The Federal Judicial Center Foundation is a private, non-profit corporation established by Congress in 1988 to receive gifts made to support the work of the Center. The Foundation is governed by a seven-person Board, whose members are appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. No member of the Board may be a active judge. The Center provides staff assistance to the Foundation, as authorized by statute.
The following persons compose the Foundation’s Board:
Philip W. Tone, Esq., Chair
Robert S. Banks, Esq.
E. William Crotty, Esq.
Erwin N. Griswold, Esq.
Laurie L. Michel, Esq.
Richard M. Rosenbaum, Esq.
Benjamin L. Zelenko, Esq.
The Center has identified several projects that would be advanced through the availability of non-appropriated funds received by the Foundation. The Foundation expects to contact private foundations to inform them of the Foundation's existence and purpose and to describe uses that the Center could make of non-appropriated funds.
At the request of the Center Board, the Foundation has agreed to accept a gift from the Judicial Fellows Commission to be used for the support of the Judicial Fellows Program. The Program provides one-year fellowships with the Supreme Court, the Administrative Office, and the Center to individuals selected for their potential to contribute to judicial administration. Funds donated by the Commission will be deposited in a separate Treasury account and disbursed by the Center's director for the support of the Program.