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Filing year 2023

LOUISVILLE & JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER CORPORATION

Louisville, Kentucky·EIN 23-7129726·NTEE I80Z · Crime & Legal-Related·3
Total revenue
$12.2M
Total assets
$5.9M
Total expenses
$11.7M
Reported officers
8
Mission

TO PROVIDE INDEPENDENT, EFFECTIVE, HIGH QUALITY REPRESENTATION TO INDIVIDUAL CLIENTS IN THE SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S CREDO AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT. TO WORK INTERDEPENDENTLY WITH OTHER PROFESSIONALS IN THE COURTS AND LEADERS IN EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES, ALONG WITH THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, TO ADVANCE THE INTERESTS OF OUR INDIGENT CLIENTS AND IMPROVE THE OPERATION OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 1 reported individual · Filing year 2023

Executive Director/chief P
director (operational)
$178k
$194k
Base
$159k
Bonus
Other
Benefits

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 7 unpaid individuals.

Browse compensation in Crime & Legal-Related

Up 8%
from 2022

From $165k in 2022 to $178k in 2023.

$165k
2022
$178k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 3% in real terms$188k to $194k

Estimated with BLS CPI-U for the South region, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.

Among peers

Revenue and top compensation, plotted against similar organizations. This organization is highlighted in cyan.

1
Northern Kentucky Legal Aid Society2024
$194k
2
LOUISVILLE & JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER CORPORATION2023
$178k
3
CUMBERLAND TRACE LEGAL SERVICES INC2024
$127k
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