AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY FOR LAW AND POLICY

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

B90

Classification

2000

Street

601 13TH ST NW STE 610

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

• NETWORK ADVANCEMENT: THE DEPARTMENT OF NETWORK ADVANCEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR STRENGTHENING ACS' NETWORK AND MEMBER ENGAGEMENT TO BUILD A MORE EFFECTIVE AND INCLUSIVE PROGRESSIVE LEGAL COMMUNITY. THIS DEPARTMENT FOCUSES ON ENSURING THAT ACS' MISSION IS CARRIED OUT AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL WHILE SERVING THE NEEDS OF ITS MEMBERS. IT MANAGES ACS' STUDENT AND LAWYER CHAPTERS, ENSURES CONTINUITY OF MEMBERSHIP THROUGHOUT ONE'S LEGAL CAREER, PROVIDES CAREER ASSISTANCE AND MENTORSHIP BOTH TO STUDENTS AND LAWYERS, AND ENSURES THAT ACS IS MOBILIZING ITS MEMBERS TO MEET NEEDS AT NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL LEVELS WHERE THE NETWORK CAN HELP ADD CAPACITY TO THE BROADER PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $1,053,224 · Grants $5,000 · Revenue $48,266

• POLICY AND PROGRAM: THE DEPARTMENT OF POLICY AND PROGRAM DEVELOPS AND PROMOTES A PROGRESSIVE VISION OF THE LAW. THIS DEPARTMENT LEADS ACS' EFFORT TO SHAPE AND ARTICULATE THIS PROGRESSIVE VISION BY WORKING WITH LEGAL SCHOLARS, THOUGHT LEADERS, AND ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS TO PRODUCE WRITTEN WORKS, PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, AND CONVENINGS. THROUGH THESE ACTIVITIES, THE DEPARTMENT AND ACS ADVANCE CONSTITUTIONAL, LEGAL, AND POLICY CONCEPTS THAT SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE PROGRESSIVE LEGAL MOVEMENT AND PROVIDE RESOURCES FOR LAW STUDENTS, LAWYERS, OPINION LEADERS, AND POLICYMAKERS.

  Expenses $761,546 · Grants $1,500

• CONVENTION: THE ANNUAL ACS NATIONAL CONVENTION BRINGS TOGETHER LAWYERS, JUDGES, ACADEMICS, POLICYMAKERS, AND LAW STUDENTS FOR A SERIES OF SUBSTANTIVE PANELS, NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, AND PRESENTATIONS FROM HIGH-PROFILE MEMBERS OF THE PROGRESSIVE LEGAL COMMUNITY. THE CONVENTION'S SUBSTANTIVE PROGRAMMING FOCUSES ON A WIDE RANGE OF LEGAL AND POLICY ISSUES CENTRAL TO ACS' MISSION FEATURING PANELISTS WHO ARE EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS. CONVENTION ATTENDEES CAN PARTICIPATE IN NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING THOSE ORGANIZED BY LEGAL PRACTICE AREA OR GEOGRAPHY. THE CONVENTION ALSO FEATURES A STUDENT LEADERSHIP RETREAT. THE CONVENTION CREATES COMMUNITY, STIMULATES THOUGHT, AND ENERGIZES ATTENDEES TO WORK TOWARD ACCOMPLISHING ACS' MISSION.

  Expenses $674,352 · Grants $18,913 · Revenue $72,525

• STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT: THE DEPARTMENT OF STRATEGIC ENGAGEMENT FOCUSES ON COALITION BUILDING AND EXECUTION OF SPECIAL PROJECTS TO ADVANCE ACS' PROGRESSIVE LEGAL VISION; RAISE THE PROFILE OF ACS AS THE GO-TO RESOURCE FOR POLICYMAKERS, REPORTERS, AND ALLIES ON CRITICAL LEGAL ISSUES; AND ENGAGE IN EFFORTS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON PRESSING LEGAL ISSUES.

  Expenses $554,104

• COMMUNICATIONS: THE EFFORTS OF ACS' COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT INCLUDE MEDIA OUTREACH TO PROMOTE ACS' POSITIONS, PROGRAMS, EXPERTS, AND RESOURCES; DEVELOPING AND ENHANCING ACS' PUBLIC PLATFORMS, INCLUDING ITS WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, AND ITS BROKEN LAW PODCAST; AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING OF PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS, INCLUDING GRAPHICS AND VIDEO.

  Expenses $498,997

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.

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

• 2024

  Revenue

  $5,507,137

  Expenses

  $4,725,595

  Contributions

  $5,149,318

  Grants paid

  $25,413

• 2023

  Revenue

  $8,662,200

  Expenses

  $6,424,305

  Contributions

  $8,270,139

  Grants paid

  $53,119

• 2022

  Revenue

  $6,077,061

  Expenses

  $6,588,977

  Contributions

  $5,976,760

  Grants paid

  $28,000

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

  $5,609,154

  Expenses

  $6,378,626

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,124,680

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,026,578

  Expenses

  $5,485,314

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,759,745

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,154,588

  Expenses

  $6,799,658

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,297,970

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,948,783

  Expenses

  $6,397,412

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,970,952

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,405,050

  Expenses

  $5,891,120

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,315,292

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,524,808

  Expenses

  $5,020,583

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,663,707

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $4,502,142

  Expenses

  $5,087,389

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,075,097

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,575,507

  Expenses

  $4,627,486

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,691,822

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,575,507

  Expenses

  $4,627,486

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,691,822

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $6,900,044

  Expenses

  $4,466,589

  Assets (EOY)

  $5,726,422

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

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

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $1,362,650

  2022 · EDUCATION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $978,850

  2024 · EDUCATION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $973,150

  2023 · EDUCATION

• ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

  $500,000

  2022 · GENERAL

• ROCKEFELLER PHILANTHROPY ADVISORS INC

  $365,000

  2024 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY, CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY, CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION & ADVOCACY

• SANDLER FOUNDATION

  $250,000

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• HOPEWELL FUND

  $150,000

  2022 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $127,183

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• HOPEWELL FUND

  $100,000

  2024 · CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $93,985

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

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

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