Avenues for Justice Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$2.3m
year to 31 December 2025
Expenses
$2.9m
year to 31 December 2025
Total assets
$4.9m
$335k liabilities
Net assets
$4.6m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
13
7.3 years on average
Staff
16
60 volunteers
Chair observed
≥6 yrs
Alanna C Rutherford
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Avenues for Justice Inc's network
13 people7 organisationsi13 people and 7 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (13). Violet dotted lines (7) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
13 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 12 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alanna C Rutherford Chair | Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Allen Rothman | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Angel Rodriguez | Co-Founder and Pres. | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Bernie Huddlestun | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Charles Radcliffe | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Danielle O'Bannon (also filed as Danielle Obannon) | Board Member | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Dean H Schaffer | Vice-Chair | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Laura Sweeney | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Marc De Swaan Arons | Board Member | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Rebecca Lewinson | Board Member | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Richard C Trepp | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Scott Wilcoxen | Board Member (Left 2024) | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Suzy A Reingold | Board Member | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
4 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Frederick | Exe Dir Beginning 6/24 | since 2020 |
| Gamal Willis | Director of Court Advocacy | since 2023 |
| Judith Smith | Chief Operating Officer | since 2018 |
| Nelson Valentine | Senior Court Advocate | since 2019 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Frederick | Executive Director | 50 | $165k | $43k | |
| Gamal Willis | Chief Program Officer | 50 | $113k | $6k | |
| Alanna C Rutherford | Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Dean H Schaffer | Vice-Chair | 1 | $0 | ||
| Richard C Trepp | Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Laura Sweeney | Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Bernie Huddlestun | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Rebecca Lewinson | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ernest Morales III | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Danielle O'bannon | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Allen Rothman | Board Member | 1 | $0 | ||
| Marc de Swaan Arons | Board Member (Left 2025) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Charles Radcliffe | Board Member (Left 2025) | 1 | $0 | ||
| Suzy A Reingold | Board Member (Left 2025) | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Avenues for Justice Inc
- EIN
- 133267496
- Address
- 100 Centre St Rm 1541, New York, NY, 10013-4308
- State
- New York
- Mission
- Afj's mission is to keep young people out of prison by: 1) intervening early to divert youth from incarceration, 2) providing the court systems with a proven community-based alternative, and 3) making nyc a safer, more equitable place for everyone. Afj empowers participants with a path to success through court advocacy and hire up program services, including job readiness training... (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- I440 Crime and legal-related
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Crime & Legal-Related
- Size band
- 7 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1979
- Principal officer
- Elizabeth Frederick (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 April 1985
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsAlanna C Rutherford
≥8years on the filingsAllen Rothman
≥8years on the filingsAngel Rodriguez
≥8years on the filingsCharles Radcliffe
Latest return
year to 31 December 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $4.9m
- Total liabilities
- $335k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $4.6m
- Contributions and grants received
- $2.2m
- Program service revenue
- $0
- Grants and similar paid out
- $287k
- Employees
- 16
- Volunteers
- 60
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $3.9m | $2.9m | $1m |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Avenues For Justice, Inc. likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: New York Department of State, active corporations (data.ny.gov n9v6-gdp6). Licence: New York open data terms of use. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- New York
- Entity type
- Domestic Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 2 August 1979
- Registered agent
- Not stated