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← AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,965,830
Total expenses
$3,055,728
Contributions and grants received
$4,980,080
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
-$14,250
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$26,823,862
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,321,583
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$25,502,279
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,675,524
Management and general expenses
$331,069
Fundraising expenses
$49,135
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,675,524

Program services were 87.6% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $4,372,892

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $607,188

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $1,034 · excluded $1,034

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $9,912

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $25,196

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$15,284

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$15,284 · excluded -$15,284

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $0

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $157,273 · program services $130,058 · management and general $27,215

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,538,852 · program services $1,365,764 · management and general $149,219 · fundraising $23,869

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $96,908 · program services $61,024 · management and general $34,845 · fundraising $1,039

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $364,470 · program services $324,133 · management and general $35,892 · fundraising $4,445

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $144,364 · program services $128,405 · management and general $14,142 · fundraising $1,817

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $21,558 · program services $18,962 · management and general $2,316 · fundraising $280

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $12,721 · management and general $12,721

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,427 · management and general $8,427

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $182,611 · program services $177,881 · management and general $3,465 · fundraising $1,265

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $164 · program services $164

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $44,533 · program services $38,112 · management and general $5,654 · fundraising $767

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $144,550 · program services $138,843 · management and general $4,790 · fundraising $917

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $188,984 · program services $170,399 · management and general $15,947 · fundraising $2,638

  • 17 · Travel

    total $36,863 · program services $36,681 · management and general $182

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $11,941 · program services $10,256 · management and general $1,685

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $400 · management and general $400

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $9,355 · program services $7,916 · management and general $1,439

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $31,448 · program services $27,595 · management and general $3,418 · fundraising $435

  • 24a · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES

    total $11,632 · fundraising $11,632

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP, FEES, DUES SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $15,691 · program services $14,217 · management and general $1,474

  • 24c · Other expenses: BAD DEBT EXPENSE

    total $6,180 · management and general $6,180

  • 24d · Other expenses: MOVING EXPENSES

    total $18,191 · program services $16,502 · management and general $1,658 · fundraising $31

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $8,612 · program services $8,612

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,236,574 · end of year $864,529

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,668,531 · end of year $2,664,605

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $4,264 · end of year $1,573

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $11,502

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $19,780,791 · end of year $23,293,155

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $94,419 · end of year $89,785

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $28,760 · end of year $1,231,798

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $23,557,543 · end of year $25,501,369

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $20,940 · end of year $910

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

TO DEFEND AND PROMOTE CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES.

  • POLICY - ENGAGES IN POLICY ANALYSIS, LEGISLATIVE ANALYSIS, LOBBYING, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY AROUND CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES AND PRIORITIES CONSISTENT WITH THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN. IN FY19, IT WAS DESCRIBED AS LEGISLATIVE.

    Expenses $1,564,675

  • FIELD - SEEKS TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY THROUGH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, PUBLIC EDUCATION, COALITION BUILDING, ONLINE ACTIVISM AND DIRECT LOBBYING IN FY19, IT WAS DESCRIBED AS ADVOCACY.

    Expenses $445,378

  • COMMUNICATION - EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ON NYCLUS PRIORITY ISSUES AND ENGAGES IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AND ECOURAGE GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES.

    Expenses $331,076

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Lieberman Donna

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $367,465
    From this org
    $301,948
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,517
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $301,948
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $28,150
    Nontaxable benefits
    $37,367
    Filer's total
    $367,465
  • Eisenberg Arthur

    EXECUTIVE COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $326,215
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $222,677
    Other
    $103,538
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $222,677 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $66,171 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $37,367 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $326,215 related
  • Dunn Christopher

    LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $317,533
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $210,865
    Other
    $106,668
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $210,865 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $62,072 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $44,596 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $317,533 related
  • Pristin David

    DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $287,504
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $224,959
    Other
    $62,545
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $224,959 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $13,001 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $49,544 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $287,504 related
  • Miller Johanna Director

    OF EDUCATION POLICY CENTER

    Total calculated
    $273,274
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $184,950
    Other
    $88,324
    Hours/week
    6 + 34 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $184,950 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $54,120 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $34,204 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $273,274 related
  • Rowland Lee

    POLICY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $234,035
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $189,274
    Other
    $44,761
    Hours/week
    28 + 12 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $189,274 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $10,557 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $34,204 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $234,035 related
  • Cotter Caroline

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $230,991
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $186,355
    Other
    $44,636
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $186,355 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $10,432 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $34,204 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $230,991 related
  • Biklen Molly

    DEPUTY LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $188,479
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $177,952
    Other
    $10,527
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $177,952 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $9,795 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $732 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $188,479 related
  • Stryker Wendy

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 2 related
  • Kowitz Margolies Julie

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 2 related
  • Vassanji Anil

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 2 related
  • Keenan Anne

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    8 + 2 related
  • Anthony Eva-Maria

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Bartlett Mayo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Caines Wesley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Campbell Renee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Cross Quintin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Cuthbertson Douglas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Droubi Luna

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Fahmawi Waqaas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Fox Stephanie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Hedahl Mary

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Horn Jonathan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Hunter Tracy Givens

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Lopez-Soto Edwin J

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • McGOVERN THERESA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Meyer Carlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Noerdlinger Rachel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Oyefeso Ademola

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Patel Arjun

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Salomon Claudia

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Silas James

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Stewart Daniel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Syed Nabiha

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Tabak Ronald J

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Turner Jr V Simpson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Vanterpool Jasmine D

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Wachtell Genevieve

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Washington Paul

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Williams Keisha A

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Wong Virgil

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Yaroshefsky Ellen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5
  • Yates Robin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

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 · 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

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
15 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202440469349301609

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