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Nonprofit · EIN 59-0883831

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

Also known as OF FLORIDA

Tax-exempt · CORAL GABLES, FL 33134

Financials

$3.3M$2.8M2023$3.4M$2.4M2024
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
March 31, 2025990$3,436,554$2,381,866$1,054,688$10,550,965$342,661$10,208,304
March 31, 2024990$3,253,276$2,826,262$427,014$9,669,360$605,661$9,063,699
Financial details: 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$3,081,403
Membership dues
$2,170,134
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$355,151
Net gain from sales of assets
$12
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Other salaries and wages
$971,167
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$1,185,142
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Accounting fees
$43,781
Travel
$4,999
Program services (functional)
$1,916,643
Management and general (functional)
$396,636
Fundraising (functional)
$68,587

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$9,669,360
Total assets, end of year
$10,550,965
Total liabilities, end of year
$342,661
Net assets, end of year
$10,208,304
Net assets without donor restrictions
$10,208,304
Gross receipts
$3,436,554
Employees
0
Year formed
1965
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.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
GARY SAMPLECFO
Officer
10$0$200,077$22,875
BACARDI JACKSONEXECUTIVE DI
Officer
20$0$167,887$19,958
FATIMA CUEVASKEY EMPLOYEE
Highest-paid employee
5$0$159,324$14,298
DANIEL TILLEYKEY EMPLOYEE
Highest-paid employee
–$0$160,456$12,245
KARA L GROSSKEY EMPLOYEE
Highest-paid employee
–$0$134,849$22,875
SARA LATSHAWKEY EMPLOYEE
Highest-paid employee
–$0$134,973$14,030
KRSHA SENDONKEY EMPLOYEE
Highest-paid employee
–$0$130,389$6,009
LYNDA BALINTAFF EQUITY O
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
MICHAEL BERMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
MARK CHAETNATIONAL BOA
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
CHARLTON COPELANDSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
TIFFANY L HILTONVICE PRESIDE
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
LYNN GAUDIOSO HANKINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
MICHAEL MEYERSTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0$0
ROSEMARY O'HARADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
6 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
TERESA PONTEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
TRELVIS RANDOLPHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
ERIC SMAWPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
3.5$0
ROBERT OSBORNE SRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JENNIFER TOMLINSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
JANET TAYLORDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0
990 for the year ended March 31, 2024: 23 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationFrom related orgsOther / benefits
TIFFANI LENNONEXECUTIVE DI
Former
20$0$271,808$13,293
GARY SAMPLECFO
Officer
10$0$186,034$20,671
AMY TURKELKEY EMPLOYEE
Former
4$0$164,029$14,020
DANIEL TILLEYKEY EMPLOYEE
Highest-paid employee
0$0$147,175$19,008
FATIMA CUEVASKEY EMPLOYEE
Highest-paid employee
0$0$146,834$19,115
JOYCE HAMILTONKEY EMPLOYEE
Former
12$0$138,964$9,599
BENJAMIN STEVENSONKEY EMPLOYEE
Former
0$0$141,007$6,879
NIKKI COXKEY EMPLOYEE
Former
0$0$133,126$10,959
SIMON PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCATES LLCINTERIM DIRE
Former
–$0$121,194$0
LYNDA BALINTDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
MICHAEL BERMANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
MARK CHAETDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
CHARLTON COPELANDDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
TIFFANY L HILTONSECRETARY
Trustee or director, Officer
1$0$0$0
AHMAD MAYESDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
MICHAEL MEYERSTREASURER
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0$0
TERESA PONTEDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
TRELVIS RANDOLPHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
ERIC SMAWPRESIDENT
Trustee or director, Officer
3.5$0$0$0
ROBERT OSBORNE SRDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
JENNIFER TOMLINSONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
MEREDITH TRIMDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
1$0$0$0
BACARDI JACKSONEXECUTIVE DI
Officer
1$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
Phone
(786) 363-2704
Return prepared by
SHARFF WITTMER KURTZ JACKSON & DIAZ PA

Mission

TO PROMOTE CIVIL LIBERTIES THROUGH COMMUNICATION AND INTERACTION WITH AND BETWEEN THE CITIZENS AND LEGISLATORS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

