Who funds American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc?
New York, New York · EIN 13-6213516 · NTEE R600 · 501(c)(3)
319 private foundations paid American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc 568 grants on IRS Form 990-PF returns for tax year 2022 or later, $51.8M in all.
All years on file, including returns before 2022.
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Foundations that funded it
The 200 largest by total, of 321 on file.
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Largest grants since 2022
Largest first. The purpose is what the foundation wrote on its return, for the tax year shown.
- The Ford Foundation · 2024 - General support$3,200,000
- Skyline Foundation · 2024 - General support$3,000,000
- Skyline Foundation · 2023 - General support and aclus defending democracy program to support the southern collective$3,000,000
- Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · 2023 - General operating support and program support for voting, lgbt, and women's rights$2,550,000
- Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · 2022 - General operating support and program support for voting, lgbt, and women's rights$2,550,000
- Jerome L Greene Foundation Inc · 2024 - Further 501(C)(3) charitable purpose$2,000,000
- The Ford Foundation · 2024 - General support$2,000,000
- Deborah Joy Simon Charitable Foundation · 2024 - Support efforts to protect the future of our democracy and ensure the rights of all individuals, especially the most vulnerable$1,500,000
- Freedom Together Foundation · 2024 - Immigrants' rights project and decriminalizing poverty$1,400,000
- Freedom Together Foundation · 2023 - Immigrants' rights project and decriminalizing poverty$1,400,000
- Freedom Together Foundation · 2022 - Immigrants' rights project and decriminalizing poverty$1,300,000
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation · 2025 - Program support$1,254,266
- The Ford Foundation · 2023 - General support$1,200,000
- The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation · 2023 - Program support$1,005,789
- The Seymour Foundation Inc · 2024 - General Charitable Purposes$1,000,000
- Donald a Pels Charitable Trust Utd 8/18/92 · 2024 - General operating support$1,000,000
- Donald a Pels Charitable Trust Utd 8/18/92 · 2023 - General operating support$1,000,000
- Jerome L Greene Foundation Inc · 2023 - Further 501(C)(3) charitable purpose$1,000,000
- Huber Foundation · 2024 - Reproductive Rights Work$750,000
- Huber Foundation · 2023 - Reproductive Rights Work$750,000
- The Skadden Foundation · 2024 - Payment for fellows$505,860
- The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · 2024 - Advancing and defending individual rights through state supreme courts, 2024-2026$500,000
- Surgo Foundation US · 2024 - Donation to support aclu's work regarding equal voting rights.$500,000
- John Sperling Foundation · 2024 - For the voting rights project$500,000
- John Sperling Foundation · 2024 - To support work related to protection of abortion and reproductive health care$500,000
Organizations the same foundations fund
Organizations paid by many of the same foundations since 2022, by how much their lists of funders overlap.
- Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund IncNew York, NY · 42 shared funders
- Natural Resources Defense Council IncNew York, NY · 63 shared funders
- Equal Justice InitiativeMontgomery, AL · 58 shared funders
- Pro Publica IncNew York, NY · 35 shared funders
- Save the Children Federation IncFairfield, CT · 43 shared funders
- Union of Concerned Scientists IncCambridge, MA · 44 shared funders
- Southern Poverty Law Center IncMontgomery, AL · 83 shared funders
- United States Fund for UnicefNew York, NY · 31 shared funders
By tax year of the funder's return
| Year | Grants | Foundations | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 123 | 123 | $3.1M |
| 2024 | 234 | 201 | $24.9M |
| 2023 | 182 | 162 | $19.3M |
| 2022 | 29 | 26 | $4.5M |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 | $118K |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | $48K |
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How this page is made
Each grant comes from a foundation's IRS Form 990-PF and was linked to this EIN only when this was the single organization in the IRS Business Master File with that name in that state. Grants written under a different spelling, or where several organizations share the name, are not counted here, so the real totals can be higher. Government grants and gifts from individuals do not appear on these returns.
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 13-6213516
- IRS Business Master File record updated Nov 9, 2026; listed in Publication 78 (eligible for deductible contributions)
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