2014-09-19T14:38:25-07:00 2013-12-31 Douglas Corey & Associates PC 6601 Little River Trnpk Suite 440 Alexandria VA 223121303 990 2013-01-01 522121856 American Civil Rights Union AMER 7038070242 3213 Duke Street Alexandria VA 22314 SUSAN CARLESON CHAIRMAN 7038070242 2014-09-18 true DOUGLAS S COREY CPA 7033542900 2014-09-19 2013 2015-11-30 17:44:51Z SUSAN CARLESON 3213 Duke Street 625 Alexandria VA 22314 3361096 false X www.theacru.org X 1998 VA Engage in legal and educational activities for defending civil rights of Americans. 5 4 1 4 0 2353635 2516652 0 19046 42862 243548 301282 2616229 2860796 42636 75000 0 177212 182001 236171 287431 1139802 1976211 2255114 2432230 2799546 183999 61250 1279884 1360622 261972 285401 1017912 1075221 false false 1319639 THE DEFENSE OF CIVIL RIGHTS PROGRAM GOAL IS TO PROTECT THE CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED CIVIL RIGHTS OF ALL AMERICANS. THE ACRU PROVIDES EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF ALL AMERICANS. THE ACRU ACHIEVES THIS GOAL BY FILING AMICUS CURAE BRIEFS IN CIVIL CASES, PUBLISHING OPINION PIECES IN MAJOR NEWPAPERS AND JOURNALS AND DISCUSSING IMPORTANT CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES VIA RADIO/TV APPEARANCES. 111891 THE CARLESON CENTER FOR WELFARE REFORM (FORMERLY THE CARLESON CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY) CONDUCTS INDEPENDENT, NON-PARTISAN RESEARCH ON REFORMING A RANGE OF DOMESTIC SPENDING PROGRAMS WITH A FOCUS ON WELFARE AND OTHER ENTITLEMENT POLICIES. 53486 THE ELECTION INTEGRITY DEFENSE FUND IS WORKING TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS BALLOT BOX INTEGRITY AND AIMS TO ELIMINATE VOTER FRAUD IN THE U.S. EFFORTS INCLUDE EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN WAYS TO PREVENT VOTER FRAUD AND ENSURING THAT ANYONE WHO IS LEGALLY ENTITLED TO VOTE CAN REGISTER AND CAST A BALLOT WITHOUT HINDERANCE. ADDITIONALLY, THE EIDF IS WORKING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL TO IDENTIFY ISSUES WITH VOTER ROLES AND WORK WITH THE JURISDICTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THESE ISSUES ARE CORRECTED. 1485016 true false false false false false false false false false true false false true false true true true false false false false false true false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true true true true false true 20 0 1 true false false false false false false false false false false X 5 4 false false false false false false false true true false false true true false false false false true false false AL AK AR CA CO CT FL GA HI ID IL KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC TN UT VA WA WV WI X SUSAN CARLESON 7038070242 3213 Duke Street 625 Alexandria VA 22314 SUSAN A CARLESON Chairman, CEO and Treasurer 40.00 X X 117000 0 0 EDWIN MEESE III Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 MORTON BLACKWELL Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID LEEDOM Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 WENDY BORCHERDT LEROY Director 2.00 X 0 0 0 117000 1 false false false HSP Direct 13755 Sunrise Valley Dr 450 Herndon VA 20171 Direct Mail Consulting 287432 Direct Mail Fundraising 13755 Sunrise Valley Dr 450 Herndon VA 20171 Mailshop 272032 Southwest Publishing 2600 NW Topeka Blvd Topeka KS 66617 Print and mailshop 238997 MDI Imaging and Mail 21955 Cascades Pwky Dulles VA 20166 Print and mailshop 300445 NoVA List 20130 Lakeview Cntr Plaza Ashburn VA 20147 List rental 135616 6 2516652 2516652 17181 17181 301282 301282 525981 500300 25681 25681 25681 2860796 344144 75000 75000 117000 76050 29250 11700 42263 42263 0 0 10693 6951 2673 1069 12045 8961 2203 881 102978 96039 1105 5834 22116 0 22116 0 287431 287431 10494 0 10494 0 228916 221126 2790 5000 2056 1210 846 0 22485 18173 4312 0 269280 134263 8348 126669 1642 154 1488 0 3971 3971 0 0 20705 20705 0 0 19 0 19 0 1542 0 1542 0 3667 349 3264 54 Postage/mailing service 782697 388509 27973 366215 Printing and copying 562696 280603 40929 241164 Caging and escrow 146548 73069 4543 68936 Statistical modeling 30574 15244 948 14382 42728 22376 9885 10467 2799546 1485016 174728 1139802 X 2057297 1025768 967753 63776 144041 193056 36904 79560 119576 151207 115631 13479 10263 4372 3216 900704 892239 1279884 1360622 261972 285401 261972 285401 X 1017912 1075221 1017912 1075221 1279884 1360622 X 61250 -3939 -2 X false true X true false X 4797766 3609324 2782576 2353697 2516591 16059954 4797766 3609324 2782576 2353697 2516591 16059954 16059954 188518 315649 252178 261574 344144 1362063 270 12269 12539 17434556 0.92120 0.91780 X 0 0 0 Pt II Line 10 Description: Other income Pt II Line 10 2009: 270. 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Pt XI Rounding Part III, Line 1 To protect the civil rights of all Americans by publicly advancing a Part III, Line 1 constitutional understanding of civil rights; monitoring judicial nominees, Part III, Line 1 judges, and legal organizations, while resisting those that threaten civil rights; Part III, Line 1 and filing amicus briefs in critical civil rights court cases. Believing that the Part III, Line 1 U.S. Constitution, including the bill of rights, is the greatest legal document Part III, Line 1 ever written, the ACRU stands against harmful anti-constitutional ideologies that Part III, Line 1 have taken hold in our nation's courts, law schools, and bureaucracies. Part III, Line 1 While others promote entitlements and license in the name of "liberties", Part III, Line 1 the ACRU defends the civil rights set forth at the American founding. Form 990, Part IX, Line 24f BANK AND CREDIT CARD CHARGES 22301. 9944. 3012. 9345. OUTREACH 6072. 4950. 0. 1122. 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