Kentucky · Nonprofit
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY INC
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $777,500 to it, the largest being THE JUST TRUST FOR ACTION ($370,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $430k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $778k
- Net assets
- $-204274
What American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky Inc does
Mission
The american civil liberties union of kentucky (aclu) is freedom'swatchdog, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities todefend the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to all people bythe constitutions of the united states and the commonwealth ofkentucky
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Family preservation act:we advocated for civil rights and liberties during the short session of the kentucky general assembly. We worked with directly impacted advocates across our priority issue areas to share their stories and meet with legislators to discuss the impacts of various pieces of legislation under consideration. We launched new legislation, the family preservation act, that addresses the root causes of crime, while keeping families together. The legislation passed the house unanimously before stalling in the senate before the end of session. We look forward to bringing the legislation's momentum back to the 2026 general assembly with hopes for final passage in the new year.
$263,053 spentof which $750 as grants46% of program spendingCommonwealth voter campaign:ahead of the 2024 election, our advocacy team built out a nonpartisan canvassing campaign. The campaign focused on three districts, two in jefferson county and one in kenton county. The goal was to mobilize high-opportunity voters and provide meaningful opportunities for volunteers to participate and stay involved in our organizing work in a transformative way. Volunteers helped educate fellow voters on criminal legal reform and reproductive freedom work, engaging directly with community members to have important conversations around voting.
$306,092 spent54% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $569,145.
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 2021 to 2022, from $638k to $1.8M (+187%).
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. 5 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
Amber Duke
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $6k → $126k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.8M from 2 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 OF KENTUCKY INC raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY 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 KENTUCKY INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 48% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
95% 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 KENTUCKY INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 83% · 2019 97% · 2020 100% · 2021 95% · 2022 95% · 2023 95% — growing more concentrated.
“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 KENTUCKY INC draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Kentucky, across 3 states in all.
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 KENTUCKY 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 Kentucky
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
92% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- ACLU of Kentucky Foundation Inc · exempt
- ACLU National Organization · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY 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 OF KENTUCKY INC?
- AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY INC (Kentucky) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $777,500 to it, the largest being THE JUST TRUST FOR ACTION ($370,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $777,500 in grants to AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY INC, 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY INC?
- THE JUST TRUST FOR ACTION is the largest funder on record, with $370,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF KENTUCKY INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Kentucky. 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 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