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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,032,569
Total expenses
$5,160,029
Contributions and grants received
$5,732,765
Grants paid
$46,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$234,492
Other revenue
$65,312
Total assets, end of year
$9,387,425
Total liabilities, end of year
$600,744
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,786,681
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,758,604
Management and general expenses
$1,099,541
Fundraising expenses
$301,884
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,758,604

Program services were 72.8% 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

    $3,474,875

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,257,890

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $229,340 · excluded $229,340

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $91,153

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

    securities $86,001

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $5,152

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $5,152 · excluded $5,152

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $277,867

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $220,151

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $57,716 · excluded $57,716

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISC INCOME

    total $7,596 · excluded $7,596

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $7,596

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $46,000 · program services $46,000

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $536,901 · program services $275,632 · management and general $214,890 · fundraising $46,379

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,825,128 · program services $1,318,728 · management and general $385,975 · fundraising $120,425

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $146,419 · program services $114,917 · management and general $26,051 · fundraising $5,451

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $250,477 · program services $182,858 · management and general $56,868 · fundraising $10,751

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $180,111 · program services $122,744 · management and general $44,659 · fundraising $12,708

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $99,058 · program services $30,794 · management and general $68,264

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $36,894 · management and general $36,894

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $718,534 · program services $718,534

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $80,936 · fundraising $80,936

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $6,137 · management and general $6,137

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $89,323 · program services $7,480 · management and general $80,933 · fundraising $910

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $11,507 · program services $8,704 · management and general $1,390 · fundraising $1,413

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $54,730 · program services $22,419 · management and general $26,191 · fundraising $6,120

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $34,916 · program services $14,298 · management and general $19,591 · fundraising $1,027

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $205,999 · program services $155,064 · management and general $40,172 · fundraising $10,763

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,970 · program services $3,288 · management and general $1,559 · fundraising $123

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $8,540 · program services $4,344 · management and general $3,651 · fundraising $545

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $708,453 · program services $708,453

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $76,764 · program services $5,658 · management and general $70,309 · fundraising $797

  • 24a · Other expenses: OTHER PROGRAM EXPENSES

    total $25,081 · program services $18,689 · management and general $2,856 · fundraising $3,536

  • 24b · Other expenses: SETTLEMENT EXPENSES

    total $13,151 · management and general $13,151

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $825,424 · end of year $821,590

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $4,342,065 · end of year $4,519,257

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $10,600 · end of year $7,135

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $102,086 · end of year $15,241

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $102,251 · end of year $54,918

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,038,911 · end of year $2,200,341

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $30,370 · end of year $30,370

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $946,987 · end of year $1,738,573

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $597,212 · end of year $502,892

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $97,852

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,891,738 · end of year $8,455,351

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $909,744 · end of year $331,330

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE O FOR DETAILSSEE FORM 990, PART I, LINE 1

Activities or mission (Part I)

SEE SCHEDULE O FOR DETAILSTHE ORGANIZATION DEFENDS THE CIVIL LIBERTIES ENSHRINED IN THE US CONSTITUTION AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS THROUGH POLICY ADVOCACY, MEDIA ADVOCACY, AND ORGANIZING. IT FIGHTS TO SECURE AND PROTECT THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE - INCLUDING WOMEN, YOUTH, PEOPLE OF COLOR, LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PEOPLE, IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, MEMBERS OF MINORITY RELIGIONS, DISABLED PEOPLE, PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POVERTY OR HOUSELESSNESS, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE INCARCERATED.

  • THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDED PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH AND ADVOCACY, AS WELL AS PUBLIC EDUCATION AND TECHNICAL GUIDANCE ON ISSUES, PERTAINING TO CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS. AMONG OTHER THINGS, IT HELPED RETURN DEPORTED VETERANS TO THE U.S., PASS A BILL ENSURING ALL STUDENTS HAVE A SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT REGARDLESS OF THEIR GENDER IDENTITY OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, STOP LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HAVE INCREASED THE CRIMINALIZATION OF UNHOUSED CALIFORNIANS, PREVENT LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HAVE ALLOWED FOR THE PROLIFERATION OF POLICE ATTACK DOGS, AND MAKE LOS ANGELES A SANCTUARY CITY.

    Expenses $2,449,553 · Grants $46,000

  • ACLU OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL OFFICE WHEREBY CERTAIN REVENUES ARE SHARED ACCORDING TO A SET FORMULA REVENUE SUBJECT TO THIS AGREEMENT INCLUDE RECEIVED MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL, SPECIAL APPEALS, AND BEQUESTS.

    Expenses $708,452

  • ACLU OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S SHARE OF EXPENSES FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY ACLU CALIFORNIA ACTION.

