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AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $130,000 to it, the largest being EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $547k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $130k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina Inc does
Mission
At the aclu of south carolina, we advocate, litigate, educate, and mobilize to defend and advance the civil rights and civil liberties of all south carolinians.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Lobbying: our lobbyists engage directly with policymakers at the state and local levels in pursuit of policies that advance and defend civil rights and civil liberties.in 2024, our lobbying successfully stopped state legislators from passing a bill to ban diversity, equity, and inclusion in public education.
$166,097 spent58% of program spendingElectoral: we educate voters about the candidates vying for their votes.in 2024, we surveyed candidates for charleston county school board and contacted voters via digital ads and text messages to ensure they knew the candidates' positions on important civil rights in education issues.
$62,548 spentof which $3,500 as grants22% of program spendingAll other program services
$57,355 spent20% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $286,000.
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 2022 to 2023, from $466k to $764k (+64%).
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. 0 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
Jace Woodrum
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2022 and FY2023, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $10k → $55k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $1.3M 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 SOUTH CAROLINA INC raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA 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 SOUTH CAROLINA INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 77% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
77% 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 SOUTH CAROLINA INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 91% — 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
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC draws 85% of its grant income from funders outside South Carolina, across 4 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 SOUTH CAROLINA 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 South Carolina
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina Foundation · exempt
- ACLU National Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA 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 SOUTH CAROLINA INC?
- AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC (South Carolina) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $130,000 to it, the largest being EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS ($100,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $130,000 in grants to AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC?
- EQUAL JUSTICE WORKS is the largest funder on record, with $100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in South Carolina. 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