West Virginia · Nonprofit
PUBLIC DEFENDER CORPORATION FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
PUBLIC DEFENDER CORPORATION FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (West Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $105,500 to it, the largest being WEST VIRGINIA FUND FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST ($105,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.5M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $106k
- Net assets
- $895k
What Public Defender Corporation for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit does
Mission
The mission of this public defenders office is to provide effective representation as guaranteed by the sixth amendment to the united states constitution, to ensure the right to counsel for individuals regardless of the ability to retain counsel, and to assist others in this mission. We will zealously represent our clients interests with courage, devotion to duty, and uncompromised advocacy, limited only by the facts, the law, and ethical obligations. We will respect and represent the human worth and dignity of our clients, and deal ethically with all parties in the justice system.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The organization provides high quality legal assistance to indigent persons, at no cost, who would be otherwise unable to afford adequate legal counsel.
$614,677 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $614,677.
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 2024 to 2025, from $814k to $1.4M (+74%).
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 99% · 2019 99% · 2020 99% · 2021 99% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% · 2024 98% · 2025 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of PUBLIC DEFENDER CORPORATION FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (93% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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
George Fordham
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $25k.
From the IRS filings of PUBLIC DEFENDER CORPORATION FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT’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 PUBLIC DEFENDER CORPORATION FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT's grant income comes from West Virginia funders.
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
PUBLIC DEFENDER CORPORATION FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 793 crime & legal nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 793 crime & legal nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like PUBLIC DEFENDER CORPORATION FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
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 West Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
47% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PUBLIC DEFENDER CORPORATION FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT: 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 PUBLIC DEFENDER CORPORATION FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT?
- PUBLIC DEFENDER CORPORATION FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (West Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $105,500 to it, the largest being WEST VIRGINIA FUND FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST ($105,500). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PUBLIC DEFENDER CORPORATION FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $105,500 in grants to PUBLIC DEFENDER CORPORATION FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PUBLIC DEFENDER CORPORATION FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT?
- WEST VIRGINIA FUND FOR LAW IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST is the largest funder on record, with $105,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PUBLIC DEFENDER CORPORATION FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in West Virginia. 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