ACLU FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

R600

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 17148

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

• LEGAL PROGRAM - THE ACLU FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA PROVIDES LEGAL REPRESENTATION TO PERSONS WHOSE CIVIL LIBERTIES ARE THREATENED OR VIOLATED. IN FISCAL YEAR 2025, WE MAINTAINED A DOCKET OF 15 ACTIVE CASES CHALLENGING VIOLATIONS BY GOVERNMENT. WE SENT 4 DEMAND LETTERS ON GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND/OR ACTIONS THAT VIOLATED CIVIL LIBERTIES. WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OUR LEGAL DOCKET OF 15 CASES THANKS TO THE DONATED LEGAL SERVICES OF LOCAL ATTORNEYS TOTALING $101,1791 DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025. THE ACLU FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA PROCESSED 1,184 COMPLAINTS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS SEEKING LEGAL ASSISTANCE FROM US.

  Expenses $998,670 · Revenue $310,894

• ORGANIZING -THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, THE ACLU FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA INFORMS PEOPLE ABOUT CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS THAT ARE PROTECTED BY THE CONSTITUTION AND LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES AND ARIZONA. THE ORGANIZATION HOSTED 72 PUBLIC EDUCATION EVENTS, DISTRIBUTED LEGAL HANDBOOKS, PUBLISHED ISSUE REPORTS, AND CONDUCTED MEDIA INTERVIEWS ON PRESSING CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES AFFECTING ARIZONANS. THE ACLU FOUNDATION RECRUITS, TRAINS, AND DEVELOPS VOLUNTEER LEADERS. THERE WERE 349 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS AND THERE WERE 110 ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH VOLUNTEERS DURING FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025.

  Expenses $403,232

• POLICY -THE ACLU OF ARIZONA ENGAGES IN RESEARCH, POLICY ANALYSIS, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION TO ADVANCE CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES. WE WORK IN COALITIONS, WITH PARTNER GROUPS, LEGAL AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND IMPACTED COMMUNITIES TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT ADVOCACY PLANS FOCUSED ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES. THIS ADVOCACY INCLUDES MONITORING, INVESTIGATION, AND ADVOCACY TO ADDRESS ABUSES ALONG THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER AND UNLAWFUL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES.

  Expenses $235,025

• COMMUNICATIONS -THROUGH TARGETED COMMUNICATIONS, AND TRADITIONAL AND ONLINE MEDIA, THE ACLU OF ARIZONA HELPS INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT PRESSING CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES. WE USE A VARIETY OF COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGIES TO EDUCATE AND RAISE AWARENESS AMONG OUR MEMBERS, (WHICH TOTALED 20,635 IN 2025) AND SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING DRAFTING OP-EDS AND LETTERS TO THE EDITOR AND RESPONDING TO CIVIL LIBERTIES-RELATED NEWS ITEMS IN THE MEDIA. THE ACLU OF ARIZONA HAD 2,913 MENTIONS IN THE PRESS; 343,192 SOCIAL MEDIA HITS AND 29,500 SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS,AND PUBLISHED 19 BLOGS.

  Expenses $200,230

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

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $3,908,194

  Expenses

  $2,673,627

  Contributions

  $3,408,577

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $2,379,378

  Expenses

  $2,430,381

  Contributions

  $1,777,066

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $2,397,640

  Expenses

  $2,311,143

  Contributions

  $1,709,348

  Grants paid

  $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,796,540

  Expenses

  $1,580,237

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,888,501

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,084,869

  Expenses

  $1,480,227

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,658,446

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,435,390

  Expenses

  $1,726,908

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,678,899

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,628,098

  Expenses

  $1,612,789

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,109,620

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,887,050

  Expenses

  $1,648,431

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,182,691

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,503,495

  Expenses

  $1,436,071

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,844,888

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,231,219

  Expenses

  $1,223,339

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,777,194

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $2,291,123

  Expenses

  $1,274,038

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,721,837

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $987,796

  Expenses

  $1,067,340

  Assets (EOY)

  $850,795

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

• AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

  $1,000,000

  2024 · TO SUPPORT OPERATIONS

• AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC

  $568,000

  2023 · Affiliate Program

• AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC

  $323,000

  2022 · Affiliate Program

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $201,500

  2023 · CIVIL RIGHTS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $130,970

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $100,250

  2024 · CIVIL RIGHTS

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $84,570

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• PAYPAL CHARITABLE GIVING FUND

  $69,416

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $62,000

  2024 · THIS AWARD IS DESIGNATED FOR GENERAL SUPPORT

• ARIZONA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

  $55,250

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

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