    Expenses $600,599

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Carlos Amador

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Dax Goldstein

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Malek Moazzam-Doulat

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Connie Tcheng

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Connie Parker

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Elliot Gordon

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Karriann Farrell Hinds

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Zella Knight

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Emily Dasilva

    AFFIRMATIVE ACTION OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Julie Morales

    NATIONAL BOARD REP.

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 2 related

  • Nichelle Carr

    AFFILIATE EQUITY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 5 related

  • Julie Alley

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jody Armour

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Robert Corsini

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Vincent Destefano

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • John Erickson

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Amy Friedman

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Mary Ellen Gale

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Joshua Gillins

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Nancy Greenstein

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Ellen Greenstone

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Isabelle Gunning

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Rita Henry

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Brenda Holmes

    DIRECTOR (THRU 09/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Stacy Horth-Neubert

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 5 related

  • Ron Kagan

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Zuade Kaufman

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Klein

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jacob Kreilkamp

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Sharon Kyle

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jim Lafferty

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dolores Leal

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Gregory Mann

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Kaz Matamura

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Yvonne Medrano

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michael Milan

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Douglas Mirell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Wendy Mitchell

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Jim Nasella

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Damien Petty

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Dick Price

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Stephen Rohde

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Rana Sharif

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Betty Toto

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Tania Verafield

    DIRECTOR (THRU 05/24)

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Michelle White

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Gary Williams

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 2 related

  • Hector Villagra

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (THRU 12/24)

    Total calculated
    $427,758
    From this org
    $126,974
    From related orgs
    $190,461
    Other
    $110,323
    Hours/week
    24 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,974 + $190,461 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,025 + $45,038 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $14,104 + $21,156 related
    Filer's total
    $171,103 + $256,655 related

  • Elisavet Garcia

    INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIR. (START 5/24)

    Total calculated
    $165,500
    From this org
    $39,167
    From related orgs
    $117,502
    Other
    $8,831
    Hours/week
    15 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $39,167 + $117,502 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,077 + $6,231 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $131 + $392 related
    Filer's total
    $41,375 + $124,125 related

  • Julie Weinstein

    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $277,374
    From this org
    $23,658
    From related orgs
    $212,922
    Other
    $40,794
    Hours/week
    6 + 54 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $23,658 + $212,922 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $1,298 + $11,684 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,781 + $25,031 related
    Filer's total
    $27,737 + $249,637 related

  • Victor Leung

    CHIEF LEGAL & ADVOCACY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $242,251
    From this org
    $75,414
    From related orgs
    $140,054
    Other
    $26,783
    Hours/week
    21 + 39 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $75,414 + $140,054 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,142 + $7,692 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,232 + $9,717 related
    Filer's total
    $84,788 + $157,463 related

  • Deborah Roberson

    CHIEF HR OFFICER (THRU 02/25)

    Total calculated
    $251,367
    From this org
    $59,408
    From related orgs
    $178,223
    Other
    $13,736
    Hours/week
    15 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $59,408 + $178,223 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,043 + $9,130 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $391 + $1,172 related
    Filer's total
    $62,842 + $188,525 related

  • Esmeralda Martinez

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $241,090
    From this org
    $52,022
    From related orgs
    $156,065
    Other
    $33,003
    Hours/week
    15 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $52,022 + $156,065 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,857 + $8,570 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,394 + $16,182 related
    Filer's total
    $60,273 + $180,817 related

  • Marcus Benigno

    CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $234,597
    From this org
    $97,833
    From related orgs
    $117,184
    Other
    $19,580
    Hours/week
    27 + 33 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $97,833 + $117,184 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,273 + $6,316 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,636 + $4,355 related
    Filer's total
    $106,742 + $127,855 related

  • Meegan Potter Lee

    ARTIST RELATIONS MANAGER

    Total calculated
    $193,085
    From this org
    $111,947
    From related orgs
    $12,438
    Other
    $68,700
    Hours/week
    45 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $111,947 + $12,438 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $30,099 + $3,344 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $31,731 + $3,526 related
    Filer's total
    $173,777 + $19,308 related

  • Elvia Meza

    DIR. OF ACTIVIST ENGAGEMENT AND DEVE

    Total calculated
    $197,240
    From this org
    $118,697
    From related orgs
    $13,189
    Other
    $65,354
    Hours/week
    45 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $118,697 + $13,189 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $32,949 + $3,661 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $25,870 + $2,874 related
    Filer's total
    $177,516 + $19,724 related

  • Clarissa Woo Hermosillo

    DIR. OF ECONOMIC JUSTICE/DEPUTY DIR.

    Total calculated
    $212,857
    From this org
    $132,674
    From related orgs
    $14,742
    Other
    $65,441
    Hours/week
    45 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $132,674 + $14,742 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $36,672 + $4,075 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $22,225 + $2,469 related
    Filer's total
    $191,571 + $21,286 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 · Compensation committee
  • 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.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.5
Source object
202610449349302371

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