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· Public charity

National Religious Campaign Against Torture

To mobilize people of faith to end torture in u.s.

$900k
Granted FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
17
States reached
$75k
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$3.2MCivil Rights$719kReligion$229kHousing & Shelter$52kEducation$30kScience & Tech$5k
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k9 grants · $343k
  • $50k–250k10 grants · $557k
$50,000
Median grant
17
States reached
$6.8M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
INTERFAITH ACTION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS$75,000
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH$65,000
ABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER$59,000
DC JUSTICE LAB$55,000
OPENDOORS$53,000
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST MASSACHUSETTS ACTION NETWORK INC$50,000
JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER OF LA$50,000
DISABILITY RIGHTS NORTH CAROLINA$50,000
SALVATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE$50,000
CHICAGO LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS$50,000
ACLU OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION$49,974
CITIZENS FOR PRISON REFORM$47,000
ACLU OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION INC$40,900
WLM MINISTRIES$40,000
RETURN STRONG$40,000
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 (FY21–24, $270k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 74% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%OPENDOORS: $53k → 14%OPENDOORS: $49k → 14%DISABILITY RIGHTS WASHINGTON: $36k → 9%OPENDOORS: $48k → 14%DISABILITY RIGHTS WASHINGTON: $35k → 9%OPENDOORS: $48k → 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
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
NV
PA
NJ
CT
RI
CA
NE
VA
MD
NM
AR
NC
DC
LA
GA
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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

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

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$4.0M · 23 repeat orgs$179k to everyone else

23 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 7 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

23
4

Total granted

$4.0M
$78k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+69%
+120%

Still filing today

91%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $101k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Crime & LegalCivil RightsHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterReligionPhilanthropyOther
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

  • AC
    AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $310k · revenue +49%
  • AL
    ABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER
    7× · 2018–2024 · $302k · revenue +649%
  • JA
    JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER OF LOUISIANA
    6× · 2019–2024 · $260k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • MP
    MAINE PRISONER ADVOCACY COALITION
    one grant, 2023 · $40k · revenue -31%
  • VO
    VOICE OF THE EXPERIENCED VOTEgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue +120%
  • AC
    American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginiagraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $13k · revenue +247%
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
American Civil Liberties Union of Delaware Inc

The organization monitors legislation that could impact civil liberties and takes the necessary action to support or oppose such legislation.

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2
American Civil Liberties Union

The american civil liberties union of west virginia (aclu-wv) is a non-partisan, non-profit membership organization whose mission is to fulfill the promise of the bill of rights for all west virginians and expand the reach of its…

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3
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana

To support the work of the amercian civil liberties union of louisiana through litigation, public education and limited lobbying in support of civil liberties.

Civil Rights
4
Civil Liberties Defense Center

CIVIL LIBERTIES DEFENSE CENTER (CLDC) educates the general public about their rights and privileges under the US Constitution and provides free legal support to climate and social justice activists.

Civil Rights
5
American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska

Preservation and promotion of civil rights and civil liberties.

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6
American Civil Liberties Union

To promote advocacy on legislative issues in support of civil rights and liberties. to advance the organization's civil rights and civil liberties agenda in the state of louisiana legislature.

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7
American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska Foundation

The aclu of alaska is a non-partisan organization dedicated to advancing the cause of civil liberties in alaska through public education and legal action.

Civil Rights
8
District of Columbia Access to Justice

Work with DC courts, private bar & legal services providers to increase legal representations for low & moderate income DC residents, enhance efficiency of legal services, and reduce barriers to the judicial system.

Crime & Legal
9
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area

As one of the most enduring civil rights institutions on the West Coast, we work to dismantle systems of oppression and racism, and build an equitable and just society.

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10
American Civil Liberties Union of Tennessee Inc

To protect and expand individual liberties through legislative advocacy & lobbying efforts at both the state and local levels.

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11
Fund for Justice

Fund for Justice is a nationally connected social impact research and advocacy organization that works to achieve fundamental, systemic reform by addressing policies and practicies that prevent individuals from reaching their full…

Crime & Legal
12
Legal Aid Justice Center

The legal aid justice center partners with communities and clients to achieve justice by dismantling systems that create and perpetuate poverty.

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Abolitionist Law Center; the most unlike its peers is American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada Foundation Inc. 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

28 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. 28 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

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

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/28
Grantees still filing
20/28
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRINITY EPSICOPAL CHURCH: $406,135 · OtherTRINITY EPSICOPAL CHURCHAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION: $309,974 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW ME…ACLU NEBRASKA FOUNDATION INC: $216,400 · OtherACLU NEBRASKA FOUNDATION INCURBAN JUSTICE CENTER: $195,628 · OtherURBAN JUSTICE CENTERDISABILITY RIGHTS NORTH CAROLINA: $160,000 · OtherDISABILITY RIGHTS NORTH CAROLINAAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEVADA FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 · OtherAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEVADA…WLM MINISTRIES INC: $88,484 · OtherWLM MINISTRIES INC+1 more: $5,153 · OtherABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER: $302,000 · Crime & LegalABOLITIONIST LAW CENTERJUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER OF LOUISIANA: $260,000 · Crime & LegalJUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER OF…Citizens for Prison Reform: $203,000 · Crime & LegalCitizens for Prison ReformDC JUSTICE LAB: $200,000 · Crime & LegalDC JUSTICE LABDecarcerate Inc: $179,906 · Crime & LegalDecarcerate IncReturn Strong: $80,000 · Crime & LegalReturn StrongChicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc: $50,000 · Crime & Legal+3 more: $75,000 · Crime & Legal+3 moreINTERFAITH ACTION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $224,000 · Civil RightsINTERFAITH ACTION …SALVATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE A NJ N: $163,995 · Civil RightsSALVATION AND SOCI…Southern Center for Human Rights: $132,000 · Civil RightsSouthern Center fo…American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Found: $120,000 · Civil RightsAmerican Civil Lib…ACLU FOUNDATION OF MARYLAND INC: $26,000 · Civil Rights+1 more: $12,500 · Civil RightsOPENDOORS: $198,594 · Human ServicesDISABILITY RIGHTS WASHINGTON: $71,300 · Human ServicesUnitarian Universalist Massachusetts Action Network Inc: $240,000 · ReligionFAIR SHARE HOUSING CENTER INC: $51,667 · Housing & ShelterFACTS EDUCATION FUND: $47,000 · Housing & ShelterWISDOM INC: $36,000 · PhilanthropySOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $30,000 · Education
Other$1,531,774Crime & Legal$1,349,906Civil Rights$678,495Human Services$269,894Religion$240,000Housing & Shelter$98,667Philanthropy$36,000Education$30,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEW MEXICO FOUNDATION: $309,974 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetABOLITIONIST LAW CENTER: $302,000 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetJUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY CENTER OF LOUISIANA: $260,000 over 6y, 8.1% of budgetUnitarian Universalist Massachusetts Action Network Inc: $240,000 over 5y, 17% of budgetINTERFAITH ACTION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: $224,000 over 4y, 41% of budgetACLU NEBRASKA FOUNDATION INC: $216,400 over 8y, 2.1% of budgetCitizens for Prison Reform: $203,000 over 5y, 64% of budgetDC JUSTICE LAB: $200,000 over 4y, 4.1% of budgetOPENDOORS: $198,594 over 4y, 4.5% of budgetURBAN JUSTICE CENTER: $195,628 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetDecarcerate Inc: $179,906 over 5y, 27% of budgetSALVATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE A NJ N: $163,995 over 4y, 5.1% of budgetDISABILITY RIGHTS NORTH CAROLINA: $160,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetAMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF NEVADA FOUNDATION INC: $150,000 over 5y, 2.9% of budgetSouthern Center for Human Rights: $132,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union of Washington Found: $120,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetReturn Strong: $80,000 over 2y, 41% of budgetDISABILITY RIGHTS WASHINGTON: $71,300 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFAIR SHARE HOUSING CENTER INC: $51,667 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetChicago Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetFACTS EDUCATION FUND: $47,000 over 2y, 23% of budgetMAINE PRISONER ADVOCACY COALITION: $40,000 over 1y, 9.7% of budgetWISDOM INC: $36,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSOCIAL GOOD FUND INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetACLU FOUNDATION OF MARYLAND INC: $26,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetVOICE OF THE EXPERIENCED VOTE: $20,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetLATINOJUSTICE PRLDEF: $15,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Virginia: $12,500 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

Equal Justice WorksBorealis PhilanthropyNew Venture FundNEO Philanthropy IncTides FoundationAmalgamated Charitabl…Public Welfare Founda…Solidago FoundationThe Ford FoundationThe Robert Wood Johns…Vanguard Charitable E…Silicon Valley Commun…
Equal Justice WorksDC21.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Equal Justice Works · Borealis Philanthropy · New Venture Fund · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Tides Foundation · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · Public Welfare Foundation Inc · Solidago Foundation · The Ford Foundation · The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Silicon Valley Community 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 National Religious Campaign Against Torture funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from National Religious Campaign Against Torture. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 52%
  • Salvation and Social Justice a Nj N: 52% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 31 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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