2017-02-10T10:25:31-06:00 2016-03-31 204041302 COMMUNITY CPA & ASSOCIATES INC 3816 INGERSOLL AVE DES MOINES IA 503123413 990 2015-04-01 421002093 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF IOWA AMER 5152433988 505 5TH AVE STE 901 DES MOINES IA 50309 MARK ROSENBURY TREASURER 5152070656 2017-02-06 true JIANGDONG PENG P01948338 5152883188 2017-02-10 2015 2017-02-10 21:41:12Z JEREMY ROSEN 519610 false X WWW.ACLU-IA.ORG X 1969 IA THE ACLU FOUNDATION OF IOWA WORKS TO DEFEND AND PROMOTE THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, FOCUSSING ESPECIALLY ON THE FIRST, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, EIGHTH AND 14TH AMENDMENTS. IT WORKS THROUGH LITIGATION AND LEGAL ADVOCACY, AS WELL AS THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION, TO SECURE AND ADVANCE THE CIVIL LIBERTIES VALUES WHICH ARE REFLECTED IN THOSE AND OTHER AMENDMENTS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. 7 7 12 55 0 463373 521479 0 52525 -11088 -1165 9050 514733 519441 0 0 490520 477431 0 110942 154745 167126 645265 644557 -130532 -125116 1458855 1350300 89988 150571 1368867 1199729 X THE ACLU FOUNDATION OF IOWA WORKS TO DEFEND AND PROMOTE THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, FOCUSSING ESPECIALLY ON THE FIRST, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, EIGHTH AND 14TH AMENDMENTS. IT WORKS THROUGH LITIGATION AND LEGAL ADVOCACY, AS WELL AS THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION, TO SECURE AND ADVANCE THE CIVIL LIBERTIES VALUES WHICH ARE REFLECTED IN THOSE AND OTHER AMENDMENTS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. false false 217681 THE ACLU FOUNDATION OF IOWA ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE AREA OF LEGAL ADVOCACY AND LITIGATION: - CONDUCTED MASSIVE TRANSGENDER RIGHTS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, INCLUDING AN IOWA SPECIFIC KNOW-YOUR-RIGHTS GUIDE, MULTIPLE PUBLIC FORUMS AND PRESENTATIONS, AND PRESENTED INFORMATION ON THREE OCCASIONS FOR CREDITED CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION FOR LAWYERS AND JUDGES. - SUCCESSFULLY LITIGATED CASE, ACLU OF IOWA AND LULAC OF IOWA V. MATT SCHULTZ, WHICH BLOCKED THE FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE'S ILLEGAL VOTER PURGE WHICH TARGETED NEW US CITIZENS AND LATINOS IN IOWA. - LITIGATED CASE SEEKING TO END IOWA'S FELONY DISENFRANCHISEMENT REGIME IN GRIFFIN V. PATE. - SUCCESSFULLY LITIGATED AS AMICUS CURIAE (FRIEND OF THE COURT) TO END THE PRACTICE OF IMPOSING LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE SENTENCES ON JUVENILE DEFENDANTS. - SUCCESSFULLY LITIGATED AS AMICUS CURIAE (FRIEND OF THE COURT) TO CHALLENGE THE IOWA BOARD OF MEDICINE'S BAN ON THE USE OF TELEMEDICINE TO PRESCRIBE ABORTION MEDICATION TO RURAL PATIENTS. - LITIGATED AS AMICUS CURIAE (FRIEND OF THE COURT) TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT IN DEFENDING AGAINST A CHALLENGE FILED TO THE FINAL CONTRACEPTION RULE PROMULGATED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. - LITIGATED FREE SPEECH CLAIM ON BEHALF OF FORMER PUBLIC OFFICIAL WHO WAS SANCTIONED FOR HIS POLITICAL SPEECH BY THE IOWA ETHICS BOARD. - LITIGATED AS AMICUS CURIAE (FRIEND OF THE COURT) TO CHALLENGE THE LOCAL PROSECUTION OF AN IOWA DREAMER (RECIPIENT OF FEDERAL DACA) FOR HER EMPLOYMENT IN THE STATE. - THROUGH ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS, SOUGHT STATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE VOTER REGISTRATION SERVICES TO VOTERS AT PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AGENCIES. - SUCCESSFULLY SETTLED CASE PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF TRANSGENDER WOMAN TO BE FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS. - SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR ACCOMMODATIONS FOR BREASTFEEDING BAR EXAMINEES DURING THE IOWA BAR EXAM. - PRODUCED IOWA-SPECIFIC KNOW YOUR PROTEST AND DEMONSTRATION RIGHTS - ASSISTED IN THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION ABOUT IOWANS SERVING LIFETIME SENTENCES WHO WERE CONVICTED AS JUVENILES FOR NATIONAL REPORT ADVOCATING REFORM OF PAROLE PRACTICE. 182772 THE ACLU FOUNDATION OF IOWA ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE AREA OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONS: - AFTER SEEKING OPEN RECORDS ABOUT THE USE OF TASERS BY IOWA LAW ENFORCEMENT, ISSUED A DETAILED REPORT TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC - ISSUED A LEGISLATIVE SCORECARD TO ASSESS LEGISLATORS' VOTING RECORDS ON CIVIL LIBERTIES ISSUES - SPOKE AT NUMEROUS CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS ON ISSUES RANGING FROM THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS TO CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM - PUBLISHED AND/OR DISTRIBUTED BROCHURES OR BOOKLETS ABOUT GENERAL VOTING RIGHTS, THE RIGHTS OF STUDENTS, AND THE VOTING RIGHTS OF FELONS, AS WELL AS GENERAL "KNOW YOUR RIGHTS" BROCHURE 28480 THE ACLU FOUNDATION OF IOWA ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE AREA OF LOBBYING: - ACTIVITIES PERFORMED INCLUDED MEETING WITH LEGISLATORS ON BEHALF OF THE ACLU, AS WELL AS SPEAKING ON OUR BEHALF LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS. - ISSUES LOBBIED ON INCLUDED (BUT WERE NOT LIMITD TO) LEGISLATION ON RACIAL PROFILING, SENTENCING REFORM, CIVIL FORFEITURE, ONLINE VOTER REGISTRATION, AND PROTECTING VICTIMS OF CRIME FROM BEING EVICTED WHEN THEY CALL THE POLICE FOR ASSISTANCE. 