2013-02-05T11:20:25-06:00 2012-03-31 421361038 ROTH & COMPANY PC 666 WALNUT STREET SUITE 1450 DES MOINES IA 503093918 990 2011-04-01 421002093 AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF IOWA FOUNDATION AMER 5152433988 INSURANCE EXCHANGE BLDG NO 901 DES MOINES IA 50309 BEN STONE 5152433988 2013-02-05 1 WAYNE D FLOERCHINGER P00225936 5152440266 2011 2016-02-25 16:41:14Z BEN STONE 505 5TH AVE STE 901 DES MOINES IA 50309 631167 0 X WWW.ACLU-IA.ORG X 1969 IA ACTIVE DEFENSE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES BY LEGAL AND EDUCATIONAL MEANS. 6 6 5 45 0 0 465961 589856 0 0 11380 13525 -9074 27786 468267 631167 0 0 0 0 289232 351146 0 0 63502 68195 74014 357427 425160 110840 206007 776093 989409 48021 55330 728072 934079 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. 0 0 149990 THE ACLU FOUNDATION OF IOWA ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE AREA OF LEGAL ADVOCACY AND LITIGATION:SUPPORTING THE RIGHTS OF THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT. WE WRESTLED WITH HOW TO MAKE SURE PROTESTORS FREE SPEECH RIGHTS WERE UPHELD EVEN AS THEY VIOLATED LAWS AND REGULATIONS. TREADING CAREFULLY, WE RESPONDED TO REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE FROM OCCUPY DEMONSTRATORS IN DES MOINES AND IOWA CITY, PROVIDING ADVICE AND COUNCIL WHEN DEMONSTRATORS FACED EVICTION FROM PUBLIC PLACES.DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE ATLANTIC SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE WAKE OF A STUDENT STRIP SEARCH. WE FOUGHT ON APPEAL TO THE IOWA SUPREME COURT OUR CASE AGAINST THE ATLANTIC SCHOOLS TO MAKE PUBLIC WHAT PUNISHMENT, IF ANY, WAS GIVEN TO STAFF WHO CONDUCTED A STRIP SEARCH OF FIVE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS IN SEARCH OF ALLEGED STOLEN MONEY. IN A NARROW DECISION, WITH A SPIRITED DISSENT FROM CHIEF JUSTICE MARK CADY, OUR APPEAL WAS DEFEATED, BUT WE HOPE IT DETERS OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM CLOAKING THE CONSEQUENCES FOR STAFF WHO VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF STUDENTS IN SECRECY. CELEBRATING VICTORY IN OUR PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY ORDINANCE CASE IN DAVENPORT. IN 2011, WE WON OUR LAWSUIT THAT ENABLED A SINGLE MOTHER IN DAVENPORT TO STRIKE DOWN AN ORDINANCE THAT FINED PARENTS FOR TEENAGE CHILDREN BEING OUT PAST CURFEW OR ILLEGALLY DRINKING OR DOING DRUGS, REGARDLESS OF PARENTS EFFORTS TO PREVENT IT. FIGHTING FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY IN FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE. WHEN THE LEGAL SPOUSE OF IOWA PRISON GUARD TERESA HECK WAS DIAGNOSED WITH OVARIAN CANCER, IT SEEMED ONLY RIGHT THAT HECK WOULD TAKE MEDICAL LEAVE TO HELP CARE FOR HER. BUT DESPITE FORMAL APPEALS TO HER EMPLOYER, HECK WAS DENIED LEAVE UNDER THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT BECAUSE SHE WAS IN A SAME-SEX RATHER THAN OPPOSITE-SEX MARRIAGE. WE HELPED HER BRING THE ISSUE TO THE ATTENTION OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHO ORDERED THAT HECK BE GRANTED LEAVE. THIS ACTION MORE CLEARLY DEFINES LEAVE FOR OTHER SAME-SEX FAMILIES OF IOWA GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES. WORKING FOR EQUAL RIGHTS ON BIRTH CERTIFICATES FOR SAME-SEX PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN. THE ACLU OF IOWA FILED AN AMICUS BRIEF IN THE CASE OF HEATHER GARTNER OF DES MOINES, WHO GAVE BIRTH TO A DAUGHTER, BUT WAS NOT ALLOWED TO PUT THE NAME OF HER LEGAL SPOUSE, MELISSA GARTNER, ON THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE. WE ARGUED THAT VARNUM GRANTS ALL THE RIGHTS OF MARRIAGE TO ALL IOWA COUPLES AND THE CHILDREN OF THOSE COUPLES, INCLUDING LISTINGS OF BOTH SPOUSES ON BIRTH CERTIFICATES. THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAID IT COULDNT LIST MELISSA BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT THE BIOLOGICAL PARENT. HOWEVER, IOWA LAW STATES THAT IN SIMILAR CASES, A HUSBAND MUST BE LISTED AS THE FATHER ON THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE, EVEN IF HIS FATHERHOOD OF THE CHILD IS A BIOLOGICAL IMPOSSIBILITY. 