About whistleblowerawardcalc.com

whistleblowerawardcalc.com is a free whistleblower-award resource maintained by The Click Lab. Our calculator and guides help people who suspect fraud against the government, the SEC, the CFTC, or the IRS understand what a monetary award could realistically look like under the SEC, CFTC, IRS, and False Claims Act whistleblower programs — before they've spoken with an attorney or filed anything. The Site is built for people early in the process, often before they've decided whether to report at all, who want a plain-English starting point — not a substitute for legal advice.

What we do

We translate four federal whistleblower programs — the SEC Whistleblower Program, the CFTC Whistleblower Program, the IRS Whistleblower Program, and False Claims Act qui tam suits — into plain-English calculators and guides. Every page is reviewed by our editorial team with citations to the governing statutes, agency rules, and published award orders. The calculator estimates a potential award range based on the program, the total sanctions or recovery involved, and the quality and consistency of a whistleblower's contribution and cooperation — the factors agencies themselves say move an award up or down within the statutory range.

Who this calculator is for

Most visitors fall into one of a few groups: employees or industry insiders who've noticed something they believe is fraud and want to understand the financial stakes before deciding whether, or how, to report it; people who have already filed a tip or a qui tam complaint and want context on how the award process typically unfolds; and attorneys, paralegals, or compliance professionals who want a quick reference point before pulling the specific statute and agency rule that applies to a given case. We built the Site around these use cases, which is why every guide leads with a plain-English answer before it gets into the statutory detail.

How the estimate is built

The full mechanics — the statutory award ranges for each program, the minimum-sanctions thresholds, and the contribution and cooperation adjustments — are documented on our methodology page. At a high level: the calculator applies each program's mandatory award percentage range to the sanctions or recovery you enter, checks whether the case clears that program's minimum threshold, then adjusts within the range based on how strong and how cooperative your reported contribution was. Naming the actual violation, evaluating the strength of the evidence, and navigating the confidential filing procedure each program requires is work only an attorney experienced in that specific program can do.

What we don't do

We don't provide legal advice, and nothing on this Site creates an attorney-client relationship. Actual whistleblower awards depend on facts a calculator can't see: the specificity and originality of the information, whether it actually triggered or advanced an investigation, the agency's discretion, and whether other whistleblowers reported the same conduct. We also don't evaluate individual cases or review or file tips or qui tam complaints on anyone's behalf. Our editorial content doesn't recommend particular attorneys or law firms, though the homepage separately offers an optional case-review form that connects you with attorneys in our network — see our privacy policy for what's shared if you use it. For your specific situation, consult a licensed whistleblower attorney; see our contact page for guidance on finding one.

Editorial standards

Every guide and reference page is written from primary sources — the governing statutes, agency rules, and published award determinations from the SEC, CFTC, IRS, and Department of Justice — and reviewed before publication. We don't publish thin content: each page is meant to answer a specific question a prospective whistleblower would actually ask, with enough detail to be useful when the decision to report is genuinely high-stakes. Our full editorial workflow and sourcing policy are on the editorial team page.

How we make money

Display advertising via Google AdSense. No law firm or whistleblower-representation service pays for placement or a favorable mention in our editorial content. Separately, the homepage offers an optional case-review form: if you submit it, your information is shared with attorneys who may compensate The Click Lab Agency LLC for the referral. That's a disclosed advertising product, not an editorial placement. See our privacy policy for details on data handling, including exactly what's shared if you use that form.

Contact

Questions, corrections, or feedback: see our contact page.