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American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation Inc

Aclu of ohio foundation leverages advocacy, litigation, and public education to champion fairness, freedom and justice for all as guaranteed under the constitution and the laws of the u.s.

$500k
Granted FY2022
12
Grants FY2022
12
States reached
$42k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01FY2022 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$41,667
Median grant
12
States reached
$17M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ACLU FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA$41,667
ACLU OF NORTH CAROLINA$41,667
ACLU OF ARKANSAS$41,667
ACLU OF LOUISIANA$41,667
ACLU OF KENTUCKY$41,667
ACLU OF MISSISSIPPI$41,667
ACLU OF ALABAMA$41,667
ACLU OF GEORGIA$41,667
ACLU FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA$41,666
ACLU FOUNDATION OF TENNESSEE$41,666
ACLU OF WEST VIRGINIA$41,666
ACLU OF SOUTH CAROLINA$41,666
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY22–22) land where the poverty rate runs at 17%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%ACLU OF ARKANSAS: $42k → 17%ACLU FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA: $42k → 15%ACLU OF ALABAMA: $42k → 18%ACLU FOUNDATION OF TENNESSEE: $42k → 14%ACLU FOUNDATION OF VIRGINIA: $42k → 22%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

KY
WV
VA
AR
TN
NC
SC
LA
MS
AL
GA
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 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 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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2
American Civil Liberties Union

To promote advocacy on legislative issues in support of civil rights and liberties. to advance the organization's civil rights and civil liberties agenda in the state of louisiana legislature.

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3
American Civil Liberties Union

The aclu of alabama battles to protect and expand the civil liberties and civil rights of alabamians.

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4
American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee Inc

To protect and expand individual liberties through legislative advocacy & lobbying efforts at both the state and local levels.

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5
American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska

Preservation and promotion of civil rights and civil liberties.

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6
American Civil Liberties Union of Arkansas Inc

The aclu of arkansas was organized for the purpose of advancing the cause of civil liberties, including free speech, free press, free assemblage, and equality before the law, without political partisanship.

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7
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
8
American Civil Liberties Union

Promote, defend, and extend civil liberties.

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9
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Ks

The misson of the aclu foundation of kansas is to protect and defend the constitutional rights and civil liberties of every individual in kansas regardless of creed, race, religion or other labeling through education, advocacy, and…

Civil Rights
10
American Civil Liberties Union of West V

The american civil liberties union of west virginia (aclu-wv) is a non-partisan, non-profit membership organization whose mission is to fulfill the promise of the bill of rights for all west virginians and expand the reach of its…

Arts & Culture
11
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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12
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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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina Legal Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Foundation Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
03the grantee network

12 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.

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

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC: $41,667 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INCAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ALABAMA FOUNDATION: $41,667 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ALABAMA FOUNDATIONARKANSAS CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $41,667 · Civil RightsARKANSAS CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INCACLU FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC: $41,667 · Civil RightsACLU FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INCAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION INC: $41,667 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION INCAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF LOUISIANA: $41,667 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF LOUISIANAAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginia: $41,666 · Civil RightsAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation of VirginiaAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC: $41,666 · Civil RightsAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INCAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA LEGAL FOUNDATION INC: $41,667 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NOR…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY FOUNDATION INC: $41,667 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KEN…AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $41,666 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNIONAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $41,666 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF TEN…
Civil Rights$333,334Other$166,666

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC: $41,667 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTH CAROLINA LEGAL FOUNDATION INC: $41,667 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ALABAMA FOUNDATION: $41,667 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY FOUNDATION INC: $41,667 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetARKANSAS CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION INC: $41,667 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF GEORGIA INC: $41,667 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MISSISSIPPI FOUNDATION INC: $41,667 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION: $41,666 over 1y, 11% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF TENNESSEE FOUNDATION INC: $41,666 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginia: $41,666 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOUNDATION INC: $41,666 over 1y, 3.3% 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…American Civil Libert…New Venture FundThe Just Trust for Ac…The Just Trust for Ed…Vanguard Charitable E…Raymond James Charita…American Endowment Fo…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation IncNY30.4× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc · American Civil Liberties Union Inc · New Venture Fund · The Just Trust for Action · The Just Trust for Education · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · American Endowment Foundation · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving 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 of Ohio Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%1%3%4%5%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–5%
    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 12 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

    Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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