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Anthony D Romero

Executive Director/CEO · American Civil Liberties Union INC

Executive Director/CEO at American Civil Liberties Union INC. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 3 organizations on the Form 990 record.

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Ambiguous identity This name matches 1 other individual we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
3
Roles reported
3
Reported compensation
$760K
Others who share this name
1

Who this is

Profile

Everything on the left is verified from the IRS filings. The biography on the right is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
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Reported as Executive Director/CEO of American Civil Liberties Union INC, based in New York, NY.
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Received $760K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Also listed as Executive Director/CEO of American Civil Liberties Union Foundation INC, uncompensated.
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Also listed as CEO/Director of Rb So INC, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) since September 2001. The first Latino and openly gay man to serve in this capacity and the longest-serving head of the organization since founder Roger Baldwin.

Puerto Rican heritage; first in family to graduate high school.

Compiled from public web sources (4 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

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Tenure here
Since September 2001 (25 years)
Education
  • Princeton University1987
  • 1990) · Stanford Law School (J.D.1990

Body of work

Publications

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In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

American Civil Liberties Union INC Executive Director/CEO · $222.1M revenue · New York, NYPRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)pay $959K → $760KFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$760Kreported comp
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation INC Executive Director/CEO · $306.8M revenue · New York, NYPRESERVATION AND PROMOTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)Filed FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021, FY2020 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
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Rb So INC CEO/Director · New York, NYFiled FY2024, FY2023, FY2022, FY2021 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Anthony D Romero

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Anthony D Romero 1 organization · Princeton, NJThe Trustees of Princeton University

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

A
Dep. Executive Director of Strategy & Culture · FY2024
$570K
T
Dep. Executive Director/General Counsel · FY2024
$569K
D
Deputy Executive Director · FY2022
$536K
M
Chief Development Officer · FY2024
$520K
R
Nat'l Polit Dir (thru 3/15/22) · FY2022
$519K
K
National Director of Affiliates Support & Nationwide Initiatives · FY2024
$499K
D
National Legal Director (thru 10/15/2024) · FY2024
$494K
C
COO · FY2024
$492K
K
Dir Aff Support & Nation. Init · FY2023
$491K
D
Chief Political & Advocacy Officer · FY2024
$467K
R
Chief Communications Officer · FY2022
$442K
K
Chief Communications & Marketing Officer · FY2024
$435K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org