EIN 13-3267496

Avenues for Justice

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
13
Year formed
1979
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
NTEE code, primary
Description
Avenues for Justice aims to divert youth from the criminal justice system by offering court advocacy services. Services are provided both online and onsite at two community centers in Harlem and the Lower East Side, as well as at their headquarters inside the Manhattan criminal courthouse. They serve two main groups of participants in New York City aged 13-24: court-involved participants, including those with active legal proceedings, and at-risk participants referred by NYC Family Court.
Also known as...
Andrew Glover Youth Program
Total revenues
$2,158,583
2022
Total expenses
$2,241,064
2022
Total assets
$3,059,670
2022
Num. employees
13
2022

Program areas at Avenues for Justice

"Avenues for Justice (afj) serves two main groups of participants in new york city, ages 13 to 24: 1) "court-involved" participants, which includes those who have active legal proceedings, are diversion (younger participants referred by nyc family court for shorter mandates), are formerly incarcerated, or are in the process of reentry from a detention center; and 2) "at-risk" participants who are at-risk of involvement with the criminal Justice system or who receive short-term assistance or referrals to third party specialists better suited to meet their needs.participation: Avenues for Justice exceeded our 2022 goal of serving 330 participants, serving 386 participants from january 1, 2022 to december 31, 2022.during 2022, afj served 262 participants in the court-involved program: 155 were in the long-term court advocacy program, 86 were in the family court diversion program, and 21 were re-entry. One hundred forty-one were served through the lower east side site and 121 were served through the harlem site. This report focuses on the 262 court-involved participants. During 2022, 102 young people entered the court-involved program. That is by far the largest intake of new participants in the history of afj. During 2022, afj also served 72 at-risk participants online and at our two community centers in harlem and the lower east side. Additionally, afj provided 52 participants with referrals and other short-term assistance."
Our program is effective and efficient. On average, only 6% of our court-involved participants are reconvicted within three years of enrollment at afj and only 13% are reconvicted within six years of enrollment. Operating rikers costs nyc taxpayers approximately $500,000 per incarcerated person per year. It only costs afj $6,300 to put one young person through a full year of our wraparound services which lead to employment, academic success, and long-term stability.
"services for the court-involved and at-risk participants are provided online and onsite at afj's two community centers in harlem and the lower east side, and at afj's headquarters inside the manhattan criminal courthouse. Court-involved participants receive free court advocacy services with intensive case management. All participants receive hire up services for job readiness and certification, teen empowerment and legal rights, life skills training, mental and physical health wellness, academic/educational support and tutoring. Afj also provides referrals to third party specialists for all participants when needed.hire up program impact/outcomes: in 2022, afj's hire up program offered over 200 workshops, classes, and training sessions focused on digital literacy, construction safety, videography, mental health, entrepreneurship, job readiness, interpersonal relationships, educational tutoring, communication skills/civics, and legal rights and responsibilities, both online and onsite at our two community centers. In 2022, 180 individual participants attended hire up workshops.employment: with the emphasis on employment readiness in hire up, afj saw an increase in 2022 of participants who found and retained jobs. A total of 84 of the 262 active court-involved participants in 2022 were employed and 38 of these obtained employment during the calendar year. Of those that had obtained employment during 2022, 89% had participated in the hire up program.summer youth employment program (syep): for a second year, the city selected afj in 2022 as a host site for its summer youth employment program (syep), funded through nyc's department of youth and community development (dycd). The program subsidizes salaries to stimulate summer hiring. While afj places participants in employment opportunities year-round, for syep we created a unique 150-hour media training camp, with trainees receiving syep salaries for study in podcasting, videography, and music production. Fourteen of our original 19 enrollees attended from july 5 to august 12, training 25 hours a week.job readiness: afj, in partnership with the women's initiative & allies network (win) of blackrock, hosted a job readiness event at our lower east side community center in december 2022. The event consisted of the following three workshop stations: how to write a resume, how to write a cover letter, and a station for mock interview practice.digital literacy: launched in 2020, combining self-paced on-line study with instruction led by afj's court advocates, afj increased group instruction in 2022 which resulted in sizeable increases in enrollees and certifications earned: of the total 91 participants who took certification tests, 52 (57%) were during 2022. Of the 771 tests taken, 603 (78%) were in 2022. Of the 356 certifications earned, 281 (79%) were earned in 2022.financial literacy: city national bank team members led a financial literacy workshop in 2022 for 12 afj participants and their families.osha certifications: in 2022, afj changed to onsite, group classes at our harlem community center which resulted in 18 participants earning 21 certifications with 17 certifications earned for osha and site safety training and 4 earned for flaggers and scaffolding safety training. Education: education data is collected from participants at intake, on an annual basis while a participant is active (annual follow-up), and at program completion/exit. In 2022, of the 262 court-involved participants, 164 were in school at intake, 60 received their high school diploma while at afj, and 68 were still in school when they exited afj programming."

Who funds Avenues for Justice

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Robin Hood Foundation / Tudor Charitable TRPoverty Relief$540,000
Network for GoodUnrestricted$186,412
Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor Grant Recipient's Exempt Purposes$104,000
...and 43 more grants received totalling $1,505,005

Personnel at Avenues for Justice

NameTitleCompensation
Elizabeth FrederickChief Operating Officer$102,466
Angel RodriguezExecutive Director$135,558
Annie TroyOperations Manager
Gamal WillisManager of Court Advocacy and Outreach
Jane GreenbergVice Chair / Vice - Chair / Board Member$0

Financials for Avenues for Justice

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$2,108,734
Program services$0
Investment income and dividends$26,697
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$23,152
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$2,158,583

Form 990s for Avenues for Justice

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-15990View PDF
2021-122022-10-31990View PDF
2020-122021-09-24990View PDF
2019-122021-02-24990View PDF
2018-122019-12-13990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s

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Data update history
December 27, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
December 27, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 1 new personnel
December 24, 2023
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
November 25, 2023
Received grants
Identified 7 new grant, including a grant for $35,000 from Mary J Hutchins Foundation
August 19, 2023
Received grants
Identified 31 new grant, including a grant for $490,000 from Robin Hood Foundation / Tudor Charitable TR
Nonprofit Types
Crime and legal aid organizationsLegal service nonprofitsYouth service charitiesCharities
Issues
Human servicesChildrenCrime and lawLegal servicesRehabilitation for ex-offenders
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsReceives government fundingProvides scholarshipsGala fundraisersFundraising races, competitions, and tournamentsTax deductible donations
General information
Address
100 Centre St 1541
New York, NY 10013
Metro area
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
Website URL
avenuesforjustice.org/ 
Phone
(212) 349-6381
IRS details
EIN
13-3267496
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1979
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
I80: Legal Services
NAICS code, primary
624110: Child and Youth Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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