http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2007/12/19/year-end-giving.html Musings of a techie lawyer Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:53:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-bleeding http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2007/12/19/year-end-giving.html#comment-2808 Benjamin Mako Hill Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:26:45 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2007/12/19/year-end-giving.html#comment-2808 I was going to echo Riana's point. You can always donate to the ACLU Foundation instead of the ACLU. The ACLU supports lobbying activities while the ACLU Foundation supports most litigation. There's a webpage here that describes the situation: http://www.aclu.org/acluf.html I was going to echo Riana’s point. You can always donate to the ACLU Foundation instead of the ACLU. The ACLU supports lobbying activities while the ACLU Foundation supports most litigation. There’s a webpage here that describes the situation: http://www.aclu.org/acluf.html

]]> http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2007/12/19/year-end-giving.html#comment-2799 Riana Wed, 19 Dec 2007 21:43:56 +0000 http://wendy.seltzer.org/blog/archives/2007/12/19/year-end-giving.html#comment-2799 I think at least some regional ACLUs have both a 501(c)(3) and a 501(c)(4) set up, so, if you pick the right one, you can deduct your donation. To take a purely illustrative and in no way ulterior-motivated example, the <a href="https://www.aclu-wa.org/donate/moreinfo.cfm" rel="nofollow">ACLU of Washington Foundation</a> is happy to accept your tax-deductible donation (which it shares with the national <a href="http://www.aclu.org/acluf.html" rel="nofollow">ACLU Foundation</a>). :) I think at least some regional ACLUs have both a 501(c)(3) and a 501(c)(4) set up, so, if you pick the right one, you can deduct your donation. To take a purely illustrative and in no way ulterior-motivated example, the ACLU of Washington Foundation is happy to accept your tax-deductible donation (which it shares with the national ACLU Foundation). :)

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