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Fund for Global Human Rights Inc

We are activists and grant-makers working in solidarity with individuals and organizations promoting human rights in their communities.

$19M
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$165k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Civil Rights$749kCrime & Legal$646kEnvironment$455kPublic Benefit$325kInternational$291kHuman Services$125kPublic Safety & Disaster$40k
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 17 grants below total $687,500, the rows itemized in this filing. The $18,628,692 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $17,941,192 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k14 grants · $373k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $315k
$25,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$27M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CONFIDENTIAL (SINGH FOUNDATION)$165,000
NEW VENTURES FUND$100,000
VISION MADE VIABLE$50,000
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - BERSTEIN INSTITUTE$45,000
CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION (QDEP)$45,000
RISE COLLECTIVE$40,000
PEOPLE'S COURAGE INTERNATIONAL$37,500
KNOWLEDGE HUB MYANMAR$35,000
JUST ASSOCIATES MESOAMERICA$25,000
CHIN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION (CHRO)$25,000
DEFYING LEGAL GRAVITY$20,000
HOMEGIRLZ DEL CORAZON$20,000
CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR WOMEN PRISONERS$20,000
WOMEN WHO NEVER GIVE UP$20,000
JAILHOUSE LAWYERS INITIATIVE LEAH$20,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY23–25, $171k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%KNOWLEDGE HUB MYANMAR: $35k → 5%PEOPLE'S COURAGE INTERNATIONAL: $52k → 14%PEOPLE'S COURAGE INTERNATIONAL: $47k → 14%PEOPLE'S COURAGE INTERNATIONAL: $38k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ME
WA
NY
NJ
CA
DC
LA
TX

Grants abroad, by region: $18M on the FY2025 return

Schedule F, as filed: 8 regions. The IRS asks for region and purpose, not the recipient, so no country or grantee can be named here.

Europe (including Iceland and Greenland)$5.8M · 33% · 39 grants

Stated purpose: CDH FRAY MATIAS GRANT FACILITATION PROJECT · MIGRATION & DISPLACEMENT · EDUCATION, RELIGION, & CULTURE

Sub-Saharan Africa$3.8M · 21% · 183 grants

Stated purpose: ACCESS TO JUSTICE/EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW · CIVIC & POLITICAL PARTICIPATION · ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE RIGHTS

East Asia and the Pacific$3.1M · 17% · 93 grants

Stated purpose: ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE RIGHTS · ACCESS TO JUSTICE/EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW · HUMAN RIGHTS, GENERAL

South Asia$1.6M · 9% · 53 grants

Stated purpose: ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE RIGHTS · MIGRATION & DISPLACEMENT · ECONOMIC & LABOR RIGHTS

Middle East and North Africa$1.5M · 9% · 65 grants

Stated purpose: EXPRESSION & INFORMATION RIGHTS · ACCESS TO JUSTICE/EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW · ECONOMIC & LABOR RIGHTS

North America (Canada and Mexico)$967k · 5% · 40 grants

Stated purpose: HUMAN RIGHTS, GENERAL · ACCESS TO JUSTICE/EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW · FREEDOM FROM VIOLENCE

Central America and the Caribbean$615k · 3% · 39 grants

Stated purpose: ACCESS TO JUSTICE/EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW · ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE RIGHTS · EXPRESSION & INFORMATION RIGHTS

South America$370k · 2% · 23 grants

Stated purpose: ECONOMIC & LABOR RIGHTS · ENVIRONMENTAL & RESOURCE RIGHTS · FREEDOM FROM VIOLENCE

How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving. Grants abroad on Schedule F are filed by region, purpose and amount with no recipient name, so they are shown by region and cannot be placed on the country map or matched to a grantee.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

79%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 14 repeat orgs$445k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +19% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 8 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
8

Total granted

$1.6M
$225k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+19%
0%

Still filing today

100%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $220k went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25
InternationalPhilanthropyCivil RightsHuman ServicesEducationYouth DevelopmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • JA
    JUST ASSOCIATES INC
    4× · 2021–2025 · $143k · revenue +26%
  • RIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE
    4× · 2022–2025 · $140k · revenue +30%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION
    3× · 2022–2025 · $135k · revenue +26%

Funded once

  • A1
    ARTICLE 19 INC
    one grant, 2023 · $92k · revenue -15%
  • FO
    Friends of the Congo
    one grant, 2024 · $40k · revenue 0%
  • II
    International Indigenous Fund For Development and Solidarity Batanigraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +455%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Stichting Womens Initiatives for Gender Justice

Ending impunity for conflict related sexual violence

International
2
Human Rights and Business Award Foundation
Civil Rights
3
Global Voice
—
4
Direct Action for Women Now World-Wide Inc Formerly Indias Daughters Inc
Philanthropy
5
International Bridges to Justice

In recognition of the fundamental principles of the universal declaration of human rights, international bridges to justice (ibj) is dedicated to protecting the basic legal rights of ordinary citizens in developing countries. specifically,…

Crime & Legal
6
The International Institute On Race Equality and Human Rights

The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international…

International
7
Global Justice Center

Global justice center is a legal human rights organization that uses international law to achieve gender equality and dismantle systems of oppression.

Civil Rights
8
The Advocates for Human Rights

To promote and protect human rights in the United States and around the world.

