??Founded in 1935, the ACLU-IA is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization which uses legal, legislative and public education approaches to protect and promote a broad range of constitutional issues related to individual rights and freedoms, including free speech, racial justice, privacy, religious liberty, reproductive rights, LGBT rights, and more. The ACLU-IA is an affiliate of the national ACLU, the leading defender of civil liberties guaranteed by our nation???s Bill of Rights.??The ACLU- IA is located in Des Moines and has a staff of 5 people. It has 3,000 members across the state and an annual budget of $600,000.??