Virginia · Nonprofit
COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC
COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC (Virginia) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,860,554 to it, the largest being NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BAR EXAMINERS ($1,121,666). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $585k
- Funders on record
- 20
- Grants received
- $1.9M
- Net assets
- $595k
What Council on Legal Education Opportunity Inc does
Mission
Cleo works to expand access and opportunities for all aspiring students to attend and succeed in law school and beyond. Cleo does not discriminate and offers its programs and services on an equal opportunity basis in compliance with all applicable laws. Cleo is dedicated to supporting an inclusive legal profession for everyone.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Provide programs for college students and postgraduates - conduct seminars, workshops and online blogs to help students prepare for entry into law school. Publish the cleo jd report e-newsletter which is designed to inform students interested in attending law school about the requirements for admission to aba approved law schools across the united states.programs for law students - provide online academic support forum for first year law students who participated in a pre-law program to receive ongoing support from law school professors. Provides a vehicle for students to exchange ideas and suggestions and receive weekly words of encouragement and tips for success. Provide regional workshops to address the academic concerns of first and second year law students. Provide professional development support activities that create opportunities for law students to participate in internships, attend seminars, and gain valuable experience from practicing professionals.
$3,971 spent$18,182 earned by the program1% of program spendingPrograms for pre-law, incoming law, and current law students:bar prep program - in collaboration with the national conference of bar examiners (ncbe), cleo offers its law students academic enhancement and bar prep webinars, weekly emails with mbe questions for 2ls and 3ls, bar mentoring, mbe and mpt essay tutoring for 3ls, discounts with bar prep courses, and bar prep stipends.1l-prep attitude is essential (aie) seminars - the aie program provides college students admitted to a law school a head start on law school and learning in a supportive environment. The online seminar exposes students to the best practices for: case briefing, legal research and writing, conquering law school exams, and managing time and finances. Achieving success in the application process (asap) seminars - the asap program prepares talented and motivated students to gain admission to and succeed in law school. The program curriculum focuses on aspects of the law school application process that are commonly overlooked or undervalued by students when applying to law school. These seminars are open to college juniors and seniors, as well as post-graduates. These seminars are held in various cities throughout…
$316,873 spentof which $52,930 as grants$98,530 earned by the program99% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $320,844.
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. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
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 $1.9M to $1.5M (−24%).
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: 2017 44% · 2018 12% · 2019 12% · 2020 37% · 2021 44% · 2022 57% · 2023 29% · 2024 3%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (57% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Elizabeth A Campbell
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2020 and FY2021 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income fell $289k → $191k.
6 of 20 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC’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.
How concentrated its funding is
COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 91%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 87% · 2019 62% · 2020 73% · 2021 55% · 2022 68% · 2023 92% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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.
How long its funders stay
45% of COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Virginia, across 10 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $40k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC's revenue fell 55% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,838 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
41% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
75%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC?
- COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC (Virginia) receives grants from 20 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,860,554 to it, the largest being NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BAR EXAMINERS ($1,121,666). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC have?
- IRS filings report 20 organizations giving $1,860,554 in grants to COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC?
- NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BAR EXAMINERS is the largest funder on record, with $1,121,666 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COUNCIL ON LEGAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 20 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing