Skip to content
Nonprofiteer
← ACLU FOUNDATION OF MARYLAND INC

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ACLU FOUNDATION OF MARYLAND INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$2,386,556
Total expenses
$5,262,124
Contributions and grants received
$1,529,989
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$824,616
Investment income
$31,951
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,978,437
Total liabilities, end of year
$678,242
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,300,195
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$4,078,103
Management and general expenses
$725,591
Fundraising expenses
$458,430
Program service expenses (Part III)
$4,078,103

Program services were 77.5% 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

    $1,529,989

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $24,733

  • 2a · Program service revenue: LEGAL AWARDS

    total $824,366 · related or exempt $824,366

  • 2b · Program service revenue: MISC FEES

    total $250 · related or exempt $250

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $31,892 · excluded $31,892

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $835,990

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

    securities $835,931

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $59

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $59 · excluded $59

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $407,048 · program services $118,406 · management and general $276,493 · fundraising $12,149

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,549,194 · program services $2,141,062 · management and general $168,687 · fundraising $239,445

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $306,733 · program services $246,055 · management and general $33,197 · fundraising $27,481

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $403,619 · program services $325,456 · management and general $41,912 · fundraising $36,251

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $214,644 · program services $165,727 · management and general $30,458 · fundraising $18,459

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $37,643 · program services $29,064 · management and general $5,342 · fundraising $3,237

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,225 · program services $17,160 · management and general $3,154 · fundraising $1,911

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $206,031 · program services $169,446 · management and general $22,779 · fundraising $13,806

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $185,176 · program services $152,424 · management and general $18,734 · fundraising $14,018

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $472,374 · program services $364,720 · management and general $67,030 · fundraising $40,624

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $261,503 · program services $201,906 · management and general $37,108 · fundraising $22,489

  • 17 · Travel

    total $37,942 · program services $29,295 · management and general $5,384 · fundraising $3,263

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $50,988 · program services $31,731 · management and general $2,017 · fundraising $17,240

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $4,564 · program services $3,523 · management and general $648 · fundraising $393

  • 24a · Other expenses: TELEPHONE AND COMMUNICA

    total $81,856 · program services $63,201 · management and general $11,615 · fundraising $7,040

  • 24b · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $12,941 · program services $12,941

  • 24c · Other expenses: POSTAGE

    total $4,951 · program services $3,908 · management and general $651 · fundraising $392

  • 24d · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS

    total $2,692 · program services $2,078 · management and general $382 · fundraising $232

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $704,434 · end of year $297,635

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $782,628 · end of year $676,201

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,025,000 · end of year $65,000

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,632,577 · end of year $543,699

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $76,564 · end of year $57,146

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

    $86,722

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

    $76,389

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $14,897 · end of year $10,333

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $723,430 · end of year $891,600

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $14,067 · end of year $436,823

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $689,031 · end of year $492,104

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $87,795 · end of year $186,138

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,986,877 · end of year $2,220,769

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $209,894 · end of year $79,426

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION EXISTS TO EMPOWER MARYLANDERS TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS SO THAT THE LAW VALUES AND UPLIFTS THEIR HUMANITY

  • THE ORGANIZATION HAS VARIOUS PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT CONSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH LITIGATION, PUBLIC ADVOCACY, LEGISLATIVE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. THE WORK OF THESE PROGRAMS IS GREATLY EXPANDED BY A SUBSTANTIAL PRO BONO PROGRAM INVOLVING THE PRIVATE BAR. THE VALUE OF THOSE SERVICES FOR 2022 WAS $3,450,471 WHICH IS REPORTED ON THE SCHEDULE D OF THE 990.

    Expenses $4,078,103 · Revenue $824,616

As filed on the 2022 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Homayra Ziad

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chinyere Okonkwo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Eric S Gillman

    FINANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aimy Avila Pena

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Toni Holness

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • John Sondheim

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Brian Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara Movahed

    NOMINATING CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Coleman Bazelon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Boatemaa Nitiri-Reid

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Corey Stottlemyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Natalia Bacchus

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sheila Graham

    AFFILIATE EQUITY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Veronica Dunlap

    DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $53,628
    From this org
    $51,761
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,867
    Hours/week
    45
  • Tolu Sosanya

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Howell

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Craig Lee

    FINANCE AND OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $152,706
    From this org
    $128,173
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,533
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $128,173
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,354
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,179
    Filer's total
    $152,706
  • Dana Vickers Shelley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $215,481
    From this org
    $205,794
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $9,687
    Hours/week
    50

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $205,794
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $9,687
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $215,481
  • Deborah Jeon

    LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $187,800
    From this org
    $154,108
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,692
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,108
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $33,692
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $187,800
  • David Rocah

    SENIOR STAFF ATTORNEY

    Total calculated
    $141,043
    From this org
    $123,518
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $17,525
    Hours/week
    45
  • Sergio Espana

    ENGAGEMENT AND MOBILIZATION DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $137,246
    From this org
    $125,113
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,133
    Hours/week
    45
  • Meredith Curtis Goode

    COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $143,339
    From this org
    $120,284
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,055
    Hours/week
    45
  • Frank Patinella

    SENIOR PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCATE

    Total calculated
    $147,920
    From this org
    $118,054
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,866
    Hours/week
    45
  • Yanet Amnuel

    PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $137,782
    From this org
    $125,294
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,488
    Hours/week
    45

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 · 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
2022
Filed
22 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202440309349301759

Check it against the return as filed: the GivingTuesday Data Lake hosts a public copy of the original XML.

The source document this was parsed from is served over the API, which is where bulk and document access live.