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Civil Rights & Advocacy · NEW YORK, NY · EIN 27-0597430

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Category
Civil Rights & Advocacy
Employees
36
Volunteers
9

Financial Snapshot

FY ending 2024-12-31
Revenue
$16.2M
Expenses
$15.1M
Assets
$10.9M
Liabilities
$2.8M

Financial history

$16.2M$8.1M$0
161718192021222324
RevenueExpenses
Latest FY2024: $16.2M · Avg: $9.3M

Foreign activity (Schedule F)

Total spent abroad$5.5M
Foreign employees93
Foreign offices3
Foreign partnership interestNo
Foreign trust interestNo
RegionActivitySpent
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA——
EUROPE——
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA——
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC——
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN——
NORTH AMERICA——
SOUTH ASIA——
RUSSIA AND NEIGHBORING STATES——
EUROPE——
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA——
CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN——

501(h) election

This 501(c)(3) elected the 501(h) safe-harbor — lobbying expenditures are capped under a clear dollar formula instead of the "insubstantial part" standard.

Political & Grant Activity

Campaign Spending
—
Lobbying
$86K
Grants Given
$4.5M
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54 W 21ST ST RM 404
New YORK, NY, 10010-736

Governance

Voting board members9
Independent members9
Conflict-of-interest policyYes
Whistleblower policyYes
Doc-retention policyYes
Audit committeeYes
990 reviewed by boardYes

Compensation practices

Severance paymentsNo
Equity-based compNo
Supplemental retirement planNo
Compensation committeeYes
Used comp surveyYes
Board approved compYes
Initial contract exceptionNo
Public records
ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer ↗
Full 990 PDFs going back to 2001, plus parsed financial extracts. The easiest place to read actual filings.
IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search ↗
IRS-side authoritative source. Confirms current exempt status and pulls the latest determination letter.
These open in a new tab. AllCiv doesn't host filings directly — these are the authoritative public-record sources.