American Civil Liberties Union
EIN 94-2151925 · files IRS Form 990, Schedule I
Where it gives
By cause and by place, from its own returns.
By cause
The cause each recipient registered with the IRS
Mostly grants abroad and recipients without a US registration. Shown, never hidden.
By place
Dollars received, by the recipient's state
half the top state or more10–50%2–10%under 2%
Grants abroad and place not on file: 15 grants · $2.1m
Who it funds most
7 of its 27 grantees were funded in more than one year.
American Civil Liberties Union's own IRS Form 990, Schedule I returns, as filed, in USD
Who funds the same organisations
Counted over its 27 largest grantees, leaving out fiscal sponsors and donor-advised funds, which share an address rather than a cause. A fact, not a partnership.
Its board and officers
From its latest return.
Form 990 Part VII, tax year 2023, filing 202530369349301138
Name and title as its own return lists them. No pay, no address. A photograph appears only where the person's own organisation or a free licence publishes one, credited beside it; otherwise none. Anyone can ask to be removed: hello@philanova.ai.
Its money
What it gave, held and paid, by year.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Return | Assets, year end | Grants paid | Charitable spending |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Form 990 | $15.2m | — | $6.8m |
| 2022 | Form 990 | $14.7m | — | $10.0m |
As filed, in US dollars. Assets at fair market value where the return gives it.
Its returns8 filings
| Tax year | Form | Filing | Where to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202610339349301511 | IRS batch file |
| 2023 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202530369349301138 | IRS batch file |
| 2022 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202430329349302013 | IRS batch file |
| 2021 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202320379349300242 | IRS batch file |
| 2020 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202210319349300431 | IRS batch file |
| 2019 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202100299349301335 | IRS batch file |
| 2018 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 202030309349300528 | IRS batch file |
| 2017 | IRS Form 990, Schedule I | 201900369349300885 | IRS batch file |
An IRS batch file holds many returns; the filing number finds this one inside it.
The record as filedEvery table this page has always shown, in full.open
American Civil Liberties Union made 42 grants across 2017–2024, totalling $16.4m as filed.
- Grants
- 42
- Total, as filed
- $16.4m
- Years
- 2017–2024
- Filed in
- USD
Who it funds
| Organisation | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| ACLU CA ACTION | 5 | $10.2m |
| ACLU INC | 1 | $3.0m |
| YES ON 16 | 1 | $750.0k |
| ACLU OF SOUTHERN CA | 3 | $442.3k |
| YES ON PROP 1 | 1 | $250.0k |
| YES FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY | 2 | $235.0k |
| PICO ACTION FUND | 1 | $214.6k |
| Californians & Governor Brown | 1 | $200.0k |
| ACLU OF SAN DIEGO | 1 | $150.0k |
| THE ADVOCACY FUND | 2 | $112.4k |
| MOVEMENT STRATEGY ACTION FUND | 1 | $105.0k |
| COMM PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY | 1 | $100.0k |
| Ohioans United for Reprod | 1 | $100.0k |
| YES ON 17 | 1 | $100.0k |
| CALIFORNIA CALLS ACTION FUND | 1 | $95.0k |
By year
| Year | Grants | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9 | $761.8k |
| 2018 | 5 | $239.9k |
| 2019 | 5 | $375.1k |
| 2020 | 12 | $1.8m |
| 2021 | 1 | $2.3m |
| 2022 | 3 | $5.8m |
| 2023 | 3 | $2.5m |
| 2024 | 4 | $2.6m |
Where this came from
Identifier US-EIN-942151925. Register: Internal Revenue Service (US). Machine-readable: JSON.
What this page does not know
- Wrong if: a figure recovered from a subtotal is read as the sum of the recovered rows. A subtotal divides onto a whole penny whatever its parts did, so rows the per-row rule refuses are inside these figures.
- What they say they exist to do
- What each grant was for
- What they fund, by theme
- Balance sheet and financials
- Who runs it
- Whether they accept proposals
- Their own record on the register
- No website on file
- Leadership not yet identified