New York · Nonprofit
FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF NEW YORK INC
FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,400 to it, the largest being QUINN EMANUEL FOUNDATION ($2,400). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $31M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $5k
What Federal Defenders of New York Inc does
Mission
The organization provides representation and related defense services to indigent persons charged with federal crimes.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Provided representation and related defense services to indigent persons charged with federal crimes.
$24,336,023 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $24,336,023.
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 2023 to 2024, from $1.5M to $787k (−47%).
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 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% · 2024 100% · 2025 100%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF NEW YORK INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (95% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Justine Harris
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF NEW YORK INC’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.
Where its funders are
FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF NEW YORK INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF NEW YORK INC's revenue grew 62% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 152 crime & legal nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF NEW YORK INC
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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF NEW YORK INC: 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 FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF NEW YORK INC?
- FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF NEW YORK INC (New York) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,400 to it, the largest being QUINN EMANUEL FOUNDATION ($2,400). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF NEW YORK INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,400 in grants to FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF NEW YORK INC.
- Who is the largest funder of FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF NEW YORK INC?
- QUINN EMANUEL FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,400 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FEDERAL DEFENDERS OF NEW YORK INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 1 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