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AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC (Florida) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,258,612 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,826,323). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $14M
- Funders on record
- 60
- Grants received
- $7.3M
- Net assets
- $7.5M
What American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Florida Inc does
Mission
To defend the civil liberties of the residents in the state of florida
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Criminal justice the criminal justice system in florida is built on structural and institutional racism and has a devastating, disparate impact on black and brown people. The aclu of florida's criminal justice reform campaign aims to significantly reform florida's criminal justice system to reduce incarceration and racial disparities, end the practice of suspending driver's licenses for non-driving offenses, increase the amount of rehabilitation credit currently incarcerated people can earn to reduce their sentence, and to end the use of unaffordable bail practices impacting people detained in florida jails, through litigation and public education initiatives.
$572,778 spent11% of program spendingImmigrants' rights immigration policy in florida currently instills fear in immigrant communities, harms individuals, separates families, and is wildly discriminatory. Florida is also home to several immigration detention centers, and the practices in these facilities are responsible for untold suffering, human rights violators, and deaths. Through public education and litigation efforts, the aclu of florida's immigrants' rights campaign aims to bring an end to unconstitutional immigration enforcement practices, end mass immigration detention, ensure due process, while creating safer communities for immigrant floridians.
$1,472,539 spent28% of program spendingVoting rights voting is the cornerstone of our democracy and the fundamental right upon which all our civil liberties rest. Florida continues to suppress voting rights and heighten barriers to registration which severely limits access to voting. The aclu of florida's voting rights campaign aims to significantly expand voting rights and participation among all eligible floridians. This effort is pursued through public education campaigns and litigation. At any given time, the department is involved in dozens of investigations, research assignments, and legal cases.
$1,079,142 spent20% of program spendingOther litigation and public education on important civil liberties and civil rights issues that are confronting floridians but fall outside our primary campaigns such as the following: first amendment our democracy is under attack in florida and 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; control public and private action; and threaten our fundamental liberties. Through litigation, research, and public education, the aclu of florida is working to fight all forms of censorship, secure free speech for all floridians, and defend our democracy. 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 this 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 devastating effects due to the myriad of barriers people must…
$2,188,945 spent41% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $5,313,404.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $5.1M to $8.2M (+62%).
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.
88% of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (96% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 11 funders to 24 funders, grant income rose $622k → $1.3M.
33 of 60 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 86% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $7.3M from 3 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 60 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 39% of grant income and the top three 60%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
87% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 44% · 2018 60% · 2019 60% · 2020 40% · 2021 37% · 2022 41% · 2023 24% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
56% of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
86% of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $1.0M that is directly attributable, 81% of it comes from funders outside Florida, across 10 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 63 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 63 civil rights nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC
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 Florida
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Am Civil Liberties Union of Florida · exempt
- ACLU of Fl Adv Const Values Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC: 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 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC?
- AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC (Florida) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,258,612 to it, the largest being FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND ($2,826,323). 33 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 86% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC have?
- IRS filings report 60 organizations giving $7,258,612 in grants to AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC, 33 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC?
- FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND is the largest funder on record, with $2,826,323 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF FLORIDA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Florida. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2019–2025), and the filings of 60 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. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing