California · Nonprofit
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,795 to it, the largest being THE KENNETH T AND EILEEN L NORRIS FOUNDATION ($17,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $376k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $18k
- Net assets
- $270k
What Constitutional Rights Foundation of Orange County does
Mission
The constitutional rights foundation, orange county (crf-oc) is a non-profit, non-partisan education organization dedicated to empowering orange county youth to be active, responsible citizens through participation in high-quality, interactive civic and law related education programs that connect students directly with professionals and community leaders. Our programs have been making a positive difference in the lives of orange county teens for 40 years.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Mock trial combines performance-based, law-related education with tournament-style, academic competition. High school students, working in teams under the careful guidance and supervision of volunteer attorney coaches and teachers, analyze the facts of a hypothetical criminal court case, prepare trial strategy, and enact every role in the trial proceedings, either as members of the prosecution or defense. The teams present their cases in real courtrooms before sitting judges and are scored by volunteer attorneys. All teams participate in at least four rounds of competition. Students develop an understanding of our judicial system and develop critical thinking, analytical reasoning, communication, and team building skills.
$146,309 spent$91,420 earned by the program55% of program spendingPeer court is a unique juvenile crime diversion program that offers both a second chance for first-time juvenile offenders who have committed misdemeanors and a valuable educational experience to all high school students in orange county. Peer court sessions are held both virtually with students from across orange county and in person on various high school campuses. At each session, a sitting judge presides, attorneys advise, and high school students designated as "jurors" assess the case presented and assign appropriate sanctions. Students learn about the juvenile justice system and the importance of making responsible decisions.
$56,292 spent21% of program spendingLaw day conference annually brings together several hundred high school students, judges, attorneys, and teachers on the campus of chapman university's fowler school of law to discuss and debate topical legal and social issues of relevance to the student demographic. Workshops are moderated by leading experts in relevant fields and provide a lively, engaging forum in which students are encouraged to discuss and debate legal and policy issues. Constitution day complies with federal and state government mandates requiring educational institutions accepting public funds to celebrate constitution day. Crf-oc provides and outreach program placing volunteer judges and attorneys in 8th and 12th grade classrooms across orange county for interactive presentations. Orange county career forum annually connects nearly 1,000 high school students with a wide diversity of professionals and community leaders. Students from across orange county come together on the campus of orange coast college to attend workshops that expose them to careers in such diverse fields as law enforcement, medicine and advanced manufacturing, as well as important life skills such as preparing for a successful job…
$63,124 spent24% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $265,725.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $435k to $583k (+34%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 14% · 2022 12% · 2023 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
85% of CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 6 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Shara Beral Witkin
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $3k → $3k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $336k from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest Orange County Bar Association Charitable Fund). These are real filings, and they are not money CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY raised.
From the IRS filings of CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 3 of 4 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY leans on a few funders — its largest provides 96% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 97% · 2021 96% · 2022 98% · 2023 98% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
97% of CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $295 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
69% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY?
- CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,795 to it, the largest being THE KENNETH T AND EILEEN L NORRIS FOUNDATION ($17,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $17,795 in grants to CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY?
- THE KENNETH T AND EILEEN L NORRIS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $17,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION OF ORANGE COUNTY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing