AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY FOUNDATION INC
EIN 61-6058569 LOUISVILLE, KY
- Revenue 2024
- $2,211,171
- Expenses 2024
- $2,066,627
Program services were 57.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.
As filed
- Subsection
- 03
- Classification
- 2000
- Street
- 325 W MAIN ST
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
Mission
THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY (ACLU) IS FREEDOM'S WATCHDOG, WORKING DAILY IN COURTS, LEGISLATURES AND COMMUNITIES TO DEFEND THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES GUARANTEED TO ALL PEOPLE BY THE CONSTITUTIONS OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY.
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LITIGATING ON BEHALF OF TRANSGENDER KENTUCKIANS:OUR LEGAL TEAM CONTINUED LITIGATING WITH PARENTS OF TRANSGENDER YOUTH ACROSS KENTUCKY TO CHALLENGE THE HEALTHCARE PORTIONS OF A LAW THAT INSERTS LAWMAKERS BETWEEN DOCTORS AND PATIENTS. THIS LAW PROHIBITS ESSENTIAL MEDICAL CARE BY TARGETING HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND THREATENING THEM WITH LOSS OF LICENSURE IF THEY PROVIDE THAT CARE TO MINORS. THE LAW VIOLATES THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OF PARENTS TO DIRECT THE UPBRINGING OF THEIR CHILDREN.DURING FY25, THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES DECIDED TO REVIEW THE SIXTH CIRCUIT'S DECISION PREVENTING TRANSGENDER YOUTH FROM RECEIVING NECESSARY MEDICAL CARE IN TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY. WHILE THE COURT DECIDED NOT TO REVIEW THE KENTUCKY LAW SPECIFICALLY, THE DOJ'S FAILED CHALLENGE TO THE SIXTH CIRCUIT'S DECISION (ANNOUNCED DURING FY26) MEANS OUR CASE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. DESPITE THE RULING ON GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE, WE WILL NEVER STOP FIGHTING FOR TRANSGENDER KENTUCKIANS' RIGHT TO EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW AND FREEDOM TO ACCESS THE THINGS THEY NEED TO LIVE FULL AND AUTHENTIC LIVES.
Expenses $187,916
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CONTINUED FALLOUT FROM THE MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR:LITIGATION RELATED TO THE 2020 PROTESTS FOR JUSTICE FOR BREONNA TAYLOR IS STILL ON THE DOCKET. ACLU-KY REPRESENTS PROTESTORS WHOSE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED WHILE THEY PEACEFULLY PROTESTED. THE LOUISVILLE METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT (LMPD) USED TEAR GAS, RUBBER BULLETS, AND OTHER CROWD CONTROL WEAPONRY DURING THE PROTESTS, CAUSING INJURIES. OUR LAWSUIT SEEKS LMPD POLICY CHANGE, AS WELL AS DAMAGES FOR OUR CLIENTS.ADJACENT TO THIS LITIGATION, THE LEGAL TEAM PARTNERED WITH 14 OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS TO FILE A BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF THE CONSENT DECREE AGREEMENT THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE AND LMPD REACHED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. AFTER A YEARS-LONG INVESTIGATION, THE DOJ FOUND LMPD HAS A PATTERN/PRACTICE OF VIOLATING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF BLACK AND BROWN LOUISVILLIANS. A NEW FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION HAS LEFT THE CONSENT DECREE IN LIMBO. WE CONTINUE OUR WORK IN FY26 TO DEMAND CITY LEADERS AND LMPD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONSENT DECREE WITHOUT A FEDERAL COURT MONITOR.
Expenses $461,999
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ADDRESSING JAIL DEATHS/EXPANDING AMNESTY COURT DOCKETS:UNFORTUNATELY, THE JAIL DEATHS CRISIS AT LOUISVILLE METRO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS CONTINUED WITH MORE LIVES LOST IN THE FACILITY DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR. ACLU-KY CONTINUES LEADING A COMMUNITY COALITION CALLED THE COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO END DEATHS AT LMDC. QUARTERLY MEETINGS WITH DIRECTOR COLLINS AND MONITORING OF THE NEW HEALTHCARE CONTRACT ARE KEY ACTIVITIES, AND OUR EFFORTS TO SLOW THE FLOW OF PEOPLE INTO THE TROUBLED, UNDERSTAFFED FACILITY ARE ONGOING. ALONG WITH ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTNERS FROM THE JUSTICE SYSTEM, WE HOSTED ANOTHER AMNESTY COURT DOCKET ACROSS THREE DAYS IN LOUISVILLE, JEFFERSON COUNTY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF FOLKS WITH BENCH WARRANTS HANGING OVER THEIR HEADS.
Expenses $375,873 · Grants $67,382 · Revenue $3,565
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WORKING TO OPERATIONALIZE ORGANIZATION'S STRATEGIC PLAN BY FOCUSING ON KENTUCKIAN'S INALIENABLE RIGHTS.
