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AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF GEORGIA INC

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF GEORGIA INC (Georgia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $84,450 to it, the largest being America Votes ($75,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.3M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$84k
Net assets
$3.9M
1/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 4%
01What it does

What American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia Inc does

Mission

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 citizens of georgia without political partisanship. Foremost among these rights are freedom of speech and religion, the right to equal treatment under law, and the right to privacy.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. 1) litigate constitutional and civil liberties violations in state, federal courts and administrative agencies; 2) public education to build awareness about civil liberties and individual rights; 3) community engagement to build volunteer support and partnerships; 4) advocacy to protect civil liberties.

    $593,461 spent$21,905 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $593,461.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($373k) Expenses 100 ($112k) Net assets 100 ($73k)2018 Revenue 418 ($1.6M) Expenses 339 ($379k) Net assets 1704 ($1.3M)2019 Revenue 260 ($968k) Expenses 690 ($770k) Net assets 1973 ($1.4M)2020 Revenue 405 ($1.5M) Expenses 449 ($501k) Net assets 3348 ($2.5M)2021 Revenue 412 ($1.5M) Expenses 1806 ($2.0M) Net assets 2694 ($2.0M)2022 Revenue 502 ($1.9M) Expenses 439 ($491k) Net assets 4575 ($3.4M)2023 Revenue 328 ($1.2M) Expenses 940 ($1.0M) Net assets 4810 ($3.5M)2024 Revenue 316 ($1.2M) Expenses 623 ($695k) Net assets 5187 ($3.8M)2025 Revenue 354 ($1.3M) Expenses 641 ($715k) Net assets 5335 ($3.9M)
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Revenue (354)Expenses (641)Net assets (5335)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $2.2M to $3.4M (+56%).

$381k
$1.5M
$1.9M
$2.7M
$2.2M
$3.4M
$3.6M
$3.9M
$4.0M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$261k
’17
$1.2M
’18
$198k
’19
$1.0M
’20
−$481k
’21
$1.4M
’22
$173k
’23
$483k
’24
$602k
’25
60
months of
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.

Chief executive

Andrea Young

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed81717192424252324
Joined·+11+0+2+7+2+7+2+4
No longer listed·20022643
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2022: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $200 → $77k.

Funder
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'19
'20
'21
'22
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'25*
total
America Votesunclassified
$75k
funders
1
1
2
1
2
1
1

Left out of every figure on this page: $4.3M from 2 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest American Civil Liberties Union Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF GEORGIA INC raised.

From the IRS filings of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF GEORGIA INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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 OF GEORGIA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 89% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

89% 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 OF GEORGIA INC.

89%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 86% · 2021 100% · 2022 98% — broadly stable.

“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.

Where its funders are

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF GEORGIA INC draws 89% of its grant income from funders outside Georgia, across 3 states in all.

DC
AL
GA

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
Georgia out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.

04Its place in the field

Organizations like AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF GEORGIA INC

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In Georgia

Nationally

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

83% of spending goes to programs.

Program 83%Management 12%Fundraising 5%

Governance

17
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

GA

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • ACLU Foundation of Georgia Inc · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF GEORGIA INC?
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF GEORGIA INC (Georgia) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $84,450 to it, the largest being America Votes ($75,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF GEORGIA INC have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $84,450 in grants to AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF GEORGIA INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF GEORGIA INC?
America Votes is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF GEORGIA INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Georgia. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 4 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 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing