California · Nonprofit
ACLU California Action
ACLU California Action (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,152,757 to it, the largest being AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC ($10,152,757). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.4M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $10M
- Net assets
- $1.4M
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
98% of ACLU California Action’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2021 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $596k → $2.6M.
From the IRS filings of ACLU California Action’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.
Where its funders are
100% of ACLU California Action's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing.
Against its field
ACLU California Action has grown faster than three-quarters of the 363 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 363 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like ACLU California Action
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ACLU California Action: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ACLU California Action?
- ACLU California Action (California) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $10,152,757 to it, the largest being AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC ($10,152,757). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ACLU California Action have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $10,152,757 in grants to ACLU California Action, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ACLU California Action?
- AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,152,757 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ACLU California Action find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2021–2025), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. What this page cannot tell you · view filing