American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 580951433
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 7703038111
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,317,748
- Expenses
- $715,420
- Assets
- $3,968,075
- Liabilities
- $49,008
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JACK KENNEDY (PRESIDENT)
- ANDREA YOUNG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- ANDREA YOUNG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $229,951 total reported compensation
- CHRISTOPHER BRUCE (POLITICAL DIRECTOR): $210,628 total reported compensation
- LISA ADLER (DEPUTY DIRECTOR): $166,622 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The aclu of Georgia is dedicated to preserving the civil liberties enshrined in the u.s. Constitution and bill of rights. Through litigation, lobbying, and communications, the aclu of Georgia works to preserve and enhance the rights of all citizens of Georgia without political partisanship. Foremost among these rights are freedom of speech and religion, the right to equal treatment under law, and the right to privacy.
What it reported doing in 2024
1) litigate constitutional and civil liberties violations in state, federal courts and administrative agencies; 2) public education to build awareness about civil liberties and individual rights; 3) community engagement to build volunteer support and partnerships; 4) advocacy to protect civil liberties.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 65
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 78
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 48.9%; rating input score 49
- Program expense ratio: 83%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: $36.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 45.7%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.55; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 18.4%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 21.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 48.9% of revenue deployed · 83% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $593K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $230K · 24 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 49/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.