990 for the year ended March 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • FIRST AMENDMENT THE FREEDOM TO LEARN AND LIBERTY OF EXPRESSION ARE HALLMARKS OF A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY, BUT OUR DEMOCRACY IS UNDER ATTACK IN FLORIDA. ACROSS THE STATE, CENSORSHIP IS BEING USED BY THOSE IN POWER TO DENY AND DISTORT HISTORY; HIDE THE LAWS AND POLICIES THAT CONTINUE TO BOLSTER SYSTEMIC INEQUALITY; SILENCE EXPERT GUIDANCE AND CHILL PEACEFUL PROTESTS; CONTROL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ACTION; AND THREATEN OUR FUNDAMENTAL LIBERTIES. THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATIONS, POLICY, LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY, AND ORGANIZING EFFORTS THE ACLU OF FLORIDA WORKS TO DEFEND FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS IN FLORIDA.
    Expenses $85,238
  • IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS THE ACLU OF FLORIDA'S IMMIGRANTS' RIGHTS CAMPAIGN WORKS TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS AND LIVES OF IMMIGRANTS IN FLORIDA. THE FOCUS OF THESE EFFORTS ENDEAVOR TO END UNCONSTITUTIONAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT PRACTICES, END MASS IMMIGRATION DETENTION, ENSURE DUE PROCESS, AND CREATE SAFER COMMUNITIES FOR IMMIGRANTS IN FLORIDA. THIS WORK ADVANCES RIGHTS FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AT THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL AS WITH GOVERNMENTAL ADMINISTRATORS. OUR ORGANIZERS WORK ACROSS FLORIDA TO TRAIN AND MOBILIZE VOLUNTEERS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE RIGHTS OF IMMIGRANTS.
    Expenses $94,555
  • VOTING RIGHTS THE ACLU OF FLORIDA'S VOTING RIGHTS CAMPAIGN AIMS TO SIGNIFICANTLY EXPAND VOTING RIGHTS FOR ALL ELIGIBLE FLORIDIANS, REDUCE IMPEDIMENTS TO VOTING AND ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS TO THE BALLOT BOX. THIS WORK IS ADVANCED THROUGHOUT THE PUBLIC POLICY ARENA, INCLUDING THE LEGISLATURE, STATE AGENCIES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. STAFF ALSO TRAIN VOLUNTEERS TO ENGAGE IN ADVOCACY WORK THAT EXPANDS VOTING RIGHTS IN GEOGRAPHICALLY DEFINED JURISDICTIONS.
    Expenses $154,375
  • OTHER THE ACLU OF FLORIDA ENGAGES IN POLICY AND ADVOCACY WORK TO ADVANCE THE RIGHTS OF FLORIDIANS WHILE BLOCKING POLITICIAN'S EFFORTS TO LIMIT THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES ON IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT ARE CONFRONTING FLORIDIANS BUT FALL OUTSIDE OUR PRIMARY CAMPAIGNS SUCH AS THE FOLLOWING: CRIMINAL JUSTICE THE ACLU OF FLORIDA'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM CAMPAIGN AIMS TO SIGNIFICANTLY REFORM FLORIDAS CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO REDUCE INCARCERATION AND RACIAL DISPARITIES AND TO END DISCRIMINATORY SENTENCING AND TREATMENT. THE ACLU OF FLORIDA DEVELOPS EVIDENCE-BASED CRIMINAL JUSTICE POLICY GOALS AND IMPLEMENTS A COMPREHENSIVE, MULTI-FACETED ADVOCACY AND RESEARCH PLAN AIMED AT CREATING A JUST CRIMINAL LEGAL SYSTEM IN FLORIDA. OUR TEAM CONDUCTS QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH, POLLING, DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS TO INFORM POLICYMAKERS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT CHANGES NEEDED IN FLORIDAS CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. 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. IN ORDER TO PROTECT FLORIDIANS RIGHT TO PRIVACY AND LIMIT GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE WITH ABORTION IN FLORIDA, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR DIRECT ADVOCACY WITH LEGISLATORS AND POLICYMAKERS SUPPORTED BY STRONG ISSUE AND MESSAGING RESEARCH, DATA COLLECTION, AND ANALYSIS. LGBTQ+ RIGHTS THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY IN FLORIDAWHO HAS LONG STRUGGLED FOR BASIC RECOGNITION OF THEIR RIGHTS, DIGNITY, AND PRIVACYIS 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 POLICY, ADVOCACY, AND COMMUNICATIONS, WE WORK TO CREATE A FLORIDA FREE OF DISCRIMINATION BASED ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY. THIS MEANS A FLORIDA WHERE LGBTQ+ PEOPLE CAN LIVE OPENLY; WHERE OUR IDENTITIES, RELATIONSHIPS, AND FAMILIES ARE RESPECTED; AND WHERE THERE IS FAIR TREATMENT ON THE JOB, IN SCHOOLS, HOUSING, PUBLIC PLACES, HEALTH CARE, AND GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.
    Expenses $1,582,475

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 yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025March 31, 2026August 17, 2026Not on file
2024March 31, 2025August 15, 2025990 on file
2023March 31, 2024August 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
59-0883831
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(4): Social welfare organization
Donations deductible
No
Exempt since
1970
Accounting year ends
March
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Assets (IRS master file)
$10,550,965
Income (IRS master file)
$3,436,554

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990March 2025$3,436,554$2,381,866$10,550,965XML
990March 2024$3,253,276$2,826,262$9,669,360XML
990March 2023$2,750,031$2,208,666$8,493,470IRS
990March 2022–––IRS
990March 2021–––IRS
990March 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 59-0883831).

Questions about AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION

What is the EIN of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION?
The employer identification number (EIN) of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION is 59-0883831.
Is AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(4) since 1970.
Are donations to AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION tax-deductible?
No. The IRS master file says contributions to it are not deductible.
Which annual return does AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION 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 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 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?
The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 names ERIC SMAW.
Who are the officers and directors of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION?
The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 lists 21 people; 0 received compensation from the organization.
How much revenue does AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION have?
On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $3,436,554, expenses of $2,381,866 and total assets of $10,550,965 at year end.

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