AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, INC.
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, INC. is a strategy & research vendor. In the 2025-2026 cycle AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, INC. was paid $7.32M across 2 client committees, of which $3.50M flowed through Independent Expenditures rather than direct committee payments.
Part I Identity
Stable facts about this entity. These figures do not change as you adjust the timeframe in Part II.
Source split
| Schedule B direct committee payments |
$3,821,704 | 36 rows | 52.2% |
| Independent Expenditures money this entity spent supporting candidates, NOT a committee paying them |
$3,500,000 | 2 rows | 47.8% |
- Activity span ALL TIME
- Oct 17, 2014 → May 31, 2026
- spans 11.6 years
- Disbursements ALL TIME
- 36
- Schedule B + IE rows
- Client committees ALL TIME
- 2
- distinct payers
Part II Activity in selected window
One timeframe control governs all three panels below. Change it once and the trajectory, top buyers, and party breakdown all update together.
Spend trajectory
Monthly spend to this vendor over the last 12 months.
Top buyers
Two views of the same data — diagram and table share the time-window control and the same top-buyers slice. Click "View all buyers in research" to drill in with the matching date range.
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Top buyers last 3 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND C00872655 |
$11,670 | 2 |
Top buyers last 6 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND C00872655 |
$22,403 | 5 |
Top buyers last 12 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND C00872655 |
$43,367 | 11 |
Top buyers last 18 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND C00872655 |
$72,647 | 18 |
Top buyers last 24 months · top 1
| Filer | Total spend | Disbursements |
|---|---|---|
| ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND C00872655 |
$196,605 | 25 |
By party
Revenue by party
| Party | Amount | % |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | $616,328 | 8.42% |
| Republican | $0 | 0.00% |
| Non-partisan | $6,705,376 | 91.58% |
Part III Reference tables
Full all-time and cycle-to-date data.
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, INC. is also a registered federal committee
Cycle-over-cycle trajectory
current cycle earlier election cycle off-cycle year quarterly · 3 years
| Year | Q | Cycle | Total | Txns | Top buyer · share | Top category · share | Cum. (cycle) | YoY % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Q1 | 2024 | $47K | 3 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $47K | — |
| 2024 | Q2 | 2024 | $78K | 6 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $125K | — |
| 2024 | Q3 | 2024 | $79K | 4 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $204K | — |
| 2024 | Q4 | 2024 | $45K | 3 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND 100% | Strategy & Research 100% | $249K | — |
| 2025 | Q1 | 2026 | $17K | 3 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $17K | — |
| 2025 | Q2 | 2026 | $13K | 4 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND 100% | Wages & Payroll 93% | $29K | — |
| 2025 | Q3 | 2026 | $12K | 3 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $41K | — |
| 2025 | Q4 | 2026 | $9K | 3 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND 100% | Wages & Payroll 100% | $50K | — |
| 2026 | Q1 | 2026 | $11K | 3 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND 100% | Wages & Payroll 52% | $61K | -77% |
| 2026 | Q2 | 2026 | $12K | 2 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND 100% | — | $73K | -85% |
Revenue by service category
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| Category | Total spend | Txns | Avg check | % of total | Top buyer · share | Last paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other / Unclassified | $3,500,000 | 2 | $1.75M | 92.0% | AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UN… 100% | 11y ago |
| Strategy & Research | $249,057 | 16 | $16K | 6.5% | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND 100% | 19mo ago |
| Wages & Payroll | $55,009 | 14 | $4K | 1.4% | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND 100% | 4mo ago |
| Travel & Events | $841 | 1 | $841 | 0.0% | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND 100% | 13mo ago |
Client retention
Sticky-relationship signal: how many clients keep coming back across cycles vs one-time buyers.
Geographic concentration
Where this vendor's clients are based — federal committees by state, plus implicit jurisdiction for CA and TX state filers.
| State | Total spend | % of revenue | Clients | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $3,500,000 | 91.6% | 1 | |
| NY | $321,704 | 8.4% | 1 |
Notable disbursements
5 largest all-time · 5 largest in the current cycle · 5 most recent. Each row earns its place.
| Reason | Date | Filer | Category | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Largest all-time | 2014-10-17 | AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, INC. (NONPROFIT 501(C)(4)) | Other / Unclassified | (portion of prior general-purpose grant made exclusively from investment income) | $2,000,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2014-10-23 | AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, INC. (NONPROFIT 501(C)(4)) | Other / Unclassified | (portion of prior general-purpose grant made exclusively from investment income) | $1,500,000 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-03-31 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND | Strategy & Research | IN-KIND - STAFF TIME & OVERHEAD | $42,046 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-07-31 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND | Strategy & Research | IN-KIND - STAFF TIME & OVERHEAD | $31,935 |
| Largest all-time | 2024-09-30 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND | Strategy & Research | IN-KIND - STAFF TIME & OVERHEAD | $28,506 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-02-28 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND | Wages & Payroll | IN-KIND - STAFF TIME & OVERHEAD | $7,886 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-05-31 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND | — | IN-KIND - STAFF TIME AND OVERHEAD | $6,187 |
| Largest this cycle | 2025-01-31 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND | Wages & Payroll | IN-KIND - STAFF TIME & OVERHEAD | $5,660 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-04-30 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND | — | IN-KIND - STAFF TIME AND OVERHEAD | $5,483 |
| Largest this cycle | 2026-03-31 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND | — | IN-KIND - STAFF TIME & OVERHEAD | $5,128 |
| Recent | 2026-02-28 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND | Wages & Payroll | IN-KIND - STAFF TIME & OVERHEAD | $2,974 |
| Recent | 2026-01-31 | ACLU VOTER EDUCATION FUND | Wages & Payroll | IN-KIND - STAFF TIME & OVERHEAD | $2,631 |