The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union - beyond one person, party, or side. The organization works tirelessly in courts, legislatures, and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and the laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country. Whether it's achieving full equality for LGBT people, establishing new privacy protections for our digital age of widespread government surveillance, ending mass incarceration, or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion, the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people from government abuse and overreach.
With more than 4 million members, activists, and supporters, the ACLU is a nationwide organization that fights in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C., to safeguard everyone's rights. The organization appears before the Supreme Court more than any other organization except the Department of Justice. The ACLU is nonprofit and nonpartisan, and does not receive any government funding. Member dues as well as contributions and grants from private foundations and individuals pay for the work they do.