American Civil Liberties Union

The American Civil Liberties Union is a nonprofit organization founded in 1920 "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by... Wikipedia

• Motto:  Because Freedom Can't Protect Itself
• Predecessor:  National Civil Liberties Bureau
• Founders:  Helen Keller, Jeannette Rankin, Roger Nash Baldwin, Crystal Eastman, Walter Nelles, Morris Ernst, Albert DeSilver, Arthur Garfield Hays, Jane Addams, Felix Frankfurter
• Type:  501(c)(4) nonprofit organization
• Tax ID no.:  13-3871360
• Purpose:  Civil liberties advocacy
• Headquarters:  125 Broad Street, New York, New York, U.S.
• Membership:  1.84 million (2018)
• President:  Deborah Archer
• Executive Director:  Anthony Romero
• Budget:  $309 million (2019, excludes affiliates)
• Volunteers:  Several thousand attorneys
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo