The ACLU operates across legal, legislative, and grassroots channels to defend constitutional rights. The tech footprint—Blackbaud CRM, EveryAction, Microsoft 365, Intune, NinjaOne—reflects a nonprofit optimizing for campaign coordination and security compliance rather than product development. Active projects center on CRM customization, nationwide organizing, and cloud/endpoint hardening, while pain points cluster around donor retention, fundraising ops, and attack-surface reduction. The leadership hiring mix (17 senior, 8 director roles across legal, advocacy, policy) signals a mature, mission-driven organization scaling campaigns rather than rebuilding internal systems.
Tech Stack 12 technologies
What ACLU Is Building
◆Challenges
- Acquiring sustaining donors
- Customizing crm for fundraising
- Enterprise risk mitigation
- Reducing vulnerability risk
- Reducing attack surface
- Improving control enforcement
- Internal team inefficiencies
- Attacks on civil liberties
- Optimizing marketing spend
- Fiduciary compliance for charitable gifts
▲Active Projects
- Priority affiliate legislative or advocacy campaigns
- Nationwide rallies
- Crm integration and automation
- Complex multi-tooled campaigns at national/federal level
- National campaigns for democracy and voting rights
- Nationwide organizing training program
- Digital library of training materials
- Train-the-trainer model
- Cloud posture improvement
- Endpoint compliance rollout
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Campaign Director, Deputy Project Director, Risk Management Director, Campaign Lead
