Liabilities / Assets
60th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
EIN 83-3317223 • 501(c)3 • Roslindale, MA
Profile
To strengthen community relations and reduce conflict by providing social and emotional skill development programming, training and technical assistance to youth, adults, public schools and community agencies; to provide youth and adults with supportive group counseling services; to provide therapeutic services for distressed youth and adults including restorative justice practices, mindfulness and yoga practices; to initiate and coordinate the involvement of local community agencies, organizations or groups in order to fulfill the foregoing purposes; to promote peaceful alternatives to violence using restorative justice and trauma informed practices.
Precomputed percentiles relative to similar nonprofits. These scores are descriptive rather than judgmental.
Liabilities / Assets
60th percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Liabilities / Revenue
62nd percentile
Tied with the lowest-debt nonprofits in its peer group.
Net Margin
8th percentile
Higher net margin than 8% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
87th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 87% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 34.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
20th percentile
Faster asset growth than 20% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
15th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 15% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Down$92,512
Down $89,133 (-49%) from 2023
Liabilities
Flat$0
Flat from 2023
Net Assets
Down$92,512
Down $89,133 (-49%) from 2023
Revenue
Down$57,655
Down $89,342 (-61%) from 2023
Expenses
Up$146,788
Up $5,879 (+4.2%) from 2023
Net Income
Down-$89,133
Down $95,221 (-1564%) from 2023
Most recent year
2024 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
Unity circles centers communities most impacted by carceral systems by building networks of intergenerational leadership rooted in the values and practices of transformative and restorative justice. Through trainings, cohorts, and processes, these leaders are supported in holding the vision and capacity to develop strong interconnected communities and address the root causes of harm.
To strengthen community relations and reduce conflict by providing social and emotional skill development programming, training and technical assistance to youth, adults, public schools and community agencies; to provide youth and adults with supportive group counseling services; to provide therapeutic services for distressed youth and adults including restorative justice practices, mindfulness and yoga practices; to initiate and coordinate the involvement of local community agencies, organizations or groups in order to fulfill the foregoing purposes; to promote peaceful alternatives to violence using restorative justice and trauma informed practices.
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| TJPP is a six month apprenticeship for young adults ages 18-25 in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville.* Cohort members will build community with eachother as they learn how to embody Transformative Justice (TJ) values and practices. Over the course of an eight week intensive in the summer they will explore Transformative Justice as a political framework, a way of life, and how it can be used to address harm intheir own communities. Additionally, cohort members will partner withan organization that holds TJ values in Boston and apply their learningthrough a participatory action project. | $0 | $65,785 |
| Building out a collective network to support the Boston community in holding and practicing Transformative Justice and Restorative Justice | $0 | $25,459 |
| Unity Circles will deliver a youth program for students. Programming will have a restorative justice lens and framework with a focus on social justice issues that most impact the community in which the youth reside. Through local partnerships and volunteer opportunities, youth will learn about social justice topics that most impact their community and will engage in a Participatory Action Research (PAR) project that will help them bring theory into practice.Through the PAR project, youth will engage in local research and data collection around a particular topic they feel strongly about. The program will focus heavily on bridging the gap between the schooland communities in which the youth live by collaborating with Boston led organizations to address injustices that most impact their lives. Programming will consist of an educational experience that is relevant to the lives of the youth. | $0 | $17,986 |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valleria Miranda-Ferrick | Executive Director | PT | $19,600 | - | $19,600 |
| Dara Bayer | Program Director | - | $7,960 | - | $7,960 |
| Patricia Krueger-Henney | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Camila Pelsinger | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Mariam Levy | Treasurer | - | $0 | - | - |
| Teena-Marie Johnson | Secretary | - | $0 | - | - |
“Description: Investment Income. Amount: 9.”
“Description: Advertising & Marketing. Amount: 125. Description: Supplies. Amount: 2,384. Description: Travel & Meets. Amount: 2,726. Description: Office Expenses. Amount: 4,191. Description: Professional Development . Amount: 1,880. Total to Form 990-EZ, line 16: 11,306.”
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| ReturnHeader/BuildTS | 0 | 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z |
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