2025-07-14T22:26:32-07:00 2024-08-31 752593210 Sutton Frost Cary LLP 200 E Front St Suite 200 Arlington TX 76011 990 2023-09-01 742969471 TEXAS CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY TEXA 5126123129 8708 S CONGRESS AVE 500 AUSTIN TX 78745 KAREN A JOHNSON PHD Executive Dir. 2025-07-15 true true Carroll Elizabeth Arnott P01965628 8176498083 2023 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X DR KAREN JOHNSON 8708 S CONGRESS AVE 500 AUSTIN TX 78745 487301 false X WWW.TEXASCJE.ORG X 2000 TX THE TEXAS CRIMINAL JUSTICE COALITION ADVANCES SOLUTIONS AND BUILDS COALITIONS TO END MASS INCARCERATION AND FOSTER SAFER TEXAS COMMUNITIES. 6 6 12 21 0 1137550 469783 0 7219 5592 14484 11926 1159253 487301 0 0 913717 540766 0 49520 237668 171489 1151385 712255 7868 -224954 1472205 1155647 102585 10919 1369620 1144728 X In 2000, our organization was established as ProTex: Network for a Progressive Texas and was most recently known as the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition. In 2021, the organization changed its name to the Texas Center for Justice and Equity (TCJE), better reflecting both our 20-year history of commitment to people most impacted by the criminal punishment system, as well as our vision for a better Texas. TCJE advances solutions and builds coalitions to end mass incarceration and foster safer Texas communities. We advocate at the state Capitol and in counties throughout Texas to shift funding towards community supports, and to reduce racial inequities in the criminal punishment system. false true 180680 County-Level Advocacy: TCJE advocates in Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio - Texas largest local drivers of people into state incarceration. Ultimately, this work is a local microcosm of TCJE's statewide reform efforts; our local program goals and objectives include: (1) helping kids feel safe and heard in schools, including by advocating for - and building partnerships that improve - opportunities for in-school programming and community based resources for kids and their families. (2) Reducing the flow of people into local jails and the state prison system, including by identifying and addressing policing, prosecutorial, and judicial practices that send people into the system. (3) Prioritizing investments in local resources that can both prevent kids and adults from entering the system and support them after leaving confinement. (4) Ensuring transparent and accountable local justice systems, including by providing critical data, information-sharing, and community engagement in support of effective advocacy and informed decision-making. 169387 Adult Justice: Our program goals and objectives include: (1) reversing the pipeline thats pushing people into the criminal punishment system addressing not just incarceration, but arrest, pretrial detention, probation, and more; that means engaging with other, intersecting systems that wrap people into the criminal punishment system. (2) Shrinking the number of people who are currently under correctional control (in prison or jail, on probation or parole) or who are impacted by prior system involvement, including by giving people the tools and opportunities to overcome the harsh, long-term consequences of a conviction. (3) Protecting the rights and wellbeing of people behind bars, specifically to ensure their humane treatment, safety, and dignity (especially during weather- or health-related crises). And (4) investing in approaches outside the criminal punishment system that support individual and community wellbeing, including programs and services that can help people address their needs like substance use disorder, mental health problems, or past trauma. This work is supported by TCJEs Statewide LeadershipCouncil, comprised of formerly incarcerated and system-impacted Texans who advocate locally and at the Texas Capitol to end mass incarceration and help people return successfully to the community. 112925 Youth Justice: Our program goals and objectives include: (1) reducing the number of students who are over-disciplined and, ultimately, arrested or referred to the juvenile system, including by prioritizing restorative justice and mental health supports for students, and, where possible, defunding school police. (2) Reducing the number of kids entering youth or adult prisons, including by limiting the number of 10- to 12-year-olds sent into the system, implementing decriminalization and diversion measures, and shuttering Texas' five remaining youth prisons through staggered facility closures, And (3) advocating for investments in non institutional, non-punitive, community-based programs and services that can address kids underlying needs - both preventing kids from entering the system and supporting them after leaving confinement. This work has been supported by TCJE's Youth Justice Ambassadors - four high school and early college students who have partnered with our youth justice team to advocate for changes in punitive school culture and address the over-criminalization of young people. 101632 564624 true true false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 12 0 true 12 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 6 6 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true false false X KAREN JOHNSON 5126123129 1212 E ANDERSON LANE SUITE 500 AUSTIN TX 78752 LEAH PINNEY-THRU 52024 Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 76587 0 6000 DR KAREN JOHNSON Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 73104 0 300 MARIA-THERESA SERVILLON SIGUA CHAIR 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 MIA GREER-THRU 82024 Treasurer 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 GERARDO CASTILLO Secretary 5.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 RYAN POMBRIO-FROM 82024 Treasurer 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 SALMA KHALEQ BOARD MEMBER 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RAMON PEREZ BOARD MEMBER 5.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 149691 6300 0 false false false 0 469783 469783 0 5592 5592 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OTHER REVENUE 900099 11926 11926 11926 487301 11926 5592 0 0 0 0 104420 86669 8980 8771 0 336490 274937 39376 22177 0 62065 50833 6971 4261 37791 30989 4157 2645 0 0 1500 602 635 263 0 0 0 61167 30348 21734 9085 0 1187 1092 71 24 0 0 16123 14189 1612 322 14767 14471 148 148 0 5366 5258 54 54 0 0 23062 20756 1614 692 2438 1829 536 73 OTHER EXPENSES 22860 11430 11430 BAIL FORFEITURE 17702 17702 Printing and Publications 2907 2675 116 116 BANK FEES 2209 663 663 883 201 181 14 6 712255 564624 98111 49520 364681 234552 835064 890245 200300 0 37220 19518 0 0 0 0 2860 2315 197709 188692 32080 9017 0 0 0 0 0 1472205 1155647 102585 10919 102585 10919 X 1369620 1144728 1369620 1144728 1472205 1155647 -224954 62 X false false false X 1535462 1192401 724815 1137550 469783 5060011 0 0 1535462 1192401 724815 1137550 469783 5060011 2683440 2376571 11830 10682 9516 10819 5592 48439 0 3419 4650 21434 10884 11926 52313 5160763 0.46050 0.38990 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 197709 188692 9017 9017 Form 990, Part III, Line 3 The Houston work, including the Bail Out Program ceased to exist in May 2024 when the staff doing the work resigned. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: County-Level Advocacy: TCJE advocates in Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio - Texas largest local drivers of people into state incarceration. Ultimately, this work is a local microcosm of TCJE's statewide reform efforts; our local program goals and objectives include: (1) helping kids feel safe and heard in schools, including by advocating for - and building partnerships that improve - opportunities for in-school programming and community based resources for kids and their families. (2) Reducing the flow of people into local jails and the state prison system, including by identifying and addressing policing, prosecutorial, and judicial practices that send people into the system. (3) Prioritizing investments in local resources that can both prevent kids and adults from entering the system and support them after leaving confinement. (4) Ensuring transparent and accountable local justice systems, including by providing critical data, information-sharing, and community engagement in support of effective advocacy and informed decision-making. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b The Executive Director and the Finance and Operations Manager review the Form 990. A final draft is sent via pdf to the board for review and comments. The 990 is also presented to the board with the Audited Financial Statements. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 12c Officers, Directors and key employees are given the conflict of interest policy annually and are required to disclose any conflicts that could give rise to conflicts. Should a conflict of interest arise, that individual is refrained from voting with respect to the matter that caused the conflict of interest. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 15a Board members determine compensation for the Executive Director. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Governing documents, conflict of interest policy, and financial statements are available to the public upon request.