Form 990 for tax year 2022
Filed by AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC.
Totals
- Total revenue
- $201,181,635
- Total expenses
- $186,344,190
- Contributions and grants received
- $184,197,455
- Grants paid
- $16,074,767
- Program services expenses (Part IX)
- $153,941,321
- Management and general expenses
- $14,992,402
- Fundraising expenses
- $17,410,467
- Program service expenses (Part III)
- $153,941,321
Program services were 82.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
Listed in Part VII
-
Anthony D Romero
Executive Director/CEO
- Total calculated
- $940,312
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $695,560
- Other
- $244,752
- Hours/week
- 14 + 26 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $676,060 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0 + $19,500 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $237,180 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $7,572 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $940,312 related
-
Dorothy M Ehrlich
DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $821,365
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $535,950
- Other
- $285,415
- Hours/week
- 14 + 26 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $522,316 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0 + $13,634 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $260,282 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $25,133 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $821,365 related
-
Terence R Dougherty
DEP EXEC DIR. OPS/GEN. COUNSEL
- Total calculated
- $568,144
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $514,989
- Other
- $53,155
- Hours/week
- 14 + 26 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $501,985 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0 + $13,004 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $33,456 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $19,699 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $568,144 related
-
Kary L Moss
DIR AFF SUPPORT & NATION. INIT
- Total calculated
- $560,980
- From this org
- $482,663
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $78,317
- Hours/week
- 34 + 6 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $476,082
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $6,581
- Deferred
- $67,689
- Nontaxable benefits
- $10,628
- Filer's total
- $560,980
-
RONALD NEWMAN
NAT'L POLIT DIR (THRU 3/15/22)
- Total calculated
- $535,760
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $518,774
- Other
- $16,986
- Hours/week
- 6 + 34 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $83,333 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0 + $435,441 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $8,025 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $8,961 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $535,760 related
-
Mark V Wier
Chief Development Officer
- Total calculated
- $507,296
- From this org
- $481,658
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $25,638
- Hours/week
- 34 + 6 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $470,601
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $11,057
- Deferred
- $21,237
- Nontaxable benefits
- $4,401
- Filer's total
- $507,296
-
David D Cole
National Legal Director
- Total calculated
- $484,052
- From this org
- $460,588
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $23,464
- Hours/week
- 34 + 6 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $450,364
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $10,224
- Deferred
- $20,127
- Nontaxable benefits
- $3,337
- Filer's total
- $484,052
-
Rebecca Lowell Edwards
Chief Communications Officer
- Total calculated
- $465,613
- From this org
- $442,457
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $23,156
- Hours/week
- 26 + 14 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $435,951
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $6,506
- Deferred
- $20,624
- Nontaxable benefits
- $2,532
- Filer's total
- $465,613
-
Charizma T Williams
COO (&CFO THRU 1/31/23)
- Total calculated
- $456,033
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $419,928
- Other
- $36,105
- Hours/week
- 14 + 26 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $405,396 related
- Bonus
- $0 + $10,000 related
- Other
- $0 + $4,532 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $17,677 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $18,428 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $456,033 related
-
Sophia K Goldmacher
Chief People Officer
- Total calculated
- $407,426
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $350,722
- Other
- $56,704
- Hours/week
- 14 + 26 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $348,905 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0 + $1,817 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $17,926 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $38,778 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $407,426 related
-
Louise Melling
Deputy Legal Director
- Total calculated
- $401,224
- From this org
- $333,156
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $68,068
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $331,339
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $1,817
- Deferred
- $56,677
- Nontaxable benefits
- $11,391
- Filer's total
- $401,224
-
Amber Hikes
DEP. EXEC DIR STRATEGY&CULTURE
- Total calculated
- $388,658
- From this org
- $0
- From related orgs
- $363,055
- Other
- $25,603
- Hours/week
- 14 + 26 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $0 + $361,238 related
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0 + $1,817 related
- Deferred
- $0 + $12,668 related
- Nontaxable benefits
- $0 + $12,935 related
- Filer's total
- $0 + $388,658 related
-
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
Director of Development
- Total calculated
- $386,423
- From this org
- $320,084
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $66,339
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $318,267
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $1,817
- Deferred
- $33,658
- Nontaxable benefits
- $32,681
- Filer's total
- $386,423
-
Cecillia D Wang
Deputy Legal Director
- Total calculated
- $379,399
- From this org
- $332,850
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $46,549
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $331,033
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $1,817
- Deferred
- $33,658
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,891
- Filer's total
- $379,399
-
Miriam Yasmin Cader
Deputy Legal Director
