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ACLU FOUNDATION OF MARYLAND INC

EIN 23-7209538 BALTIMORE, MD

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Revenue 2024
$8,532,580
Expenses 2024
$5,106,057

Program services were 74.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
R13Z
Classification
2100
Street
3600 CLIPPER MILL RD STE 200

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 ORGANIZATION EXISTS TO EMPOWER MARYLANDERS TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS SO THAT THE LAW VALUES AND UPLIFTS THEIR HUMANITY

  • THE ORGANIZATION HAS VARIOUS PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT CONSTITUTIONAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH LITIGATION, PUBLIC ADVOCACY, LEGISLATIVE OUTREACH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION. THE WORK OF THESE PROGRAMS IS GREATLY EXPANDED BY A SUBSTANTIAL PRO BONO PROGRAM INVOLVING THE PRIVATE BAR. THE VALUE OF THOSE SERVICES FOR 2024 WAS $2,482,867 WHICH IS REPORTED ON THE SCHEDULE D OF THE 990.

    Expenses $3,810,755 · Revenue $430,000

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Kali-Ahset Amen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Sarah Dwyer

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Oprah Keyes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Coleman Bazelon

    NATIONAL BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Eric S Gillman

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • David Manning

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Yasmin Behram

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Jordan Howlette

    AFFILIATE EQUITY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Chinyere Okonkwo

    NOMINATING CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Erin Chapman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Brandon Johnson

    GOVERNANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Carla Paisley

    DEVELOPMENT CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Michael David

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Kisha Petticolas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Keinna Thompson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Aimy Avila Pena

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Homayra Ziad

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Bonnie Smith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Corey Stottlemyer

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0 + 1 related
  • Dana Vickers Shelley

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $222,779
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $211,568
    Other
    $11,211
    Hours/week
    1 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $211,568 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $11,211 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $222,779 related
  • Veronica Dunlap

    DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $193,756
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $186,320
    Other
    $7,436
    Hours/week
    1 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $186,320 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,436 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $0 + $193,756 related
  • Courtney Lee

    FINANCE AND OPERATIONS DIR

    Total calculated
    $155,601
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $126,935
    Other
    $28,666
    Hours/week
    1 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $126,935 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $7,077 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $21,589 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $155,601 related
  • Deborah Jeon

    LEGAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $220,665
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $163,075
    Other
    $57,590
    Hours/week
    1 + 45 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $163,075 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $57,590 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $220,665 related
  • Yanet Amnuel

    PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $134,896
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $121,550
    Other
    $13,346
    Hours/week
    1 + 45 related
  • Regina Elleby

    LEGAL ADVOCACY COORDINATOR

    Total calculated
    $130,862
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $115,376
    Other
    $15,486
    Hours/week
    1 + 45 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $8,532,580
    Expenses
    $5,106,057
    Contributions
    $8,050,862
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $7,030,479
    Expenses
    $5,052,606
    Contributions
    $6,852,809
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $2,386,556
    Expenses
    $5,262,124
    Contributions
    $1,529,989
    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
    $4,716,096
    Expenses
    $4,915,215
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,973,597
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,499,192
    Expenses
    $4,283,125
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,852,060
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,758,403
    Expenses
    $3,711,896
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,565,564
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,892,981
    Expenses
    $3,024,033
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,651,420
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,225,973
    Expenses
    $2,583,339
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,539,866
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,983,862
    Expenses
    $2,359,536
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,879,287
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,234,823
    Expenses
    $2,448,657
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,077,652
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,170,840
    Expenses
    $2,485,648
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,691,059
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,369,418
    Expenses
    $2,443,799
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,845,031
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $2,024,673
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,714,302

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

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

Declared as related by

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 11 November 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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.