Nonprofit · EIN 23-7137529
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC
Tax-exempt · CORAL GABLES, FL 33134
Financials
| Year ended | Form | Revenue | Expenses | Net income | Total assets | Liabilities | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | 990 | $14,432,670 | $10,851,662 | $3,581,008 | $8,213,970 | $713,043 | $7,500,927 |
| March 31, 2024 | 990 | $6,447,705 | $7,313,294 | -$865,589 | $5,075,024 | $1,156,275 | $3,918,749 |
Financial details: 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025
Revenue
- Contributions, gifts and grants
- $12,694,688
- Program service revenue
- $1,571,274
- Investment income
- $155,558
- Net gain from sales of assets
- -$2,391
- Other revenue
- $11,150
Expenses
- Grants and similar amounts paid
- $0
- Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
- $202,800
- Other salaries and wages
- $1,966,955
- Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
- $2,943,722
- Professional fundraising fees
- $0
- Legal fees
- $6,410,584
- Accounting fees
- $113,697
- Travel
- $15,716
- Program services (functional)
- $9,828,299
- Management and general (functional)
- $470,422
- Fundraising (functional)
- $552,941
Balance sheet and other
- Total assets, start of year
- $5,075,024
- Total assets, end of year
- $8,213,970
- Total liabilities, end of year
- $713,043
- Net assets, end of year
- $7,500,927
- Land, buildings and equipment
- $12,581
- Net assets without donor restrictions
- $7,180,129
- Net assets with donor restrictions
- $320,798
- Gross receipts
- $14,435,061
- Employees
- 59
- Volunteers
- 12
- Year formed
- 1971
- State of legal domicile
- FL
From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.
Officers, directors and key employees
As listed on the 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025, highest compensation first.
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARY SAMPLE | CFO Officer | 30 | $200,077 | $22,875 |
| BACARDI JACKSON | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 20 | $167,887 | $19,958 |
| FATIMA CUEVAS | KEY EMPLOYEE Highest-paid employee | 35 | $159,324 | $14,298 |
| DANIEL TILLEY | KEY EMPLOYEE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $160,456 | $12,245 |
| KARA L GROSS | KEY EMPLOYEE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $134,849 | $22,875 |
| SARA LATSHAW | KEY EMPLOYEE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $134,973 | $14,030 |
| KRSHA SENDON | KEY EMPLOYEE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $130,389 | $6,009 |
| LYNDA BALINT | AFF EQUITY O Trustee or director, Officer | 0.1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL BERMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK CHAET | NATIONAL BOA Trustee or director, Officer | 0.1 | $0 | $0 |
| CHARLTON COPELAND | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0.1 | $0 | $0 |
| TIFFANY L HILTON | VICE PRESIDE Trustee or director, Officer | 0.1 | $0 | $0 |
| LYNN GAUDIOSO HANKIN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL MEYERS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.6 | $0 | $0 |
| ROSEMARY O'HARA | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 | $0 |
6 more people on this return
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|
| TERESA PONTE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 |
| TRELVIS RANDOLPH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 |
| ERIC SMAW | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1.1 | $0 |
| ROBERT OSBORNE SR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 |
| JENNIFER TOMLINSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 |
| JANET TAYLOR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0.1 | $0 |
990 for the year ended March 31, 2024: 22 people
| Name | Title | Hours / week | Compensation | Other / benefits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TIFFANI LENNON | EXECUTIVE DI Former | 20 | $271,808 | $13,293 |
| GARY SAMPLE | CFO Officer | 30 | $186,034 | $20,671 |
| AMY TURKEL | KEY EMPLOYEE Former | 36 | $164,029 | $14,020 |
| DANIEL TILLEY | KEY EMPLOYEE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $147,175 | $19,008 |
| FATIMA CUEVAS | KEY EMPLOYEE Highest-paid employee | 40 | $146,834 | $19,115 |
| JOYCE HAMILTON | KEY EMPLOYEE Former | 28 | $138,964 | $9,599 |
| BENJAMIN STEVENSON | KEY EMPLOYEE Former | 40 | $141,007 | $6,879 |
| NIKKI COX | KEY EMPLOYEE Former | 40 | $133,126 | $10,959 |
| LYNDA BALINT | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL BERMAN | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| MARK CHAET | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| CHARLTON COPELAND | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| TIFFANY L HILTON | SECRETARY Trustee or director, Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| AHMAD MAYES | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| MICHAEL MEYERS | TREASURER Trustee or director, Officer | 0.5 | $0 | $0 |
