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What is the tax identification number of the ACLU Foundation of Northern California?

94-0279770

You can use this number when completing beneficiary designation forms naming the ACLU Foundation of Northern California as a beneficiary of retirement plans, life insurance policies, and bank or brokerage accounts.  If you make a stock gift your broker also may need this number.

For more general Frequently Asked Questions concerning the ACLU-NC, please go here.