AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

R60

Classification

1000

Street

912 LADY 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

• IMPACT LITIGATION: OUR LEGAL TEAM USES IMPACT LITIGATION TO VINDICATE THE VARIOUS CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES PROTECTED UNDER STATE AND FEDERAL LAW. WHEN POLICY OR PRACTICE FAILS TO LIVE UP TO THE VALUES SET FORTH IN OUR CONSTITUTION, LITIGATION PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO RIGHT THE WRONGS EXPERIENCED BY OUR CLIENTS AND TO REFORM THE SYSTEMS THAT CAUSED THE HARM.WE PRIORITIZE CASES IN THE AREAS OF VOTING RIGHTS, JUVENILE JUSTICE, FREE SPEECH, AND LGBTQ EQUALITY. IN 2024, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN GETTING STRUCK DOWN A NORTH MYRTLE BEACH ORDINANCE PROHIBITING PROFANE, VULGAR, AND OBSCENE MUSIC," ARGUING THAT SUCH AN ORDINANCE VIOLATED THE FIRST AMENDMENT. ALSO IN 2024, WE CHALLENGED THE SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND STATE ELECTION COMMISSION'S FAILURE TO REGISTER ELIGIBLE 17-YEAR-OLD VOTERS, WHICH LED TO AN UPDATE IN SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES ENSURING THESE YOUNG VOTERS COULD REGISTER AS REQUIRED BY LAW.

  Expenses $328,205 · Grants $5,500

• ADVOCACY AND ORGANIZING: OUR ADVOCACY TEAM ANALYZES THE IMPACT OF PROPOSED AND EXISTING LEGISLATION ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES AND LOOKS FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO FURTHER OUR MISSION THROUGH POSITIVE POLICY CHANGES. THEN WE ADVOCATE FOR GOOD LAWS AND STAND IN THE WAY OF BAD POLICY. WHEN WE'RE ADVOCATING, WE ORGANIZE AND MOBILIZE ACTIVISTS WHO LEAD EFFORTS IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND ENGAGE IN STATEWIDE CAMPAIGNS.IN 2024, WE SUCCESSFULLY STOPPED STATE LAWMAKERS FROM CENSORING THE CURRICULUM TAUGHT IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. WE CONDUCTED LEGAL ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSED POLICIES, EDUCATED SOUTH CAROLINIANS ABOUT THE WAYS CURRICULUM CENSORSHIP VIOLATES THE FIRST AMENDMENT, AND ELEVATED THE VOICES OF STUDENTS, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND LIBRARIES WHO WERE OPPOSED TO THESE HARMFUL PROPOSALS.

  Expenses $312,223 · Revenue $358

• COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC EDUCATION: OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES. WE TELL THE STORY OF SOUTH CAROLINIANS -- THOSE WHOSE RIGHTS HAVE BEEN VIOLATED AND THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR CHANGE. WE GROW OUR BASE OF SUPPORTERS BY FIRING UP AND ENERGIZING PEOPLE WHO SHARE OUR VALUES. AND WE PERSUADE THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT OUR ISSUES.IN 2024, WE LAUNCHED A PODCAST CALLED "WHILE I BREATHE." THROUGH IT, WE HIGHLIGHT MAJOR CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES OF THE DAY. WE'VE TAKEN LISTENERS INTO EVICTION COURT AND TOWNHALL MEETINGS WITH LOCAL SHERIFFS, AND WE'VE TOLD STORIES OF THE ACTIVISTS WHO ARE WORKING TO CHANGE THE STATE ON ISSUES RANGING FROM THE FREEDOM TO READ TO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY TO GERRYMANDERING.

  Expenses $138,968 · Grants $5,000

• ALL OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES

  Expenses $131,153 · Grants $855 · Revenue $224

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2024

  Revenue

  $1,905,871

  Expenses

  $1,346,617

  Contributions

  $1,871,422

  Grants paid

  $11,355

• 2023

  Revenue

  $1,875,580

  Expenses

  $1,254,908

  Contributions

  $1,791,561

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,252,086

  Expenses

  $1,133,021

  Contributions

  $1,246,717

  Grants paid

  $0

• 2022

  Revenue

  $1,275,064

  Expenses

  $1,148,251

  Contributions

  $1,261,692

  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

  $674,496

  Expenses

  $865,342

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,406,028

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,255,144

  Expenses

  $977,606

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,848,881

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $1,137,152

  Expenses

  $940,392

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,558,891

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $690,781

  Expenses

  $652,032

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,300,717

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $877,778

  Expenses

  $614,022

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,276,179

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $787,418

  Expenses

  $475,741

  Assets (EOY)

  $1,006,908

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $789,638

  Expenses

  $426,333

  Assets (EOY)

  $695,277

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $580,096

  Expenses

  $467,841

  Assets (EOY)

  $328,282

• 2014 · 990

  Revenue

  $584,988

  Expenses

  $478,033

  Assets (EOY)

  $237,658

• 2013 · 990

  Revenue

  $406,055

  Expenses

  $461,898

  Assets (EOY)

  $132,983

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

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

  $1,034,500

  2024 · AFFILIATE PROGRAM

• AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC

  $507,265

  2022 · Affiliate Program

• AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC

  $390,000

  2023 · Affiliate Program

• NATIONAL LOW INCOME HOUSING COALITION AND LOW INCOME HOUSING

  $80,000

  2022 · 80K END RENTAL AREARS TO STOP EVICTIONS (ERASE) PROJ.

• UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE

  $25,000

  2024 · Social Services

• UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE

  $20,000

  2023 · Social Services

• VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM

  $6,500

  2023 · FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE

• T ROWE PRICE PROGRAM FOR CHARITABLE GIVING INC

  $6,000

  2024 · MULTIPLE

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $5,800

  2022 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

• AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC

  $0

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

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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