AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF IOWA

Financials

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)

505 5TH AVE STE 808, DES MOINES, IA 50309-2317

Principal officer (990 for 2024)

MARK STRINGER, 505 5TH AVE 808, DES MOINES, IA 50309

Signed the 990

MARK STRINGER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Phone

(515) 243-3988

Website

WWW.ACLU-IA.ORG

Return prepared by

CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP

Mission

THE FOUNDATION WORKS TO DEFEND AND PROMOTE THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, FOCUSING ESPECIALLY ON THE FIRST, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, EIGHTH, AND 14TH AMENDMENTS. THE FOUNDATION ALSO WORKS TO DEFEND AND PROMOTE THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF IOWA. IT ACCOMPLISHES THESE OBJECTIVES THROUGH LITIGATION AND LEGAL ADVOCACY AS WELL AS THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ALL DONE TO SECURE AND ADVANCE THE CIVIL LIBERTIES VALUES WHICH ARE REFLECTED IN THOSE AND OTHER AMENDMENTS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION

Program accomplishments

• LEGAL PROGRAM SERVICES: (1) LITIGATED CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO IOWA'S CRIMINAL REENTRY LAW, THE WORST ANTI-IMMIGRANT BILL IN STATE HISTORY, OBTAINING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION. (2) FILED CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT CHALLENGING UNCONSTITUTIONAL JAIL FEES IN BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IOWA. (3) LITIGATED CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO IOWA SCHOOL BOOK BAN LAW, INCLUDING ITS DON'T SAY LGBTQ+ AND FORCED OUTING COMPONENTS, ON APPEAL OF A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION, AND BACK BEFORE THE DISTRICT COURT ON REMAND. (4) LITIGATED CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO IOWA'S ABORTION BAN, TAKING EFFECT AROUND SIX WEEKS, BEFORE MANY WOMEN EVEN KNOW THEY ARE PREGNANT. (5) FILED THREE PRISONER STATE DISCIPLINARY POST-CONVICTION RELIEF CASES FOR IOWA INMATES SUBJECTED TO UNRELIABLE DRUG TESTING AND THE ALARMINGLY LOW SOME EVIDENCE BURDEN OF PROOF REQUIRED TO CONVICT AN INMATE OF A DISCIPLINARY VIOLATION RESULTING IN LOSS OF EARNED TIME AND LOSS OF ACCESS TO REHABILITATIVE PROGRAMMING. (6) FILED EMERGENCY LITIGATION TO PROTECT NATURALIZED U.S. CITIZEN VOTERS IN IOWA FROM IOWA SECRETARY OF STATE DIRECTIVE TO CHALLENGE THEM, AT THE POLLS OR WHEN VOTING ABSENTEE, BASED ON ONLY THEIR PREVIOUS STATUS OF HAVING BEEN LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENTS AT THE TIME THEY OBTAINED THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSES, DESPITE THE STATE'S KNOWLEDGE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE CHALLENGED VOTERS HAD BECOME NATURALIZED U.S. CITIZENS SINCE THAT TIME, AND WERE THUS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. IN BRINGING THE LITIGATION, WE SUCCESSFULLY PRESSURED THE SECRETARY TO BACK OFF SOME OF THE MOST EXTREME ASPECTS OF HIS INITIAL ORDER. (7) OTHER LEGAL ADVOCACY TO PROTECT VOTERS AHEAD OF 2024 GENERAL ELECTION, DIRECTING LETTERS TO ALL 99 IOWA COUNTY AUDITORS AND THE IOWA SECRETARY OF STATE ASKING THEM TO REJECT ALL MASS CHALLENGES FILED WITHIN 90 DAYS OF THE ELECTION, AND TO RESTORE ANY VOTERS IMPROPERLY REMOVED FROM THE LISTS. (8) AMICUS BRIEFS FILED IN IOWA SUPREME COURT CASES, ARGUING: A WARRANT SUPPORTED BY PROBABLE CAUSE IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO CONDUCTING A SEARCH OF A RENTER-OCCUPIED PROPERTY WHEN THE RENTER DOES NOT CONSENT TO THE SEARCH; COURT FEES MUST NOT BE IMPOSED IN DISMISSED CRIMINAL CASES. (9) AMICUS BRIEFS FILED IN FEDERAL COURT CASES, ARGUING: THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT'S PROHIBITION ON CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENTS DOES NOT ALLOW CITIES TO ISSUE FINES OR ARREST PEOPLE FOR SLEEPING OUTSIDE IN PUBLIC WHEN THEY HAVE NO ACCESS TO ADEQUATE SHELTER; THE RIGHT OF STUDENTS TO RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT RACE DISCRIMINATION IN SCHOOLS IS ENTITLED TO PROTECTION UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT; AN EEOC REGULATION INCLUDING ACCOMMODATIONS RELATED TO MISCARRIAGE AND ABORTION WERE PROPERLY WITHIN REQUIRED PROTECTIONS AGAINST DISCRIMINATION ON ACCOUNT OF PREGNANCY.
