AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF IOWA

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

R60Z

Classification

1000

Street

505 5TH AVE STE 808

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Mission and programs · 2024

• LEGAL PROGRAM SERVICES: (1) LITIGATED CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO IOWA'S CRIMINAL REENTRY LAW, THE WORST ANTI-IMMIGRANT BILL IN STATE HISTORY, OBTAINING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION. (2) FILED CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT CHALLENGING UNCONSTITUTIONAL JAIL FEES IN BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IOWA. (3) LITIGATED CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO IOWA SCHOOL BOOK BAN LAW, INCLUDING ITS DON'T SAY LGBTQ+ AND FORCED OUTING COMPONENTS, ON APPEAL OF A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, AND BACK BEFORE THE DISTRICT COURT ON REMAND. (4) LITIGATED CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO IOWA'S ABORTION BAN, TAKING EFFECT AROUND SIX WEEKS, BEFORE MANY WOMEN EVEN KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT. (5) FILED THREE PRISONER STATE DISCIPLINARY POST-CONVICTION RELIEF CASES FOR IOWA INMATES SUBJECTED TO UNRELIABLE DRUG TESTING AND THE ALARMINGLY LOW SOME EVIDENCE BURDEN OF PROOF REQUIRED TO CONVICT AN INMATE OF A DISCIPLINARY VIOLATION RESULTING IN LOSS OF EARNED TIME AND LOSS OF ACCESS TO REHABILITATIVE PROGRAMMING. (6) FILED EMERGENCY LITIGATION TO PROTECT NATURALIZED U.S. CITIZEN VOTERS IN IOWA FROM IOWA SECRETARY OF STATE DIRECTIVE TO CHALLENGE THEM, AT THE POLLS OR WHEN VOTING ABSENTEE, BASED ON ONLY THEIR PREVIOUS STATUS OF HAVING BEEN LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS AT THE TIME THEY OBTAINED THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSES, DESPITE THE STATE'S KNOWLEDGE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE CHALLENGED VOTERS HAD BECOME NATURALIZED U.S. CITIZENS SINCE THAT TIME, AND WERE THUS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. IN BRINGING THE LITIGATION, WE SUCCESSFULLY PRESSURED THE SECRETARY TO BACK OFF SOME OF THE MOST EXTREME ASPECTS OF HIS INITIAL ORDER. (7) OTHER LEGAL ADVOCACY TO PROTECT VOTERS AHEAD OF 2024 GENERAL ELECTION, DIRECTING LETTERS TO ALL 99 IOWA COUNTY AUDITORS AND THE IOWA SECRETARY OF STATE ASKING THEM TO REJECT ALL MASS CHALLENGES FILED WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE ELECTION, AND TO RESTORE ANY VOTERS IMPROPERLY REMOVED FROM THE LISTS. (8) AMICUS BRIEFS FILED IN IOWA SUPREME COURT CASES, ARGUING: A WARRANT SUPPORTED BY PROBABLE CAUSE IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO CONDUCTING A SEARCH OF A RENTER-OCCUPIED PROPERTY WHEN THE RENTER DOES NOT CONSENT TO THE SEARCH; COURT FEES MUST NOT BE IMPOSED IN DISMISSED CRIMINAL CASES. (9) AMICUS BRIEFS FILED IN FEDERAL COURT CASES, ARGUING: THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT'S PROHIBITION ON CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENTS DOES NOT ALLOW CITIES TO ISSUE FINES OR ARREST PEOPLE FOR SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN PUBLIC WHEN THEY HAVE NO ACCESS TO ADEQUATE SHELTER; THE RIGHT OF STUDENTS TO RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT RACE DISCRIMINATION IN SCHOOLS IS ENTITLED TO PROTECTION UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT; AN EEOC REGULATION INCLUDING ACCOMMODATIONS RELATED TO MISCARRIAGE AND ABORTION WERE PROPERLY WITHIN REQUIRED PROTECTIONS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION ON ACCOUNT OF PREGNANCY.

