American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Tennessee Inc

Analysis

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Tennessee Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Nashville, TN. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1976, 50 years ago. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending March 2023, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Tennessee Inc reported income of $1.2m and spending of $1.3m, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2019 to March 2023, income grew from $922k to $1.2m (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2020, when income rose by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Tennessee Inc sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile, and in the 83rd percentile within TN. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Telluride Council for the Arts and Humanities ($1.2m), Lee County Legal Aid Society ($1.2m) and Island Elderly Housing Inc ($1.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending March 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 97% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $150k (12% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $669k. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $19k, net assets of $3.4m. It reported 19 employees.