Iowa · Nonprofit
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $117,400 to it, the largest being GARTNER FAMILY FOUNDATION % MICHAEL G GARTNER ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $467k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $117k
- Net assets
- $867k
What American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa does
Mission
The union works to advocate and advance a public policy agenda to support and protect the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of iowa. It works to maintain throughout the united states the rights of free speech, free press, free assemblage and other civil rights and to take all legitimate action in furtherance of such purposes and encourage, through a program of education, a better understanding and respect for civil liberties by all iowa residents.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Legislative & policy program services: (1) drafted model legislation to protect people's due process rights before government agencies regarding eminent domain; passed the iowa house of representatives in 2024. (2) continued our multi-year emphasis on open government, anti-slapp (first amendment), and eviction expungement as part of our affirmative agenda; anti-slapp, open government, and eviction expungement all passed the iowa house of representatives in 2024. (3) continued capitol corps programming through the end of the 2024 legislative session to help constituents meet their legislators. (4) leading organization in opposing an anti-homeless local ordinance in iowa's largest city. (5) in summer 2024, we expanded religious and service provider coalition to advance protections for survivors of domestic violence, specifically, on the issues of eviction records expungement and early lease termination for survivors of domestic violence, stalking, and harassment - core issues based on race and gender disparities in legal protections and services. (6) in january 2025, we doubled our in-house lobbying team at the iowa legislature by adding additional affiliate staff to our policy…
$215,162 spent75% of program spendingPublic education program services: provided education and advocacy content regarding civil liberties and civil rights via affiliate website and social media channels including facebook, threads, and instagram. Among topics included were information on the right to protest, voting rights, rights when interacting with police, student rights, censorship online by political officials, rights when photographing in public, school resource officers, the complexities of immigration status, and banned books.
$72,772 spent25% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $287,934.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $366k to $535k (+46%).
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.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 9 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.
Chief executive
Stringer Mark
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $3k → $24k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $218k from one payer (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 IOWA raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA’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 IOWA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 88% · 2019 71% · 2020 42% · 2021 100% · 2022 52% · 2023 41% — 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.
Where its funders are
100% of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA's grant income comes from Iowa funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
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.
Organizations like AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA
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 Iowa
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 3 related entities
- American Civil Liberties Union Inc · exempt
- American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc · exempt
- American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Iowa · exempt
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA: 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 OF IOWA?
- AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA (Iowa) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $117,400 to it, the largest being GARTNER FAMILY FOUNDATION % MICHAEL G GARTNER ($50,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $117,400 in grants to AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA?
- GARTNER FAMILY FOUNDATION % MICHAEL G GARTNER is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Iowa. 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