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New York City crime and legal aid organizations

There are 895criminal and legal assistance organizations in the greater New York Citymetro area, including the cities of New York, Jersey City, Lakewood, Newark, New Brunswick, and White Plains within the states of New York and New Jersey. Combined, these New York City metro crime and legal aid organizationsemploy 18,350 people, earn more than $3 billion in revenue each year, and have assets of $3 billion.
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Types of crime and legal aid organizations in New York City

Nonprofit typeNumberRevenues
Legal aid services
175
$1,594,923,687
Felon rehabilitation programs
159
$413,038,731
Crime prevention organizations
155
$208,445,288
Abuse and exploitation prevention organizations
104
$72,381,471
Crime and legal aid professional societies
79
$19,237,563
Crime and legal aid alliances and advocates
30
$1,115,071
Child abuse prevention organizations
29
$48,539,764
Organizations supporting a single crime or legal aid nonprofit
22
$4,176,976
Organizations supporting multiple crime and legal aid nonprofits
16
$826,596
Crime and legal aid research and public policy institutes
12
$47,145,081
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Job trends for New York City crime and legal aid organizations

Employees per organizationNumber of organizations
0
137
1-10
92
11-25
45
26-100
51
101 to 1,000
45
1,000+
1
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Sizes of crime and legal aid organizations in New York City

Revenues per organizationNumber of organizations
< $250k
252
$250k to $1M
105
$1M to $5M
85
$5M to $25M
48
$25M to $100M
24
$100M+
3
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Directory of crime and legal aid organizations in New York City

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Vera Institute of Justice

The Vera Institute of Justice combines expertise in research, demonstration projects, and technical assistance to help leaders in government and civil society improve the systems people rely on for justice and safety.
Revenue
$265.1m
Assets
$247.2m
Employees
417
EIN
13-1941627
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Urban Justice Center

Legal advocacy for NYC's homeless, indigent, disenfranchised, and those deprived of rights. Includes domestic violence and safety net projects. Based in NYC.
Revenue
$31.1m
Assets
$28.2m
Employees
182
EIN
13-3442022
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Innocence Project

The Innocence Project works to exonerate innocent people through DNA testing and reform the criminal justice system to prevent injustice.
Revenue
$42.3m
Assets
$89.9m
Employees
112
EIN
32-0077563
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund

Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund seeks to improve their understanding of the causes of gun violence and the means to reduce it by conducting groundbreaking original research, developing evidence-based policies, and communicating this knowledge.
Revenue
$58.5m
Assets
$48.1m
Employees
118
EIN
26-1598353
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Brennan Center for Justice

The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law is a nonpartisan law and policy institute that works to reform, revitalize - and when necessary, defend - their country's systems of democracy and justice.
Revenue
$45.1m
Assets
$161.4m
Employees
196
EIN
13-3839293
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Center for Popular Democracy (CPD)

The Center for Popular Democracy works to create equity, opportunity and a dynamic democracy in partnership with high-impact base-building organizations, organizing alliances, and progressive unions.
Revenue
$30.0m
Assets
$37.1m
Employees
139
EIN
45-3813436
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Everytown for Gun Safety

Everytown is a movement of Americans working together to end gun violence and build safer communities. Gun violence touches every town in America.
Revenue
$65.7m
Assets
$18.5m
Employees
217
EIN
20-8802884
IRS type
501(c)(4)

Pro Bono Net (PBN)

Pro Bono Net is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing access to justice through innovative uses of technology and increased volunteer lawyer participation.
Revenue
$6.1m
Assets
$3.1m
Employees
37
EIN
06-1521179
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Lawyers for Children

Free legal advocacy and social work for children in NY experiencing maltreatment, foster care, parental rights termination, custody disputes, adoption or youth justice.
Revenue
$9.1m
Assets
$9.5m
Employees
74
EIN
13-3202043
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Central Jersey Legal Services

Nonprofit law firm providing free legal help to low-income residents in Mercer, Middlesex, and Union counties with four offices.
Revenue
$10.3m
Assets
$2.6m
Employees
93
EIN
21-0684259
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Fortune Society

The Fortune Society exists to help prisoners, former prisoners, and those facing jail or prison time. The Fortune Society works to improve prison conditions and protect the rights of prisoners.
Revenue
$59.2m
Assets
$33.8m
Employees
688
EIN
13-2645436
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Legal Services of New Jersey (LSNJ)

LSNJ, an independent, non-profit organization, coordinates the statewide Legal Services system. LSNJ strives to ensure equal access to justice under law to all people of NJ, providing free legal assistance to low-income people in civil matters.
Revenue
$75.1m
Assets
$40.6m
Employees
254
EIN
22-2059939
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation

To advance social and economic justice by empowering communities through innovative, collaborative, neighborhood-based legal representation and advocacy.
Revenue
$11.5m
Assets
$7.6m
Employees
71
EIN
13-2605599
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The Osborne Association

The Osborne Association provides alternatives to incarceration, job training and placement, and reentry services in the Bronx.
Revenue
$36.0m
Assets
$23.0m
Employees
549
EIN
13-5563028
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Appellate Advocates

Appellate Advocates provides high-quality legal representation to indigents who are appealing judgments of criminal conviction in New York City.
Revenue
$12.1m
Assets
$2.1m
Employees
0
EIN
11-3305212
IRS type
501(c)(3)

New York City Police Foundation (NYCPF)

The New York City Police Foundation (NYCPF) was established in 1971 by business and civic leaders as an independent, non-profit organization to strengthen the services of the New York City Police Department and to improve public safety in New York City.
Revenue
$10.3m
Assets
$16.1m
Employees
10
EIN
13-2711338
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County

Legal Aid Society of Suffolk County provides legal assistance to indigent individuals, prioritizing defense aid to repeat felony offenders.
Revenue
$24.7m
Assets
$8.9m
Employees
243
EIN
11-1844160
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Legal Services for New York City (LSNYC)

Legal Services NYC (LSNYC) is a non-profit organization that provides free civil legal assistance to low income people in New York City. Legal Services NYC fights poverty and seeks racial, social, and economic justice for low-income New Yorkers.
Revenue
$12.5m
Assets
$39.4m
Employees
140
EIN
13-2600199
IRS type
501(c)(3)

The City Bar Fund

The City Bar Fund is the nonprofit 501(c)(3) arm of the New York City Bar Association aimed at engaging and supporting the legal profession in advancing social justice.
Revenue
$7.8m
Assets
$17.5m
Employees
62
EIN
13-6003018
IRS type
501(c)(3)

Equal Justice USA (EJUSA)

Equal Justice USA (EJUSA) is a national organization that works to make the criminal justice system more fair, effective and humane, starting with repealing the death penalty and increasing services for families of homicide victims.
Revenue
$5.1m
Assets
$9.1m
Employees
35
EIN
26-1316408
IRS type
501(c)(3)
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This category corresponds to the "I00: Crime, Legal: General" National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) code. Cause IQ determines NTEEs for organizations by its own internally-developed secret-sauce algorithms.
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