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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,675,961
Total expenses
$5,026,968
Contributions and grants received
$3,345,539
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$362,501
Investment income
$3,813
Other revenue
-$35,892
Total assets, end of year
$3,532,665
Total liabilities, end of year
$447,098
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$3,085,567
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,834,632
Management and general expenses
$687,588
Fundraising expenses
$504,748
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,834,632

Program services were 76.3% 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.

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $176,626

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $49,360

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,119,553

  • 2a · Program service revenue: ATTORNEY FEES AWARDED

    total $362,501 · related or exempt $362,501

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,166 · excluded $4,166

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

    securities $353

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities -$353

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total -$353 · excluded -$353

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $176,626

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $38,810

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total -$38,810 · excluded -$38,810

  • 11a · Other revenue: OTHER INCOME

    total $2,918 · related or exempt $2,918

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $2,918

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $513,086 · program services $280,078 · management and general $63,074 · fundraising $169,934

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $125,436 · program services $79,981 · management and general $30,547 · fundraising $14,908

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $13,660 · program services $11,108 · management and general $544 · fundraising $2,008

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $2,806 · program services $444 · management and general $2,319 · fundraising $43

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $62,889 · program services $35,461 · management and general $17,740 · fundraising $9,688

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $206,500 · program services $124,378 · management and general $59,588 · fundraising $22,534

  • 17 · Travel

    total $45,144 · program services $31,600 · management and general $13,202 · fundraising $342

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $16,776 · program services $6,421 · management and general $10,355

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $5,326 · program services $3,660 · management and general $1,666

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

    total $2,237,133 · program services $2,096,025 · management and general $100,319 · fundraising $40,789

  • 24b · Other expenses: STAFFING SERVICES FROM

    total $1,630,760 · program services $1,062,583 · management and general $345,700 · fundraising $222,477

  • 24c · Other expenses: PRINTING AND SUPPLIES

    total $80,672 · program services $68,324 · management and general $2,710 · fundraising $9,638

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP DUES AND SUB

    total $27,133 · program services $12,794 · management and general $13,801 · fundraising $538

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $59,647 · program services $21,775 · management and general $26,023 · fundraising $11,849

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $226 · end of year $466

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $3,231,428 · end of year $3,107,389

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $23,747 · end of year $19,067

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

    $0

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

    $0

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $473,513 · end of year $405,743

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $1,122 · end of year $38,471

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $4,696,512 · end of year $408,627

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year -$1,001,393 · end of year $3,004,834

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $32,673 · end of year $80,733

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

MINNESOTA CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION IS ORGANIZED TO HELP MAINTAIN AND DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH, FREE PRESS, FREE ASSEMBLAGE AND OTHER HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES SECURED BY LAW, TO PROVIDE LEGAL DEFENSE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES SECURED BY LAW FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE SAME, AND PROVIDE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO FUND LITIGATION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION EFFORTS.

  • LEGAL PROGRAM: PROVIDE LEGAL DEFENSE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES SECURED BY LAW FOR THOSE PERSONS WHO CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY FOR THIS TYPE OF SERVICE.

    Expenses $2,979,430 · Revenue $362,501

  • PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM: TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE RIGHTS OF FREE SPEECH, FREE PRESS, PREE ASSEMBLAGE, AND OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES SECURED BY LAW.

    Expenses $358,807

  • COMMUNICATION PROGRAM: INFORMS THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF CURRENT CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, PRESS RELEASES AND THE ACLU OF MN NEWSLETTER.

    Expenses $381,098

  • VOLUNTEER PROGRAM: PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY TO PRO BONO ATTORNEYS THAT ASSIST OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO HELP INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES.

    Expenses $115,297

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Steven Miles

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Janathan Abram

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Ron Deharpporte

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Charles Gessert

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kathy Junek

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Lariss Maldonado

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Vance Opperman

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • William Pentelovitch

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Deepinder Mayell

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (STARTED 5/2022)

    Total calculated
    $118,711
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $93,579
    Other
    $25,132
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

  • Barbara Clare

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $124,866
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $104,261
    Other
    $20,605
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

  • Benjamin Feist

    CHIEF PROGRAMS OFFICER (INTERIM ED)

    Total calculated
    $167,824
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $133,747
    Other
    $34,077
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $103,747 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $30,000 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $34,077 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $167,824 related

  • Teresa Nelson

    DIRECTOR OF LEGAL SERVICES

    Total calculated
    $171,706
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $100,385
    Other
    $71,321
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $100,385 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $71,321 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $171,706 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

None.

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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

PART I, LINE 3
THE ORGANIZATION'S RELATED PARTY, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MINNESOTA, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DETERMINING, REVIEWING AND APPROVING OF COMPENSATION. ON THEIR FILED 990 THEY HAVE INDICATED FORM 990 OF OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, COMPENSATING SURVEY OR STUDY, AND APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OR COMPENSATION COMMITTEE.

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
1 December 2023
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202420169349300387

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