Expenses $153,038 · Grants $5,640
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.
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SOHA SAIYED
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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KENDRA HOLMES
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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OMAR SALINAS CHACON
PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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ERIN KENNEDY-STARTZMAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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JASON CROSBY
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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SARAH KATZENMAIER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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CURTIS STAUFFER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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RABBI BEN FREED
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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STEPHANIE JOHNSON
VICE PRESIDENT
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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FRANK BENCOMO-SUAREZ
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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RACHEL STACK
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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B SOFIA CALLEJA
SECRETARY
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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KEN MILLER
TREASURER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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BASEL TOUCHAN
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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DARRYL DEE PARKER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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TERESA TERI DANIEL
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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ANELLA WETTER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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TODD JAMES BURGESS
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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STEPHON MOORE
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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FARRAH ALEXANDER
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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SHANICE NELSON
BOARD MEMBER
- Total calculated
- $0
- Hours/week
- 1 + 1 related
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AMBER DUKE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $172,067
- From this org
- $149,600
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $22,467
- Hours/week
- 30 + 10 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $149,600
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $8,420
- Nontaxable benefits
- $14,047
- Filer's total
- $172,067
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CHARLENE BUCKLES
DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $117,640
- From this org
- $110,555
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $7,085
- Hours/week
- 40
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COREY SHAPIRO
LEGAL DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $157,401
- From this org
- $122,558
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $34,843
- Hours/week
- 30 + 10 related
Schedule J breakdown matched by us
- Base
- $122,558
- Bonus
- $0
- Other
- $0
- Deferred
- $7,725
- Nontaxable benefits
- $27,118
- Filer's total
- $157,401
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ANGELA COOPER
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR
- Total calculated
- $125,199
- From this org
- $108,638
- From related orgs
- $0
- Other
- $16,561
- Hours/week
- 30 + 10 related
The first 25 listed. 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
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2024
- Revenue
- $2,211,171
- Expenses
- $2,066,627
- Contributions
- $2,113,118
- Grants paid
- $73,022
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2023
- Revenue
- $3,160,373
- Expenses
- $2,431,932
- Contributions
- $3,151,055
- Grants paid
- $43,344
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2022
- Revenue
- $1,327,417
- Expenses
- $2,918,294
- Contributions
- $1,304,028
- Grants paid
- $337,688
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
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2021 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,862,857
- Expenses
- $2,111,108
- Assets (EOY)
- $4,646,015
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2020 · 990
- Revenue
- $2,155,292
- Expenses
- $2,137,805
- Assets (EOY)
- $3,858,063
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2019 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,894,338
- Expenses
- $1,406,274
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,669,845
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2018 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,181,806
- Expenses
- $894,284
- Assets (EOY)
- $2,065,614
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2017 · 990
- Revenue
- $1,117,027
- Expenses
- $714,331
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,842,371
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2016 · 990
- Revenue
- $981,537
- Expenses
- $649,831
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,252,283
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2015 · 990
- Revenue
- $557,280
- Expenses
- $656,109
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,005,929
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2014 · 990
- Revenue
- $635,470
- Expenses
- $780,991
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,009,814
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2013 · 990
- Revenue
- $575,100
- Expenses
- $788,419
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,128,987
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2012 · 990
- Revenue
- not reported
- Expenses
- $626,921
- Assets (EOY)
- $1,267,983
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. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.
Grants made
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$292,000
2022 SUPPORT FOR RESTITUTION CAMPAIGN
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$67,382
2024 RESTITUTION PAYMENTS
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$43,344
2023 RESTITUTION PAYMENTS
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2022 ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT
Grants received
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AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
$600,000
2023 GENERAL SUPPORT
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$400,000
2022 CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
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2022 Affiliate Program
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2024 R60 CIVIL LIBERTIES ADVOCACY
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2022 R60 CIVIL LIBERTIES ADVOCACY
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2024 AFFILIATE PROGRAM
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$98,512
2024 THE CLEAN SLATE INITIATIVE PROVIDES GRANTS TO STATE-BASED COALITIONS ADVANCING AUTOMATED RECORD CLEARANCE LEGISLATION THAT REMOVES BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, AND EDUCATION FOR MILLIONS OF ELIGIBLE AMERICANS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS.
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2024 For grant recipient's exempt purposes
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2023 R60 CIVIL LIBERTIES ADVOCACY
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2024 UNRESTRICTED
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.
Declared on its 2024 return
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501(C)(4) · DEFEND INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES · KY
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501(C)(3) · MAINTAINS ENDOWMENT & PENSION BENEFITS · NY
Declared as related by
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AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
On its 2024 return
Other IRS files
Auto-Revocation List
Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.
Publication 78
Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.
These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.
What this page reflects
The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.