Justice Research and Statistics Association Inc

“JRSA has three classes of membership: student, individual and institutional.”

“Members elect the governing body. Each member in good standing of the Association has voting and office-holding privileges. Student, individual and non-SAC institutional members each have one vote. Institutional members recognized by the Bureau of Justice Statistics as a Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) are accorded five votes which may be cast by the SAC Director alone or distributed among up to four staff members in addition to the SAC Director. Those to whom voting rights are distributed are eligible to hold elective office.”

“The by-laws and/or the Articles of Incorporation may be amended by two-thirds (2/3) vote of the members present at a meeting of the Association, provided that the subject of the proposed amendment(s) has been disseminated to all members of the Association, in writing, at least 30 days prior to the meeting at which a vote concerning the amendments shall be taken.”

“The Form 990 is prepared by an independent public accounting firm. The draft form prepared by the accounting firm is reviewed first by the Director of Finance and Administration. Her edits, if any, are incorporated into the form which is then ready for filing. The review by Management occurs before the return is filed.”

“The Executive Committee members complete conflict of interest forms annually. The forms are reviewed by the Director of Finance and Administration and the Executive Director for compliance with the conflict of interest policy.”

“Compensation of the Executive Director is evaluated and approved annually by the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee obtains comparable salary data for the Executive Director and other key employees from relevant publications such as the ASAE (American Society of Association Executives) Executive Compensation report.”

“No such documents are made available to the public.”

“It is the mission of the Justice Research and Statistics Association to promote the effective and efficient administration of criminal and juvenile justice through the objective analysis of data and the dissemination of research that informs policy and practice. JRSA's vision is to be the premier professional organization for all state justice researchers and statistical analysis centers that promotes the use of statistical data and research to guide policy and practice, creating a more effective and responsive criminal justice system in the states.”

“The organization does not have any unrelated business income reported in Part VIII. As such, Line 7a is -0-. Federal Form 990-T was filed to report unrelated business taxable income from disallowed qualified transportation fringe benefits under the new Internal Revenue Code Section 512(a)(7). Line 7b reflects the net unrelated business taxable income reported on Line 34 of Form 990-T for these benefits between January 1, 2018 - June 30, 2018.”