National Council of Juvenile & Family Court Judges

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
362486896
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Reno, NV, USA
Phone
7755074777
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Administration of Justice, Courts

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,500,358
Expenses
$12,704,726
Assets
$5,932,414
Liabilities
$1,757,539

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

37 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT HOFMANN (PRESIDENT - AS OF 07/2025)
  • GAYL BRANUM CARR (PRESIDENT - UNTIL 07/2025)
  • KATHLEEN QUIGLEY (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • JOEY ORDUNA HASTINGS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOEY ORDUNA HASTINGS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $257,676 total reported compensation
  • ERYN BRANCH (DIR, FVDR PROGRAM): $169,551 total reported compensation
  • AMY PINCOLINI-FORD (DIR, FVDR PROGRAM): $169,418 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Charitable and educational purposes include: a.) improving the standards, practices, and effectiveness of courts exercising jurisdiction over families and children; b) informing or assisting those who deal with or affect these courts; c) educating persons connected with these courts and other interested members of the public in developments and principles relating to such courts; and d) engaging in educational and research activities in furtherance of the foregoing objectives.

What it reported doing in 2024

Crime control & prevention programs: research is a vital component of ncjfcj's efforts to improve the lives of children and families. Ncjfcj's research division, the national center for juvenile justice (ncjj), is a resource for independent and original research on matters that come before juvenile and family courts. Ncjj works to improve the effectiveness and fairness of juvenile and family court systems, improve outcomes, and inform policy development. Ncjj's projects provided training or assistance for nearly 3,000 judges and others through more than 90 in-person or online events. Ncjj helped jurisdictions improve their data capacity to improve outcomes for youth, updated and added content to the online statistical briefing book ncjj.org and juvenile justice gps (jjgps.org). Ncjj also published numerous publications including: juvenile court statistics, youth and the juvenile justice system national report, and related fact sheets; bulletins, data snapshots, and ncjfcj's juvenile and family court journal.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 72% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 74.5%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $78.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 98.9%; rating input score 99; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 5.9%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.5%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.6% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70% of revenue deployed · 74.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 28 of 28 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $9.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $258K · 37 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $731K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 19 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 14 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.