Support the ACLU of Wisconsin!

The need has never been greater for freedom-loving people to support the ACLU of Wisconsin in a stand against the growing threats to our most cherished Constitutional liberties. Each year, individuals and institutions -- including foundations, unions and corporations -- demonstrate their commitment to those shared constitutional values through steady gifts and grants to the ACLU of Wisconsin and the ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation.

Although both the ACLU of Wisconsin and the ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation are part of the same overall organization -- it is necessary to have two separate corporate entities of the ACLU of Wisconsin to receive two separate types of funding. This allows for the over-arching support of all the ACLU of Wisconsin’s various activities.

Gifts to the ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation, a 501(c)3, are fully tax-deductible to the donor; membership dues and gifts to the ACLU of Wisconsin, a 501(c)4 are not tax-deductible. This is because the ACLU of Wisconsin engages in substantial legislative lobbying, which cannot by law, be supported by tax-deductible funds.

The ACLU of Wisconsin Foundation, on the other hand, conducts our litigation and communications efforts, and contributions to it are tax-deductible. Please click here for more information on Tax-Deductible Gifts

Many donors choose to make their larger tax-deductible gifts to the ACLU Foundation and also make smaller gifts to the ACLU in order to maintain their ‘card-carrying’ membership status with the ACLU.