Where does the ACLU get its funding?
The American Civil Liberties Union boasts of almost 400,000 dues-paying members, more than 2,000 volunteer attorneys, and 60 staff attorneys. Its various components claim a $45 million budget, and a $41 million endowment fund. This endowment fund includes a $7 million grant from the Ford Foundation (in 1999). The ACLU and its allies use their war chests to lobby and bring legal actions against the public religious expression of Christians and orthodox Jews, the acknowledgement of our national heritage, for the demands of the homosexual legal agenda, and to expand abortion. The ACLU boasts that, with the exception of the Justice Department, it has been involved in more cases before the Supreme Court than any other individual or organization. 1 Other foundations that contribute to the ACLU include the David and Lucille Packard Foundation (Hewlett-Packard), the George Gund Foundation (George Gund is the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers), and the New World Foundation (Ted Turner). 1 “ACLU
