Justice Catalyst Law Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$1.9m
year to 31 December 2024
Expenses
$2.4m
year to 31 December 2024
Total assets
$1.2m
$205k liabilities
Net assets
$965k
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
4
4.2 years on average
Staff
1
16 volunteers
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Officers and senior staff
8
named in Part VII
Justice Catalyst Law Inc's network
4 people4 organisationsi4 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (4). Violet dotted lines (4) 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
4 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 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Elga | Director/President/Executive Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Molly Coleman Start 6624 | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Rakim Brooks | Director/Secretary | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Sarah O'Brien | Director/Treasurer | 2020 | 6 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
8 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Elga | Executive Director | since 2020 |
| Brian Shearer | Legal Director | 2020 |
| Craig Briskin | Senior Counsel | 2020 |
| Jacob Lipton | Of-Counsel | 2022 |
| Janet Herold | Legal Director | 2022 |
| Lindsay Cornelio | Operations Director | 2022 |
| Lucy Bansal | Senior Counsel | since 2022 |
| Mariyam Hussain | Counsel | 2022 |
Pay and hours
year to 31 December 2024iFrom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Elga | Director/President/Executive Director | 40 | $213k | $42k | |
| Rakim Brooks | Director/Secretary | 1 | $0 | ||
| Sarah O'brien | Director/Treasurer | 1 | $0 | ||
| Molly Coleman Start 6624 | Director | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Justice Catalyst Law Inc
- EIN
- 830932015
- Address
- 40 Rector Street 9th Floor, New York, NY, 10006-1732
- State
- New York
- Mission
- Our mission is to expand the legal system's potential to provide meaningful accountability, and to bring justice and sustainable change to the communities that are most often left behind by our economic and legal systems. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- P20 Human services
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Human Services
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 2018
- Principal officer
- Benjamin Elga (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 March 2019
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 4, latest 2024
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥6years on the filingsSarah O'Brien
≥4years on the filingsRakim Brooks
≥3years on the filingsBenjamin Elga
≥2years on the filingsMolly Coleman Start 6624
Latest return
year to 31 December 2024iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 31 December 2024. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $1.2m
- Total liabilities
- $205k
- Net assets or fund balances
- $965k
- Contributions and grants received
- $1.6m
- Program service revenue
- $159k
- Employees
- 1
- Volunteers
- 16
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 | $1.9m | $2.4m | Deficit $527k |
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.Justice Catalyst Law, 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
- Foreign Not-For-Profit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 16 August 2018
- Registered agent
- Not stated