EIN 74-2969471

Texas Center for Justice and Equity (TCJC)

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
14
City
State
Year formed
2000
Most recent tax filings
2023-08-01
Description
Texas Criminal Justice Coalition identifies and advances real solutions to the problems facing Texas’ juvenile and criminal justice systems. TCJC works with peers, policy-makers, practitioners, and community members to promote smart justice policies.
Also known as...
Protex Network for A Progressive Texas; Texas Criminal Justice Coalition
Total revenues
$1,159,253
2023
Total expenses
$1,151,385
2023
Total assets
$1,472,205
2023
Num. employees
14
2023

Program areas at TCJC

County-Level Advocacy: TCJE advocates in Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio - Texas largest local drivers of people into state incarceration. Ultimately, this work is a local microcosm of TCJE's statewide reform efforts; our local program goals and objectives include: (1) helping kids feel safe and heard in schools, including by advocating for - and building partnerships that improve - opportunities for in-school programming and community based resources for kids and their families. (2) Reducing the flow of people into local jails and the state prison system, including by identifying and addressing policing, prosecutorial, and judicial practices that send people into the system. (3) Prioritizing investments in local resources that can both prevent kids and adults from entering the system and support them after leaving confinement. (4) Ensuring transparent and accountable local justice systems, including by providing critical data, information-sharing, and community engagement in support of effective advocacy and informed decision-making.
Youth Justice: Our program goals and objectives include: (1) reducing the number of students who are over-disciplined and, ultimately, arrested or referred to the juvenile system, including by prioritizing restorative justice and mental health supports for students, and, where possible, defunding school police. (2) Reducing the number of kids entering youth or adult prisons, including by limiting the number of 10- to 12-year-olds sent into the system, implementing decriminalization and diversion measures, and shuttering Texas' five remaining youth prisons through staggered facility closures, And (3) advocating for investments in non institutional, non-punitive, community-based programs and services that can address kids underlying needs - both preventing kids from entering the system and supporting them after leaving confinement. This work has been supported by TCJE's Youth Justice Ambassadors - four high school and early college students who have partnered with our youth justice team to advocate for changes in punitive school culture and address the over-criminalization of young people.
Adult Justice: Our program goals and objectives include: (1) reversing the pipeline thats pushing people into the criminal punishment system addressing not just incarceration, but arrest, pretrial detention, probation, and more; that means engaging with other, intersecting systems that wrap people into the criminal punishment system. (2) Shrinking the number of people who are currently under correctional control (in prison or jail, on probation or parole) or who are impacted by prior system involvement, including by giving people the tools and opportunities to overcome the harsh, long-term consequences of a conviction. (3) Protecting the rights and wellbeing of people behind bars, specifically to ensure their humane treatment, safety, and dignity (especially during weather- or health-related crises). And (4) investing in approaches outside the criminal punishment system that support individual and community wellbeing, including programs and services that can help people address their needs like substance use disorder, mental health problems, or past trauma. This work is supported by TCJEs Statewide LeadershipCouncil, comprised of formerly incarcerated and system-impacted Texans who advocate locally and at the Texas Capitol to end mass incarceration and help people return successfully to the community.

Who funds Texas Center for Justice and Equity (TCJC)

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Heising Simons FoundationFor General Support$200,000
Grant Me The Wisdom FoundationSocial Impact$60,234
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$30,250
...and 8 more grants received

Personnel at TCJC

NameTitleCompensation
Karen JohnsonExecutive Director$0
Alycia CastilloDirector of Policy and Advocacy
Molly To Tman, J.D.Director of Advancement
Justin MartinezPolicy Analyst and Bexar County Project Director
Leon TheodoreProject Director
...and 10 more key personnel

Financials for TCJC

RevenuesFYE 08/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$1,137,550
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$7,219
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$3,600
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$10,884
Total revenues$1,159,253

Form 990s for TCJC

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-082024-09-09990View PDF
2022-082023-07-17990View PDF
2021-082022-07-13990View PDF
2020-082021-07-19990View PDF
2019-082021-01-28990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s

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Pennsylvania Prison SocietyPhiladelphia, PA$1,322,862
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Texas Right To Life Committee Educational FundBellaire, TX$1,245,736
The New Jersey Institute for Social JusticeNewark, NJ$3,017,834
Act 4 SASan Antonio, TX$450,735
Data update history
October 21, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
October 19, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
October 19, 2024
Received grants
Identified 4 new grant, including a grant for $60,234 from Grant Me The Wisdom Foundation
December 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 3 new grant, including a grant for $200,000 from Heising Simons Foundation
August 29, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Grantmaking organizationsSocial advocacy organizationsCharities
Issues
Criminal justice
Characteristics
Political advocacyLobbyingState / local levelTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
1212 E Anderson LN 500
Austin, TX 78752
Metro area
Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX
County
Travis County, TX
Website URL
texascje.org/ 
Phone
(512) 441-8123
Facebook page
TexasCJC 
Twitter profile
@texascjc 
IRS details
EIN
74-2969471
Fiscal year end
August
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
2000
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
T00: Philanthropy, Voluntarism, and Grantmaking Foundations: General
NAICS code, primary
813319: Social Advocacy Organizations
Parent/child status
Independent
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