Center for Justice Innovation

Name

Center for Justice Innovation

Legal name

Justice Innovation Inc.

Website

https://innovatingjustice.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Individual and Corporate Donations: Tax-deductible gifts from individuals and corporate sponsors through online donations, checks, and donor-advised funds. The organization is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit under EIN 85-2810883.
2. Government Grants and Contracts: Funding from government agencies including the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice, New York State Unified Court System, and other public sector partners to operate court and community programs.
3. Foundation Grants: Partnerships with foundation and corporate sponsors supporting mission to reduce incarceration and build thriving communities.
4. Technical Assistance Services: Community Justice Solutions provides consulting and technical assistance services to justice systems and communities across the country, drawing on three decades of field-leading research and implementation experience.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

The Center for Justice Innovation designs, operates, and evaluates community-based criminal justice programs including problem-solving community courts, supervised release and reentry services, alternatives to incarceration, gun violence prevention initiatives, and eviction diversion programs. It also operates a national consulting practice, Community Justice Solutions, which helps jurisdictions outside New York and New Jersey replicate its place-based justice models.

Product overview

The Center for Justice Innovation operates as a community justice organization offering a comprehensive portfolio of programs and services focused on court reform, alternatives to incarceration, housing stability, and violence prevention. The organization runs approximately 30 on-the-ground programs in New York and New Jersey, including community courts (Midtown, Red Hook, Harlem, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island), alternatives to incarceration, supervised release, eviction diversion, gun violence prevention (RISE, Save Our Streets, Youth PACT), mental health courts, and domestic violence response. The portfolio also includes Community Justice Solutions for national scaling, Data Analytics and Applied Research for evidence-based decision-making, and public engagement through The Arc publication and Inside Literary Prize. Founded in 1996 as the Center for Court Innovation, the organization has grown to nearly 1,000 employees and works with jurisdictions in all 50 states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Community Justice Solutions: A national venture of the Center for Justice Innovation that works with communities across the country to design holistic, effective, data-driven ways to respond to and prevent crime and violence.

Quantifiable outcome

• 87% pretrial court appearance rate for Supervised Release participants
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, core and minor.

• National Book FoundationflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Inside Literary Prize, the first major U.S. book award determined exclusively by incarcerated people. Award celebrates and uplifts voices of readers in prison, building empathy and connection beyond prison walls.
• Freedom ReadsflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-creator of Inside Literary Prize along with National Book Foundation and Interabang Books. Freedom Reads promotes access to literature for incarcerated individuals.
• Interabang BooksflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Inside Literary Prize, contributing to the literary community's engagement with justice reform through book awards judged by incarcerated people.
• Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice (NYC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing government partner for supervised release programs, Project Reset, mobile care vans, and other criminal justice initiatives in New York City.
• NYC District Attorney's OfficescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for diversion programs including Project Reset, diverting people with low-level arrests out of the justice system through restorative, community-based programming.
• Public Defense Organizations (NYC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with public defenders for Project Reset and other diversion programs ensuring balanced representation in restorative justice processes.
• Queens Community Justice Center and The Amazin' Mets FoundationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership for community engagement events and programs supporting Queens communities.
• RISE Project, Sisters in Purple, and Times Square AllianceminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaboration for domestic violence awareness rallies and community safety initiatives.
• Midtown Community Justice Center and Artistic Noise alumniminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership connecting arts and justice through collaborative programming and community events.
• AI and Justice ConsortiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFounding partner of consortium working as bridge-builders among tech companies, justice practitioners, researchers, and communities to ensure responsible AI use in justice systems.
• New York Office of Court AdministrationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for case processing projects and court reform initiatives across New York City criminal courts.
• Cuyahoga County, OhiocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity Justice Solutions pilot of Parenting After Violence program working with fathers who have caused intimate partner violence.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/innovjustice
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@injuvstice
• Facebookfacebook.com/CenterForJusticeInnovation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/center-for-court-innovation
• Instagraminstagram.com/innovatingjustice
• TikToktiktok.com/@innovatingjustice

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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