The Coalition of Centers for Distinguished Language Centers' core mission is to support language centers that are focused on teaching to Level 4. The coalition is a consortium of university, institute, and private programs that have chosen to be affiliated with the CDLC and with each other and a membership organization comprised of individuals and institutional members.

The CDLC has the following affiliates.

Specialized Language Training Center Level 4 Program	President: Boris Shekhtman	Est. 1987
Center for the Advancement of Distinguished Language Proficiency (San Diego State University)	Co-Directors: Christian Degueldre Mary Ann Lyman-Hager	Est. May 2002
Distinguished Language Center - Asian Program (Monterey Institute of International Studies)	Director: Jiaying Howard Secretary: Angela Quesenberry	Est. November 2002
Washington Branch for Instruction at Howard University	Branch Coordinator : Svetlana Sibrina Program Director: Boris Shekhtman	Est. February 2003
Center for Language Study, Yale University	Director: Nina Garrett	Est. February 1998
Center for Advanced Language Proficiency Education and Research at Pennsylvania State University	Director: James P. Lantolf	Est. 2002
Jordan Consortium (University of Jordan and Yarmouk University)	Liaison: Dr. Mahmud Wardat	Est. November 2004
Institut für Anglistik/Romanistik, Fachbereich Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften, University of Kassel, Germany	Director: Claudia Finkbeiner CDLC Representative: Michael Morrissey	Est. November 2005
Interagency Language Roundtable	Coordinator: Frederick Jackson	Est. 1973
Center for Applied Linguistics	Director: Donna Christian CDLC Representative: Deborah Kennedy	Est. 1959