428933 true true false true false false false false false true true true false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false true 5 0 false 12 true false false false false false false X 7 7 false false false false false false false true true false false true true true true true true true true false IA X X MARK ROSENBURY 5152433988 505 5TH AVE STE 901 DES MOINES IA 50309 BENJAMIN ALLEN EXEC. 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IT WORKS THROUGH LITIGATION AND LEGAL ADVOCACY, AS WELL AS THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION, TO SECURE AND ADVANCE THE CIVIL LIBERTIES VALUES WHICH ARE REFLECTED IN THOSE AND OTHER AMENDMENTS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4A GRIFFIN V. PATE. - SUCCESSFULLY LITIGATED AS AMICUS CURIAE (FRIEND OF THE COURT) TO END THE PRACTICE OF IMPOSING LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE SENTENCES ON JUVENILE DEFENDANTS. - SUCCESSFULLY LITIGATED AS AMICUS CURIAE (FRIEND OF THE COURT) TO CHALLENGE THE IOWA BOARD OF MEDICINE'S BAN ON THE USE OF TELEMEDICINE TO PRESCRIBE ABORTION MEDICATION TO RURAL PATIENTS. - LITIGATED AS AMICUS CURIAE (FRIEND OF THE COURT) TO SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT IN DEFENDING AGAINST A CHALLENGE FILED TO THE FINAL CONTRACEPTION RULE PROMULGATED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT. - LITIGATED FREE SPEECH CLAIM ON BEHALF OF FORMER PUBLIC OFFICIAL WHO WAS SANCTIONED FOR HIS POLITICAL SPEECH BY THE IOWA ETHICS BOARD. - LITIGATED AS AMICUS CURIAE (FRIEND OF THE COURT) TO CHALLENGE THE LOCAL PROSECUTION OF AN IOWA DREAMER (RECIPIENT OF FEDERAL DACA) FOR HER EMPLOYMENT IN THE STATE. - THROUGH ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS, SOUGHT STATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE VOTER REGISTRATION SERVICES TO VOTERS AT PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AGENCIES. - SUCCESSFULLY SETTLED CASE PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF TRANSGENDER WOMAN TO BE FREE FROM DISCRIMINATION IN PUBLIC ACCOMMODATIONS. - SUCCESSFULLY ADVOCATED FOR ACCOMMODATIONS FOR BREASTFEEDING BAR EXAMINEES DURING THE IOWA BAR EXAM. - PRODUCED IOWA-SPECIFIC KNOW YOUR PROTEST AND DEMONSTRATION RIGHTS - ASSISTED IN THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION ABOUT IOWANS SERVING LIFETIME SENTENCES WHO WERE CONVICTED AS JUVENILES FOR NATIONAL REPORT ADVOCATING REFORM OF PAROLE PRACTICE. FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4B GENERAL "KNOW YOUR RIGHTS" BROCHURE FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B EXPLANATION: THE FORM 990 AND SUPPORTING SCHEDULES IS DRAFTED BY A PAID PREPARER AND REVIEWED WITH THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. THE FORM IS THEN REVIEWED IN A JOINT MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FINANCE/AUDIT COMMITTEE WITH THE PAID PREPARER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. A COPY OF THE FORM 990 IS EMAILED TO THE DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C EXPLANATION: ANNUALLY AT ITS MARCH BOARD MEETING, ALL TRUSTEES OF THE ORGANIZATION ARE REQUIRED TO REVIEW OUR CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND COMPLETE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FORM ON WHICH THEY DISCLOSE ALL POTENTIAL CONFLICTS AS DEFINED IN OUR POLICY. TRUSTEES ARE REMINDED THAT THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO INFORM THE ORGANIZATION IF ANY CONFLICTS ARISE DURING THEIR SERVICE ON THE BOARD. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15A EXPLANATION: IT HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE TO HAVE COMPARABLE SURVEY SALARY DATA FROM OTHER ACLU AFFILIATES PRESENTED TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DURING THE PROCESS OF DETERMING SALARIES. IN ADDITION, CONTEMPORANEOUS NOTES AND MINUTES OF THESE PROCEEDINGS HAVE BEEN KEPT AND MAINTAINED IN OUR FILES. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 15B SEE EXPLANATION ABOVE ON 15A FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 EXPLANATION: UPON RECEIPT OF A WRITTEN REQUEST, WITHIN FIVE BUSINESS DAYS, THE ORGANIZATION WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THEIR GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY AND AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. REQUESTS MAY BE SENT TO: ACLU-IA, 505 5TH AVENUE, STE. 901, DES MOINES, IA 50309. REQUESTS MAY ALSO BE SENT THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION'S WEBSITE, WWW. ACLU-IA.ORG. CLICK ON "CONTACT US" REQUESTS MUST PROVIDE A RETURN POSTAL ADDRESS OR EMAIL ADDRESS. 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