Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$1,227,007

Total expenses

$929,443

Contributions and grants received

$1,134,167

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$92,840

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$6,300,058

Total liabilities, end of year

$800,601

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$5,499,457

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$765,477

Management and general expenses

$158,501

Fundraising expenses

$5,465

Program service expenses (Part III)

$765,477

Program services were 82.4% 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 · 2023

• 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 13,578 IN 2024) 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 36,781 SUBSCRIBERS ON OUR EMAIL LIST AND MAINTAINED A WEBSITE THAT ATTRACTED 310,931 HITS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND HAD 39,286 SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS.

  Expenses $110,914

• 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 MAINTAINED 175 VOLUNTEERS TO LEAD OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS AND CONDUCTED 55 ONE-ON-ONE MEETINGS TO EXPAND OUR VOLUNTEER/LEADER BASE.

  Expenses $337,439

• 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 2024 FISCAL YEAR, THE ACLU OF ARIZONA'S LOBBYING-RELATED ACTIVITIES INCLUDED TESTIFYING BEFORE MEMBERS OF THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE AND HOLDING 120 ADVOCACY MEETINGS WITH THOSE ELECTED OFFICIALS. DURING THE 2024 SESSION, THE ACLU OF ARIZONA DEFEATED OVER 95% OF THE BILLS WE OPPOSED THAT WOULD HAVE THREATENED CIVIL LIBERTIES, TRACKED 382 BILLS, WROTE TESTIMONY 42 TIMES AND SENT 19 VETO LETTERS.

  Expenses $317,124

As filed on the 2023 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.

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

2023

Filed

27 January 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

202520419349301957

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