[baytrailcat]

I was thinking the same thing. One obvious thing to do is not claim it as a tax deductible donation, since it will go into federal records, which is easily accessed by law enforcement. Getting your past credit card statements may require one more hoop to jump through for them.

Gosh.. how far have we fallen that we are seriously discussing this?

[mirimir]

It seems that ACLU donations are not tax-deductable.

[dragonwriter]

Just as an FYI, donations to the ACLU Foundation (which have somewhat more limited uses -- no lobbying, but still support litigation and other functions -- but still support the broad mission) are tax deductible.

https://action.aclu.org/what-difference

[mirimir]

Cool!

But at https://action.aclu.org/donate-aclu it should perhaps say that, after "Contributions to the American Civil Liberties Union are not tax deductible."

[UncleMeat]

ACLU and ACLUF are different organizations. ACLU can lobby and donate to politicians, which is what makes them not tax deductible. ACLUF puts restrictions on where the money can go but has tax deductible donations.

[mirimir]

Right. And ACLU can litigate. I used to donate to a litigation fund, and donor names were published. But I've never heard about that for ACLU. I wonder what was different about that litigation fund.