Community Justice Project

Community Justice Project (CJP) is a legal aid organization based in South Florida that offers direct representation, engages in litigation, organizes protests, and writes research papers that address issues surrounding voting, housing, illegal immigration, and incarceration. 1

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At-A-Glance

Type: Non-profit, 501(c)(3)
Issue Areas: Elections Policy, Housing Policy, Immigration Policy, Criminal Justice Policy
Website:

https://www.communityjusticeproject.com/

Tax-Exempt Status:

501(c)(3)

Location: Miami, FL View on map
Tax ID: 47-2777185
Most Recent Filing: 2024
Budget (2024): Assets: $4,325,490 Revenue: $1,365,239 Expenses: $2,293,683

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    CJP states that equality can only come from social movements and as a result it “works with community based organizations…[and is] deeply and unapologetically committed to Black and brown communities organizing in Florida.” 2 It partners with the Black Lives Matter Alliance, Organize Florida, and New Florida Majority. 3

    Voting

    In 2024, the Community Justice Project represented Florida Rising Together in a lawsuit against the Florida Attorney General and Secretary of State calling Florida’s exact match voter registration program illegal and unconstitutional. A director at Florida Rising alleged that the verification program, which requires a voter’s name and social security number to match exactly with those in the state’s database constituted  “blatant discrimination and oppression at the hands of elected officials.” 4

    CJP’s suit alleged that this verification process targets Black voters, stating “Black voter registration applicants have been rejected at a rate more than twice their share of the registrant pool, while white applicants are denied registration at a smaller fraction of their share of the electorate.” 4

    Housing

    The Community Justice Project worked in conjunction with Faith in Florida to oppose the $800 million investment St. Petersburg offered to the Tampa Bay Rays professional baseball team for renovations to their stadium which was destroyed by Hurricane Milton in 2024. 5 The city is currently investing over $6.5 billion 6 into revitalization efforts in the Historic Gas Plant District which CJP states is part of a “decades-long campaign to permanently displace the residents of the historically Black Gas Plant community.” 5

    The CJP-backed movement sought to force the Tampa Bay Rays to stay in Saint Petersburg, pay taxes on the stadium, pay for the stadium without tax dollars, and avoid gentrifying the district.  5 In 2025, the owner of the team decided to cancel the renovations in favor of selling the team or moving to a new city, and did not take the money from St. Petersburg. 6

    Immigration

    In 2018, lawyers from the Community Justice Project helped WeCount and the Florida Immigration Coalition filed a class action lawsuit against Miami-Dade County for detaining individuals in compliance with orders from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). These individuals represented by these advocacy groups were arrested for driving without a license and brought to the county jail. They both posted bail but were rearrested on behalf of ICE and kept in the county jail. The suit alleged that it was unconstitutional to keep these individuals in a county jail and that the officers were not required to comply with the orders from ICE. 7

    Incarceration

    Between 2022 and 2024, the Community Justice Project worked with Beyond the Bars to eliminate outstanding jail debt and fees held by formerly incarcerated individuals and their families. The program wanted charges removed for necessities like phone calls, uniforms, medical care, and electronic monitoring required while individuals were incarcerated. The campaign raised $10 million to help reduce jail debt in Miami Dade County and officials agreed to get rid of around $100 million in outstanding jail debt. 8

    Donation Recipients

    Alliance for Youth Organizing (AFYO)

    Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC)

    Florida Rising Together

    Miami Workers Center (MWC)

    Southeast Climate & Energy Network

    Food and Water Watch (FWW)

    Miami Climate Alliance 9

    Donor Organizations

    Amalgamated Charitable Foundation

    Borealis Philanthropy

    Center for Popular Democracy (CPD)

    Echoing Green

    Equal Justice Works

    Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

    Miami Foundation

    Neo Philanthropy

    New Venture Fund

    Proteus Fund

    Right to the City Alliance

    Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

    Taproot Earth 10

    Financial Statistics

    Total Assets

    Total Revenue

    Total Expenses

    YearTotal AssetsTotal RevenueTotal ExpensesFiling
    2024 $4,325,490 $1,365,239 $2,293,683 View
    2023 $4,699,385 $2,897,342 $2,376,968 View
    2022 $3,867,148 $2,870,851 $1,899,577 View
    2021 $2,800,524 $2,460,472 $1,231,868 View
    2020 $1,503,282 $850,793 $679,296 View

    Prior year filings: 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015

    Revenue Detail

    Expenses Detail

    Employee Compensation

    • Number of Employees: 13

    Highest Earning Employees

    EmployeeTitleTotal Compensation
    Alana GreerEXECUTIVE DI$146,000
    Carrie FeitSENIOR ATTOR$109,494

    Grant Activity

    All-time grants received statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $16,287,466
    • Number of Grants: 89
    • Number of Funders: 37

