Illinois · Nonprofit
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being LITTLER MENDELSON FOUNDATION INC ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.3M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $2k
- Net assets
- $12M
What American Association of Law Libraries does
Mission
The American Association of Law Libraries advances the profession of law librarianship and supports the professional growth of its members through leadership and advocacy in the field of legal information and information policy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
The association produces three publications related to law librarianship.
$467,600 spentof which $35,000 as grants$523,760 earned by the program18% of program spendingThe association holds an annual meeting, which represents the national convention for the law library profession, and other educational meetings throughout the year.
$1,926,305 spent$1,923,270 earned by the program73% of program spendingThe association provides services to its members and promotes the interests of its members through representation with other groups, committees, or specialized areas of law librarianship.
$80,385 spent$1,252,853 earned by the program3% of program spendingThe association provides grants and scholarships that promote law library research, academics and the profession in general. The association also has established a government affairs office intended to provide the association with a strong voice on a broad array of information policy issues of concern to our members through advocacy at national, state, and international levels.
$159,142 spentof which $158,353 as grants6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,633,432.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $9.5M to $12M (+26%).
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: 2021 8% · 2022 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 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
Joyce Gilbert
Interim executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019, and between the FY2024 and FY2025 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $1k.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES’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.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Illinois, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Government funding AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3k on record.
- PROF DEV DUES/MEMBERSHIP$3k
- OUT-OF-STATE MEALS WITH OVERNIGHT STAY$40
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES
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 Illinois
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
93%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES: 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 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES?
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $2,000 to it, the largest being LITTLER MENDELSON FOUNDATION INC ($2,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $2,000 in grants to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES?
- LITTLER MENDELSON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF LAW LIBRARIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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