International
9
Global Policy Forum Inc

Research and education of United Nations activities

International
10
Rights and Resources Institute Inc

Rri's mission is to support local communities and indigenous peoples' struggles against poverty and marginalization by promoting greater global commitment and action towards policy, market, and legal reforms that secure their rights to…

Environment
11
Committee to Protect Journalists Inc

The committee to protect journalists promotes press freedom worldwide and defends the right of journalists to report the news safely and without fear of reprisal. cpj ensures the free flow of news and commentary by taking action wherever…

Civil Rights
12
Equality Now Inc

To achieve legal and systematic change that addresses violence and discrimination against women and girls around the world.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Just Associates Inc; the most unlike its peers is Defying Legal Gravity. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
31/32
Grantees still filing
13/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

SINGH FAMILY FOUNDATION WASHINGTON: $501,000 · PhilanthropySINGH FAMILY FOUNDATION…COMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $30,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY INITIATIVESGLOBAL PHILANTHROPY PROJECT INC: $20,000 · PhilanthropyNEW VENTURE FUND: $533,000 · EnvironmentNEW VENTURE FUNDNAZDEEK INC: $97,250 · InternationalNAZDEEK INCARTICLE 19 INC: $92,250 · InternationalARTICLE 19 INCRIGHTS ACTION INC: $55,000 · InternationalRIGHTS ACTION INCFriends of the Congo: $40,000 · InternationalFriends of the Cong…Global Rights Advocacy: $40,000 · InternationalGlobal Rights Advoc…Harassmap: $30,000 · InternationalHarassmapInternational Indigenous Fund For Development and Solidarity Batani: $30,000 · InternationalInternational Indig…ASYLUM ACCESS: $20,000 · International+4 more: $42,330 · International+4 moreJUST ASSOCIATES INC: $143,437 · Civil RightsJUST ASSOCIATES…RIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE: $140,000 · Civil RightsRIGHT TO THE CI…CHIN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION US: $75,000 · Civil RightsCHIN HUMAN RIGH…CENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION: $135,000 · OtherCENTER FOR TRANSFORM…ROBERT F KENNEDY CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: $129,439 · OtherROBERT F KENNEDY CEN…Network on Women in Prison dba Legal Services for Prisoners w Children: $20,000 · OtherNew York University: $45,000 · OtherNew York UniversityMOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR: $20,000 · OtherSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $20,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA: $40,000 · OtherFOUNDATION FOR LOUIS…JUVENILE JUSTICE ADVOCATES OF CA: $20,000 · OtherDEFYING LEGAL GRAVITY: $20,000 · OtherWOMEN WHO NEVER GIVE UP INC: $20,000 · OtherPEOPLE'S COURAGE INTERNATIONAL INC: $136,442 · Human ServicesKNOWLEDGE HUB - MYANMAR: $35,000 · Human ServicesVISIONS MADE VIABLE: $100,000 · Religion
Philanthropy$551,000Environment$533,000International$446,830Civil Rights$358,437Other$469,439Human Services$171,442Religion$100,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetNEW VENTURE FUND: $533,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSINGH FAMILY FOUNDATION WASHINGTON: $501,000 over 4y, 61% of budgetJUST ASSOCIATES INC: $143,437 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetRIGHT TO THE CITY ALLIANCE: $140,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetPEOPLE'S COURAGE INTERNATIONAL INC: $136,442 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetCENTER FOR TRANSFORMATIVE ACTION: $135,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetROBERT F KENNEDY CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS: $129,439 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetVISIONS MADE VIABLE: $100,000 over 2y, 2.7% of budgetNAZDEEK INC: $97,250 over 4y, 12% of budgetARTICLE 19 INC: $92,250 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetCHIN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION US: $75,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetRIGHTS ACTION INC: $55,000 over 3y, 13% of budgetFriends of the Congo: $40,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetFOUNDATION FOR LOUISIANA: $40,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetGlobal Rights Advocacy: $40,000 over 2y, 54% of budgetHarassmap: $30,000 over 3y, 19% of budgetCOMMUNITY INITIATIVES: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Indigenous Fund For Development and Solidarity Batani: $30,000 over 1y, 14% of budgetASYLUM ACCESS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNetwork on Women in Prison dba Legal Services for Prisoners w Children: $20,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMOCKINGBIRD INCUBATOR: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetJUVENILE JUSTICE ADVOCATES OF CA: $20,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetGLOBAL PHILANTHROPY PROJECT INC: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMigrant Workers Action: $12,500 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetINTERNATIONAL SENIOR LAWYERS'CORPORATION: $11,830 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetINTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetBELADY US AN ISLAND FOR HUMANITY: $8,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Foundation to Promote…Wellspring Philanthro…Tides FoundationThe Ford FoundationNEO Philanthropy IncNew Venture FundSilicon Valley Commun…Gs Donor Advised Phil…Network for GoodNational Philanthropi…Paypal Charitable Giv…American Endowment Fo…
Foundation to Promote Open SocietyNY17.2× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Foundation to Promote Open Society · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Tides Foundation · The Ford Foundation · NEO Philanthropy Inc · New Venture Fund · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund for Wealth Management Inc · Network for Good · National Philanthropic Trust · Paypal Charitable Giving Fund · American Endowment Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Fund for Global Human Rights Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Fund for Global Human Rights Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    1get no government money at all
    6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 32 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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