New York · Nonprofit
FIX THE COURT
FIX THE COURT (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $821,378 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($300,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2026
- $201k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $821k
- Net assets
- $34k
What Fix the Court does
Mission
Fix the Court is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) organization that educates the american people about, and advocates for, non-ideological "fixes" that would make the federal courts, and primarily the u.s. Supreme court, more modern, more open, and more accountable. It does this by researching the ethical lapses of judges and justices and by educating the press and public about why reform is needed.
As stated on its FY2026 Form 990.
Programs
Education: Fix the Court educated the press and the public on the ways in which the u.s. Supreme court and the rest of the federal judiciary has chosen to exempt itself from best practices in modern judicial ethics and uncovered numerous examples of times when supreme court justices and lower court judges have failed to live up to their respective ethics codes, from missed recusals to untoward gifts. The organization publicized the ins and outs of the broadcast policies in federal courtrooms around the country, with our requests for livestreaming often pushing the courts to expand access. Fix the Court located and published the audio files of the supreme court's opinion announcement summaries from the ot24 term, which had not been publicly accessible before we found and released them, and advocated for more leeway within judicial ethics rules for judges to speak out against the rising threats leveled against them. The court's executive director was quoted or cited in more than 300 news stories last year, on topics ranging from the justices' out-of-court events to their financial disclosure practices to the need to increase security spending branchwide.
$126,514 spent60% of program spendingResearch: Fix the Court conducted research into supreme court justices and lower court federal judges' travel, finances, family relationships, and out-of-court speaking engagements to determine the extent to which these activities could affect their compliance or noncompliance with judicial ethics codes. The organization also conducted research on the phenomenon where federal judges are not recusing in some cases involving their outside employer, typically a local law school where they serve as an adjunct. The organization located and reviewed the financial disclosures of the supreme court justices, lower federal judges, and state supreme court justices and reviewed them across various accountability metrics, while ensuring that no personally identifiable information, which could lead to threats or worse, was included. We researched the justices' financial holdings in light of a new rule at the supreme court requiring parties that are publicly traded companies or their subsidiaries to list their ticker symbol in their filings.
$84,480 spent40% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $210,994.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2022, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2022, 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 2025 to 2026, from $96k to $34k (−65%).
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.
100% of FIX THE COURT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (84% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 5 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
Gabriel Roth
Executive director
Board chair
Joshua Cohen
Board president
As listed on its FY2026 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $287k → $145k.
4 of 10 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 53% 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 FIX THE COURT’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
FIX THE COURT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 37% of grant income and the top three 71%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
53% 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 FIX THE COURT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2021 61% · 2022 63% · 2023 69% — growing more concentrated.
“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
53% of FIX THE COURT's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $387k that is directly attributable, 74% of it comes from funders outside New York, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $435k 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.
Against its field
FIX THE COURT's revenue fell 31% between 2022 and 2026.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 49 public benefit nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2026
Organizations like FIX THE COURT
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
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for FIX THE COURT: 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 FIX THE COURT?
- FIX THE COURT (New York) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $821,378 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($300,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 53% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does FIX THE COURT have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $821,378 in grants to FIX THE COURT, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FIX THE COURT?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $300,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FIX THE COURT 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 FY2026 (financials across 2022–2026), and the filings of 10 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