Center for Nuleadership on Urban Solutions Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Our mission is to shift the paradigm and practice of public safety, justice and accountability from criminal justice to Human Justicean outcomes-driven liberation framework to redirect human resources (social, cultural, financial and political)from punishment-oriented systems and pedagogy to more equitable, sustainable and self-determined solutions. Human Justice is our original framework, launched in 2011. Human Justice = Human Rights + Human DevelopmentWe believe that justice cannot be achieved if the starting point is criminal. We believe that pathways to true safety and accountability is by building community generational wealth and health, together.We aim to shift the paradigm and practice of public safety from criminal justice to Human Justice. In other words, criminal justice puts the focus on things like nicer jails, police trainings, and ending cash bail (among other things). Human Justice focuses on building community generational wealth and health in communities destroyed by
- Income
- $2.0 million
- Spending
- $2.1 million
- Spent on programs
- 69%
- Reserves
- 0.6 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 54%
- Employees
- 7
- Volunteers
- 23
- Highest pay
- $107,625, co-exec dir.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 37 out of 100. Higher than 5% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
4 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 0.6 months of spending.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 33% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 5% of income.
Income trend
0 of 15Income fell 34% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1569% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 16 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 57% of charities in its peer group (crime and legal services, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 258 of 8 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (5)
- $414,521 spent. Village Takeback - is all about system triaging and intervention in order to take back our youth and the Million Dollar Blocks (due to incarceration) in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn. We focus hyper-locally to build deep roots of healing, power, organizing seeds. VT provides i) system triage through post-bail out support, arrest diversion organizing at the precinct level and gun diversion programming for eventual dismissal of conviction; ii) community statbilization through guaranteed income and communiversity sessions. Through VT, we provided guaranteed income support of 600/month to 12 families over 6-12 months; provided guaranteed income, housing, childcare, grocery, transportation and phone connection as part of post-bail support and stabilization for 5 people; organized over 10 community village circles and events on the Million Dollar Blocks of Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn to listen, survey and build with the residents and system involved youth of Bed-Stuy; we surveyed over 250 bed-stuy community residents about safety, health and community needs and dreams.
- $353,461 spent. NuLegacy - connects New Yorkers of color whose lives have been devastated by incarceration to the regenerative power of nature and land. Right now, through our live-in residency at WILDSEED Community Farm & Healing Village, we provide experiences such as camping, farming training, medicine workshops, healing circles, wellness retreats, reconnection gatherings, creative space for artists, and respite for family members visiting loved ones in upstate prisons. NuLegacy nurtures the skills and provides the experiences necessary for people to live, heal, and thrive in nature and to steward land in healthy and harmonious ways. Through NuLegacy, we organized three first-time exposure and experience gatherings for a total of 160 people from the five boroughs of NYC through our organizational residency with the Wildseed Community Farm which we won in 2021. We also organized 3 camping trips for 6 Brooklyn youth who have never camped before.
- $326,126 spent. Human Justice Lab for Training and Policy (HJLTP)- provides a space for sharing best practices, expertise, tools and access to resources for service providers/educators; system-impacted individuals; and families/caregivers/parents whose children are system-impacted. The training services are designed to provide political education, tools for daily application, and convening everyone in our resource hub, which coordinates referrals and feedback, to ensure continuity and assessment of services provided by the system. A major goal of HJTRL is to fill the gap between vision and mission alignment among activists focused on dismantling the oppressive system; service providers relying on the system for their livelihoods; community members eager for better, community-based alternatives for safety and accountability; and, most importantly, system-impacted people deserving of better from all of us. Through HJLTP, we provided over 35 trainings and workshops for credible messenger organizers, Bed-Stuy residents and youth, system stakeholders from Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice and the Kings County District Attorney's office. Our hallmark project is Communiversity which we launched in late 2021. Communiversity is our engine for educational, emotional and political edquity by locating and generating educational resources, assets (people), and opportunities within our neighborhoods and holding courses that are often only offered through higher education institutions.
- $259,816 spent. The Organization is the fiscal sponsor of the Peoples Bail Out NYC. Peoples Bail Out NYC organizes community bail outs from New York City jails. Each bail out is a radical, collective act of community defense against pretrial jailing on Rikers and the Boat, in Horizons and Crossroads.
- $114,327 spent. The Village Apprenticeship Program (VAP) - is decolonizing workforce development and preparing workers, employers, and communities for a post-COVID world. VAP is building a community care workforce. VAP is a revolutionary training and apprenticeship program that provides workers and employers with the knowledge and skills and resources needed to build a cooperative, equitable, and vibrant village. Through VAP, we matched 10 cohort participants with mostly local and black-owned businesses. We also provided seed investment of ten thousand dollars to three black owned businesses from Brooklyn. 80% of our participants found employment that they are pursuing now as part time and full time employees, a year later. More importantly, we created a village community of people, ideas and innovations that are exploring, experimenting and actualizing what cooperative economics feels and looks like.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on May 15, 2019 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on May 15, 2019.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since September 2019.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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