Illinois · Nonprofit
THE CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL INSTRUCTION
THE CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL INSTRUCTION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $104,187 to it, the largest being ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE ($104,187). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.8M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $104k
- Net assets
- $298k
What The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction does
Mission
The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (cali) is a not-for-profit organization whose purpose is to promote law teachings and research through the use of technology and related materials. Cali is supported by law schools and other educational organizations, book publishers, law firms, and computer companies. Cali has offices in minneapolis, minnesota, and at the chicago-kent college of law chicago, illinois.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cali published over 1,200 web-based tutorials to 110,000 law students at over 200 us law schools and legal affiliates. The web-based tutorials were used over 500,000 times during the year. Cali provided access to the classcaster blogging and podcasting service, which used by law faculty close to 600,000 times. Cali's elangdell projects published and updated over 50 electronic books (casebooks and reference titles) under a creative commons license for all law schools and law students. Cali printed, hosted, and distributed over 20,000 cali excellence for the future awards. There are over 120 participating schools and to date, over 350,000 awards have been given out since the inception of the program.
$812,748 spent$1,669,495 earned by the program70% of program spendingThe a2j project is an authoring system that allows legal aid attorneys court assistance officers and others to create web-based guided interview that assist pro se users in determining if they qualify for legal services, collecting information for legal forms and explaining options when filling out forms.
$238,810 spent$2,500 earned by the program20% of program spendingCalicon (cali conference) was a hybrid conference in 2025. It took place on june 5th-6th at georgia state university, atlanta ga, and virtually via zoom webinar. With a single track, virtual and in-person attendees and presenters shared the same conference experience. We brought together law school faculty, librarians, and technologists with strong opinions, great ideas, innovations, experience, and best practices for application of tech in legal education.
$117,625 spent$45,211 earned by the program10% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,169,183.
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 2019 to 2020, from $2.5M 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.
Government-grant reliance: 2022 2%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
2% of THE CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL INSTRUCTION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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
John Mayer
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2022: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $8k → $66k.
From the IRS filings of THE CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL INSTRUCTION’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
THE CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL INSTRUCTION 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.
Against its field
THE CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL INSTRUCTION is better cushioned than half of the 497 public benefit nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 497 public benefit nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like THE CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL INSTRUCTION
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
70% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL INSTRUCTION: 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 THE CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL INSTRUCTION?
- THE CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL INSTRUCTION (Illinois) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $104,187 to it, the largest being ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE ($104,187). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL INSTRUCTION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $104,187 in grants to THE CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL INSTRUCTION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL INSTRUCTION?
- ACCESSLEX INSTITUTE is the largest funder on record, with $104,187 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CENTER FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED LEGAL INSTRUCTION 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.
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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