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← AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION.

Totals

Total revenue
$6,383,661
Total expenses
$4,381,028
Contributions and grants received
$6,383,457
Grants paid
$1,000,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$204
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$29,198,874
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,051,707
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$28,147,167
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,984,432
Management and general expenses
$358,806
Fundraising expenses
$37,790
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,984,432

Program services were 90.9% 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

    $4,663,477

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,719,980

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $204 · excluded $204

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $1,000,000 · program services $1,000,000

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $0

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $0

  • 4 · Benefits paid to or for members

    total $0

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $180,690 · program services $123,001 · management and general $57,689

  • 6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

    total $0

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $2,086,558 · program services $1,927,094 · management and general $134,860 · fundraising $24,604

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $158,159 · program services $143,011 · management and general $13,432 · fundraising $1,716

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $78,397 · program services $76,987 · management and general $1,280 · fundraising $130

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $187,841 · program services $168,646 · management and general $17,172 · fundraising $2,023

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $0

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $0

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $7,896 · program services $7,139 · management and general $671 · fundraising $86

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $0

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $0

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $299,609 · program services $269,854 · management and general $29,183 · fundraising $572

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $0

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $38,162 · program services $26,902 · management and general $11,260

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $85,962 · program services $80,891 · management and general $4,305 · fundraising $766

  • 15 · Royalties

    total $0

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $70,305 · program services $66,323 · management and general $3,531 · fundraising $451

  • 17 · Travel

    total $15,089 · program services $14,835 · management and general $254

  • 18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

    total $0

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $7,965 · program services $7,965

  • 20 · Interest

    total $0

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $80,000 · management and general $80,000

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $21,078 · program services $19,059 · management and general $1,790 · fundraising $229

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $39,783 · program services $35,972 · management and general $3,379 · fundraising $432

  • 24a · Other expenses: DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES

    total $6,781 · fundraising $6,781

  • 24b · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIP, FEES, DUES SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $7,254 · program services $7,254

  • 24c · Other expenses: MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES

    total $9,499 · program services $9,499

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,271,036 · end of year $1,702,650

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $2,618,060 · end of year $655,893

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $1,440

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $520 · end of year $16,486

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

    $15,685

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

    $6,511

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $12,725 · end of year $9,174

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $22,995,815 · end of year $26,813,231

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $582,405 · end of year $84,038

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,171,217 · end of year $967,669

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $26,138,304 · end of year $28,146,422

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $6,230 · end of year $745

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

TO DEFEND AND PROMOTE CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES.

  • POLICY - ENGAGES IN POLICY ANALYSIS, LEGISLATIVE ANALYSIS, LOBBYING, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY AROUND CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES AND PRIORITIES CONSISTENT WITH THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIC PLAN. IN FY19, IT WAS DESCRIBED AS LEGISLATIVE.

    Expenses $2,774,742 · Grants $1,000,000

  • FIELD - SEEKS TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC POLICY THROUGH GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING, PUBLIC EDUCATION, COALITION BUILDING, ONLINE ACTIVISM AND DIRECT LOBBYING IN FY19, IT WAS DESCRIBED AS ADVOCACY.

    Expenses $458,217

  • EDUCATION POLICY CENTER - LEGAL AND POLICY ANALYSIS, ADVOCACY AND OCCASIONAL LOBBYING AROUND CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES RELATING TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS. ITS PROGRAM INCLUDES A YOUTH ADVOCACY AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

    Expenses $406,454

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Lieberman Donna

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $378,521
    From this org
    $313,309
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $65,212
    Hours/week
    9 + 26 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $313,309
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $29,563
    Nontaxable benefits
    $35,649
    Filer's total
    $378,521
  • Eisenberg Arthur

    EXECUTIVE COUNSEL

    Total calculated
    $289,383
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $221,708
    Other
    $67,675
    Hours/week
    3 + 32 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $221,708 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $32,026 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $35,649 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $289,383 related
  • Pristin David

    DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $282,355
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $222,897
    Other
    $59,458
    Hours/week
    7 + 28 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $222,897 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $12,979 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $46,479 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $282,355 related
  • Dunn Christopher

    LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $261,884
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $207,076
    Other
    $54,808
    Hours/week
    2 + 33 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $207,076 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $29,963 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $24,845 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $261,884 related
  • Miller Johanna Director

    OF EDUCATION POLICY CENTER

    Total calculated
    $252,497
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $191,668
    Other
    $60,829
    Hours/week
    12 + 23 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $191,668 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $27,625 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $33,204 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $252,497 related
  • Matthai Amreeta Director Of

    STRATEGY PROGRAM INTEGRATION

    Total calculated
    $250,717
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $206,252
    Other
    $44,465
    Hours/week
    9 + 26 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $206,252 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $11,261 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $33,204 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $250,717 related
  • Murray Raquel

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $248,807
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $218,528
    Other
    $30,279
    Hours/week
    7 + 28 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $218,528 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $12,054 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $30,279 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $260,861 related
  • Cotter Caroline

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $238,237
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $194,387
    Other
    $43,850
    Hours/week
    1 + 34 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $194,387 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $10,646 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $43,850 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $248,883 related
  • Biklen Molly

    DEPUTY LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $219,550
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $188,060
    Other
    $31,490
    Hours/week
    2 + 33 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $188,060 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $10,094 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $21,396 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $219,550 related
  • Holmes Brandon Westchester

    CHAPTER ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $185,950
    From this org
    $147,422
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,528
    Hours/week
    35

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $109,195
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $2,058
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,648
    Filer's total
    $128,901
  • Jaimes-Solis Irma

    SUFFOLK CHAPTER REGIONAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $128,901
    From this org
    $109,195
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,706
    Hours/week
    35
  • Stryker Wendy

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Kowitz Margolies Julie

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vassanji Anil K

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Keenan Anne F

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Bartlett Mayo

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Caines Wesley

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Carnig Jennifer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Deleon Rob

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Fahmawi Waqaas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Forbes Lukee

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Fox Stephanie

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Grant Daeyna

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Hedahl Mary

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Horn Jonathan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lauro Nina

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lopez-Soto Edwin J

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • McGOVERN THERESA M

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Meyer Carlin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Noerdlinger Rachel

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Oyefeso Ademola

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Pantin Lynnise E

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Silas James

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Stewart Daniel J

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Tabak Ronald J

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Vasile James

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wachtell Genevieve

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Williams Keisha A

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wong Virgil

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Yaroshefsky Ellen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Yates Robin A

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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 · Compensation survey or study
  • 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

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
13 February 2026
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202630459349300203

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