investment income
- $0
- Other revenue
- $5,929
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $123,500
- Other salaries and wages
- $408,504
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $532,004
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Program services (functional)
- $703,397
- Management and general (functional)
- $201,584
- Fundraising (functional)
- $11,191
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $1,236,184
- Total assets, end of year
- $1,043,719
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $51,964
- Net assets, end of year
- $991,755
- Publicly traded securities
- $500,000
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $796,989
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $194,766
- Gross receipts
- $731,711
- Employees
- 7
- Year formed
- 2012
- State of legal domicile
- LA
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHERIE THOMAS | OFFICER Officer | 40 | $50,000 |
| REVEREND ALEXIS ANDERSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BEN CASTRO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHRIS D'AMOUR | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 4 | $0 |
| ROYCE DUPLESSIS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JOSH FAUBERT | TREASURER Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| MEGHAN GARVEY | SECRETARY Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RACHEL GASSERT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MONIKA GERHART | VICE CHAIRMA Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAMAAL C LEE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| JAMES LOGAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| RENARD THOMAS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| KIM WATTS | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 2 | $0 |
| ADRIENNE WHEELER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended December 31, 2023: 14 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHRIS D'AMOUR | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 18 | $0 |
| MONIKA GERHART | VICE CHAIRMA Trustee or director | 12 | $0 |
| JOSH FAUBERT | TREASURER Trustee or director | 22 | $0 |
| KIM WATTS | CHAIRMAN Trustee or director | 24 | $0 |
| REVEREND ALEXIS ANDERSON | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 18 | $0 |
| BEN CASTRO | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 12 | $0 |
| ROYCE DUPLESSIS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 18 | $0 |
| MEGHAN GARVEY | SECRETARY Trustee or director | 16 | $0 |
| RACHEL GASSERT | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | – | $0 |
| JAMAAL C LEE | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| JAMES LOGAN | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 10 | $0 |
| RENARD THOMAS | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 14 | $0 |
| ADRIENNE WHEELER | BOARD MEMBER Trustee or director | 18 | $0 |
| SHERIE THOMAS | OFFICER Officer | – | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 4035 WASHINGTON AVENUE SUITE 203, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70125-2935
- In care of
- % ADRIENNE WHEELER
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- CHRIS D'AMOUR, 4035 WASHINGTON AVENUE SUITE 203, NEW ORLEANS, LA 70125
- Signed the 990
- SHERIE THOMAS, OFFICER
- Phone
- (504) 322-4050
- Return prepared by
- BRUNO & TERVALON LLP
Mission
JUSTICE & ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER OF LOUISIANA (JAC) REMOVES BARRIERS TO OPPORTUNITY FOR INDIVIDUALS IMPACTED BY SYSTEMIC RACISM AND THE ECONOMIC HARMS OF THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM. WE PROVIDE DIRECT LEGAL SERVICES, EMPOWER COMMUNITIES THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND DRIVE POLICY REFORMS TO ENSURE EVERY PERSON HAS THE CHANCE TO THRIVE.
Program accomplishments
- RE-ENTRY PROGRAM: JAC CONTINUED OUR MONTHLY RE-ENTRY LEGAL CLINICS, WHICH WE FACILITATED TWELVE TIMES, SERVING 214 CLIENTS. JAC UTILIZED STAFF AND PRO BONO ATTORNEYS, AS WELL AS COORDINATED WITH PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS, TO REMOVE LEGAL BARRIERS THAT COULD DERAIL RE-ENTRY SUCH AS ELIMINATING PRESCRIBED TRAFFIC TICKETS, APPLYING FOR (AND APPEALING DENIALS OF) PUBLIC BENEFITS INCLUDING DISASTER BENEFITS, ASSISTING WITH TRANSPORTATION WORKER IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL (TWIC) CARD WAIVERS AND APPEALS, REINSTATING DRIVER'S LICENSES, ADDRESSING CONSUMER DEBT, AND MODIFYING CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS TO AMOUNTS THAT ARE MORE MANAGEABLE. WE ALSO HOSTED THREE ADDITIONAL DISASTER-BENEFITS SPECIFIC LEGAL CLINICS FOLLOWING HURRICANE IDA WITH FEMA AND SBA. THROUGH OUR REENTRY ATTACHMENT DOCKET PROGRAM WE