Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
COUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE
COUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,349,895 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,473,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 25
- Grants received
- $3.3M
- Net assets
- $1.7M
What Council for Court Excellence does
Mission
Council for Court Excellence's (cce's) mission is to bring people together to conduct research, educate, and advocate to make d.c.'s unique legal systems more just, equitable, and accountable to the community.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Criminal justice: cce's criminal justice committee researches the most important, urgent issues facing d.c.'s criminal justice system,recommends policy and practice reforms to benefit everyone involved, and advocates for the implementation of those changes. The committee's work has covered issues as varied as decarceration, police overtime, criminal record sealing, community perceptions of safety, barriers to employment for returning citizens, and behavioral health treatment for people who are justice-involved.
$627,745 spent$75,000 earned by the program51% of program spendingYouth justice: the youth justice committee works to improve outcomes for youth in washington, d.c. Involved in the juvenile justice, criminal, and child welfare systems. This committee researches and analyzes local youth justice issues, publishes reports documenting its findings, and advocates for changes to local juvenile justice laws, systems, and policies. Notable past projects included: reform of the abuse and neglect system, legal representation in family court, juvenile justice reform and school discipline, among others.
$188,229 spent$14,631 earned by the program15% of program spendingCivil justice: cce's civil justice committee focuses on civil justice reform efforts and issues related to the effective administration ofjustice. Notable past projects include: jury reform and modernization, probate reform, civil case delay reduction, creating and evaluating d.c.'s centralized administrative hearing panel, and increasing public access to electronic court records, among others.
$176,740 spent14% of program spendingJustice education
$149,767 spent12% of program spendingCommunication and other services
$99,159 spent$1,000 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,241,640.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $1.3M to $1.7M (+26%).
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: 2017 1% · 2018 3% · 2019 36% · 2020 53% · 2021 19% · 2022 0% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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
Misty Thomas Zaleski
Executive director
Board chair
Marianela Peralta
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $48k → $455k.
4 of 25 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 46% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
COUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 44% of grant income and the top three 69%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
49% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 58% · 2018 36% · 2019 35% · 2020 62% · 2021 26% · 2022 45% · 2023 46% — diversifying over time.
“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.
How long its funders stay
46% of COUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 76% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
67% of COUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 4 states 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.
Organizations like COUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
83% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
87%
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 COUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE: 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 COUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE?
- COUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 25 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,349,895 to it, the largest being GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,473,000). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE have?
- IRS filings report 25 organizations giving $3,349,895 in grants to COUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE?
- GREATER WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,473,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COUNCIL FOR COURT EXCELLENCE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 25 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