| TERESA PONTE | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| TRELVIS RANDOLPH | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| ERIC SMAW | PRESIDENT Trustee or director, Officer | 1 | $0 | $0 |
| ROBERT OSBORNE SR | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| JENNIFER TOMLINSON | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| MEREDITH TRIM | DIRECTOR Trustee or director | 0 | $0 | $0 |
| BACARDI JACKSON | EXECUTIVE DI Officer | 0 | $0 | $0 |
Address and contacts
- Address (IRS master file)
- 4343 W FLAGLER ST STE 400, CORAL GABLES, FL 33134-1585
- Principal officer (990 for 2024)
- ERIC SMAW, 4343 W FLAGLER ST STE 400, MIAMI, FL 331341585
- Signed the 990
- BACARDI JACKSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- Website
- WWW.ACLUFL.ORG
- Return prepared by
- SHARFF WITTMER KURTZ JACKSON & DIAZ PA
Mission
TO DEFEND THE CIVIL LIBERTIES OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA
Program accomplishments
- FIRST AMENDMENT OUR DEMOCRACY IS UNDER ATTACK AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA. CENSORSHIP IS BEING USED BY THOSE IN POWER TO DENY AND DISTORT HISTORY; OBSCURE THE LAWS AND POLICIES THAT CONTINUE TO BOLSTER SYSTEMIC INEQUALITY; SILENCE EXPERT GUIDANCE; CONTROL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ACTION; AND THREATEN OUR FUNDAMENTAL LIBERTIES. THE RIGHT TO PEACEFUL PROTEST IS ALSO BEING STIFLED WITH LAWS, RESTRICTIVE RULES, AND EXCESSIVE USE OF POLICE FORCE. THROUGH LITIGATION, ADVOCACY, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, THE ACLU OF FLORIDA IS WORKING TO FIGHT ALL FORMS OF CENSORSHIP, SECURE FREE SPEECH FOR ALL FLORIDIANS, AND DEFEND OUR DEMOCRACY.Expenses $552,057
- IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS IMMIGRATION POLICY IN FLORIDA CURRENTLY INSTILLS FEAR IN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES, HARMS INDIVIDUALS, SEPARATES FAMILIES, AND IS WILDLY DISCRIMINATORY. FLORIDA IS ALSO HOME TO SEVERAL IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTERS, AND THE PRACTICES IN THESE FACILITIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR UNTOLD SUFFERING, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AND DEATHS. THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION AND LITIGATION EFFORTS, THE ACLU OF FLORIDA'S IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS CAMPAIGN AIMS TO BRING AN END TO UNCONSTITUTIONAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES, END MASS IMMIGRATION DETENTION, ENSURE DUE PROCESS, WHILE CREATING SAFER COMMUNITIES FOR IMMIGRANT FLORIDIANS.Expenses $4,774,922
- VOTING RIGHTS VOTING IS THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND THE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT UPON WHICH ALL OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES REST. FLORIDA CONTINUES TO SUPPRESS VOTING RIGHTS, IMPOSE RACIALLY GERRYMANDERED MAP, AND HEIGHTEN BARRIERS TO REGISTRATION WHICH SEVERELY LIMITS ACCESS TO VOTING. THE ACLU OF FLORIDA'S VOTING RIGHTS CAMPAIGN AIMS TO SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND VOTING RIGHTS AND PARTICIPATION AMONG ALL ELIGIBLE FLORIDIANS. THIS EFFORT IS PURSUED THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS AND LITIGATION. AT ANY GIVEN TIME, THE DEPARTMENT IS INVOLVED IN DOZENS OF INVESTIGATIONS, RESEARCH ASSIGNMENTS, AND LEGAL CASES.Expenses $1,800,504
- OTHER LITIGATION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION ON IMPORTANT CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES THAT ARE CONFRONTING FLORIDIANS BUT FALL OUTSIDE OUR PRIMARY CAMPAIGNS SUCH AS THE FOLLOWING: CRIMINAL JUSTICE THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN FLORIDA IS BUILT ON STRUCTURAL AND INSTITUTIONAL RACISM AND HAS A DEVASTATING, DISPARATE IMPACT ON BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE. THE ACLU OF FLORIDA'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM CAMPAIGN AIMS TO SIGNIFICANTLY REFORM FLORIDA'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO REDUCE INCARCERATION AND RACIAL DISPARITIES, END THE PRACTICE OF SUSPENDING DRIVER'S LICENSES FOR NON-DRIVING OFFENSES, INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF REHABILITATION CREDIT CURRENTLY INCARCERATED PEOPLE CAN EARN TO REDUCE THEIR SENTENCE, AND TO END THE USE OF UNAFFORDABLE BAIL PRACTICES IMPACTING PEOPLE DETAINED IN FLORIDA JAILS THROUGH LITIGATION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION INITIATIVES. REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS DESPITE THE FACT THAT TWO-THIRDS OF FLORIDIANS SUPPORT THE RIGHT TO ABORTION AND VOTERS HAVE CONSISTENTLY CAST THEIR BALLOTS TO PROTECT THAT RIGHT, FLORIDA POLITICIANS PASSED A DANGEROUS 6 