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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by ACLU CALIFORNIA ACTION.

Totals

Total revenue
$4,197,265
Total expenses
$4,139,142
Contributions and grants received
$4,192,921
Grants paid
$5,400
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$4,344
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,176,007
Total liabilities, end of year
$389,104
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,786,903
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,656,493
Management and general expenses
$482,649
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,656,493

Program services were 88.3% 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.

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $4,192,921

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $4,344 · related or exempt $4,344

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $5,400 · program services $5,400

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,762,303 · program services $1,527,307 · management and general $234,996

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $79,517 · program services $68,914 · management and general $10,603

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $166,334 · program services $144,154 · management and general $22,180

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $124,404 · program services $107,815 · management and general $16,589

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $165,373 · program services $141,129 · management and general $24,244

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $48,425 · management and general $48,425

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $3,194 · program services $2,744 · management and general $450

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $562,853 · program services $543,364 · management and general $19,489

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $4,046 · program services $3,507 · management and general $539

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $108,899 · program services $101,090 · management and general $7,809

  • 17 · Travel

    total $32,212 · program services $26,905 · management and general $5,307

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $192,410 · program services $189,667 · management and general $2,743

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $14,063 · program services $11,667 · management and general $2,396

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $78,167 · program services $9,621 · management and general $68,546

  • 24a · Other expenses: Social media

    total $658,571 · program services $658,571

  • 24b · Other expenses: Telecommunications

    total $70,101 · program services $61,283 · management and general $8,818

  • 24c · Other expenses: Recruitment and related

    total $16,304 · program services $14,130 · management and general $2,174

  • 24d · Other expenses: Dues and subscriptions

    total $15,564 · program services $14,069 · management and general $1,495

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $31,002 · program services $25,156 · management and general $5,846

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,460,691 · end of year $1,464,289

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $450,414 · end of year $550,900

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $1,249 · end of year $2,480

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $145,090 · end of year $126,742

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

    $14,376

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

    $2,396

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $11,980

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $31,283 · end of year $19,616

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $359,947 · end of year $389,104

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $182,053 · end of year $59,383

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,546,727 · end of year $1,727,520

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

SEE SCHEDULE OACLU CALIFORNIA ACTION ADVOCATES FOR THE DEFENSE AND ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE CAPITOL. WE WORK TO SECURE GREATER EQUALITY, EQUITY, JUSTICE, AND FREEDOM FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS. OUR POLICY PRIORITIES ARE AIMED AT DISMANTLING SYSTEMS ROOTED IN OPPRESSION AND DISCRIMINATION THROUGH AN INTEGRATED ADVOCACY APPROACH THAT EMPLOYS RIGOROUS POLICY ANALYSIS, LOBBYING, COMMUNICATIONS, COALITION-BUILDING, AND GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING. ACLU CALIFORNIA ACTION IS A 501(C)(4) SOCIAL WELFARE ORGANIZATION FORMED BY THE SIX ACLU ENTITIES IN CALIFORNIA FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENGAGING IN STATEWIDE ADVOCACY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

ACLU CALIFORNIA ACTION ADVOCATES FOR THE DEFENSE AND ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS.

  • All 2,776 pieces of legislation introduced in the California State Legislature were reviewed; 659 of those bills were actively monitored due to their potential to impact civil liberties and civil rights. We advocated our support for 120 bills; sponsoring 16 pieces legislation, nine of which were signed into law. We opposed 54 bills and succeeded in defeating or resolving our concerns on 43 of them. A legislative scorecard, evaluating Senate and Assembly members alignment with our legislative positions, was developed and published.

    Expenses $3,656,493 · Grants $5,400

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

Listed in Part VII

  • Connie Tcheng

    Chair and Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Mariko Yoshihara

    Secretary and Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • Carl Crider

    Treasurer and Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5

  • China Brotsky

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Norma Chavez-Peterson

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elliot Gordon

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Neal Ortiguerra

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Abdi Soltani

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Hector Villagra

    Board member

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • Elizabeth Garcia Bynum

    Interim E.D.

    Total calculated
    $149,360
    From this org
    $149,360
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Carlos Marquez

    Former Executive Director

    Total calculated
    $224,661
    From this org
    $204,033
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,628
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $204,033
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $15,154
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,474
    Filer's total
    $224,661

  • Kevin Baker

    Former Director of Government Affairs

    Total calculated
    $328,105
    From this org
    $307,403
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,702
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $307,403
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $6,836
    Nontaxable benefits
    $13,866
    Filer's total
    $328,105

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 · Form 990 of other organizations
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment

Answered no

  • 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 4a
Kevin Baker received $194,475 in severance during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2023.

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
2022
Filed
26 January 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202430269349300338

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