JUSTICEAID

What JUSTICEAID does

JusticeAid is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York City. Its mission is to leverage the community-building power of art and music to raise funds and awareness for under-resourced civil rights organizations. Each year the organization selects a single thematic grantee partner — recent rotations have covered voting rights (Election Protection, 2020), police accountability (Neighborhood Defender Service PACE, 2021), LGBTQ youth (SMYAL, 2022), Black voter mobilization (Black Voters Matter, 2023-2024), reproductive justice (Pregnancy Justice, 2025), and immigration justice (National Immigration Project, 2026) — and directs the bulk of its annual proceeds to that partner. Since 2013, JusticeAid has granted over $4 million to civil rights nonprofits.

Name

JUSTICEAID

Legal name

JusticeAid

Website

https://justiceaid.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

JusticeAid is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2013 that uses benefit concerts, public forums, and arts programming to raise funds for an annual rotating civil rights grantee partner.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit / Civil Rights Advocacy

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (8132), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events with Facilities (71131)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Justice & Human Rights Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Racial & Ethnic Justice Organizations (BPAGAFAC)

Keywords

• Civil rights advocacy
• Nonprofit fundraising
• Benefit concerts
• Social justice grants
• Arts philanthropy

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

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. Donations: Individual donors contribute to JusticeAid's mission of supporting civil rights organizations. The organization runs end-of-year matching campaigns where donations are matched by a dedicated supporter up to $100,000.
2. Benefit Concert Ticket Sales: Spring and fall benefit concerts at venues like City Winery NYC generate revenue. Tickets include cocktails, dinner, and prime seating. 100% of ticket revenue and sponsorships go directly to grantee partners.
3. Corporate Sponsorships: Corporate sponsors support JusticeAid events. Sponsorship opportunities include sponsor tables at events. Contact Managing Director Natalie Jowett for sponsorship arrangements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

JusticeAid is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that raises funds for under-resourced civil rights organizations by hosting bi-annual benefit concerts, free public forums, and an Artist in Residence program centered on social justice themes. 100% of concert ticket sales and event sponsorships are directed to rotating annual grantee partners (e.g., National Immigration Project in 2026, Pregnancy Justice in 2025, Black Voters Matter in 2023-2024).

Product overview

JusticeAid is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates as a program-focused entity rather than a commercial product company. Its offerings center on event-based social justice initiatives: benefit concerts that raise funds for civil rights organizations, free public forums featuring civil rights leaders, the Justice + Art editorial series highlighting socially conscious artists, and an annual Artist in Residence program. The organization also partners with New York Festivals on the JusticeAid Social Justice Award. All offerings are unified by JusticeAid's mission to leverage art and music to transform awareness into action against injustice, with annual fundraising focused on rotating grantee partner organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Benefit Concerts Ticketed spring and fall benefit concerts featuring musical artists that raise funds for JusticeAid's annual grantee partner. Events include cocktails, dinner, and prime seating; 100% of ticket sales and sponsorships go directly to the grantee (e.g., National Immigration Project in 2026). Targeted to individual supporters and corporate sponsors.
• Public Forums Free educational events and panel discussions featuring civil rights leaders, grantee partners, and subject matter experts who share personal stories on pressing justice issues including voting rights, immigration, racist policing, and criminal justice reform. Targeted to the general public and donor community.
• Artist in Residence Program Annual residency program featuring a multimedia artist, filmmaker, or cultural organizer whose work drives social change. The 2026 residency spotlights Paola Mendoza on immigration justice themes, integrating the artist into JusticeAid's benefit concert, forum, and editorial programming.

Quantifiable outcome

• $4 million+ granted to civil rights nonprofits since 2013
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• New York Festivals TV & Film and Radio AwardsflagshipGTM or Marketing Partner · 21 May 2025JusticeAid partnered with New York Festivals to create the JusticeAid Social Justice Award, honoring the highest-scoring entry across all Social Justice categories in the competition. The award was announced at the NYF Storytellers Gala on May 21st, celebrating filmmakers and storytellers using their talents to change the world.
• The Riverside Church (New York)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021JusticeAid partners with The Riverside Church of New York to host public forums. In 2021, they co-hosted the Spring Forum on Racist Policing in Communities and Schools featuring the Neighborhood Defender Service PACE Program.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: The Lawyers' Committee is the parent of the Election Protection coalition, a 2020 JusticeAid grantee. It operates in the same civil rights legal-advocacy space as several of JusticeAid's grantee partners, including voting rights and immigration initiatives.
• Movement for Black Lives: M4BL is a coalition of organizations addressing systemic racism and Black liberation. While JusticeAid is a grantmaker rather than a direct advocacy org, M4BL and JusticeAid's grantees (e.g., Black Voters Matter) operate within the same civil rights ecosystem and compete for overlapping donor attention.
• Equal Justice Initiative: EJI is a major civil rights and criminal justice reform organization founded by Bryan Stevenson, who has participated in JusticeAid's public forums. While not a peer in funding model, EJI is a grantee-style beneficiary type and a frequent civic-justice collaborator in the same space.

Broad incumbents

• When We All Vote: Founded by Michelle Obama, When We All Vote is a major nonprofit focused on voter registration and participation with celebrity and high-profile cultural endorsement. It operates at significantly larger scale than JusticeAid and shares a music/culture-plus-civic-engagement playbook.
• Entertainment Industry Foundation: EIF is a major entertainment-industry charity that mobilizes Hollywood's resources for social causes. It shares JusticeAid's entertainment-industry donor base and event-driven fundraising pedigree but operates at substantially larger scale and across broader causes.
• Amnesty International USA: Amnesty International USA is a major human rights advocacy organization that overlaps with JusticeAid's civil rights and immigrant rights focus. Both mobilize donor support around human rights causes, though Amnesty operates at far larger scale and through membership-based recurring giving rather than event-based fundraising.
• NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund: LDF is one of the largest U.S. civil rights legal organizations, focused on racial justice through litigation, advocacy, and education. It is a major institutional actor in the same civil rights space that JusticeAid's grantees serve, and Sherrilyn Ifill (former LDF leader) has participated in JusticeAid forums.

Direct peers

• MusiCares: MusiCares is the music industry's charitable arm, providing aid and support to music people in need. It shares JusticeAid's music-industry adjacency and event-driven fundraising approach, including benefit concerts, while serving a different beneficiary population (musicians vs. civil rights nonprofits).
• Rock the Vote: Rock the Vote combines music and entertainment with civic engagement, particularly voter registration and turnout among young people. Its hybrid of cultural engagement and political advocacy closely parallels JusticeAid's concert-and-forum model.
• HeadCount: HeadCount is a nonprofit that leverages live music events and festivals to drive civic engagement, particularly voter registration. Its model of combining entertainment with social impact at concerts is structurally similar to JusticeAid's benefit-concert approach, though it focuses on civic participation rather than civil rights grantmaking.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC8HCM_DCpPcJh_CIF45FToQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/JusticeAid
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/justiceaid
• Instagraminstagram.com/justiceaid

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Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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Investments

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