ELIMINATED 308,856 IN OUTDATED TRAFFIC DEBT AT THE NEW ORLEANS MUNICIPAL TRAFFIC COURT FOR 143 PEOPLE IN 563 CASES, AND 3,695 IN DEBT FOR 12 INDIVIDUALS AT THE BATON ROUGE CITY COURT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT. WE CONTINUED PROVIDING HOLISTIC REENTRY LEGAL SERVICES TO CLIENTS OF THE FINANCIAL ACCESS RESOURCES AND INCLUSION PROJECT OF DISABILITY RIGHTS LOUISIANA, EDEN HOUSE (SURVIVORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING), AND JUSTICE REINVESTMENT ACT CLIENTS. WE SUCCESSFULLY FOUGHT AGAINST THE PASSAGE OF THREE MAJOR PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HAVE NARROWED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS TO MAINTAIN OR REINSTATE THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSES, AND CONTINUED OUR WORK TO ELIMINATING USER PAY FEES AND COSTS IN THE CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM BY SERVING ON THE LOUISIANA COMMISSION ON JUSTICE SYSTEM FUNDING AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH ON MOVING TOWARD A UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM. TOWARDS ELIMINATING THE USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, WE GREW THE LOUISIANA STOP SOLITARY COALITION, WHICH WE FOUNDED AND FACILITATE, TO NEARLY 400 MEMBERS INCLUDING THREE WORKING GROUPS FOCUSING ON THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, JAILS, AND FAITH COMMUNITIES.Expenses $664,982
- EXPUNGEMENT PROGRAM: JAC HELD 12 EXPUNGEMENT WORKSHOPS IN 2021, PROVIDING ADVICE OR REPRESENTATION TO 166 INDIVIDUALS, UTILIZING APPROXIMATELY 20 PRO BONO ATTORNEYS AND VOLUNTEERS TO FACILITATE THE WORKSHOPS. WE RE-LAUNCHED OUR EXPUNGEMENT WEB-BASED APP, WHICH WAS ACCESSED BY OVER 2,000 PEOPLE DURING 2021. THE MAJORITY OF OUR EXPUNGEMENT PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS ARE LOW- INCOME, AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE FROM OVERPOLICED NEIGHBORHOODS, WHO WE SERVE THROUGH EXPUNGEMENT WORKSHOPS FOR INDIVIDUALS FROM EIGHTEEN PARISHES THROUGHOUT LOUISIANA. WE CONTINUED TO FACILITATE THE LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE ON AUTOMATED EXPUNGEMENTS, THE "CLEAN SLATE TASK FORCE,- AND WHILE THE AUTOMATED EXPUNGEMENT BILL WE SUPPORTED DID NOT PASS, WE CONTINUED TO BUILD A COMMUNITY BASED COALITION AND SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR A LAW FOR MORE PEOPLE ON MISDEMEANOR PROBATION TO HAVE ACCESS TO RECORD CLEARING. WE JOINED THE FAIR CHANCE HIRING ACT COALITION AND SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR THE ACT'S PASSAGE, WHICH PROHIBITS EMPLOYERS FROM CONSIDERING ARRESTS THAT DID NOT RESULT IN CONVICTION DURING THE HIRING PROCESS.Expenses $38,415
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | December 31, 2025 | May 15, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | December 31, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | December 31, 2023 | May 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 46-1482878
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 2014
- Accounting year ends
- December
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Crime and legal-related (I80)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $1,043,719
- Income (IRS master file)
- $731,711
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | December 2024 | $731,711 | $916,172 | $1,043,719 | XML |
| 990 | December 2023 | $912,624 | $885,147 | $1,236,184 | XML |
| 990 | December 2022 | $1,273,550 | $821,068 | $1,164,695 | IRS |
| 990 | December 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | December 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 46-1482878).
Questions about JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER
- What is the EIN of JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER is 46-1482878.
- Is JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2014.
- Are donations to JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending December 31, 2025) is due May 15, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2024.
- Who is the principal officer of JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 names CHRIS D'AMOUR.
- Who are the officers and directors of JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER?
- The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 lists 14 people; 1 received compensation from the organization, the highest $50,000 (SHERIE THOMAS, OFFICER).
- How much revenue does JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER have?
- On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2024 it reported revenue of $731,711, expenses of $916,172 and total assets of $1,043,719 at year end.
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