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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$14,432,670
Total expenses
$10,851,662
Contributions and grants received
$12,694,688
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$1,571,274
Investment income
$155,558
Other revenue
$11,150
Total assets, end of year
$8,213,970
Total liabilities, end of year
$713,043
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$7,500,927
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$9,828,299
Management and general expenses
$470,422
Fundraising expenses
$552,941
Program service expenses (Part III)
$9,828,299

Program services were 90.6% 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.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $12,694,688

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ATTORNEY FEES & COST REIMBSMT

    total $1,571,274 · related or exempt $1,571,274

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $157,949 · excluded $157,949

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

    securities $2,391

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$2,391

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$2,391 · excluded -$2,391

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER REVENUE

    total $11,150 · related or exempt $11,150

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $11,150

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $202,800 · program services $165,447 · management and general $13,309 · fundraising $24,044

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,966,955 · program services $1,604,670 · management and general $129,089 · fundraising $233,196

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $188,628 · program services $153,886 · management and general $12,379 · fundraising $22,363

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $326,165 · program services $266,090 · management and general $21,406 · fundraising $38,669

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $259,174 · program services $211,438 · management and general $17,009 · fundraising $30,727

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,410,584 · program services $6,374,650 · management and general $25,274 · fundraising $10,660

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $113,697 · management and general $113,697

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $99,100 · program services $72,960 · management and general $25,297 · fundraising $843

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,716 · program services $15,716

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $70,298 · program services $65,214 · management and general $4,884 · fundraising $200

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $21,493 · program services $18,404 · management and general $918 · fundraising $2,171

  • 24a · Other expenses: DEPRECIATION

    total $326,955 · program services $274,392 · management and general $36,289 · fundraising $16,274

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

    total $280,868 · program services $166,449 · management and general $46,748 · fundraising $67,671

  • 24c · Other expenses: LITIGATION EXPENSES

    total $139,524 · program services $139,520 · management and general $4

  • 24d · Other expenses: COMMUNICATION EXPENSES

    total $94,645 · program services $94,645

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $335,060 · program services $204,818 · management and general $24,119 · fundraising $106,123

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $237,409 · end of year $305,164

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $93,310 · end of year $60,000

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $66,892 · end of year $73,464

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

    $439,931

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

    $427,350

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $35,678 · end of year $12,581

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $3,371,421 · end of year $5,529,496

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $1,270,314 · end of year $2,233,265

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $140,499 · end of year $36,164

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,015,776 · end of year $676,879

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,301,684 · end of year $7,180,129

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $617,065 · end of year $320,798

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO DEFEND THE CIVIL LIBERTIES OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA

  • FIRST AMENDMENT OUR DEMOCRACY IS UNDER ATTACK AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA. CENSORSHIP IS BEING USED BY THOSE IN POWER TO DENY AND DISTORT HISTORY; OBSCURE THE LAWS AND POLICIES THAT CONTINUE TO BOLSTER SYSTEMIC INEQUALITY; SILENCE EXPERT GUIDANCE; CONTROL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ACTION; AND THREATEN OUR FUNDAMENTAL LIBERTIES. THE RIGHT TO PEACEFUL PROTEST IS ALSO BEING STIFLED WITH LAWS, RESTRICTIVE RULES, AND EXCESSIVE USE OF POLICE FORCE. THROUGH LITIGATION, ADVOCACY, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, THE ACLU OF FLORIDA IS WORKING TO FIGHT ALL FORMS OF CENSORSHIP, SECURE FREE SPEECH FOR ALL FLORIDIANS, AND DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY.

    Expenses $552,057

  • IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS IMMIGRATION POLICY IN FLORIDA CURRENTLY INSTILLS FEAR IN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, HARMS INDIVIDUALS, SEPARATES FAMILIES, AND IS WILDLY DISCRIMINATORY. FLORIDA IS ALSO HOME TO SEVERAL IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTERS, AND THE PRACTICES IN THESE FACILITIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR UNTOLD SUFFERING, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AND DEATHS. THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION AND LITIGATION EFFORTS, THE ACLU OF FLORIDA'S IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS CAMPAIGN AIMS TO BRING AN END TO UNCONSTITUTIONAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES, END MASS IMMIGRATION DETENTION, ENSURE DUE PROCESS, WHILE CREATING SAFER COMMUNITIES FOR IMMIGRANT FLORIDIANS.

    Expenses $4,774,922

  • VOTING RIGHTS VOTING IS THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT UPON WHICH ALL OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES REST. FLORIDA CONTINUES TO SUPPRESS VOTING RIGHTS, IMPOSE RACIALLY GERRYMANDERED MAP, AND HEIGHTEN BARRIERS TO REGISTRATION WHICH SEVERELY LIMITS ACCESS TO VOTING. THE ACLU OF FLORIDA'S VOTING RIGHTS CAMPAIGN AIMS TO SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND VOTING RIGHTS AND PARTICIPATION AMONG ALL ELIGIBLE FLORIDIANS. THIS EFFORT IS PURSUED THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS AND LITIGATION. AT ANY GIVEN TIME, THE DEPARTMENT IS INVOLVED IN DOZENS OF INVESTIGATIONS, RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS, AND LEGAL CASES.

