NonprofitsAmericans United For Separation Of Church And State Inc

Civil Rights, Social Action & Advocacy

Americans United For Separation Of Church And State Inc

WASHINGTON, DC

Total revenue

$13.7M

Total expenses

$13.4M

Net assets

$26.1M

Grants received

$8.6M

214 grants

EIN

530184647

Tax year

2023

Mission

To defend, maintain, and promote religious liberty and the constitutional principle of separation of religion and government.

Programs

4 programs

Field services division: maintain close contact with various government leaders and faith leaders nationwide. Alert members to proposed legislation on church-state separation issues.

Expenses: $2.1MGrants: $21K

Legal division: legal expenses incurred in the defense of the separation of church and state.

Expenses: $1.6M

Legal academy: bring together law students working as summer legal interns at the organization and other leading nonprofit litigation groups. The legal academy will focus on using high-impact litigation to protect the rights of marginalized people. The program represents the organization's collective commitment to cultivate a new generation of leaders who can shape the law into the future. The legal academy will teach hard litigating skills, philosophy and strategy, and through its continuing education and alumni networks, it will also forge a multi-generational community to bolster upcoming leaders.

Expenses: $775K

Trustee and national advisory council meetings to further the organization's mission.

Expenses: $46K

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$12.4M
Program service revenue$56K
Investment income$954K
Other revenue$211K
Total revenue$13.7M

Expenses

Grants paid$21K
Salaries & benefits$6.6M
Fundraising$2.8M
Other expenses$6.5M
Total expenses$13.4M
Total assets$29.5M
Net assets$26.1M

People

22 listed

NameRoleCompensation

RACHEL LASER

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Board

$279K

40 hrs/wk

CYNTHIA HESS

CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Board

$184K

40 hrs/wk

SHEILA ROWE

SENIOR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

Board

$75K

40 hrs/wk

KATHERINE STEWART

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

AMY NORR ESQ

CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

EDDIE TABASH ESQ

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

REV DR BRIAN KAYLOR

VICE CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

DWAYNE LESLIE ESQ

TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

CHUCK TAYLOR ESQ

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

DAPHNE LAZAR PRICE

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

MARA KEISLING

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

SAM K WEISMAN

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

REV TRACI BLACKMON

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

REV DERRICK HARKINS

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

SARA IMERSHEIN MD

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

RICHARD KATSKEE

FORMER VP & LEGAL DIRECTOR

Staff

$209K

40 hrs/wk

MARGARET GARRETT

VP FOR PUBLIC POLICY

Staff

$206K

40 hrs/wk

ALEXANDER LUCHENITSER

ASSOCIATE VP & ASSOCIATE LEGAL DIR.

