Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $531,815 to it, the largest being HECHT-LEVI FOUNDATION INC ($252,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $532k
- Net assets
- $6.1M
What American Civil Liberties Union of the District of Columbia does
Mission
Preservation of civil liberties through advocacy and lobbying.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Education and advocacy: the board of directors and its committees formulated civil liberties policy relating to the district of columbia.
$387,348 spent65% of program spendingLegislative: with some success, we have encouraged the council of the district of columbia to pass laws friendly to civil liberties and constitutional rights; with some success, we have discouraged the council from passing laws inimical to civil liberties and constitutional rights.
$207,328 spent$788,235 earned by the program35% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $594,676.
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 $5.8M to $6.9M (+19%).
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. 2 of the last 8 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
Monica Hopkins
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2018 and FY2019 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $12k → $171k.
Left out of every figure on this page: $258k 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 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA raised.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA’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 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 83% · 2018 55% · 2019 91% · 2020 40% · 2021 85% · 2022 40% · 2023 88% — 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
31% of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA draws 99% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 15 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 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
50% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- American Civil Liberties Union Fund of the District of Columbia · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA: 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 THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA?
- AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $531,815 to it, the largest being HECHT-LEVI FOUNDATION INC ($252,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $531,815 in grants to AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA?
- HECHT-LEVI FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $252,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 28 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