Michigan · Nonprofit
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $616,810 to it, the largest being NORTH FUND ($400,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.0M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $617k
- Net assets
- $5.3M
What American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan does
Mission
Freedom, equality, and justicethe bill of rights declared that we have rights and liberties that the government shouldn't interfere with. Rights like the freedom of speech and our right to a speedy trial that are the cornerstone of our democracy and define what makes us american.protecting these liberties and pushing for more freedom and equality in our lives is our job.the aclu of michigan's mission remains realizing the promise of the bill of rights for all and expanding the reach of its guarantees to new areas through all the tools at our disposal: public education, advocacy, organizing, and litigation. We are grateful for the hundreds of thousands of members and supporters nationwide, from all walks of life, who help us carry out our mission every day.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Legislative programs included support for proposals that would advance or preserve civil liberties/rights and opposition to proposals that would harm civil liberties/rights, using means such as analyzing proposed legislation, drafting and presenting testimony, contacting legislative offices and elected officials, and stimulating grassroots contact with legislators. While these activites addressed many civil liberties and civil rights issues, priority was given to issues that related to voting rights/democracy, reproductive freedom, criminal legal reform, immigrant rights, free speech, equal protection and antidiscrimination.
$748,921 spent48% of program spendingAdvocacy and outreach programs used grassroots organizing and mass media to educate the public about issues related to civil liberies and civil rights and promote policies and practices that advance civil liberties and civil rights.
$730,077 spent47% of program spendingMember service programs included outreach at fairs, festivals, and other events, as well as other activities to attract new members, to retain and engage current members, and to support local volunteers and college and university campus groups.
$85,394 spent5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,564,392.
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 2017 to 2018, from $788k to $2.1M (+163%).
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. 1 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
Loren Khogali
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 held at 2 funders, grant income rose $2k → $101k.
1 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 65% 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: $5.3M from 3 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 MICHIGAN raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN’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 MICHIGAN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 MICHIGAN.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 83% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% — 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.
How long its funders stay
0% of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN's funders are still giving 2 years after their first grant; 38% 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
65% of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN'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 $217k that is directly attributable, 97% of it comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $400k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN
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 Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN?
- AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN (Michigan) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $616,810 to it, the largest being NORTH FUND ($400,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 65% 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 OF MICHIGAN have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $616,810 in grants to AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN?
- NORTH FUND is the largest funder on record, with $400,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MICHIGAN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. 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 8 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