Has anyone else tried to contact the ACLU by email?

Question

Well, you can't. They don't list any. And they also don't tell you in their FAQ's how they are funded. I'm suspicious, at this point.

Answer 1

My guess would be that since they're a rather controversial organization, they would prefer to be a bit anonymous to the masses. You can probably get that information if you're a member. They're funded by donations.

Answer 2

They are a non-profit organization, that takes donations.

Most who donate become supporting members. Some just give money because they want to help. Same as the Sierra Club and the 700 Club and the NRA and other non-profit advocacy groups. The link describing how they get their money is right on their main home page, under the "Donate" tag (see link below).

As far as email contact, you can get in touch with any local/state chapter by email. The national office doesn't have a general email, because almost every contact would be a local/state issue, and they don't want to be flooded. Look at the list of chapters (second link below). Each chapter has a mailing address, email address and phone number.

And yes, I've had email exchanges with many people at various ACLU chapters, for a variety of reasons.