New York · Nonprofit
THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS INC
THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS INC (New York) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $380,845 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY MIAMI INC ($110,945). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $458k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $381k
- Net assets
- $619k
What The Fund for Modern Courts Inc does
Mission
See schedule othe fund for modern courts is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, statewide court reform organization which helps ensure a fair, efficient and accessible court system for all new yorkers by operating programs to increase public knowledge about the work of the courts and encourage participation in judicial reform efforts through the development of educational materials about the courts and sponsorship of public forums and events that focus on the judicial system.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Family court: see schedule oduring 2024, modern courts' directors and staff, reviewed the operations of the westchester family court to document and analyze steps to ensure access to justice and make recommendations for meaningful reform. In conducting its review, modern courts interviewed institutional providers and legal service organizations working in the family court as well as members of the assigned counsel ("18-b") panel, and prioritized hearing directly from the litigants themselves who had been impacted.
$95,389 spent32% of program spendingCameras: see schedule omodern courts continued its cameras in the courts project in 2024 which is designed to determine the feasibility of permitting both media coverage and live streaming of court proceedings which is currently prohibited by nys law. The project entails conducting a 50-state survey of the use of cameras in the courts of other jurisdictions and a review of the prior nys 10-year experiment allowing cameras in the courts and conducting interviews with those who have experience with cameras in the courts. The goal of the project is to create an educational "white paper" that would analyze the merits of allowing cameras in the nys courts and make specific recommendations about how nys should move forward for the purpose of making the court processes more transparent and accountable.
$100,000 spent34% of program spendingImmigration: see schedule o modern courts improved and updated a series of on-line training modules to demonstrate the intersection of family law and immigration and the often-adverse consequences for immigrants in family court in nys. This was done in collaboration with other organizations specilizing in immigration and providing direct service to immigrant communities. A series of trainings are ongoing throughout the state of lawyers, community members and judges.modern courts furthered its work by (I) educational efforts addressing the need to increase the number of supreme court justices; (ii) improving data collection in town and village courts and expanding access to justice through virtual arraignments; and (iii) recognizing outstanding leadership in the legal community by presenting programs and speeches on important current issues in improving the legal system at events attended by hundreds of members of the legal community.
$100,000 spent34% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $295,389.
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 2018 to 2019, from $305k to $392k (+29%).
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: 2022 10% · 2023 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (94% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 7 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
Denise Kronstadt
Executive director
Board chair
William C Silverman
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 6 funders, grant income rose $38k → $53k.
5 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS 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.
How concentrated its funding is
THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 29% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
55% 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 THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 39% · 2018 44% · 2019 36% · 2020 34% · 2021 53% · 2022 36% · 2023 41% — broadly stable.
“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.
How long its funders stay
33% of THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
60% of THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $138k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters 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 THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS INC
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
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
79%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS INC: 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 THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS INC?
- THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS INC (New York) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $380,845 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY MIAMI INC ($110,945). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $380,845 in grants to THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS INC, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS INC?
- UNITED WAY MIAMI INC is the largest funder on record, with $110,945 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE FUND FOR MODERN COURTS INC 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 16 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