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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION.

Totals

Total revenue
$875,614
Total expenses
$1,431,574
Contributions and grants received
$759,047
Grants paid
$500,000
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$116,567
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$2,870,323
Total liabilities, end of year
$225,776
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,644,547
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,226,038
Management and general expenses
$104,852
Fundraising expenses
$100,684
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,226,038

Program services were 85.6% 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

    $752,862

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $6,185

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $69,477 · excluded $69,477

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $497,031

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

    securities $449,941

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $47,090

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $47,090 · excluded $47,090

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $500,000 · program services $500,000

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $32,175 · management and general $32,175

  • 11d · Fees: lobbying

    total $21,525 · program services $21,525

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $12,239 · management and general $12,239

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $698,071 · program services $553,780 · management and general $54,381 · fundraising $89,910

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $3,863 · program services $3,609 · management and general $95 · fundraising $159

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $72,839 · program services $62,579 · management and general $2,435 · fundraising $7,825

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $12,071 · program services $9,576 · management and general $940 · fundraising $1,555

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $28,019 · program services $26,741 · management and general $480 · fundraising $798

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,239 · program services $24,174 · management and general $25 · fundraising $40

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $22,323 · program services $21,205 · management and general $883 · fundraising $235

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $2,954 · program services $1,853 · management and general $1,101

  • 24a · Other expenses: STAFF TRAINING/DEVELOPMNT

    total $1,256 · program services $996 · management and general $98 · fundraising $162

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $176,260 · end of year $218,664

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $262,789 · end of year $201,515

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $7,167 · end of year $7,175

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $2,312,969 · end of year $2,155,722

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $534,780 · end of year $287,247

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $31,291 · end of year $112,039

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $65,559 · end of year $113,737

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,091,969 · end of year $2,643,807

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $105,146 · end of year $740

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

ACLU-NM IS THE STATE AFFILIATE OF THE ACLU, THE NATION'S PREMIER CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES ORGANIZATION. THE PURPOSE OF ACLU-NM IS TO PROTECT AND ADVANCE JUSTICE, LIBERTY AND EQUITY AS GUARANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTIONS OF NEW MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES. WE WORK TO MAKE JUSTICE, LIBERTY AND EQUITY REALITIES FOR ALL PEOPLE IN NEW MEXICO, WITH PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE AND GROUPS WHO HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN DISENFRANCHISED.

  • ACLU OF NEW MEXICO IS THE STATE AFFILIATE OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, THE NATION'S PREMIER CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES ORGANIZATION. ITS PURPOSE IS TO PROTECT AND ADVANCE JUSTICE, LIBERTY, AND EQUITY AS GUARANTEED BY THE CONSTITUTIONS OF NEW MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES. THE ORGANIZATION IS ACTIVE AT THE STATE LEGISLATURE, WORKING TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTS CIVIL LIBERTIES AND TO DEFEAT LEGISLATION THAT ROLLS BACK FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS. THE UNION ADVANCES LARGE-SCALE IMPACT ACROSS ISSUES INCLUDING BORDER RIGHTS, CORRECTIONS REFORM, CRIMINAL LEGAL REFORM, FREE SPEECH, IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS, INDIGENOUS JUSTICE, GENDER EQUITY, POLICE PRACTICES, AND RACIAL JUSTICE. IT CARRIES OUT THIS MISSION THROUGH LOBBYING, MEMBER ENGAGEMENT, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, PARTNERING WITH INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY INJUSTICE TO INFORM AND MOBILIZE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

    Expenses $1,226,038 · Grants $500,000

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

Listed in Part VII

  • PETER SIMONSON

    EXEC DIR

    Total calculated
    $228,454
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $163,600
    Other
    $64,854
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $163,600 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $33,359 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $31,495 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $228,454 related

  • LEON HOWARD

    INTERIM EXEC

    Total calculated
    $161,262
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $147,483
    Other
    $13,779
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    not reported + $147,483 related
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    not reported + $5,891 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported + $7,888 related
    Filer's total
    not reported + $161,262 related

  • MARIA M SANCHEZ

    LEGAL DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $146,133
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $129,765
    Other
    $16,368
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

  • KRISTIN LOVE

    LEGAL STAFF

    Total calculated
    $135,124
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $116,388
    Other
    $18,736
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

  • JULIE BERNARD

    DIR OF PHILA

    Total calculated
    $128,978
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $111,163
    Other
    $17,815
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

  • PRESTON SANCHEZ

    LEGAL STAFF

    Total calculated
    $123,574
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $110,765
    Other
    $12,809
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

  • MARIA ARCHULETA-GABRIELE

    COMMUNICATIO

    Total calculated
    $122,146
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $103,480
    Other
    $18,666
    Hours/week
    4 + 36 related

  • RODNEY BOWE

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • TYLER BROWN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • JORDAN FRANCO

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • SZU-HAN HO

    CHAIR FINANC

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • AMANDA LAVIN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • ZACHARY MANNING

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • JAMES MARTIN

    SANTA FE CHA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • GLENABAH MARTINEZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • JESSE MORRIS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • EMILY POLLOM

    SOUTHWEST CH

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • GABRIELLE UBALLEZ

    NATL BOARD R

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • KEVIN HOOVER

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • ALEXANDRIA TAYLOR

    VICE PRESIDE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • CHRISTINE SIERRA

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 related

  • OSCAR S RODRIGUEZ

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 2 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

  • 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

The filer's explanations (Part III)

SCHEDULE J, PAGE 1, PART I, LINE 3
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS EMPLOYED BY ACLU NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION. HIS COMPENSATION IS ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE USE OF A COMPENSATION STUDY AND APPROVED BY ACLU NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

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

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
2024
Filed
19 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.0
Source object
202543249349300524

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