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FEDERAL JUDGES ASSOCIATION

FEDERAL JUDGES ASSOCIATION (Georgia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $39,968 to it, the largest being THE SPENCER WILLIAMS FOUNDATION FOR JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE ($39,968). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$262k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$40k
Net assets
$979k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 14%
01What it does

What Federal Judges Association does

Mission

To support and enhance the role of its members within a fair, impartial, and independent judiciary; to actively build a community of interest among its members; and to sustain our system of justice through civics education and public outreach.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Work with the federal magistrate judges association, the national conference of bankruptcy judges and other legal associations to enhance our system of justice. Hold a conference of judges every four years to celebrate advancements and review developments within the justice system. The conference is open to all fja members.

  2. Research assistance and public education on issues affecting the judicial system.

  3. Publications for members regarding issues which affect the judges of the Federal Judges Association.

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($223k) Expenses 100 ($123k) Net assets 100 ($662k)2018 Revenue 102 ($226k) Expenses 102 ($125k) Net assets 115 ($763k)2019 Revenue 164 ($366k) Expenses 274 ($337k) Net assets 120 ($793k)2020 Revenue 103 ($228k) Expenses 95 ($117k) Net assets 137 ($904k)2021 Revenue 98 ($218k) Expenses 56 ($69k) Net assets 159 ($1.1M)2022 Revenue 97 ($215k) Expenses 76 ($93k) Net assets 177 ($1.2M)2023 Revenue 151 ($336k) Expenses 451 ($555k) Net assets 139 ($921k)2024 Revenue 116 ($258k) Expenses 187 ($230k) Net assets 143 ($949k)2025 Revenue 117 ($262k) Expenses 189 ($232k) Net assets 148 ($979k)
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Revenue (117)Expenses (189)Net assets (148)

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 $1.2M to $943k (−24%).

$680k
$879k
$800k
$907k
$1.1M
$1.2M
$943k
$954k
$984k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$100k
’17
$101k
’18
$30k
’19
$111k
’20
$148k
’21
$122k
’22
−$218k
’23
$28k
’24
$30k
’25
48
months of
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

Jennifer Brinkley

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.

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Listed885605460717272
Joined·+0+5+57+7+14+14+27+0
No longer listed·0821383260
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $31k → $5k.

From the IRS filings of FEDERAL JUDGES ASSOCIATION’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 JUDGES ASSOCIATION draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 1 state in all.

IL

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’21
’22
’23
Georgia out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like FEDERAL JUDGES ASSOCIATION

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 Georgia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Governance

71
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

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Questions and answers

Who funds FEDERAL JUDGES ASSOCIATION?
FEDERAL JUDGES ASSOCIATION (Georgia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $39,968 to it, the largest being THE SPENCER WILLIAMS FOUNDATION FOR JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE ($39,968). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does FEDERAL JUDGES ASSOCIATION have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $39,968 in grants to FEDERAL JUDGES ASSOCIATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of FEDERAL JUDGES ASSOCIATION?
THE SPENCER WILLIAMS FOUNDATION FOR JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE is the largest funder on record, with $39,968 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like FEDERAL JUDGES ASSOCIATION find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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