Social Justice Training Institute

Name

Social Justice Training Institute

Legal name

Social Justice Training Institute

Website

https://sjti.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hemet

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Program Registration Fees: Revenue generated from participant registration fees for Professional SJTI ($850), SJTI Renewal ($700), and Student SJTI programs. Fees cover the institute experience but do not include meals, lodging, or travel.
2. Donations: As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, SJTI accepts tax-deductible donations to support attendance scholarships, reconnection events, and NextGen faculty development.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SJTI provides intensive, multi-day in-person professional development programs for social justice educators, practitioners, and undergraduate students, using a facilitation methodology built on race caucus work, structured dialogue, and exploration of in-the-moment situations. The institute charges individual participant registration fees and supplements revenue with tax-deductible donations, operating under an application-based selective admission process.

Product overview

The Social Justice Training Institute (SJTI) operates as a single unified program portfolio centered on social justice education and professional development. The organization offers three distinct programs: (1) Professional SJTI — a five-day intensive institute for educators and practitioners held twice yearly on opposite coasts; (2) Student SJTI (The Student Experience) — a specialized program for up to 50 college students per session focused on personal work and campus activism; and (3) SJTI Renewal — a four-day alumni experience emphasizing healing and liberation. Together, these programs serve over 2,500 professional alumni and 450 student alumni, providing transformative experiences aimed at dismantling systemic oppression through self-work and community building.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Student SJTI: An opportunity for college students to gather and do personal work related to social justice issues, designed specifically for undergraduate students who have done significant work on social justice issues.
• SJTI Renewal
• Professional SJTI

Products and services

• Professional SJTI A five-day intensive in-person forum for social justice educators and practitioners to enhance and refine their skills and competencies to create greater inclusion. Sessions use race caucus work, dialogue within and across groups, and exploration of in-the-moment situations as instruments of personal transformation. Held twice annually (East Coast in June, West Coast in December) with selective application-based admission (100-150 applicants, 40-50 selected per session). Professional SJTI registration is $850; meals, travel, and lodging are not included.
• Student SJTI (The Student Experience) An intensive developmental opportunity for up to 50 undergraduate students per session from U.S. and international campuses. Participants examine dynamics of oppression and develop strategies for positive change on their home campuses. Each student obtains a 'Coach' from their home campus and develops a Social Justice Commitment (SJC) with personal growth goals and campus intervention strategies. The program is facilitated by 4-6 alumni and 2 faculty facilitators, with the location rotating based on campus host availability.
• SJTI Renewal A four-day transformative experience for Professional SJTI alumni to renew their passion for social justice education, reconnect with colleagues committed to dismantling oppression, and engage in intersectional exploration of identity focused on healing, joy, and liberation. Held annually (e.g., February 10-13, 2026 in Santa Fe, NM). Tuition is $700; meals and lodging are not included. Open to all SJTI alumni without the competitive application process.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2,500 professional alumni and 450 student alumni as of 2019
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• ACPA – College Student Educators International: ACPA is the broad professional association for student-affairs educators; it runs NCORE and has produced multiple SJTI facilitators and alumni, making it a larger institutional incumbent in the same ecosystem.
• NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education: NASPA is the major professional association for higher-education student-affairs leaders; it hosts the Racial Equity & Social Change Conference and overlaps with SJTI's audience of higher-ed DEI practitioners.

Direct peers

• Visions Inc. Visions provides diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting and training with a focus on systemic change — overlapping with SJTI's professional development work but delivered through organizational consulting engagements.
• National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI): NCBI provides diversity and inclusion leadership training and workshops for institutions, similar in mission to SJTI's intensive social-justice education work but operating nationally with a broader training catalog.
• Cook Ross Inc. Cook Ross is a DEI consulting firm offering leadership development, training, and inclusion strategy — directly comparable to SJTI's professional development offerings for educators and practitioners.
• Crossroads Antiracism Organizing & Training: Crossroads delivers long-term antiracism training and organizing for institutions — closely aligned with SJTI's sustained-immersion model and higher-education/faith-based clientele.
• Kaleidoscope Group: Kaleidoscope Group provides diversity and inclusion consulting, training, and coaching to corporations and institutions — a comparable professional services peer to SJTI's practitioner development work.
• The Winters Group: The Winters Group delivers DEI strategy, training, and leadership development to organizations, with comparable facilitation-based methodology to SJTI's intensive cohort experiences.
• AORTA (Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance): A worker-owned cooperative providing anti-oppression training, consulting, and facilitation for social justice — directly comparable to SJTI's race-caucus and dialogue methodology applied to organizational and community clients.

Emerging players

• LeaderShape: LeaderShape delivers intensive leadership development programs with a social-justice orientation; co-founder Vernon Wall serves as Director of Business Development — a partial overlap and notable ecosystem connection.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SocialJusticeTrainingInstitute
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/social-justice-training-institute

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Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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