WEEK BAN LAST YEAR. IT STRIPS FLORIDIANS OF THEIR RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, OFFERS LITTLE TO NO EXCEPTIONS FOR RAPE OR INCEST, AND CRIMINALIZES DOCTORS WHO OFFER ABORTION CARE TO PATIENTS AFTER THAT POINT. THIS LAW HAS HAD DEVASTATING EFFECTS DUE TO THE MYRIAD OF BARRIERS PEOPLE MUST NAVIGATE TO GET AN ABORTION. THROUGH LITIGATION, RESEARCH, ADVOCACY, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND STORYTELLING, WE ARE FIGHTING TO PROTECT FLORIDIANS' RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND LIMIT GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE IN THESE IMPORTANT AND PERSONAL MEDICAL DECISIONS TO ENSURE EVERY FLORIDIAN HAS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE WHEN AND IF TO HAVE A CHILD. LGBTQ+ RIGHTS THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY IN FLORIDA-WHO HAS LONG STRUGGLED FOR BASIC RECOGNITION OF THEIR RIGHTS, DIGNITY, AND PRIVACY-IS UNDER INCREASED ATTACK. LGBTQ+ PEOPLE IN FLORIDA ARE BEING PUNISHED BY POLICIES THAT ESSENTIALLY BAN CLASSROOM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THEIR EXISTENCE, PREVENT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE FROM USING THE APPROPRIATE RESTROOM OR RECEIVING LIFE- SAVING GENDER AFFIRMING CARE, SERIOUSLY RESTRICT PROPER PRONOUN USE, AND MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR TEACHERS TO BE SUPPORTIVE WHEN WE KNOW THAT A SINGLE SUPPORTIVE TEACHER CAN SAVE A QUEER STUDENT'S LIFE. THROUGH LITIGATION AND PUBLIC EDUCATION, WE ARE FIGHTING THE DANGEROUS AND DISCRIMINATORY LAWS IN FLORIDA TO KEEP ALL LGBTQ+ PEOPLE SAFE.Expenses $2,700,816
What it must file and when
IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in March, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.
| Tax year | Year ended | Due | IRS public records |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | March 31, 2026 | August 17, 2026 | Not on file |
| 2024 | March 31, 2025 | August 15, 2025 | 990 on file |
| 2023 | March 31, 2024 | August 15, 2024 | 990 on file |
IRS record
- EIN
- 23-7137529
- Tax-exempt status
- 501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
- Foundation status
- Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
- Donations deductible (Pub 78)
- Public charity, 50% deduction limit
- Exempt since
- 1971
- Accounting year ends
- March
- Files
- Form 990 or 990-EZ
- Category (NTEE)
- Civil rights, social action and advocacy (R00K)
- Assets (IRS master file)
- $8,213,970
- Income (IRS master file)
- $14,435,061
Filing history
| Form | Year ended | Revenue | Expenses | Assets | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 990 | March 2025 | $14,432,670 | $10,851,662 | $8,213,970 | XML |
| 990 | March 2024 | $6,447,705 | $7,313,294 | $5,075,024 | XML |
| 990 | March 2023 | $5,732,370 | $6,611,859 | $6,045,841 | IRS |
| 990 | March 2022 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2021 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2020 | – | – | – | IRS |
| 990 | March 2019 | – | – | – | IRS |
990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 23-7137529).
Questions about AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC
- What is the EIN of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC?
- The employer identification number (EIN) of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC is 23-7137529.
- Is AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC tax-exempt?
- Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1971.
- Are donations to AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC tax-deductible?
- Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
- Which annual return does AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC file?
- Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
- When is the next return of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC due?
- The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending March 31, 2026) is due August 17, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
- When did AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC last file with the IRS?
- The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended March 2025.
- Who is the principal officer of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 names ERIC SMAW.
- Who are the officers and directors of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC?
- The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 lists 21 people; 7 received compensation from the organization, the highest $200,077 (GARY SAMPLE, CFO).
- How much revenue does AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC have?
- On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $14,432,670, expenses of $10,851,662 and total assets of $8,213,970 at year end.
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