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FLORIDA PUBLIC DEFENDER ASSOCIATION INC
FLORIDA PUBLIC DEFENDER ASSOCIATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,500 to it, the largest being TARR CHARITABLE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($1,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $400k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $579k
What Florida Public Defender Association Inc does
Mission
The mission of florida public defender association, inc. Is to secure an equitable justice system and ensure high quality legal representation for people facing loss of liberty.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
The voir dire training is an exclusive program tailored for felony assistant public defenders with three or more years of experience. This intensive training provides in-depth instruction on best practices in voir dire, preservation issues, and constitutional methods-ensuring attorneys develop the skills necessary to conduct effective jury selection. The program combines large group lecture sessions with small group practice workshops, allowing participants to immediately apply what they learn in a personalized, hands-on environment. Each attendee brings their own case to workshop, ensuring relevant, real-world application. Participants are placed in small groups of up to seven, each guided by two highly experienced assistant public defenders who serve as mentors and coaches. These group leaders provide targeted feedback, insight, and support, helping attorneys refine their voir dire techniques and strengthen their trial advocacy skills. This training is a unique opportunity for felony assistant public defenders to enhance their voir dire proficiency, sharpen their strategic approach, and gain mentorship from seasoned litigators-all within a collaborative, high impact learning environment. Only assistant public defenders were invited to attend and speak/train.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Life over death training program was a capital death penalty focused training designed for criminal defense attorneys, including the private sector that offers continuing legal education credits approved by the florida bar. The income was $96,800. (172 assistant public defenders, investigators, and mitigation specialists, 58 regional counsel attorneys, and 45 private attorneys attended).
Summer training was designed for criminal defense attorneys and defense team offering continuing legal education approved by the florida bar. There are multiple program tracks including specialized training tracks for juvenile attorneys, investigators, mitigation specialists, support staff & administrators. The training was attended by public defenders, assistant public defenders, office of regional criminal & civil conflict counsel conflict [orccc] attorneys, and private attorneys. The income was $60,600 (approximately 264 public defender employees, 8 orccc attorneys, and 2 private attorneys attended)
Winter training was designed for criminal defense attorneys on ethics, technology, legal issues, and mental health issues. The program offered continuing legal education approved by the florida bar. The training was attended by public defenders, assistant public defenders, office of regional criminal & civil conflict counsel conflict [orccc] attorneys, and private attorneys. The income was $41,650 (119 assistant public defenders, 21 orccc attorneys, and 1 private attorney attended)
Spring/fall defender college is an intensive training program for assistant public defenders with less than 18 months of experience. It bridges the gap from law school, providing in-depth answers to foundational questions through a mix of large group lectures and small group practice sessions. Each participant receives preparatory materials and is expected to arrive each morning dressed for court, ready to engage in trial exercises. The program hosts 105 participants, with slots allocated per circuit, and includes 38 experienced group leaders who serve as both speakers and mentors. Leaders guide small groups of eight participants, offering hands-on feedback to strengthen trial skills. The income was $17,310 for spring training and $23,250 for the fall training. The voir dire training is an exclusive program tailored for felony assistant public defenders with three or more years of experience. This intensive training provides in-depth instruction on best practices in voir dire, preservation issues, and constitutional methods-ensuring attorneys develop the skills necessary to conduct effective jury selection. The program combines large group lecture sessions with small group…
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense.
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 2020 to 2021, from $568k to $704k (+24%).
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 51% · 2018 56% · 2019 50% · 2020 57% · 2021 90% · 2022 35% · 2023 45% · 2024 34% · 2025 28%. 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 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
Ashlei Richardson
Executive director
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 FLORIDA PUBLIC DEFENDER ASSOCIATION 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
100% of FLORIDA PUBLIC DEFENDER ASSOCIATION INC's grant income comes from Florida funders.
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.
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In Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FLORIDA PUBLIC DEFENDER ASSOCIATION INC?
- FLORIDA PUBLIC DEFENDER ASSOCIATION INC (Florida) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,500 to it, the largest being TARR CHARITABLE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC ($1,500). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FLORIDA PUBLIC DEFENDER ASSOCIATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,500 in grants to FLORIDA PUBLIC DEFENDER ASSOCIATION INC.
- Who is the largest funder of FLORIDA PUBLIC DEFENDER ASSOCIATION INC?
- TARR CHARITABLE FAMILY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FLORIDA PUBLIC DEFENDER ASSOCIATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. 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