Citizens for Juvenile Justice

Citizens for Juvenile Justice is a nonprofit that promotes the adoption of less-harsh forms of criminal punishment for juveniles.

At-A-Glance

Location: Boston, MA View on map
Tax ID: 04-3224860
Most Recent Filing: 2025
Budget (2025): Assets: $1,574,031 Revenue: $948,081 Expenses: $845,492

Citizens for Juvenile Justice is a nonprofit that promotes the adoption of less-harsh forms of criminal punishment for juveniles.

Financial Statistics

Total Assets

Total Revenue

Total Expenses

YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
2025 $1,574,031 $948,081 $845,492 View
2023 $1,650,508 $720,925 $806,718 View
2022 $1,768,997 $700,863 $779,147 View
2021 $1,932,857 $886,411 $702,044 View
2019 $1,789,922 $906,987 $665,798 View
2018 $1,441,953 $488,992 $617,927 View

Prior year filings: 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011

Revenue Detail

Expenses Detail

Employee Compensation

  • Number of Employees: 9

Highest Earning Employees

EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
Leon SmithEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR$125,005

Grant Activity

All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

  • Total Grant Value: $4,362,848
  • Number of Grants: 163
  • Number of Funders: 48

Selection of highest value grants received from the last seven years:

AmountYearFunderSubject
$156,0002022 The Boston FoundationOperating Support/Annual Fund
$150,0002021 The Boston FoundationOperating Support/Annual Fund
$120,5422021 Global ImpactDonor Advised
$108,1822022 Global ImpactDonor Advised Fund
$100,0002024 Barr FoundationTO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
$75,0002023 Barr FoundationEDUCATION: TO SUPPORT GENERAL OPERATIONS
$64,9032022 The Skadden FoundationPAYMENT FOR FELLOWS
$60,0002020 The Hyams Foundation IncGeneral support
$55,0002024 The Hyams Foundation IncGeneral support
$55,0002023 The Hyams Foundation IncGeneral support
$55,0002022 The Hyams Foundation IncGeneral support
$55,0002021 The Hyams Foundation IncGeneral support
$50,0002024 THE SCHOTT FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATIONEDUCATION GRANT
$50,0002023 THE SCHOTT FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATIONTO PROVIDE ADVOCACY SUPPORT FOR SCHOOL DISCIPLINE REFORM EFFORTS TO ADVANCE EDUCATION EQUITY IN MASSACHUSETTS
$50,0002021 THE SCHOTT FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATIONTo provide advocacy support for school discipline reform efforts to advance education equity in Massachusetts
$35,0002021 Gardiner Howland Shaw FoundationSUPPORT FOR THE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM PROGRAM.
$35,0002020 Gardiner Howland Shaw FoundationSupport for the statewide juvenile justice reform advocacy project.
$33,0482023 The Skadden FoundationPAYMENT FOR FELLOWS
$32,5002023 Gardiner Howland Shaw FoundationSUPPORT FOR THE STATE-WIDE JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM PROJECT.
$32,5002022 Gardiner Howland Shaw FoundationSUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM ADVOCACY PROJECT.
$31,6282021 The Skadden FoundationPAYMENT FOR FELLOWS
$30,7002020 Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift FundFor grant recipient's exempt purposes
$28,1832020 PayPal Giving FundGeneral Support
$25,0002025 Gardiner Howland Shaw FoundationSUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE JUVENILE JUSTICE REFORM INITIATIVE.
$25,0002024 Gardiner Howland Shaw FoundationSUPPORT FOR THE STATEWIDE JUVENILE JUSTICE ADVOCACY PROJECT.