The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation-San Diego and Imperial Counties (ACLUF-SDIC) is the charitable arm of the American Civil Liberties Union-San Diego and Imperial Counties. Both arms operate under separate financials and boards yet share the same management and board members and take actions driven by one or both entities. 1
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation-San Diego and Imperial Counties reported income of $4,640,960 for 2017, with $4,254,455 from contributions and grants. This was offset by expenses of $4,139,459, of which $2,873,126 was for salaries and other compensation for employees. 2
Assets at the end of 2017 were reported as $9,576,780 with liabilities of $630,749 for a net of $8,946,031. 3
Leadership
Executive director Norma Chavez-Peterson was named the woman of the year in California’s 79th district in 2017 by California Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego) and was executive director of Justice Overcoming Boundaries, a left-of-center organization seeking expanded immigration prior to joining ACLU-SDIC. She is a member of the boards of Partners For Progress, a left-of-center organization seeking to create a bi-national region of Southern California, and Engage San Diego, a left-progressive partnership of fifteen organizations including Planned Parenthood and ACLU-SDIC. 1456
Jeff Chin, board president ACLU-SDIC is director of career services at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. 7
Activities
In July 2020, ACLUF-SDIC filed an administrative complaint with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General alleging verbal abuse of illegal immigrants held in custody and requesting reform of its complaint process against offending officials. 8
To support an organization that protects and expands fairness, health equity and freedom for the San Diego County and Imperial County communities through community engagement, building power, policy advocacy and impact litigation
FOR CORE OPERATING SUPPORT TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF IMMIGRANTS AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN THE SAN DIEGO AND IMPERIAL BORDER AREAS AND TO SUPPORT EFFORTS TO ADDRESS INEQUITIES IN POLICING IN COMMUNITIES OF COLOR.
To support an organization that protects and expands fairness, health equity and freedom for the San Diego County and Imperial County communities through community engagement, building power, policy advocacy and impact litigation.
To advocate for increased law enforcement accountability in the City and County of San Diego, advance legal protections and guarantees to immigrants and people seeking asylum in the region, and build capacity in underserved Imperial County as a means to promote health equity.
To support an organization that protects fairness, health equity and freedom for the San Diego County and Imperial County communities through community engagement, building power, policy advocacy and impact litigation.
To support an organization that protects fairness, health equity and freedom for the San Diego County and Imperial County communities through community engagement, building power, policy advocacy and impact litigation.
To advocate for transparency and public access to meetings, meeting records and public health data and to ensure that a racial equity lens is used to allocate public resources responding to the COVID-19 pandemic in San Diego and Imperial counties.
All-time grants given statistics from Candid dataset:
5. “Partners for Progress San Diego, 3737 Camino Del Rio S, Ste 207, San Diego, CA (2020).” , 3737 Camino del Rio S, Ste 207, San Diego, CA (2020). Accessed July 30, 2020. https://www.govserv.org/US/San-Diego/792886017495857/Partners-for-Progress-San-Diego.
