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Filing year 2023

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC

Boston, Massachusetts·EIN 04-1180450·4
Total revenue
$2.7M
Total assets
$22.6M
Total expenses
$2.5M
Reported officers
45
Mission

ACLU OF MA WAS ESTABLISHED TO DEFEND FREEDOMS GUARANTEED IN THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION AND LEGISLATION.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 8 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Executive Director
$253k
$278k
Base
$94k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Director of Finance
$158k
$174k
Base
$55k
Bonus
$250
Other
Benefits
$2k
Chief Communications & Marketing Officer
highest compensated employee
$117k
$128k
Base
$80k
Bonus
$500
Other
Benefits
$14k
Chief Operations & Talent Officer
highest compensated employee
$85k
$94k
Base
$54k
Bonus
$250
Other
Benefits
$5k
Political Director
highest compensated employee
$69k
$76k
Base
$49k
Bonus
$300
Other
Benefits
$3k
Legal Director
key employee
$54k
$60k
Base
$26k
Bonus
$170
Other
Benefits
$3k
Chief Development Officer
$42k
$46k
Base
$33k
Bonus
$200
Other
Benefits
Interim Legal Director
highest compensated employee
$11k
$12k
Base
$2k
Bonus
Other
Benefits

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 37 unpaid individuals.

Up 73%
from 2022

From $146k in 2022 to $253k in 2023.

$146k
2022
$253k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 67% in real terms$166k to $278k

Estimated with Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Highest reported compensation in each year. Volunteer board members and partial-year payouts are filtered out.
Financial trend

Revenue and expenses over time

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF MASSACHUSETTS INC reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.5M
$2.3M
2022
$2.7M
$2.5M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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