Illinois · Nonprofit
Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel
Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,600 to it, the largest being TEXTRON CHARITABLE TRUST DTD 122353 ($1,600). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $245k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $2.0M
What Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel does
Mission
The Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel was formed for the purpose of educating the public and the legal community on current litigation issues and supporting the integrity of the legal system by providing forums for discussion on topics critical to the legal system.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Supported legal education programs on civics and the law for grade school and high school students, held the annual Foundation Forum, supported legal education webinars and other resources.
$179,994 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2023 Form 990. Program spending in total: $179,994.
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 2021 to 2022, from $2.3M to $1.8M (−21%).
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.
43% of Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $250 → $100.
From the IRS filings of Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel’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
Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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
Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel has grown faster than half of the 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,538 crime & legal nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel
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 Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
72% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- international assoc of defense counsel · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel: 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 Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel?
- Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $1,600 to it, the largest being TEXTRON CHARITABLE TRUST DTD 122353 ($1,600). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $1,600 in grants to Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel?
- TEXTRON CHARITABLE TRUST DTD 122353 is the largest funder on record, with $1,600 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Foundation of the International Association of Defense Counsel find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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