California · Nonprofit
AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE
AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $107,500 to it, the largest being THE SCHULMAN FOUNDATION INC ($95,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2017
- $267k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $108k
- Net assets
- $-479417
What American Civil Rights Institute does
Mission
To educate the public on the harms of racial and gender preferences.
As stated on its FY2017 Form 990.
Program
To support educational efforts to eliminate racial and gender preferences in government programs and policies at the state and federal level through publications, media, brochures, broadcasts and public relations.
The first program described on its most recent Form 990, which lists programs largest first by expense.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 3 funders to 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $5k.
From the IRS filings of AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE’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 RIGHTS INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 88% of grant income and the top three 100%; 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 49% · 2018 69% · 2020 50% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 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.
Where its funders are
AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside California, 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 RIGHTS INSTITUTE
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
63% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
56%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- American Civil Rights Coalition · exempt
- American Civil Rights Foundation · exempt
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE: 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 RIGHTS INSTITUTE?
- AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $107,500 to it, the largest being THE SCHULMAN FOUNDATION INC ($95,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $107,500 in grants to AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE?
- THE SCHULMAN FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $95,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS INSTITUTE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 FY2017 (financials across 2017–2017), 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