Peace and Justice Center

What Peace and Justice Center does

The Peace & Justice Center, Inc. (PJC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1979 and headquartered at 239 S. Union Street, Suite 3, Burlington, Vermont. The organization uses education, advocacy, and activism to advance interconnected issues of human rights, economic justice, social justice, racial justice, and environmental justice in Vermont. Its core offerings include a public lending Library (books on 3-week loan plus a free zine library) and a Library of Things that lends activism supplies (megaphones, tables, portable speakers, microphones) on one-week intervals; a Fiscal Sponsorship Program providing 501(c)(3) umbrella status to over 20 grassroots groups including Rutland NAACP, Waterbury Area Anti-Racism Committee, and The People's Farmstand; a membership program with partner discounts at Vermont Green FC, Specs Cafe, Fox Market, and The Bookery; and recurring programming such as the Rad History lecture series, Study Peace Reading Group, Cooperative Storytelling Game Night (Solarpunk), Prison Letter Writing, the BTV Clean Up Crew coalition, and the Radical Folk Song Series.

The organization operates with a lean team of approximately 2 full-time staff (Director of Operations Kason Hudman and Co-Director rory c), supplemented by a Community Engagement Manager (Grace Pfeil) and a Board of Directors chaired by Aisha Navarrete. Revenue is generated through individual and organizational membership dues (monthly and annual cadences), one-time and recurring donations (including stock and planned giving options), and fiscal sponsorship administrative fees. Go-to-market is community-led via grassroots organizing, coalition building, public events, email newsletter, social media, and word-of-mouth through allied groups rather than traditional sales motions. The organization does not deploy proprietary technology products; its digital footprint is limited to a WordPress website, social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky, Mastodon), and a bi-monthly e-newsletter. PJC is currently subject to a DOJ and Treasury Department investigation regarding possible coordination with foreign-government-directed political activity and Foreign Agents Registration Act compliance.

Name

Peace and Justice Center

Legal name

Peace and Justice Center, Inc.

Website

https://pjcvt.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1979

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Peace & Justice Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Burlington, Vermont, founded in 1979, that advances peace, racial, economic, and environmental justice through community education, advocacy, fiscal sponsorship of 20+ grassroots groups, a lending library, and member-supported programming across Vermont.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Justice Nonprofit Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Civic and Social Organizations (81341)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations (BPAGAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Racial & Ethnic Justice Organizations (BPAGAFAC), Civil Liberties & Constitutional Rights Advocacy (BPAGAFAA)

Keywords

• Social justice advocacy
• Grassroots organizing
• Nonprofit activism
• Community education programs
• Fiscal sponsorship services

Headquarters

HQ city

Winooski

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership dues: The organization operates as a membership-based organization with individual and organizational membership options. Members pay dues and receive benefits including discounts at local businesses, newsletters, and voting rights at annual meetings.
2. Donations: The organization accepts one-time and recurring donations from individuals. Donations can be made via their website, by check, or through stock and planned giving options.
3. Fiscal sponsorship fees: The Peace & Justice Center offers fiscal sponsorship to grassroots organizations, allowing them to receive tax-deductible donations and grant funding. The PJC currently fiscally sponsors over 20 groups including The People's Farmstand, Rutland NAACP, and Waterbury Area Anti-Racism Committee.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Peace and Justice Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that advances peace, human rights, and economic, social, and environmental justice through community education, advocacy, and grassroots activism. It operates a public lending library, runs fiscal sponsorship for over 20 grassroots groups, offers membership programs, and hosts educational events, reading groups, clean-up crews, and prison letter-writing initiatives in Vermont.

Product overview

The Peace & Justice Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Burlington, Vermont, founded in 1979, offering community education, advocacy, and activism programs focused on human rights and economic, social, and environmental justice. The organization operates a Library with books and a Library of Things for activist supplies, provides fiscal sponsorship to over 20 grassroots groups, publishes a bi-monthly e-newsletter, and offers a membership program with partner discounts. Educational programming includes the Rad History Series lectures, Study Peace Reading Group, and Cooperative Storytelling Game Night events. Community engagement features Prison Letter Writing initiatives and the BTV Clean Up Crew coalition cleanup program. The Center also produces creative programs like Radical Folk Song Series and Zines & Button Making workshops.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public Lending Library A public library dedicated to social transformation and radical community work, offering books on 3-week lending intervals and a selection of free zines. Open to the general public during scheduled hours.
• Library of Things A lending program providing activism supplies including folding tables, megaphones, portable speakers, microphones, and other materials needed for grassroots organizing and demonstrations, available for one-week borrowing.
• Fiscal Sponsorship Program A program offering fiscal sponsorship to grassroots activist groups, enabling them to receive tax-deductible donations and grant funding through PJC's 501(c)(3) status. Currently sponsors over 20 groups.
• Membership Program A membership program offering benefits including membership cards with partner discounts at Vermont businesses (Vermont Green FC, Specs Cafe, Fox Market, The Bookery), annual newsletters, event discounts, and voting rights at annual meetings. Available as monthly or annual individual memberships and annual organizational memberships.
• Rad History Series An educational lecture series focused on activist movements and ideas from the past, featuring topics such as historical figures like Emma Goldman, events like the Haymarket Affair, and ideas like environmentalism.
• BTV Clean Up Crew A weekly coalition-led initiative dedicated to cleaning up stranded needles, litter, and removing hateful stickers in Burlington, Vermont. Active since May 2025.
• Prison Letter Writing Program A program teaching people how to write letters to incarcerated neighbors at Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility, providing envelopes, stamps, and paper, with the PJC as the return address.
• PJC E-Newsletter A bi-monthly email newsletter featuring PJC events, action alerts, blog posts, and community events from other social justice groups.