127003 THE ACLU FOUNDATION OF IOWA ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE AREA OF PUBLIC ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONS:INVESTIGATING CELL PHONE TRACKING REQUESTS BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. IN 2011, AS PART OF A NATIONAL ACLU EFFORT, OUR AFFILIATE SENT OUT REQUESTS TO IOWAS FIVE LARGEST CITIES, ASKING EACH TO RELEASE INFORMATION ON HOW CELL PHONE LOCATION TRACKING DATA IS BEING USED TO MONITOR IOWANS. DISTURBINGLY, WE FOUND NONE HAD WRITTEN POLICIES ON HOW THEY HANDLE, STORE, OR SHARE CELL PHONE LOCATION DATA. ALSO, THEY COULDNT REPORT HOW OFTEN THEY TRACK CALLS OR TEXTS BECAUSE RECORDS ARE KEPT IN INDIVIDUAL, CONFIDENTIAL CASE FILES.TRACKING RACIAL PROFILING INCIDENTS IN IOWA. LEGAL DIRECTOR RANDALL WILSON CONTINUES TO SOLICIT REPORTS OF RACIAL PROFILING. HES BEEN DISTRIBUTING REQUEST FORMS IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH IN PRINT FORM AND ELECTRONICALLY. THE ACLU OF IOWA ALSO HAS DONE A RADIO PROGRAM AT LA LEY KDLS-FM SPANISH-LANGUAGE RADIO IN DES MOINES. WORKING AGAINST ILLEGAL DETENTIONS FOR UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. THE ACLU OF IOWA IS LOOKING AT THE PROBLEM OF EXCESSIVE, ILLEGAL DETENTIONS IN COUNTY JAILS OF IMMIGRANTS FACING POTENTIAL DEPORTATION. FEDERAL LAW PERMITS JUST A 48-HOUR HOLD. HOWEVER, WE ARE AWARE OF AT LEAST ONE INSTANCE WHERE AN IMMIGRATION SUSPECT WAS HELD FOR A WEEK. WE CONTINUE TO COLLECT INFORMATION FROM COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND WORK TO EDUCATE COUNTIES ON LAWFUL DETENTIONS. INTERVENING WHEN IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY OFFERED A BIBLE-BASED BUSINESS COURSE. IN JANUARY, A GROUP OF ISU PROFESSORS CONTACTED THE ACLU OF IOWA, CONCERNED THAT A BUSINESS COURSE EXPOUNDING BIBLICAL PRINCIPALS WAS BEING OFFERED WHEN CLASSES BEGAN IN JUST A FEW DAYS. WHILE MANY COURSES MAY INCLUDE THE PERSPECTIVES OF DIFFERENT RELIGIONS, THIS COURSE TOOK A DIFFERENT TACK AND PLANNED TO CLEARLY PROMOTE CHRISTIAN BELIEFS AND ACTIONS. THE PROFESSORS HAD ALREADY LODGED COMPLAINTS WITH VARIOUS LEVELS OF UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION. SO ACLU OF IOWA LEGAL DIRECTOR RANDALL WILSON SENT A FORMAL LETTER TO ISU, STATING THAT THE COURSE WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. THE CLASS WAS SUBSEQUENTLY CANCELLED. SPEAKING OUT AGAINST STEALTH PROSELYTIZING IN DUNKERTON SCHOOLS. IN MARCH, A HIGHLY HOMOPHOBIC, SEXIST RELIGIOUS GROUP CALLED JUNKYARD PROPHET CONDUCTED AN EXTREMELY INAPPROPRIATE SCHOOL ASSEMBLY IN DUNKERTON, IOWA. THE GROUP WAS VAGUE WITH THE PRINCIPAL BEFOREHAND ABOUT WHAT ITS MESSAGE WOULD BE. AFTERWARDS, PARENTS AND STUDENTS ALIKE COMPLAINED. WITH THE INTERFAITH ALLIANCE OF IOWA AND OTHER GROUPS, WE SPOKE OUT IN THE MEDIA. WE ALSO SENT A LETTER TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, REMINDING THEM OF IOWA LAW AND THE NEED TO CAREFULLY SCREEN ASSEMBLY PRESENTERS, WHO MIGHT NOT ALWAYS BE FORTHCOMING ABOUT THEIR INTENT. 