California · Nonprofit
CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $123,000 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION ($123,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $123k
- Net assets
- $1.4M
What Civil Justice Association of California does
Mission
Cjac works in the state legislature and the courts to reduce the unwarranted and excessive litigation that increases business and government expenses, discourages innovation, and drives up the cost of goods and services for all californians.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Overall program services fall into four major areas: appellate, legislative, research, and communication. Activities include legal research and amicus brief submission related to liability and civil procedures issues; analysis and development of legislative proposals in order to inform association members, the public, and policy makers on the effect of proposed legislation on the goal of improving the civil justice system; research on the economic and judicial system impact of statutes and case decisions; informing the public on the importance of a fair civil justice system.
$135,997 spent$47,759 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $135,997.
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 2022 to 2023, from $2.4M to $1.9M (−21%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 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.
Board chair
Thomas Lawson
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2021: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $28k → $13k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $940k from 4 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest California Association of Realtors Issues Mobilization Political Action Com). These are real filings, and they are not money CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA raised.
From the IRS filings of CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA’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
100% of CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA's grant income comes from California funders.
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.
Organizations like CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
7% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA: 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 CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA?
- CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $123,000 to it, the largest being CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION ($123,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $123,000 in grants to CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA?
- CALIFORNIA APARTMENT ASSOCIATION is the largest funder on record, with $123,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CIVIL JUSTICE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), 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