  Expenses $552,524
• PUBLIC EDUCATION PROGRAM SERVICES: (1) FINALIZED OUR THREE YEAR REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM ACTION TEAM PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. (2) BEGINNING IN 2021, THE CAMPAIGN SOUGHT TO ENGAGE, EDUCATE, AND RECRUIT 10,000 VOLUNTEERS AND ADVOCATES BY NOVEMBER 2024; WE BEGAN THE FISCAL YEAR A YEAR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ON OUR GOAL. (3) THE PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ENDED WITH VOLUNTEERS IN EVERY STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT, HOUSE AND SENATE, WITH A FINAL NUMBER OF 13,294, WHICH EXCEEDED OUR GOAL BY ROUGHLY 30%. (4) AFFILIATE STAFF HELD 181 INDIVIDUAL EVENTS, TO AN AUDIENCE OF MORE THAN A THOUSAND. (5) HELD OUR SECOND DAY OF ACTION IN MAY 2024, WITH 60 VOLUNTEERS, WITH OVER 750 DOORS KNOCKED IN 20 SEPARATE COMMUNITIES. (6) FROM JULY - NOVEMBER, WE HAD OUR FINAL PUSH, RESULTING IN CONTACT WITH 53,135, INCLUDING 43,000+ INDIVIDUAL TEXT MESSAGES - SENT FROM A LIVE PERSON - THROUGH PHONE BANKS MANAGED BY STAFF AND PERFORMED BY VOLUNTEERS AND CANVAS BANKS. (7) IN NOVEMBER 2024, WE ANALYZED THE FULL PROGRAM, AND CLOSED ITS DOORS THROUGH A SERIES OF VOLUNTEER AND PARTNER WEBINARS TO SHOW PEOPLE WHAT THEY HAD ACCOMPLISHED, WITH THE SIMPLE THEME THAT INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT IS THE INDISPENSABLE PIECE OF OUR C3 PUBLIC EDUCATION WORK. (8) IN DECEMBER 2024, WE FORMALLY DISSOLVED THE REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ACTION TEAM AS IT HAD EXISTED DURING OUR THREE-YEAR PROGRAM. (9) AS A RESULT OF THIS INTENTIONAL DOWNSIZE, WE HAVE MOVED OUR PUBLIC EDUCATION VOLUNTEER PROGRAM TO CAPITOL CORPS, AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO OUR AFFILIATE STAFF AND ACTIVITIES AT EVENTS - HOWEVER, EVEN AS THE PROGRAM ENDED, WE HAVE MAINTAINED OUR CONTACTS AND OUR LISTS FOR USE IN THE FUTURE, WHICH PAID OFF FROM JAN - APR 2025, AS DENOTED ABOVE. (10) PRINTED AND MAILED OUR DEFENDER NEWSLETTER TO A MAILING LIST OF APPROXIMATELY 13,000 SUPPORTERS AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES. (11) RESPONDED TO MEDIA INQUIRIES, HELD PRESS CONFERENCES AND CRAFTED MEDIA STATEMENTS ON OUR EFFORTS AND ON MATTERS REGARDING CIVIL LIBERTIES AND CIVIL RIGHTS. (12) UPDATED AND PRINTED BROCHURES REGARDING CIVIL LIBERTIES WITH TOPICS SUCH AS THE RIGHT TO PROTEST, VOTING RIGHTS (IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH), AND RIGHTS WHEN INTERACTING WITH POLICE (IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH).
  Expenses $338,304
• LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY PROGRAM SERVICES: (1) DRAFTED MODEL LEGISLATION TO PROTECT PEOPLE'S DUE PROCESS RIGHTS BEFORE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES REGARDING EMINENT DOMAIN; PASSED THE IOWA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 2024. (2) CONTINUED OUR MULTI-YEAR EMPHASIS ON OPEN GOVERNMENT, ANTI-SLAPP (FIRST AMENDMENT), AND EVICTION EXPUNGEMENT AS PART OF OUR AFFIRMATIVE AGENDA; ANTI-SLAPP, OPEN GOVERNMENT, AND EVICTION EXPUNGEMENT ALL PASSED THE IOWA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 2024. (3) CONTINUED CAPITOL CORPS PROGRAMMING THROUGH THE END OF THE 2024 LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO HELP CONSTITUENTS MEET THEIR LEGISLATORS. (4) LEADING ORGANIZATION IN OPPOSING AN ANTI-HOMELESS LOCAL ORDINANCE IN IOWA'S LARGEST CITY. (5) IN SUMMER 2024, WE EXPANDED RELIGIOUS AND SERVICE PROVIDER COALITION TO ADVANCE PROTECTIONS FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, SPECIFICALLY, ON THE ISSUES OF EVICTION RECORDS EXPUNGEMENT AND EARLY LEASE TERMINATION FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING, AND HARASSMENT - CORE ISSUES BASED ON RACE AND GENDER DISPARITIES IN LEGAL PROTECTIONS AND SERVICES. (6) CONTINUED OUR ONGOING EFFORTS TO MEET MORE IOWA STATE LEGISLATORS, SPECIFICALLY, IOWA STATE SENATORS, TO DETERMINE WHERE WE CAN BE HELPFUL IN AREAS IN WHICH THEIR WORK PROTECTS CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES AND WE ARE SUCCEEDING; WE HAVE MAINTAINED EXISTING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH LEGISLATORS OF ALL PARTIES, AND HAVE EXPANDED OUR ROLE AS TRUSTED VOICES.
  Expenses $284,712

