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American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc

As noted in its articles of incorporation, the mission of the aclu foundation is "to encourage, sponsor, and facilitate the cultivation and diffusion of knowledge and understanding of the various civil liberties and civil rights which are protected by the constitution and laws of the united states or of the various states to persons…

$29M
Granted FY2025still arriving
73
Grants FY2025still arriving
45
States reached
$2.4M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Civil Rights$124MPublic Benefit$1.8MInternational$250kEducation$136kArts & Culture$50kCrime & Legal$8k
02FY2025 · 73 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $16k
  • $10k–50k18 grants · $276k
  • $50k–250k23 grants · $3.2M
  • $250k+30 grants · $25M
$165,000
Median grant
45
States reached
$962M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACLU FOUNDATION OF TEXAS$2,422,000
ACLU FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA$2,322,500
ACLU FOUNDATION OF WEST VIRGINIA$1,733,800
CITIZENS NOT POLITICIANS$1,600,000
ACLU FOUNDATION OF TENNESSEE$1,417,000
ACLU FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA$1,322,500
ACLU FOUNDATION OF ARKANSAS$1,292,500
MISSOURIANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOM$1,150,000
ARIZONA FOR ABORTION ACCESS$1,125,000
ACLU FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA$1,034,500
ACLU FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA$1,016,755
FLORIDIANS PROTECTING FREEDOM INC$1,000,000
ACLU FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN$810,000
ACLU FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA$560,500
ACLU FOUNDATION OF ALASKA$530,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 81% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ARIZONA FOR ABORTION ACCESS: $1.1M → 11%ACLU Foundation of Nebraska: $780k → 13%ACLU FOUNDATION OF MINNESOTA: $1.0M → 11%ACLU Foundation of Pennsylvania: $932k → 22%ACLUF OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $1.5M → 14%ACLU FOUNDATION OF ARKANSAS: $1.3M → 17%FLORIDIANS PROTECTING FREEDOM INC: $1.0M → 15%ACLU FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $810k → 21%ACLU FOUNDATION OF KANSAS: $756k → 5%ACLU FOUNDATION OF TENNESSEE: $1.4M → 14%ACLU Foundation of Georgia: $1.4M → 13%CITIZENS NOT POLITICIANS: $1.6M → 15%ACLUF OF OHIO: $961k → 17%ACLU FOUNDATION OF ALASKA: $530k → 10%ACLUF OF NEW JERSEY: $600k → 16%ACLU FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA: $1.3M → 22%ACLU Foundation of Nevada: $498k → 13%ACLU of Kentucky: $992k → 15%ACLU FOUNDATION OF NEBRASKA: $475k → 13%ACLU Foundation of Minnesota: $600k → 11%ACLU FOUNDATION OF PENNSYLVANIA: $641k → 22%ACLU Foundation of Southern California: $640k → 14%ACLUF OF ARKANSAS: $535k → 17%ACLU FOUNDATION OF MICHIGAN: $586k → 21%ACLU FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA: $710k → 13%ACLUF OF COLORADO: $482k → 12%ACLU FOUNDATION OF OHIO: $726k → 17%ACLU Foundation of Virginia: $912k → 22%ACLU FOUNDATION OF NEVADA: $485k → 13%ACLU OF KENTUCKY: $660k → 15%ACLUF OF PENNSYLVANIA: $624k → 22%ACLUF OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $600k → 14%ACLU INC: $600k → 17%ACLU FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA: $2.3M → 15%ACLUF OF MICHIGAN: $526k → 21%ACLU Foundation of Georgia: $627k → 13%ACLUF OF KENTUCKY: $504k → 15%ACLU Foundation of South Carolina: $507k → 12%ACLU Foundation of Florida: $1.7M → 15%ACLU Foundation of Florida: $1.5M → 15%ACLU FOUNDATION OF PENNSYLVANIA: $493k → 22%ACLUF OF FLORIDA: $714k → 15%ACLU FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA: $557k → 15%ACLU Foundation of Alabama: $1.5M → 18%ACLUF OF MISSOURI: $568k → 21%ACLU FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA: $863k → 18%ACLU FOUNDATION OF ALABAMA: $561k → 18%ACLU Foundation of Alabama: $512k → 18%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
ME
VT
NH
WA
ID
MT
ND
MN
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
NV
IA
IN
OH
PA
NJ
CT
CA
UT
CO
NE
MO
KY
WV
VA
MD
DE
AZ
NM
KS
AR
TN
NC
SC
DC
HI
OK
LA
MS
AL
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

92%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$116M · 69 repeat orgs$10M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +68% since the first grant, against +4% for those funded once.