Quantifiable outcome

• Written 100+ letters to incarcerated individuals at Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Jewish Voice for Peace Champlain ValleycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJewish Voice for Peace Champlain Valley and Peace & Justice Center co-host a reading group to discuss Molly Crabapple's book 'Here Where We Live is Our Country.' This partnership represents ideological alignment on Palestinian justice issues and shared educational programming.
• Seven Days VTminorOthersLocal Vermont news outlet Seven Days VT covered the BTV Clean Up Crew initiative, providing media coverage and visibility for the organization's community cleanup work.
• Burlington Free PressminorOthersLocal newspaper provided coverage of the BTV Clean Up Crew initiative, highlighting volunteer efforts to clean up needles, trash, and hateful stickers in Burlington.
• WCAXminorOthersLocal television station WCAX covered the volunteer group working to clean up downtown Burlington, providing news coverage of the initiative.
• MyNBC 5minorOthersLocal NBC affiliate covered city council's support for the Burlington Clean Up Crew with a new resolution, providing media visibility for the organization's work.
• Waterwheel FoundationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWaterwheel Foundation partnered with Peace & Justice Center for a special Waterfront Clean Up event at A-Dog Skate Park in Burlington, demonstrating environmental cleanup collaboration.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• ACLU of Vermont: ACLU of Vermont is the statewide affiliate of the national ACLU focused on civil liberties and constitutional rights advocacy. It is a comparable peer because it works in the same Vermont ecosystem on overlapping human-rights and civil-liberties issues, though at a larger scale and with a litigation-heavy model.
• Vermont Legal Aid: Vermont Legal Aid is a statewide legal services and advocacy nonprofit serving low-income Vermonters. It is a broad peer because PJC's prison letter-writing and human-rights programming sits in adjacent territory to its legal-aid and client-advocacy mission in the same geography.

Direct peers

• Vermont Workers' Center: Vermont Workers' Center is a statewide social and economic justice membership organization in Vermont. It is a particularly strong peer because it spun out from PJC in 2003 and continues to operate on a similar community-organizing, member-driven model in the same geography.
• Migrant Justice: Migrant Justice is a Burlington, Vermont-based grassroots human rights organization led by and for undocumented community members. It is comparable as a Vermont-located, racial-and-economic-justice focused nonprofit using community organizing and direct action tactics.
• Rights & Democracy Vermont: Rights & Democracy is a Vermont/New Hampshire-based community organizing nonprofit working on economic, racial, and environmental justice. It overlaps directly with PJC on issue agenda, Vermont regional focus, and grassroots-led organizing methodology.
• 350 Vermont: 350 Vermont is a Burlington-based climate justice nonprofit that literally shares office space with Peace & Justice Center per source data. It is directly comparable as a Vermont-focused grassroots advocacy organization running education, campaigns, and coalition work on justice and climate issues.
• Jewish Voice for Peace Champlain Valley: Jewish Voice for Peace Champlain Valley is a PJC partner that co-hosts reading groups and programming with PJC in Vermont. It is a peer because it operates on the same Vermont regional advocacy footprint and shares ideology on peace and justice issues.
• NAACP Vermont State Conference: NAACP Vermont is a fiscal sponsorship recipient of PJC and serves the same Vermont civic-justice mission through advocacy on racial equity. It is comparable as a peer because PJC directly supports its operational infrastructure through fiscal sponsorship.

Emerging players

• Grassroots International: Grassroots International is a U.S.-based nonprofit that makes grants to and builds solidarity with social-justice movements internationally. It is comparable as a small-budget, advocacy-and-grantmaking peer operating in the human-rights grantmaking space also reflected in PJC's fiscal sponsorship model.
• Highlander Research and Education Center: Highlander is a longstanding social-justice education and movement-building organization in the U.S. South. It is comparable as a peer in scale and methodology (popular education, leadership development, grassroots organizing) for an organization focused on education-driven social justice.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pjcvermont
• Facebookfacebook.com/PJCVermont
• Instagraminstagram.com/pjcvermont

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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