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in March, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

IRS record

EIN

42-1002093

Tax-exempt status

501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization

Foundation status

Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))

Donations deductible (Pub 78)

Public charity, 50% deduction limit

Exempt since

1969

Accounting year ends

March

Files

Form 990 or 990-EZ

Category (NTEE)

Civil rights, social action and advocacy (R60Z)

Assets (IRS master file)

$3,139,283

Income (IRS master file)

$2,950,057

Filing history

990-N: the IRS bulk file holds only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years come from archived copies of that file since 2020 and can have gaps (the IRS e-Postcard search lists every one). 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS (search EIN 42-1002093).

Questions about AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF IOWA

What is the EIN of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF IOWA?

The employer identification number (EIN) of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF IOWA is 42-1002093.

Is AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF IOWA tax-exempt?

Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 1969.

Are donations to AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF IOWA tax-deductible?

Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).

Which annual return does AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF IOWA file?

Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.

When is the next return of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF IOWA due?

The return for tax year 2025 (the year ending March 31, 2026) is due August 17, 2026. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.

When did AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF IOWA last file with the IRS?

The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended March 2025.

Who is the principal officer of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF IOWA?

The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 names MARK STRINGER.

Who are the officers and directors of AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF IOWA?

The 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 lists 25 people; 5 received compensation from the organization, the highest $126,108 (STRINGER MARK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR).

How much revenue does AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF IOWA have?

On its 990 for the year ended March 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $1,832,633, expenses of $1,636,956 and total assets of $3,139,283 at year end.

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