276993 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 IA X X BEN STONE 5152433988 901 INSURANCE EXCHANGE BUILDING DES MOINES IA 50309 BEN STONE 35.00 X 63000 21000 0 DAVE MULLER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 SALLY FRANK 1.00 X 0 0 0 63000 21000 0 0 0 0 0 0 369806 220050 589856 9779 9779 3746 0 3746 3746 3746 LITIGATION SETTLEMENTS 900099 28000 28000 SPECIAL EVENT 900099 -214 -214 27786 631167 0 0 41311 269717 175316 53943 40458 53752 34939 10750 8063 27677 17990 5535 4152 10082 6554 2016 1512 19177 12465 3835 2877 5412 3518 1082 812 5255 3416 1051 788 3872 2517 774 581 PRINTING & PUBLISHING 9914 6444 1983 1487 MISCELLANEOUS 7475 4859 1495 1121 TELEPHONE 5975 3884 1195 896 POSTAGE & PROCESSING 2818 1831 564 423 4034 3260 442 332 425160 276993 84665 63502 749044 935983 1976 32735 46896 26205 23864 20691 1209 0 776093 989409 48021 55330 48021 55330 X 375984 553880 80600 80600 271488 299599 728072 934079 776093 989409 206007 0 X X 0 1 1 X 0 X 350265 320214 372044 465961 589856 2098340 350265 320214 372044 465961 589856 2098340 33657 27616 29222 5775 22135 118405 0 33657 27616 29222 5775 22135 118405 1979935 12408 11730 8585 9456 9779 51958 12408 11730 8585 9456 9779 51958 22336 1805 5416 -9074 27786 48269 385009 333749 386045 466343 627421 2198567 0.90060 0.84200 0.02360 0.02570 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 352088 34817 10629 397534 348665 36990 -33187 380 352088 369283 61920 -82538 348665 379438 10155 369283 0.94120 0.05880 0 0 14497 14497 32399 26205 6194 20691 631167 425160 206007 206007 620538 -10629 -10629 631167 0 631167 425160 0 425160 0 425160 DESCRIPTION OF INTENDED USE OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS: PART V, LINE 4: THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED A $7,000 GRANT FROM THE CONTRIBUTION THAT IS RESTRICTED FOR COSTS OF PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTING FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT. ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EDWARD S. ALLEN ENDOWMENT FUND RECEIVED AFTER SEPTEMBER 1, 1993 ARE TO BE REMITTED TO THE ACLU TRUST FOR THE BILL OF RIGHTS THE FOUNDATION'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS DESIGNATED $108,600 IN FUNDS AT MARCH 31, 2012 TO BE UTILIZED IN THE EVENT OF UNFORESEEN AND/OR EMERGENCY LITIGATION EXPENSES THAT SUBSTANTIALLY EXCEED OTHER UNRESTRICTED FUNDS BUDGETED FOR SUCH EXPENSES. ALSO, THE COMBINED ENTITIES' BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS SET ASIDE $570,282 IN FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE DONORS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SELF-DISCIPLINE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11 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 MAILED TO THE DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING WITH THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C ANNUALLY AT ITS MARCH BOARD MEETING, ALL DIRECTORS 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. DIRECTORS ARE REMAINED THAT THEY HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO INFORM THE ORGANIZATION IF ANY CONFLICTS ARISE DURING THEIR SERVICE ON THE BOARD. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15A IN ADDITION TO THE PROCESS DESCRIBED BELOW, IT HAS BEEN THE PRACTICE OF THE ACLU OF IOWA 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, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 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 FIFTH AVENUE, STE. 901, DES MOINES, IA 50309. REQUESTS MAY ALSO BE SENT THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION'S WEB SITE, WW.ACLU-IA.ORG. CLICK ON "CONTACT US". REQUESTS MUST PROVIDE A RETURN POSTAL ADDRESS OR EMAIL ADDRESS. NO CHANGE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF IOWA 505 5TH STREET INSRUANCE CHANGE BUI DES MOINES IA 50309 421002093 ACTIVE DEFENSE OF CIVIL LIBERTIES BY LEGAL AND EDUCATIONAL MEANS. IA 501(C)(3) 509(A)(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 ACLU FOUNDATION OF IOWA - LESS THAN 50000 L ACLU FOUNDATION OF IOWA - LESS THAN 50000 M ACLU FOUNDATION OF IOWA - LESS THAN 50000 N ACLU FOUNDATION OF IOWA - LESS THAN 50000 O