Nonprofit · EIN 59-1878598
FLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE INC
Tax-exempt · MIAMI, FL 33128
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30, 2025 | 990 | $1,853,392 | $1,751,105 | $102,287 | $4,507,529 | $817,291 | $3,690,238 |
| September 30, 2024 | 990 | $578,098 | $1,398,472 | -$820,374 | $3,621,585 | $622,235 | $2,999,350 |
| September 30, 2023 | 990 | $608,451 | $1,036,091 | -$427,640 | $3,190,911 | $51,477 | $3,139,434 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $938,145
- Program service revenue
- $851,635
- Investment income
- $34,232
- Net income from fundraising events
- $17,118
- Other revenue
- $29,380
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $151,063
- Other salaries and wages
- $813,732
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $1,231,480
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Accounting fees
- $19,696
- Occupancy
- $117,227
- Travel
- $14,432
- Depreciation
- $458
- Program services (functional)
- $1,197,779
- Management and general (functional)
- $316,194
- Fundraising (functional)
- $237,132
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $3,621,585
- Total assets, end of year
- $4,507,529
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $817,291
- Net assets, end of year
- $3,690,238
- Publicly traded securities
- $3,564,466
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $3,690,238
- Gross receipts
- $1,853,392
- Employees
- 8
- Year formed
- 1978
- State of legal domicile
- FL
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAYMOND TASEFF | ATTORNEY Highest-paid employee | 50 | $157,095 |
| MICHAEL J LANGLEY | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 50 | $142,444 |
| DANTE P TREVISANI | LITIGATION D Highest-paid employee | 50 | $133,994 |
| ANDREW UDELSMAN | TRIAL ATTORN Highest-paid employee | 50 | $103,267 |
| JESSICA PLA | DIRECTOR OF Highest-paid employee | 50 | $101,159 |
| RODERICK N PETREY | CHAIR EMERIT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| SHANE GRANNUM | VICE CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CHE SCOTT | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| TIFFANI G LEE | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLES W THROCKMORTON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MARIA FERNANDA BORGES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BENJAMINE REID | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WHITNEY MARIE UNTIEDT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SOWMYA BHARATHI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SHIVA NAHAPPAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2024: 13 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAYMOND TASEFF | ATTORNEY Highest-paid employee | 50 | $147,464 |
| DANTE P TREVISANI | LITIGATION D Highest-paid employee | 50 | $129,625 |
| MICHAEL J LANGLEY | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 50 | $10,589 |
| RODERICK N PETREY | CHAIR EMERIT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MARIA FERNANDA BORGES | CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| AMELIA R MAGUIRE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BENJAMINE REID | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TIFFANI G LEE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WHITNEY MARIE UNTIEDT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SOWMYA BHARATHI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| NIKITA M NERSIAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHE SCOTT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| CHARLES W THROCKMORTON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended September 30, 2023: 11 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAYMOND TASEFF | ATTORNEY Highest-paid employee | 50 | $143,032 |
| DANTE P TREVISANI | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 50 | $127,499 |
| RODERICK N PETREY | CHAIRMAN/PRE Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| MARIA BORGES | ACTING CHAIR Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 |
| AMELIA R MAGUIRE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| BENJAMINE REID | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| TIFFANI LEE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| WHITNEY MARIE UNTIEDT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| SOWMYA BHARATHI | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
| MICHAEL J LANGLEY | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 0 | $0 |
| NIKITA NERSIAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 1 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 40 NW 3RD ST STE 200, MIAMI, FL 33128-1839
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- MICHAEL J LANGLEY, 40 NW 3RD STREET SUITE 200, MIAMI, FL 33128
- Signed the 990
- MICHAEL J LANGLEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Phone
- (305) 358-2081
- Website
- FJI.LAW
- Return prepared by
- GUTIERREZ MADARIAGA CPA PA
Mission
FLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE, INC. IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION THAT USES IMPACT LITIGATION AND ADVOCACY TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF FLORIDA'S POOR AND DISENFRANCHISED RESIDENTS, WHILE FOCUSING ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM, HOMELESSNESS & POVERTY, DISABILITY ACCESS, AND OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES. THE ORGANIZATION'S ACTIVITIES ARE PRINCIPALLY FUNDED THROUGH GRANTS, DONATIONS, AND ATTORNEYS' FEES AWARDED THROUGH LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENT.
