National Foundation for Judicial Excellence

Analysis

National Foundation for Judicial Excellence is a registered charity in United States, based in Chicago, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, National Foundation for Judicial Excellence reported income of $215k and spending of $306k, spending 142% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $334k to $215k (-36%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, National Foundation for Judicial Excellence sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile, and in the 56th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hispanic Scholastic Funds Consortium ($215k), Kids 360 Early Learning Academy Inc ($215k) and The Oklahoma Foundation for the Education of Deaf Children and ($215k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% of the total. At year end it held assets of $615k against liabilities of $27k, net assets of $588k.