- Total calculated
- $337,965
- From this org
- $309,310
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $28,655
- Hours/week
- 40
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $309,310
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $16,226
- Nontaxable benefits
- $12,429
- Filer's total
- $337,965
-
Deborah Archer
Director/President
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3 + 3 related
-
Robert Remar
Director/VP, Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 5 + 4.5 related
-
Charu Verma
Director/VP, Treasurer
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3 + 2 related
-
Grace Chan
Director/Secretary
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3.5 + 2 related
-
Ronald Chen
Director/General Counsel
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3.5 + 3 related
-
Shaakirrah Sanders
Director/General Counsel
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
-
Ronald Tyler
Director/General Counsel
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3 + 2.5 related
-
Tracy Griffith
DIRECTOR/SEC. (THRU 7/1/22)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5 + 2.5 related
-
WILLIAM ACEVES
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3 + 3 related
-
MICHELLE BROWN-YAZZIE
Director (as of 4/1/22)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3.5 + 2.5 related
-
MICHELE GOODWIN
Director (THRU 5/5/22)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5 + 2.5 related
-
GREG HASTY
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5 + 2.5 related
-
JEFFREY HONG
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 3 + 3 related
-
DONITA JUDGE
Director (as of 4/1/22)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5 + 2.5 related
-
SHARON KYLE
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5 + 2.5 related
-
ANIL MUJUMDAR
Director
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5 + 2 related
-
CONNIE TCHENG
Director (as of 4/1/22)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2 + 2 related
-
YOMI WRONG
DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 2.5 + 2.5 related
-
Larisa Mueller
CFO (as of 2/1/23)
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 14 + 26 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 — 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
- 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
- 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
- 7 · Other non-fixed payments
Answered no
- 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
- 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception
The filer's explanations (Part III)
- SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 3:
- AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION, Inc. DOES NOT COMPENSATE THE ORGANIZATION'S Executive Director/CEO. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, INC. (ACLU), AN AFFILIATE OF THE REPORTING ORGANIZATION, PAID COMPENSATION TO THE Executive director/CEO, key employees, AND OTHER OFFICERS OF THE REPORTING ORGANIZATION. ACLU HAS ESTABLISHED THE following PROCEDURES TO DETERMINE THE COMPENSATION OF THESE OFFICERS: ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, A COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF THE ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHES THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO'S COMPENSATION, AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE APPROVES THE COMPENSATION OF ALL OTHER KEY EMPLOYEES, AS RECOMMENDED BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO. NO MEMBER OF EITHER COMMITTEE HAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO THE COMPENSATION ARRANGEMENT. EACH COMMITTEE REVIEWS COMPENSATION STUDIES AND COMPARABLE COMPENSATION DATA FOR FUNCTIONALLY COMPARABLE POSITIONS AT SIMILARLY SITUATED ORGANIZATIONS. EACH COMMITTEE CONTEMPORANEOUSLY DOCUMENTS AND RECORDS, IN ITS MINUTES, ITS DELIBERATIONS AND DECISIONS. NO ACLU OFFICER RECEIVES COMPENSATION IN HIS/HER CAPACITY AS A Director.
- Schedule J, Part I, Lines 4a and 4b:
- ONE INDIVIDUAL RECEIVED a SEVERANCE PAYMENT FROM AN AFFILIATE OF THE REPORTING ORGANIZATION: AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, INC., WHICH IS INCLUDED IN REPORTABLE COMPENSATION IN Part VII. DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY CONCERNS, THE NAME OF THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT DISCLOSED. THE DETAILED INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE TO THE IRS UPON REQUEST. THE Executive Director/CEO PARTICIPATES IN A NONQUALIFIED, SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN. NO PAYMENT WAS MADE FROM THIS PLAN DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022.
- SCHEDULE J, PART I, LINE 7:
- Bonus eligibility is discretionary.
- SCHEDULE J, PART II:
- PART II: COLUMN B(I) INCLUDES BASE COMPENSATION, COLUMN B(II) INCLUDES BONUS PAYMENTS AND COLUMN B(III) INCLUDES ALL OTHER REPORTABLE COMPENSATION, INCLUDING ANY REDUCTIONS TO TAXABLE COMPENSATION RELATED TO PARTICIPATION IN HEALTH OR DEPENDENT SPENDING ACCOUNTS, IF/AS APPLICABLE. COLUMN C INCLUDES EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLAN OR, FOR EMPLOYEES HIRED ON OR AFTER APRIL 1, 2009, TO THE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION 401 (K) PLAN, AND CONTRIBUTIONS, IF ANY, TO THE 457(B) PLAN; THE TOTALS SHOWN REFLECT AMOUNTS EARNED DURING THE YEAR, WHETHER OR NOT THE EMPLOYEE IS FULLY VESTED. COLUMN D INCLUDES NON-TAXABLE BENEFITS, SUCH AS HEALTH AND OTHER INSURANCE, AS WELL AS AMOUNTS SET ASIDE BY EMPLOYEES IN THE HEALTH AND/OR DEPENDENT CARE FLEXIBLE SPENDING PLANS, WHICH HAVE BEEN ADDED BACK TO PROVIDE THE FULLEST PICTURE POSSIBLE OF TOTAL COMPENSATION.
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
-
$1,709,475
Affiliate Program
-
$912,000
Affiliate Program
-
$880,000
Affiliate Program
-
$779,500
Affiliate Program
-
$766,456
Affiliate Program
-
$627,000
Affiliate Program
-
$512,000
Affiliate Program
-
ACLU Foundation of South Carolina
$507,265
Affiliate Program
-
$435,000
Affiliate Program
-
$418,372
Affiliate Program
The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.
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.
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AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION INC
501(C)(4) · SEE PART VII · DC
Directly controlled by NA
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501(C)(3) · support org · DE
Directly controlled by NA
Provenance
- Return type
- form_990
- Tax year
- 2022
- Filed
- 12 October 2023
- IRS schema version
- 2022v5.0
- Source object
- 202342859349300014
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