Program accomplishments
- WE FILED AND SETTLED A LAWSUIT AGAINST ST. JOHNS COUNTY THAT CRIMINALIZED REQUESTING ASSISTANCE, RESULTING IN THE COUNTY REPEALING THE ORDINANCE. WE FILED, HAVE BEEN LITIGATING, OUR CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF INCARCERATED PEOPLE AT A SOUTH FLORIDA PRISON OVER THE SWELTERING HEAT AND HUMIDITY, SEEKING TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS SO THAT THEY DONT POSE A RISK OF MEDICAL HARM TO PEOPLE INCARCERATED THERE. WE SETTLED OUR LAWSUIT AGAINST LAKE CITY, RESULTING IN THE REPEAL OF THEIR PANHANDLING BAN, THEREBY ALLOWING OUR CLIENT TO DISTRIBUTE NEWSPAPERS AT INTERSECTIONS. WE URGED THE PASSAGE OF THE TRISTIN MURPHY ACT, WHICH CREATES MENTAL HEALTH DIVERSION PROGRAMS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM AND CAME AT THE HEELS OF OUR LAWSUIT REPRESENTING MR. MURPHYS MOTHER; THE ACT SUCCESSFULLY PASSED. WE FILED A FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF AN INCARCERATED MAN WITH A DISABILITY AFTER THE FDC SOUGHT AND ENFORCED AT 500K LIEN AGAINST HIM, TAKING THE PROCEEDS OF A PREVIOUS CIVIL RIGHTS SETTLEMENT. WE FILED OBJECTIONS TO A PROPOSED LEGAL MAIL RULE THAT WOULD MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR ATTORNEYS TO COMMUNICATE WITH INCARCERATED PEOPLE IN FLORIDA. WE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF MIAMI OVER THEIR AGGRESSIVE PANHANDLING BAN, RESULTING IN THE REPEAL OF THE ORDINANCE AND AVOIDING HUNDREDS OF NEEDLESS ARRESTS. WE FILED A LAWSUIT CHALLENGING HILLSBOROUGH COUNTYS PANHANDLING BAN, RESULTING IN THE REPEAL OF THE ORDINANCE. WE LITIGATED AND SETTLED A LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF INCARCERATED WOMEN WHO HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO SEXUAL ABUSE. WE CONTINUED MONITORING OUR DISABILITY RIGHTS SETTLEMENT WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, WHICH HELPS APPROXIMATELY 15,000 TO 20,000 PEOPLE IN PRISON WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES BY ENSURING THEY GET THE ACCOMMODATIONS THEY NEED TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY, INDEPENDENCE, AND SAFETY. WE CONTINUED ADVOCATING FOR THE DOZENS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO CONTACTED US FOR ASSISTANCE.Expenses $1,197,779
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in September, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | September 30, 2026 | February 16, 2027 | Not due yet |
| 2024 | September 30, 2025 | February 17, 2026 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | September 30, 2024 | February 18, 2025 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 59-1878598
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1982
- Accounting year ends
- September
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Crime and legal-related (I80Z)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $4,507,529
- Income (IRS master file)
- $1,853,392
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | September 2025 | $1,853,392 | $1,751,105 | $4,507,529 | XML |
| 990 | September 2024 | $578,098 | $1,398,472 | $3,621,585 | XML |
| 990 | September 2023 | $608,451 | $1,036,091 | $3,190,911 | XML |
| 990 | September 2022 | $1,071,730 | $1,463,830 | $3,397,872 | IRS |
| 990 | September 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | September 2020 | $1,718,564 | $1,172,855 | $3,376,974 | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 59-1878598).
Questions about FLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE INC
- What is the EIN of FLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of FLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE INC is 59-1878598.
- Is FLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1982.
- Are donations to FLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does FLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of FLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending September 30, 2026) is due February 16, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did FLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended September 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of FLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 names MICHAEL J LANGLEY.
- Who are the officers and directors of FLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE INC?
- The 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 lists 15 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $157,095 (RAYMOND TASEFF, ATTORNEY).
- How much revenue does FLORIDA JUSTICE INSTITUTE INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended September 30, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,853,392, expenses of $1,751,105 and total assets of $4,507,529 at year end.
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