Urban Justice Center
Donations deductibleUrban Justice Center's network
24 people11 organisationsi24 people and 11 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (24). Violet dotted lines (11) 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
24 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.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jyotin Hamid Chair | Chairman | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Arnold B Peinado III | Company secretary | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Brooke Richie-Babbage | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Charlene Jones | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| David Singleton | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Douglas H Lasdon | Exec Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| ED Turan | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Fred Mwangaguhunga | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Helen Hershkoff | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Joan Chan | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Joel Frank | Treasurer | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Joellen Valentine | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Johnny Perez | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Joshua Thompson | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Kenyatta Cheese | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Marc Falcone | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Michael Barasch | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Michael Coyne | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Michal Miernowski | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Mitchell Lowenthal | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Pat Budziak | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Peter Koffler | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Rich Edlin | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
| Stephen Loffredo | Director | 2018 | 8 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Biddle | Employee | since 2020 |
| Doreen Odom | Employee | 2021 |
| Gretchen K Nealon | Employee | since 2019 |
| Harvey Epstein | Employee | 2018 |
| Idlir Kalemi | Employee | since 2019 |
| Jennifer Parish | Employee | 2019 |
| Kristin Jamberdino | COO/General Counsel | since 2022 |
| Madeline Garcia Bigelow | Employee | since 2018 |
| Mary Elizabeth Anderson | Employee | 2018 |
| RJ Thompson | Employee | since 2021 |
| Sara Solfanelli | Employee | since 2018 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas H Lasdon | Exec Director | 40 | $294k | $52k | |
| Kristin Jamberdino | COO/General Counsel | 40 | $184k | $18k | |
| Madeline Garcia Bigelow | Managing Director | 40 | $164k | $46k | |
| Marika Dias | Managing Director | 40 | $152k | $34k | |
| Ann Biddle | Litigation Supervisor | 40 | $149k | $46k | |
| Idlir Kalemi | Chief Financial Officer | 40 | $149k | $46k | |
| Gretchen K Nealon | Director of Development | 40 | $147k | $46k | |
| Brooke Richie-Babbage | Director | 0.5 | $60k | ||
| Arnold B Peinado III | Secretary | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Charlene Jones | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| David Singleton | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Edward Turan | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Fred Mwangaguhunga | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Helen Hershkoff | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Joel Frank | Treasurer | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Jyotin Hamid | Chairman | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Kenyatta Cheese | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Marc Falcone | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Michael Barasch | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Michael Coyne | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Mitchell Lowenthal | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Pat Budziak | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Johnny Perez | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Richard A Edlin | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Joan Chan | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Stephen Loffredo | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Joshua Thompson | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Michal Miernowski | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Joellen Valentine | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Andreea Stan | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Vidhu Aggarwal | Director | 0.5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Urban Justice Center
- EIN
- 133442022
- Address
- 40 Rector Street 9th FL, New York, NY, 10006-1732
- State
- New York
- Mission
- The organization was established to engage in legal advocacy on behalf of the homeless, indigent, disenfranchised, and those members of the general public who have been deprived of civil and economic rights in the new york city metropolitan area. (as filed on the Form 990)
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1987
- Principal officer
- Douglas Lasdon (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 November 1991
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2023
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥8years on the filingsJyotin Hamid
≥8years on the filingsArnold B Peinado III
≥8years on the filingsCharlene Jones
≥8years on the filingsDavid Singleton
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $35.3m
- Total liabilities
- $4.6m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $30.7m
- Contributions and grants received
- $38.9m
- Program service revenue
- $1m
- Grants and similar paid out
- $232k
- Employees
- 183
- Volunteers
- 148
Grants paid
1 listediFrom Schedule I of the Form 990: grants and assistance to organisations in the United States, largest first (up to 25). Schedule I is filed only by organisations that gave more than $5,000 to any one recipient.| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Family Law Justice Center | Legal services - spin off | $232k |
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.Urban Justice Center 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
- 23 June 1987
- Registered agent
- Corporate Creations Network Inc. (city and state not held)