Texas · Nonprofit
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc (Texas) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,149,716 to it, the largest being SOMELAND FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 14
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $4.5M
What American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc does
Mission
The ACLU of Texas works with communities, at the State Capitol, and in the courts to protect and advance civil rights and civil liberties for every Texan, no exceptions.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Free Speech - The ACLU of Texas works to protect, defend, and advance the constitutional and civil rights of all Texans to protest and speak freely. This work includes public education, advocacy, and lobbying.
$455,565 spentof which $379 as grants27% of program spendingSMART Justice Reform - The ACLU of Texas works to protect, defend, and advance the constitutional and civil rights of people involved in the criminal legal system. This work includes public education, advocacy, and lobbying.
$324,763 spentof which $232 as grants19% of program spendingLGBTQIA+ Equality - The ACLU of Texas works to protect, defend, and advance the constitutional and civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA+) people. This work includes public education, advocacy, and lobbying.
$323,956 spentof which $10,350 as grants19% of program spendingVoting Rights - The ACLU of Texas works to protect, defend, and advance the constitutional and civil rights of all eligible voters and to advance fair districting maps. This work includes public education, advocacy, and lobbying.
$235,266 spentof which $1,004 as grants14% of program spendingReproductive Freedom - The ACLU of Texas works to protect, defend, and advance the constitutional and civil rights of all Texans to reproductive freedom, including abortion, and family planning. This work includes public education, advocacy, and lobbying.
$206,503 spentof which $262 as grants12% of program spendingImmigrants' Rights - The ACLU of Texas works to protect, defend, and advance the constitutional and civil rights of immigrants, immigrant communities, and communities in the state along or near the U.S.-Mexico border. This work includes public education, advocacy, and lobbying.
$173,022 spentof which $373 as grants10% of program spending
The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,719,075.
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 $1.2M to $2.4M (+95%).
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
Oni Blair
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 narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $6k → $600.
Left out of every figure on this page: $3.4M 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 Texas Inc raised.
From the IRS filings of American Civil Liberties Union of Texas 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 Texas Inc leans on a few funders — its largest provides 93% of grant income and the top three 97%; 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 50% · 2018 66% · 2019 61% · 2020 99% · 2021 56% · 2022 88% · 2023 100% — 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
13% of American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside Texas, across 6 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 Texas 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 Texas
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
- ACLU Foundation of Texas Inc · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc?
- American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc (Texas) receives grants from 14 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,149,716 to it, the largest being SOMELAND FOUNDATION ($2,000,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc have?
- IRS filings report 14 organizations giving $2,149,716 in grants to American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc?
- SOMELAND FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like American Civil Liberties Union of Texas Inc find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Texas. 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 14 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