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

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $1,600,0002021 JPMorgan Chase & Co. Contributions ProgramJPMorgan Chase announced a $1.6 Million three-year investment in the Community Justice Project (CJP). CJP will implement a community lawyering model supporting grassroots organizations and tenant-led campaigns to help stop evictions and improve conditions for renters. CJP aims to expand this model beyond Miami-dade to eight other counties across Florida.
    $1,000,0002023 Taproot EarthGreen New Deal
    $1,000,0002022 Project South the Institution for the Elimination Poverty & GenocideOPERATIONS
    $1,000,0002021 The Ford FoundationGeneral support to provide strategic legal representation and policy expertise for communities and movements organizations working to advance civic engagement, criminal justice and racial justice in Florida
    $981,6082025 FFLALAP – 2025 IOTA FUNDING
    $758,2732020 Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network, Inc.Provide legal services to public.
    $550,3002021 Jpmorgan Chase FoundationIN SUPPORT OF NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION
    $535,0002023 Jpmorgan Chase FoundationIN SUPPORT OF NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION
    $535,0002022 Jpmorgan Chase FoundationIn support of neighborhood revitalization
    $415,0002025 The Ford FoundationGeneral support to collaborate with community organizers and grassroots groups in low-income communities of color for a more democratic, just and equal society through organizing and social movement and project support for institutional strengthening
    $400,0002024 The Ford FoundationGeneral support to provide strategic legal representation and policy expertise for communities and movements organizations working to advance civic engagement, criminal justice and racial justice in Florida
    $331,0002021 New Venture FundCIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
    $313,8882024 FFLALAP
    $270,0002021 Project South the Institution for the Elimination Poverty & GenocideOPERATIONS
    $251,0002023 Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncGeneral operating support and project support
    $250,0002023 New Venture FundCIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
    $250,0002022 Citi FoundationCOMMUNITY PROGRESS MAKERS
    $250,0002021 Citi FoundationCOMMUNITY PROGRESS MAKERS
    $250,0002021 William R Kenan Jr Charitable TrustGeneral
    $200,0002022 Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncPROJECT SUPPORT
    $165,7502020 FFLALap
    $150,0002022 William R Kenan Jr Charitable TrustGeneral
    $126,0002021 Amalgamated Charitable Foundation IncGeneral operating support
    $120,0002021 The Miami FoundationPROGRAM SUPPORT
    $108,0802023 Equal Justice WorksFELLOWSHIP SUPPORT

    All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:

    • Total Grant Value: $2,116,542
    • Number of Grants: 45
    • Number of Recipients: 33

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

    AmountYearFunderSubject
    $578,7452024 The Smile TrustSUBGRANT
    $204,5002023 Miami Workers Center, Inc.SUBGRANT
    $135,0002021 Miami Workers Center, Inc.SUBGRANT
    $85,0002023 Miami Climate Alliance IncSUBGRANT
    $59,2052023 Catalyst Miami IncSUBGRANT
    $54,0002022 Earth Ethics IncSUBGRANT
    $50,0002022 ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZINGSUBGRANT
    $50,0002022 Catalyst MiamiSUBGRANT
    $50,0002022 LA Casita Boricua IncSUBGRANT
    $50,0002022 Southeast Climate & Energy Network IncSUBGRANT
    $42,0002022 Lead Coalition of Bay CountySUBGRANT
    $42,0002022 Local Initiatives Support CorporationSUBGRANT
    $42,0002022 Ti Ayiti Preparedness and Relief InstitutionSUBGRANT
    $41,4052023 FLORIDA IMMIGRANT COALITION INCSUBGRANT
    $41,4052023 Southeast Climate & Energy Network IncSUBGRANT
    $41,1052023 ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANIZINGSUBGRANT
    $41,1052023 FOOD & WATER WATCHSUBGRANT
    $39,7722022 ReThink Energy Florida, Inc.SUBGRANT
    $35,0002021 Florida Rising Together IncSUBGRANT
    $28,3802023 Florida Rising Together IncSUBGRANT
    $25,0002023 Helping Others Make Everything Right IncSUBGRANT
    $25,0002021 FLORIDA IMMIGRANT COALITION INCSUBGRANT
    $25,0002021 STRUGGLE FOR MIAMIS AFFORDABLE AND SUSTAINABLE HOUSING INCORPORATEDSUBGRANT
    $20,0002023 The Allapattah Collaborative CDCSUBGRANT
    $20,0002022 Florida Rising Together IncSUBGRANT

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    References

    1. “Current Campaigns.” Community Justice Project. Accessed September 1, 2025. https://www.communityjusticeproject.com/currentcampaigns. 
    2. “Our Mission.” Community Justice Project. Accessed September 1, 2025. https://www.communityjusticeproject.com/mission. 
    3. “Partners.” Community Justice Project. Accessed September 1, 2025. https://www.communityjusticeproject.com/partners. 
    4. “Protecting Voters Rights in Florida.” Community Justice Project. Accessed September 1, 2025. https://www.communityjusticeproject.com/vote. 
    5. “St. Pete Is Not For Sale! Historic Gas Plant Neighborhood.” Community Justice Project. Accessed September 1, 2025. https://www.communityjusticeproject.com/gasplant. 
    6. “Tampa Bay Rays Not Moving Forward with New Stadium Plans.” ESPN, March 13, 2025. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/44236578/tampa-bay-rays-not-moving-forward-new-stadium-plans. 
    7. “Fighting ICE Detainers.” Community Justice Project, July 23, 2018. https://www.communityjusticeproject.com/detainers. 
    8. “Fair Working for Taxis.” Community Justice Project. Accessed September 1, 2025. https://www.communityjusticeproject.com/jailfees. 
    9. Community Justice Project, Form 990, 2023, Schedule I. 
    10. “Community Justice Project.” ProPublica. Accessed September 1, 2025. https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/full_text_search?sort=name&form%5B%5D=IRS990ScheduleI&q=47-2777185&submit=Apply.