Ohio · Nonprofit
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO INC
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO INC (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $505,022 to it, the largest being ROSENTHAL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($420,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.9M
- Funders on record
- 8
- Grants received
- $505k
- Net assets
- $2.1M
What American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Inc does
Mission
Advocate for and effect systemic change to ensure justice and equity for all ohioans.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
On its FY2024 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
The following programs ceased in 2024- 1. The organization fought an attempt by ohio legislators to require a supermajority of 60% for passage of ballot initiatives. It was successfully defeated in august 2023, preserving simple majority rule in such campaigns. 2. As part of its commitment to ensuring that all people have autonomy over their bodies, the aclu of ohio engaged in a successful ballot initiative to enshrine abortion rights in the ohio constitution. The measure passed in november 2023.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
The aclu of ohio works to positively impact policy in ohio through direct and grassroots lobbying at the state, federal, and local levels. We undertake outreach efforts to organize, activate and empower citizens to advocate for policies and legislation that impact their rights. Strategic tools include one-on-one and group meetings, formation of action teams, workshops, legislative analysis, providing testimony before the ohio legislature, emails, texting, social and traditional media, briefing papers, and website updates. Issues addressed include voting rights and political participation, criminal legal system reform, and personal automony.
$1,345,983 spentof which $25,000 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $1,345,983.
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 2023 to 2024, from $4.6M to $3.1M (−33%).
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
J Bennett Guess
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $1k → $109k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.0M 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 OHIO INC raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO 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 OHIO INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 46% · 2020 89% · 2021 89% · 2022 95% · 2023 92% — 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
20% of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO INC's funders are still giving 3 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
85% of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO INC's grant income comes from Ohio 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 OHIO 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
74% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio Foundation Inc · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO 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 OHIO INC?
- AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO INC (Ohio) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $505,022 to it, the largest being ROSENTHAL FAMILY FOUNDATION ($420,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO INC have?
- IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $505,022 in grants to AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO INC, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO INC?
- ROSENTHAL FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $420,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. 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 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