69 repeat relationships: 44 still active in FY2025, 25 since wound down; 27 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

69
29

Total granted

$116M
$3.4M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+68%
+4%

Still filing today

97%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Civil RightsEducationCrime & LegalInternationalArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AC
    AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC
    6× · 2018–2025 · $7.1M · revenue +255% · 30% of their budget
  • ACLU Foundation of Texas Inc
    9× · 2017–2025 · $6.8M · revenue +153% · 38% of their budget
  • AC
    AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF LOUISIANA
    7× · 2019–2025 · $4.9M · revenue ×23 · 56% of their budget

Funded once

  • AC
    AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC
    one grant, 2024 · $790k · revenue +4%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $600k · revenue +54%
  • AC
    AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF TENNESSEE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $400k · revenue -16% · 46% of their budget
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia

Preservation of civil liberties through litigation and public education.

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2
American Civil Liberties Union Inc

As noted in its articles of incorporation, the mission of the aclu is "to maintain and advance civil liberties, including, without limitation, the freedoms of association, press, religion and speech, and the rights to the franchise, to due…

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3
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc

The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.

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4
American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska

Preservation and promotion of civil rights and civil liberties.

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5
American Civil Liberties Union of Florida Inc

To promote civil liberties through communication and interaction with and between the citizens and legislators of the state of florida

Civil Rights
6
American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska Foundation

The aclu of alaska is a non-partisan organization dedicated to advancing the cause of civil liberties in alaska through public education and legal action.

Civil Rights
7
American Civil Liberties Union of Maine

Mission - the aclu of maine works to support bills that advance civil rights and civil liberties and oppose bills that would curtail them. we also provide voter education about how to vote and voting rights at the polls. we do not endorse…

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8
American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia Inc

The aclu of georgia is dedicated to preserving the civil liberties enshrined in the u.s. constitution and bill of rights. through litigation, lobbying, and communications, the aclu of georgia works to preserve and enhance the rights of all…

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9
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida Inc

To defend the civil liberties of the residents in the state of florida

Civil Rights
10
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon Inc

The aclu foundation of oregon is dedicated to preserving and defending civil liberties and civil rights.

Civil Rights
11
American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware Inc

The organization monitors legislation that could impact civil liberties and takes the necessary action to support or oppose such legislation.

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12
American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona

The american civil liberties union of arizona is the state's premier guardian of liberty working through the arizona legislature and communities statewide to defend and preserve individual rights and freedoms guaranteed to all by the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Institute for Media Analysis Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

115 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 115 of the 126 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