    Expenses $1,800,504

  • OTHER LITIGATION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION ON IMPORTANT CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES THAT ARE CONFRONTING FLORIDIANS BUT FALL OUTSIDE OUR PRIMARY CAMPAIGNS SUCH AS THE FOLLOWING: CRIMINAL JUSTICE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN FLORIDA IS BUILT ON STRUCTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND HAS A DEVASTATING, DISPARATE IMPACT ON BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE. THE ACLU OF FLORIDA'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM CAMPAIGN AIMS TO SIGNIFICANTLY REFORM FLORIDA'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO REDUCE INCARCERATION AND RACIAL DISPARITIES, END THE PRACTICE OF SUSPENDING DRIVER'S LICENSES FOR NON-DRIVING OFFENSES, INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF REHABILITATION CREDIT CURRENTLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE CAN EARN TO REDUCE THEIR SENTENCE, AND TO END THE USE OF UNAFFORDABLE BAIL PRACTICES IMPACTING PEOPLE DETAINED IN FLORIDA JAILS THROUGH LITIGATION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION INITIATIVES. REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS DESPITE THE FACT THAT TWO-THIRDS OF FLORIDIANS SUPPORT THE RIGHT TO ABORTION AND VOTERS HAVE CONSISTENTLY CAST THEIR BALLOTS TO PROTECT THAT RIGHT, FLORIDA POLITICIANS PASSED A DANGEROUS 6 WEEK BAN LAST YEAR. IT STRIPS FLORIDIANS OF THEIR RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, OFFERS LITTLE TO NO EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE OR INCEST, AND CRIMINALIZES DOCTORS WHO OFFER ABORTION CARE TO PATIENTS AFTER THAT POINT. THIS LAW HAS HAD DEVASTATING EFFECTS DUE TO THE MYRIAD OF BARRIERS PEOPLE MUST NAVIGATE TO GET AN ABORTION. THROUGH LITIGATION, RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND STORYTELLING, WE ARE FIGHTING TO PROTECT FLORIDIANS' RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND LIMIT GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE IN THESE IMPORTANT AND PERSONAL MEDICAL DECISIONS TO ENSURE EVERY FLORIDIAN HAS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHEN AND IF TO HAVE A CHILD. LGBTQ+ RIGHTS THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY IN FLORIDA-WHO HAS LONG STRUGGLED FOR BASIC RECOGNITION OF THEIR RIGHTS, DIGNITY, AND PRIVACY-IS UNDER INCREASED ATTACK. LGBTQ+ PEOPLE IN FLORIDA ARE BEING PUNISHED BY POLICIES THAT ESSENTIALLY BAN CLASSROOM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THEIR EXISTENCE, PREVENT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE FROM USING THE APPROPRIATE RESTROOM OR RECEIVING LIFE- SAVING GENDER AFFIRMING CARE, SERIOUSLY RESTRICT PROPER PRONOUN USE, AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR TEACHERS TO BE SUPPORTIVE WHEN WE KNOW THAT A SINGLE SUPPORTIVE TEACHER CAN SAVE A QUEER STUDENT'S LIFE. THROUGH LITIGATION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, WE ARE FIGHTING THE DANGEROUS AND DISCRIMINATORY LAWS IN FLORIDA TO KEEP ALL LGBTQ+ PEOPLE SAFE.

    Expenses $2,700,816

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Gary Sample

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $222,952
    From this org
    $200,077
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,875
    Hours/week
    30 + 10 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $200,077
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,875
    Filer's total
    $222,952
  • Bacardi Jackson

    EXECUTIVE DI

    Total calculated
    $187,845
    From this org
    $167,887
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,958
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $167,887
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,958
    Filer's total
    $187,845
  • Fatima Cuevas

    KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $173,622
    From this org
    $159,324
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,298
    Hours/week
    35 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,324
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,298
    Filer's total
    $173,622
  • Daniel Tilley

    KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $172,701
    From this org
    $160,456
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,245
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,456
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $12,245
    Filer's total
    $172,701
  • Kara L Gross

    KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $157,724
    From this org
    $134,849
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,875
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $134,849
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,875
    Filer's total
    $157,724
  • Sara Latshaw

    KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $149,003
    From this org
    $134,973
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,030
    Hours/week
    40
  • Krsha Sendon

    KEY EMPLOYEE

    Total calculated
    $136,398
    From this org
    $130,389
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,009
    Hours/week
    40
  • Lynda Balint

    AFF EQUITY O

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Michael Berman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Mark Chaet

    NATIONAL BOA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Charlton Copeland

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Tiffany L Hilton

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Lynn Gaudioso Hankin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Michael Meyers

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.6 + 2 related
  • Rosemary O'Hara

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Teresa Ponte

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Trelvis Randolph

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Eric Smaw

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.1 + 3.5 related
  • Robert Osborne Sr

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Jennifer Tomlinson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related
  • Janet Taylor

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.1 + 1 related

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 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 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.

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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
1 December 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202533399349300718

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