Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$280,554

Total expenses

$262,349

Contributions and grants received

$274,230

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$1,730

Investment income

$4,594

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$627,231

Total liabilities, end of year

$215,552

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$411,679

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$247,810

Management and general expenses

$6,989

Fundraising expenses

$7,550

Program service expenses (Part III)

$247,810

Program services were 94.5% 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.

Mission and programs · 2022

• THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT'S ROLE WITHIN ACLUF-TN IS TO INTEGRATE OUR MISSION WITH COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE, COLLABORATING WITH PARTNERS AND INDIVIDUALS TO BUILD A MOVEMENT AND MOBILIZE IN SUPPORT OF BOLD, IMPACTFUL CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS CHANGES IN OUR STATE. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ADVOCACY AT ACLU-TN CENTERS THE EXPERIENCES AND LEADERSHIP OF DIRECTLY IMPACTED PEOPLE WHILE ENSURING THAT NON-IMPACTED ALLIES PARTICIPATE IN EFFECTIVE AND SUBSTANTIVE ACTION.

  Expenses $10,278

• THE POLICY PROGRAM MONITORS AND ATTEMPTS TO INFLUENCE A WIDE RANGE OF LEGISLATION AFFECTING CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS. IN ADDITION, WE ARE CONSULTED BY LEGISLATORS AND THEIR STAFF MEMBERS ON CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES AND PRESENT EXPERT TESTIMONY. WE ALSO WORK IN COALITION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WHO SHARE SIMILAR GOALS, AND TOGETHER, WE WORK EITHER FOR OR AGAINST LEGISLATIVE AND OTHER POLICY INITIATIVES.

  Expenses $220,344

• THE ACLU - TN LEGAL PROGRAM AIMS TO PROTECT AND ADVANCE CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WE MEET THIS GOAL BY PROVIDING GUIDANCE, ENGAGING IN ADVOCACY, AND (AS A LAST RESORT) LITIGATION. WE PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION, FREE OF CHARGE, FOR INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WHOSE CIVIL LIBERTIES HAVE BEEN THREATENED OR DENIED. WE ALSO SUBMIT FRIEND-OF-THE-COURT BRIEFS IN APPROPRIATE CASES. THROUGH SUCH LITIGATION, OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN INDIVIDUAL CASES AND ESTABLISH LEGAL PRECEDENTS THAT WILL BE OF ENDURING VALUE IN TENNESSEE AND ACROSS THE NATION.

  Expenses $17,188 · Revenue $1,730

As filed on the 2022 return.

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.

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.

• AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION

  501(C)(3) · LEGISLATIVE · TN

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

15 February 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202430469349302068

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