  Expenses $552,524

• PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM SERVICES: (1) FINALIZED OUR THREE YEAR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM ACTION TEAM PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. (2) BEGINNING IN 2021, THE CAMPAIGN SOUGHT TO ENGAGE, EDUCATE, AND RECRUIT 10,000 VOLUNTEERS AND ADVOCATES BY NOVEMBER 2024; WE BEGAN THE FISCAL YEAR A YEAR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ON OUR GOAL. (3) THE PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ENDED WITH VOLUNTEERS IN EVERY STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT, HOUSE AND SENATE, WITH A FINAL NUMBER OF 13,294, WHICH EXCEEDED OUR GOAL BY ROUGHLY 30%. (4) AFFILIATE STAFF HELD 181 INDIVIDUAL EVENTS, TO AN AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN A THOUSAND. (5) HELD OUR SECOND DAY OF ACTION IN MAY 2024, WITH 60 VOLUNTEERS, WITH OVER 750 DOORS KNOCKED IN 20 SEPARATE COMMUNITIES. (6) FROM JULY - NOVEMBER, WE HAD OUR FINAL PUSH, RESULTING IN CONTACT WITH 53,135, INCLUDING 43,000+ INDIVIDUAL TEXT MESSAGES - SENT FROM A LIVE PERSON - THROUGH PHONE BANKS MANAGED BY STAFF AND PERFORMED BY VOLUNTEERS AND CANVAS BANKS. (7) IN NOVEMBER 2024, WE ANALYZED THE FULL PROGRAM, AND CLOSED ITS DOORS THROUGH A SERIES OF VOLUNTEER AND PARTNER WEBINARS TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT THEY HAD ACCOMPLISHED, WITH THE SIMPLE THEME THAT INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT IS THE INDISPENSABLE PIECE OF OUR C3 PUBLIC EDUCATION WORK. (8) IN DECEMBER 2024, WE FORMALLY DISSOLVED THE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ACTION TEAM AS IT HAD EXISTED DURING OUR THREE-YEAR PROGRAM. (9) AS A RESULT OF THIS INTENTIONAL DOWNSIZE, WE HAVE MOVED OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION VOLUNTEER PROGRAM TO CAPITOL CORPS, AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO OUR AFFILIATE STAFF AND ACTIVITIES AT EVENTS - HOWEVER, EVEN AS THE PROGRAM ENDED, WE HAVE MAINTAINED OUR CONTACTS AND OUR LISTS FOR USE IN THE FUTURE, WHICH PAID OFF FROM JAN - APR 2025, AS DENOTED ABOVE. (10) PRINTED AND MAILED OUR DEFENDER NEWSLETTER TO A MAILING LIST OF APPROXIMATELY 13,000 SUPPORTERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES. (11) RESPONDED TO MEDIA INQUIRIES, HELD PRESS CONFERENCES AND CRAFTED MEDIA STATEMENTS ON OUR EFFORTS AND ON MATTERS REGARDING CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS. (12) UPDATED AND PRINTED BROCHURES REGARDING CIVIL LIBERTIES WITH TOPICS SUCH AS THE RIGHT TO PROTEST, VOTING RIGHTS (IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH), AND RIGHTS WHEN INTERACTING WITH POLICE (IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH).

  Expenses $338,304

• LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY PROGRAM SERVICES: (1) DRAFTED MODEL LEGISLATION TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S DUE PROCESS RIGHTS BEFORE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES REGARDING EMINENT DOMAIN; PASSED THE IOWA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 2024. (2) CONTINUED OUR MULTI-YEAR EMPHASIS ON OPEN GOVERNMENT, ANTI-SLAPP (FIRST AMENDMENT), AND EVICTION EXPUNGEMENT AS PART OF OUR AFFIRMATIVE AGENDA; ANTI-SLAPP, OPEN GOVERNMENT, AND EVICTION EXPUNGEMENT ALL PASSED THE IOWA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 2024. (3) CONTINUED CAPITOL CORPS PROGRAMMING THROUGH THE END OF THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO HELP CONSTITUENTS MEET THEIR LEGISLATORS. (4) LEADING ORGANIZATION IN OPPOSING AN ANTI-HOMELESS LOCAL ORDINANCE IN IOWA'S LARGEST CITY. (5) IN SUMMER 2024, WE EXPANDED RELIGIOUS AND SERVICE PROVIDER COALITION TO ADVANCE PROTECTIONS FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SPECIFICALLY, ON THE ISSUES OF EVICTION RECORDS EXPUNGEMENT AND EARLY LEASE TERMINATION FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING, AND HARASSMENT - CORE ISSUES BASED ON RACE AND GENDER DISPARITIES IN LEGAL PROTECTIONS AND SERVICES. (6) CONTINUED OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO MEET MORE IOWA STATE LEGISLATORS, SPECIFICALLY, IOWA STATE SENATORS, TO DETERMINE WHERE WE CAN BE HELPFUL IN AREAS IN WHICH THEIR WORK PROTECTS CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES AND WE ARE SUCCEEDING; WE HAVE MAINTAINED EXISTING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH LEGISLATORS OF ALL PARTIES, AND HAVE EXPANDED OUR ROLE AS TRUSTED VOICES.

  Expenses $284,712

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

  $1,832,633

  Expenses

  $1,636,956

  Contributions

  $1,811,335

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,711,576

  Expenses

  $2,045,289

  Contributions

  $1,685,951

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,523,047

  Expenses

  $1,522,029

  Contributions

  $1,512,779

  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

  $1,403,346

  Expenses

  $1,455,552

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,598,317

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,482,035

  Expenses

  $1,167,796

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,665,727

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $879,902

  Expenses

  $1,016,523

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,846,562

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,164,895

  Expenses

  $945,603

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,076,762

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $975,214

  Expenses

  $719,368

  Assets (EOY)

  $2,009,575

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $986,135

  Expenses

  $743,508

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,582,380

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $519,441

  Expenses

  $644,557

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,350,300

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $514,733

  Expenses

  $645,265

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,458,855

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,203,631

  Expenses

  $609,002

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,598,395

• 2012 · 990

  Revenue

  — not reported

  Expenses

  $480,953

  Assets (EOY)

  $982,517

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

• AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC

  $304,000

  2022 · Affiliate Program

• AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC

  $172,000

  2023 · Affiliate Program

• AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC

  $160,000

  2024 · AFFILIATE PROGRAM

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $61,500

  2024 · CIVIL RIGHTS

• AMERICAN ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION

  $60,750

  2023 · CIVIL RIGHTS

• IMPACTASSETS INC

  $40,800

  2024 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES

  $40,000

  2022 · GRANT DISTRIBUTION

• COMMUNITY FDN OF GREATER DES MOINES

  $40,000

  2023 · GRANT DISTRIBUTION

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $30,400

  2024 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $30,250

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt 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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