Staff

$175K

40 hrs/wk

KENNETH UPTON

SENIOR LITIGATION COUNSEL

Staff

$173K

40 hrs/wk

DENA SHER

ASSOCIATE VP OF PUBLIC POLICY

Staff

$173K

40 hrs/wk

KATHLEEN DUIS

SENIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT

Staff

$167K

40 hrs/wk

ANDREW SEIDEL

VP STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS

Staff

$166K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

RWT PRODUCTION LLC

DIRECT MAIL SERVICES

$1.6M

EIDOLON COMMUNICATIONS INC

FUNDRAISING CONSULTING

$335K

CLYDE GROUP LLC

STRATEGIC CONSULTING

$275K

KEY ACQUISTION PARTNERS LLC

DIRECT MAIL SERVICES

$249K

Grants received

Showing 200 of 214

FromAmountPurposeYear
$200K
CHARITABLE GIFT
2024
$150K
TO SUPPORT THE LEGAL ACADEMY
2024
$75K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$75K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2024
$59K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$50K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$28K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$25K
CIVILITY PROJECT
2024
$20K
promote religious liberty
2024
$20K
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2024
$17K
CIVIL RIGHTS
2024
$16K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2024
$11K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$11K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$11K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$11K
MEDICAL / PUBLIC SERVICES
2024
$10K
CIVIL RIGHTS/SOCIAL ACTION/ADVOCACY
2024
$10K
Program Support
2024
$9K
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2024
$8K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$5K
Public, Societal Benefit
2024
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$3K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2024
$3K
TO PRESERVE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES OF CHURCH AND STATE
2024
$1K
GENL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2024
$600
SUPPORT OF PRIMARY MISSION
2024
$350
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$300
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2024
$300
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$200
TO PROTECT THE RIGHT OF EVERYONE TO BELIEVE AS THEY WANT AND STOP ANY FROM USING THEIR BELIEFS TO HARM OTHERS
2024
$150
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)
2024
$105
MATCHING GIFTS
2024
$100
TO DEFEND, MAINTAIN, AND PROMOTE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE OF SEPARATION OF RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT.
2024
$50
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$50
GENERAL EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$323K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$227K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$175K
SUPPORT EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND LITIGATION AGAINST RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
2023
$152K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2023
$120K
CHARITABLE GIFT
2023
$101K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2023
$50K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$50K
TO PROVIDE GENERAL SUPPORT.
2023
$45K
LEGAL ACADEMY
2023
$28K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$24K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2023
$21K
CIVIL RIGHTS
2023
$20K
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2023
$20K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$18K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$17K
PUBLIC/SOCIETY BENEFIT
2023
$10K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATION'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$10K
CIVIL RIGHTS/SOCIAL ACTION/ADVOCACY
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$6K
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2023
$6K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$6K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2023
$3K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$500
GENL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$200
SUPPORT OF PRIMARY MISSION
2023
$200
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$160
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2023
$100
MATCH A PREVIOUS DONATION (501(C)3)
2023
$100
TO PROTECT THE RIGHT OF EVERYONE TO BELIEVE AS THEY WANT AND STOP ANY FROM USING THEIR BELIEFS TO HARM OTHERS
2023
$100
UNRESTRICTED USE IN CHARITABLE ENDEAVOR
2023
$50
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$539K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$200K
SUPPORT EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND LITIGATION AGAINST RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
2022
$160K
CHARITABLE GIFT
2022
$123K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$105K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2022
$80K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2022
$75K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$45K
LEGAL ACADEMY
2022
$30K
IN FURTHERANCE OF GRANTEE'S TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$28K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$25K
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2022
$13K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$10K
ENDOWMENTS & DAF
2022
$10K
promote religious liberty
2022
$10K
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
2022
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$8K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$6K
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2022
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$3K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2022
$2K
MATCHING GIFT PROGRAM - FOR GENERAL SUPPORT OF ITS MISSION
2022
$2K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$1K
PROTECTION OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
2022
$500
GENL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$200
MATCHING GIFTS
2022
$150
SUPPORT OF PRIMARY MISSION
2022
$100
MATCHING GIFTS
2022
$100
GENERAL CHARITABLE PUPOSE
2022
$100
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$100
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2022
$100
UNRESTRICTED USE IN CHARITABLE ENDEAVOR
2022
$50
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2022
$25
MIP PAYOUT FOR 02/07/2022
2022
$486K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$486K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2021
$111K
For recipient's exempt purpose
2021
$101K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2021
$57K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2021
$50K
CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT
2021
$15K
PUBLIC/SOCIETY BENEFIT
2021
$10K
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2021
$10K
UNRESTRICTED
2021
$9K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$7K
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT & DEVELOPMENT
2021
$6K
OPERATIONAL SUPPORT
2021
$6K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2021
$6K
promote religious liberty
2021
$5K
GENERAL AND/OR PROGRAM SUPPORT - DONOR ADVISED FUNDS
2021
$5K
CHARITABLE DONATIONCHARITABLE DONATION
2021
$2K
GENERAL CHARITABLE USE
2021
$1K
PROTECTION OF FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
2021
$500
GENL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2021
$300
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2021
$150
SUPPORT OF PRIMARY MISSION
2021
$100
UNRESTRICTED USE IN CHARITABLE ENDEAVOR
2021
$100
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2021
$50
CIVIL RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, ADVOCACY
2021
$580K
CHARITABLE GIFT
2020
$285K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2020
$191K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2020
$100K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2020
$100K
SUPPORT EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND LITIGATION AGAINST RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
2020
$75K
REVITALIZATION PROJECT
2020
$58K
General support
2020
$50K
SUPPORT EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND LITIGATION AGAINST RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION
2020
$40K
PUBLIC/SOCIETY BENEFIT
2020
$35K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2020
$26K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$25K
Civil Participation
2020
$20K
CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT
2020
$20K
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
2020
$10K
CHARITABLE DONATIONCHARITABLE DONATION
2020
$9K
Annual Suuport
2020
$8K
Unrestricted
2020
$7K
HUMAN SERVICES
2020
$6K
GENERAL USE AND/OR SPECIAL FUND/PROJECT
2020
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2020
$5K
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2020
$5K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2020
$2K
EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY
2020
$1K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$845
MATCHING GIFTS
2020
$750
OPERATING PROGRAMS
2020
$750
IN SUPPORT OF RF DONATIONS TO CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS
2020
$500
CHARITABLE FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
2020
$500
UNRESTRICTED
2020
$428
GENERAL PURPOSE
2020
$300
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2020
$250
SUPPORT ADVANCEMENT OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
2020
$250
CHARITABLE
2020
$200
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2020
$100
GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSE
2020
$100
UNRESTRICTED USE
2020
$100
GENERAL OPERATING PURPOSE
2020
$100
UNRESTRICTED USE IN CHARITABLE ENDEAVOR
2020
$50
MATCHING GRANTS
2020
$162K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2019
$100K
Operating Support/Annual Fund
2019
$28K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2019
$14K
General support
2019
$10K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2019
$9K
PUBLIC/SOCIETY BENEFIT
2019
$6K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2019
$150
to further organization's goals
2019
$81K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2018
$25K
PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT
2018
$20K
CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF RECIPIENT
2018
$10K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2018

Funded by

$8.6M from 99 funders · 214 grants · 2017–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$2.5M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Foundation For The Carolinas

$1.1M · 4 grants · 2020–2024

Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program

$652K · 4 grants · 2020–2023

Boston Foundation Inc

$608K · 6 grants · 2017–2023

Deer Creek Foundation

$525K · 4 grants · 2020–2023

American Online Giving Foundation Inc

$474K · 6 grants · 2019–2024

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$397K · 7 grants · 2017–2023

Rockefeller Family Fund Inc

$200K · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Details

EIN530184647
NTEE codeR40
Subsection03
Ruling date2000-07
Formed1948
Employees48
Volunteers0
AMERICANS UNITED FOR SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE INC — Mission, Financials & Grants Received | Grantivo