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CHARITY REVIEW
Issued: June 2025 Expires: June 2027

Global Justice Center

Accredited Charity
Accredited Charity

Meets Standards

11 Hanover Square, 6th Floor
New York, NY, 10005

Standards For Charity Accountability

Governance

  1. Board Oversight
  2. Board Size
  3. Board Meetings
  4. Board Compensation
  5. Conflict of Interest

Measuring Effectiveness

  1. Effectiveness Policy
  2. Effectiveness Report

Finances

  1. Program Expenses
  2. Fundraising Expenses
  3. Accumulating Funds
  4. Audit Report
  5. Detailed Expense Breakdown
  6. Accurate Expense Reporting
  7. Budget Plan

Fundraising & Info

  1. Truthful Materials
  2. Annual Report
  3. Website Disclosures
  4. Donor Privacy
  5. Cause Marketing Disclosures
  6. Complaints

Global Justice Center meets the 20 Standards for Charity Accountability.

Stated Purpose:
"to advance women in foreign countries to ensure that they are active makers and enforcers of public policy and law and equal partners in government and judicial bodies."

Year, State Incorporated:
2007, NY

Global Justice Center (GJC) envisions a gender-equal world where every person lives free from violence, has full bodily autonomy, and has the power to access justice to protect and promote their human rights. The organization fights for sexual and reproductive rights, aiming to ensure that access to safe and quality abortion is a fundamental part of the sexual and reproductive rights framework. GJC also seeks to ensure that gender shapes the prevention of and response to violence, including conflict and mass atrocities. The organization's multilateralism program seeks to embed principles of equality and non-discrimination in supranational institutions. GJC utilizes research, analyses, and partnerships to ensure equal protection of the law for women and girls.

For the year ended September 29, 2023, Global Justice Center's program expenses were:

Program services $1,106,376
Total Program Expenses $1,106,376

Chief Executive
Elise Keppler, Executive Director

Compensation*
$136,194

Chair of the Board
Gretchen Freeman Cappio, JD

Chair's Profession / Business Affiliation
Partner, Keller Rohrback LLP

Board Size
9

Paid Staff Size
5

*2022 compensation includes annual salary and, if applicable, benefit plans, expense accounts, and other allowances.

Note: Ms. Keppler's current compensation is not available. In 2022, the highest compensated employee was the former President, Akila Radhakrishnan, who received $174,250 in total compensation.

Method(s) Used:
Direct mail appeals, Grant proposals, Internet, Direct mail appeals

Fundraising costs were 15% of related contributions. (Related contributions, which totaled $1,423,311, are donations received as a result of fundraising activities.)

This organization is tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. It is eligible to receive contributions deductible as charitable donations for federal income tax purposes.

The following information is based on Global Justice Center's audited financial statements for the year ended September 29, 2023.

Source of Funds
Miscellaneous income $3,460
Program service fees $16,497
Investment income, net $91,447
Donated services $177,507
Grants and contributions $1,245,804
Total Income $1,534,715

Programs: 72% Fundraising: 14% Administrative: 14%

Total Income $1,534,715
Total expenses: $1,537,305
  Program expenses $1,106,376
  Fundraising expenses $219,089
  Administrative expenses $211,840
  Other expenses $0
Income in Excess of Expenses $-2,590
Beginning Net Assets $1,596,097
Other Changes In Net Assets $-62,236
Ending Net Assets $1,531,271
Total Liabilities $145,564
Total Assets $1,676,835

Note 1: According to GJC's audited financial statements for the year ended September 30, 2023, the organization received in-kind contributions totaling $177,507 in the form of donated professional fees.

Note 2: In the financial section above, "other changes in net assets" refers to the return of a restricted grant (-$26,986) and a write-off of contribution receivable (-$35,250).

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