Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$1,471,333

Total expenses

$1,313,886

Contributions and grants received

$1,445,176

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$26,157

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$5,203,837

Total liabilities, end of year

$266,026

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$4,937,811

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$1,161,440

Management and general expenses

$150,278

Fundraising expenses

$2,168

Program service expenses (Part III)

$1,161,440

Program services were 88.4% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• THROUGH TARGETED COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRADITIONAL AND ONLINE MEDIA, THE ACLU OF ARIZONA HELPS INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT CURRENT OR PROPOSED LAWS, POLICIES OR BALLOT MEASURES THAT IMPACT CIVIL LIBERTIES. WE WORK TO INFLUENCE ELECTED OFFICIALS AND POLICYMAKERS AT THE LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL LEVELS TO PROTECT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND USE A VARIETY OF COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES TO ENGAGE OUR MEMBERS, (WHICH TOTALED 14,089 IN 2023) AND SUPPORTERS IN ADVOCACY AND LOBBYING, CHANGING PUBLIC OPINION, RESPONDING TO CIVIL LIBERTIES-RELATED NEWS ITEMS AND INFLUENCING DECISION MAKERS. THE ACLU OF ARIZONA HAD 37,120 SUBSCRIBERS ON OUR EMAIL LIST AND MAINTAINED A WEBSITE THAT ATTRACTED 206,000 HITS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND HAD 38,606 SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS.

  Expenses $519,063

• THE ACLU OF ARIZONA UTILIZES GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM TO RECRUIT, TRAIN AND MOBILIZE ACLU MEMBERS AND ACTIVISTS IN THE FIGHT TO PROTECT OUR CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES. WE BELIEVE IN ELEVATING THE VOICES OF DIRECTLY IMPACTED PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR STORIES, HELP DEVELOP POLICY GOALS AND LEAD DISCUSSIONS WITH POLICYMAKERS. THROUGH A VARIETY OF OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY-BASED ACTIVITIES INCLUDING TRAININGS, PHONE BANKS, WORKSHOPS, COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND CONVERSATIONS, THE ACLU OF ARIZONA RECRUITS, TRAINS AND DEVELOPS VOLUNTEER LEADERS, WHILE ALSO EDUCATING PEOPLE IN COMMUNITIES STATEWIDE ABOUT THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND IMPORTANT CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES. AS PART OF OUR ORGANIZING/ADVOCACY EFFORTS, WE RECRUITED 39 FORMERLY INCARCERATED VOLUNTEERS TO LEAD OUR CRIMINAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY EFFORTS AND CONDUCTED 99 ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS TO EXPAND OUR VOLUNTEER/LEADER BASE.

  Expenses $469,795

• THE ACLU OF ARIZONA LOBBIES ARIZONA LEGISLATORS AND MEMBERS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES, INCLUDING SCHOOL BOARDS, TO TAKE ACTION ON PUBLIC POLICIES THAT IMPACT CIVIL LIBERTIES. WE ENGAGE IN RESEARCH AND POLICY ANALYSIS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP AND DRAFT POLICIES AND TAKE POSITIONS AND ACTIONS ON BALLOT MEASURES THAT IMPACT CIVIL LIBERTIES. DURING THE 2022 FISCAL YEAR, THE ACLU OF ARIZONA'S LOBBYING-RELATED ACTIVITIES INCLUDED TESTIFYING BEFORE MEMBERS OF THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE AND SUBMITTING 9 WRITTEN RECOMMENDATIONS TO THOSE ELECTED OFFICIALS. DURING THE 2022 SESSION, THE ACLU OF ARIZONA ASSISTED IN DEFEATING 73 BILLS THAT WOULD HAVE THREATENED CIVIL LIBERTIES, DRAFTED 2 PIECES OF LEGISLATION, WROTE TESTIMONY 17 TIMES AND SENT 5 VETO LETTERS.

  Expenses $172,582

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

Listed in Part VII

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

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.

• ACLU FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA

  501(C)(3) · DEFEND AND PRESERVE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS · AZ

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 February 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202430479349301413

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