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Filing year 2023

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ILLINOIS

Chicago, Illinois·EIN 27-1629328·4
Total revenue
$2.2M
Total assets
$10.9M
Total expenses
$2.2M
Reported officers
53
Mission

DEFEND FREEDOM OF SPEECH, PRESS ASSEMBLY, AND OTHER RIGHTS GUARANTEED BY THE US CONSTITUTION AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Executive compensation, broken down

Form 990 · Schedule J · 11 reported individuals · Filing year 2023

Director of Advocacy and Intergovernmental Affairs
key employee
$231k
$256k
Base
$164k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$7k
Director of Communications and Public Policy
director (operational)
$188k
$209k
Base
$71k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$11k
Associate Director
director (operational)
$177k
$197k
Base
$54k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Executive Director
$172k
$190k
Base
$119k
Bonus
Other
$13k
Benefits
$15k
Director of Philanthropy and Engagement
key employee
$119k
$132k
Base
$73k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$4k
Director of Criminal Justice Policy
key employee
$111k
$123k
Base
$69k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$6k
Director of Finance
$85k
$94k
Base
$54k
Bonus
Other
Benefits
$9k
Director of Systems Reform Policy
highest compensated employee
$85k
$94k
Senior Program Director
director (operational)
$79k
$87k
Senior Supervising Policy Counsel
highest compensated employee
$73k
$81k
Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives and Team Operations
$25k
$27k

Teal figures restate each filed amount in 2026 dollars.

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI metro-area CPI-U, restating filed pay into May 2026 dollars. A restatement of past pay, not current or projected pay.

Plus 42 unpaid individuals.

Up 9%
from 2022

From $212k in 2022 to $231k in 2023.

$212k
2022
$231k
2023
In today's dollarsEst.
Up 5% in real terms$242k to $256k

Estimated with Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 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 ILLINOIS reported revenue and expenses across 2 filing years.

RevenueExpenses
$3.6M
$1.4M
2022
$2.2M
$2.2M
2023
Total revenue and total expenses from IRS Form 990 filings.
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