32
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
46
Early backer (in before they grew)
111/115
Grantees still filing
75/115
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC: $7,060,452 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INCACLU Foundation of Texas Inc: $6,772,350 · Civil RightsACLU Foundation of Texas IncAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF LOUISIANA: $4,941,663 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF LOUISIANAAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ALABAMA FOUNDATION: $4,113,000 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION INC: $3,945,792 · Civil RightsACLU FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC: $3,868,982 · Civil RightsACLU FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $3,767,046 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES FOUNDATION OF PENNSYLVANIA INC: $3,418,031 · Civil RightsAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginia: $2,909,698 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC: $2,802,334 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO FOUNDATION INC: $2,729,765 · Civil RightsARKANSAS CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $2,618,872 · Civil Rights+29 more: $28,255,180 · Civil Rights+29 moreAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION: $4,334,854 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW ME…ACLU NEBRASKA FOUNDATION INC: $2,858,000 · OtherACLU NEBRASKA FOUNDATION INCAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FUND OF MICHIGAN: $2,510,579 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FUND OF M…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $2,251,557 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WISCONSIN INC: $2,165,302 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA LEGAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,097,443 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEVADA FOUNDATION INC: $2,095,854 · OtherACLU FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL COUNTIES: $1,899,264 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION: $1,750,208 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY INC: $1,706,250 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY FOUNDATION INC: $1,633,562 · OtherCitizens Not Politicians: $1,600,000 · OtherTHE ROGER BALDWIN FOUNDATION OF ACLU INC: $1,542,519 · OtherACLU OF UTAH FOUNDATION INC: $1,526,940 · Other+51 more: $14,762,517 · Other+51 moreAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WEST V: $3,489,800 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $50,000 · Arts & CulturePHYSICIANS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC: $225,000 · InternationalGlobal Impact: $100,000 · InternationalHUMAN RIGHTS FIRST: $82,364 · International+1 more: $5,000 · InternationalNEW YORKERS FOR EQUAL RIGHTS INC: $100,000 · Community ImprovementAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OKLAHOMA INC: $32,000 · Community ImprovementJUSTICE IN MOTION INC: $50,000 · Crime & LegalAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI: $46,000 · Crime & LegalMake the Road New York: $15,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $9,359 · Crime & LegalALLIANCE FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE: $7,500 · Crime & LegalAMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · EducationFRED T KOREMATSU INSTITUTE: $15,000 · EducationThe George Washington University: $13,784 · EducationTHE HOWARD UNIVERSITY: $10,000 · EducationTHE TRUSTEES OF THE SMITH COLLEGE: $10,000 · EducationTHE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND: $10,000 · EducationNational Popular Vote: $50,000 · Public Benefit
Civil Rights$77,203,165Other$44,734,849Arts & Culture$3,539,800International$412,364Community Improvement$132,000Crime & Legal$127,859Education$78,784Public Benefit$50,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC: $7,060,452 over 6y, 30% of budgetACLU Foundation of Texas Inc: $6,772,350 over 9y, 38% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF LOUISIANA: $4,941,663 over 7y, 56% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION: $4,334,854 over 9y, 44% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ALABAMA FOUNDATION: $4,113,000 over 9y, 41% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION INC: $3,945,792 over 9y, 48% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC: $3,868,982 over 6y, 73% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $3,767,046 over 6y, 6.5% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WEST V: $3,489,800 over 7y, 75% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES FOUNDATION OF PENNSYLVANIA INC: $3,418,031 over 9y, 23% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginia: $2,909,698 over 6y, 58% of budgetACLU NEBRASKA FOUNDATION INC: $2,858,000 over 8y, 35% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC: $2,802,334 over 8y, 54% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO FOUNDATION INC: $2,729,765 over 9y, 20% of budgetARKANSAS CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $2,618,872 over 8y, 88% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FUND OF MICHIGAN: $2,510,579 over 6y, 13% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MINNESOTA FOUNDATION: $2,313,755 over 7y, 28% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF KS: $2,312,845 over 7y, 41% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $2,251,557 over 5y, 48% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF WISCONSIN INC: $2,165,302 over 6y, 47% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA LEGAL FOUNDATION INC: $2,097,443 over 6y, 27% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEVADA FOUNDATION INC: $2,095,854 over 8y, 27% of budgetACLU OF MONTANA FOUNDATION INC: $2,065,746 over 9y, 62% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION - NJ FOUNDATION INC: $1,967,218 over 6y, 22% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF ARIZONA: $1,923,432 over 8y, 24% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL COUNTIES: $1,899,264 over 6y, 16% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSOURI FOUNDATION: $1,750,208 over 8y, 39% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY INC: $1,706,250 over 4y, 64% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY FOUNDATION INC: $1,633,562 over 8y, 30% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE: $1,568,676 over 8y, 17% of budgetTHE ROGER BALDWIN FOUNDATION OF ACLU INC: $1,542,519 over 9y, 5.2% of budgetACLU OF UTAH FOUNDATION INC: $1,526,940 over 9y, 26% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ALASKA FOUNDATION: $1,447,899 over 7y, 27% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA INC: $1,403,042 over 2y, 84% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF IDAHO INC: $1,389,750 over 8y, 24% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF MARYLAND INC: $1,370,270 over 9y, 13% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF COLORADO INC: $1,345,315 over 6y, 17% of budgetTHE INDIANA CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $1,316,610 over 8y, 19% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MAINE FOUNDATION: $1,205,500 over 8y, 13% of budgetMissourians for Constitutional Freedom: $1,150,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF IOWA: $1,140,500 over 7y, 20% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OKLAHOMA FOUNDATION INC: $1,040,000 over 7y, 16% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Delaware Inc: $1,036,850 over 8y, 21% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon Inc: $797,500 over 5y, 11% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FUND OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: $776,950 over 6y, 9.2% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Vermont Inc: $712,500 over 7y, 12% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Washington Found: $699,633 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $699,475 over 3y, 84% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

American Civil Libert…Open Society Action F…New Venture FundSixteen Thirty FundThe Ford FoundationPlanned Parenthood Ac…Think Big AmericaThe Fairness ProjectGlobal Impact Social …Advocacy Action Fund …Planned Parenthood Fe…NEO Philanthropy Inc
American Civil Liberties Union IncNY34.7× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Civil Liberties Union Inc · Open Society Action Fund Inc · New Venture Fund · Sixteen Thirty Fund · The Ford Foundation · Planned Parenthood Action Fund Inc · Think Big America · The Fairness Project · Global Impact Social Welfare Fund · Advocacy Action Fund Inc · Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc · NEO Philanthropy Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 150%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • The Trustees of the Smith College: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
15get no government money at all
7report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 126 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
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