AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WASHINGTON FOUNDATION

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

R600

Classification

1000

Street

PO BOX 2728

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 pursues impact litigation and files amicus briefs to uphold the Constitution and advance civil rights and civil liberties for all Washingtonians. We pursue cases that will effect widespread change, particularly those that impact communities historically most affected by racism and other forms of injustice in our society, whether in the areas of the criminal legal system, immigration rights, voting rights, LGBTQIA2S rights, unlawful surveillance, or access to health care.

  Expenses $2,323,764

• Policy Advocacy Program: The ACLU works to educate policy makers and stakeholders, promote policies that advance civil liberties, and oppose those that are harmful to equity and freedom. We work to implement long-term, systemic change for all people. We provide legal and policy guidance to agencies and government bodies to ensure that constitutional rights are protected and upheld. Signature programs include technology & liberty; campaign for smart justice; youth policy; immigration and policing; and access to health care.

  Expenses $1,503,996

• Communications Program: Educating the public is critical to defending civil liberties across the state. We engage the media to develop articles, frame issues, and influence opinions. We provide expert speakers on a wide range of civil liberties topics to schools and community groups, including know your rights trainings to support impacted communities ability to stand up for themselves. Through our member and public events, speakers bureau, and student outreach, the Communications Department rallies supporters, attracts new audiences, and empowers grassroots and other groups to promote civil rights.

  Expenses $1,148,961

• REVENUE SHARING WITH NATIONAL ACLU ORGANIZATION

  Expenses $5,095,872

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

  $15,607,257

  Expenses

  $12,876,519

  Contributions

  $10,941,016

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $20,540,381

  Expenses

  $12,209,928

  Contributions

  $8,285,314

  Grants paid

  $1,733

• 2022

  Revenue

  $11,691,840

  Expenses

  $10,068,612

  Contributions

  $11,073,076

  Grants paid

  $96,711

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

  $9,471,494

  Expenses

  $9,363,145

  Assets (EOY)

  $57,896,259

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,262,022

  Expenses

  $10,073,005

  Assets (EOY)

  $50,749,537

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $11,430,529

  Expenses

  $11,115,333

  Assets (EOY)

  $40,500,991

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $30,178,364

  Expenses

  $8,673,784

  Assets (EOY)

  $38,350,310

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $12,538,643

  Expenses

  $6,997,756

  Assets (EOY)

  $16,941,275

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $9,905,489

  Expenses

  $6,227,935

  Assets (EOY)

  $10,936,588

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $5,610,296

  Expenses

  $4,919,917

  Assets (EOY)

  $7,687,711

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $8,740,089

  Expenses

  $6,379,863

  Assets (EOY)

  $6,079,776

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $3,622,082

  Expenses

  $4,099,586

  Assets (EOY)

  $4,290,613

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $3,880,169

  Assets (EOY)

  $3,862,414

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

• ACLU Foundation

  $50,000

  2022 · Indigenous Justice

• Disability Rights Washington

  $20,000

  2022 · Prison Reform

• Civil Survival Project

  $10,000

  2022 · PRISON REFROM

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $1,093,726

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $595,590

  2022 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $539,685

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $494,823

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $490,186

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $489,834

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $389,943

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC

  $315,000

  2024 · AFFILIATE PROGRAM

• IMPACTASSETS INC

  $251,500

  2023 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE CHICAGO COMMUNITY TRUST

  $250,000

  2024 · General support for programs, operations and other charitable purposes

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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