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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,204,591
Total expenses
$2,234,280
Contributions and grants received
$1,925,668
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$278,923
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$9,152,688
Total liabilities, end of year
$459,121
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,693,567
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,102,581
Management and general expenses
$1,075,750
Fundraising expenses
$55,949
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,102,581

Program services were 49.3% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,925,668

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $278,923 · excluded $278,923

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $33,833 · program services $22,511 · management and general $6,255 · fundraising $5,067

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $972,756 · program services $558,375 · management and general $380,474 · fundraising $33,907

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $75,306 · management and general $75,306

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $172,997 · program services $84,306 · management and general $82,059 · fundraising $6,632

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $80,828 · program services $45,997 · management and general $31,872 · fundraising $2,959

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $35,100 · management and general $35,100

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $193,999 · program services $155,887 · management and general $37,662 · fundraising $450

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $72,698 · program services $44,476 · management and general $28,222

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,276 · program services $5,518 · management and general $32,247 · fundraising $511

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $102,890 · management and general $102,890

  • 17 · Travel

    total $50,597 · program services $12,475 · management and general $36,082 · fundraising $2,040

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $901 · management and general $901

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $10,800 · management and general $10,800

  • 24a · Other expenses: COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIPS

    total $150,000 · program services $150,000 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $125,000 · management and general $125,000

  • 24c · Other expenses: EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE

    total $59,354 · program services $18,610 · management and general $39,542 · fundraising $1,202

  • 24d · Other expenses: PRINTING AND PUBLICATIO

    total $24,447 · program services $3,942 · management and general $18,878 · fundraising $1,627

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $34,498 · program services $484 · management and general $32,460 · fundraising $1,554

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $364,439 · end of year $708,072

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $986,012 · end of year $1,160,871

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $936,302 · end of year $0

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $867 · end of year $2,519

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $34,438

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $34,438

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $901 · end of year $0

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $6,313,094 · end of year $7,281,226

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $416,765 · end of year $459,121

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,977,440 · end of year $8,413,567

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $207,410 · end of year $280,000

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

THE ACLU IS A NONPARTISAN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO DEFENDING AND PROTECTING OUR CONSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND PERSONAL FREEDOMS.

  • SERVICES INCLUDE PUBLIC EDUCATION, COMMUNITY ORGANIZING AND ADVOCACY ON LEGISLATIVE ISSUES WHICH CONCERN CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS.

    Expenses $1,102,581

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Adrienne Ghorashi

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Amer Sajed

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 3 related
  • Anjelica Hendricks

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Antonia Domingo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Arthur Kaplan

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Carl Peridier

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Caroline Cruz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Ciera Elison

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Don Millinger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related
  • Dov Hasselkom

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dr Damary Bonilla-Rodriguez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Dr Kathi Elliot

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Jill Anderson

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Julian Goldman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Lacee Ecker

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Margaret Watts

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Marie Gottschalk

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 2 related
  • Martha Conley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Monica Ruiz

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Nikki Hatza

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Richard Askey

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Riley Ross III

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 2 related
  • Robert Saleem Holbrook

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related
  • Shamyra Felix

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Shuja Moore

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Stephanie Towles

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • Wasi Mohamed

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related
  • William Warren Jr

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 2 related
  • Peter Goldberger

    BOARD PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3 + 2 related
  • Andrew Hoover

    COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $150,699
    From this org
    $150,138
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $561
    Hours/week
    0 + 40 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $149,138
    Bonus
    $1,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $561
    Filer's total
    $150,699
  • Danitra Sherman

    DEPUTY DIRECTOR, ADVOCACY

    Total calculated
    $137,351
    From this org
    $126,933
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,418
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Compensation committee
  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

  • ACL FOUNDATION OF PENNSYLVANIA

    501(C)(3) · CHARITABLE · PA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
13 February 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202530489349301093

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