California · Nonprofit
BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (California) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,863,327 to it, the largest being NEW VENTURE FUND ($3,208,900). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $38M
- Funders on record
- 33
- Grants received
- $18M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Business for Social Responsibility does
Mission
Bsr is a global nonprofit organization that works with its network of more than 300 member companies to build a just and sustainable world. From its offices in asia, europe, and north america, bsr develops sustainable business strategies and solutions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Rise rise (reimagining industry to support equality) is an initiative to support collaborative industry action at scale, to advance gender equality in global garment, footwear and home textile supply chains. The goal of rise's work is for women working in global supply chains to experience their inherent dignity through agency, equality and rights. Through rise's theory of change, the program works to achieve the following outcomes: - behavior change: all workers, including women, have the agency to secure opportunities and rights. Men in global supply chains engage and take action toward gender equality.- market change: businesses in global supply chains fulfill the needs and rights of women workers. Women's voices and decision-making are represented in workplace and sectoral dialogues.- systems change: policies are in place within the world of work to enhance gender equality. Social norms within the world of work reinforce equality of all genders.
$3,615,388 spent$2,765,620 earned by the program12% of program spendingHuman rights bsr's human rights experts engage with a network of partners from business and civil society to help companies in all sectors to meet and exceed global human rights standards. Bsr's human rights advisory services are pragmatic and forward-looking, meeting companies where they are on their human rights journey and tailoring recommendations to the specific needs of each industry and the complexities of local contexts. Bsr helps companies to understand and navigate the increasingly fragmented global human rights landscape, prepare to comply with emerging legislation, and partner across their value chains to collaboratively manage human rights issues and address the systemic causes of human rights harm.
$3,305,987 spent$10,961,198 earned by the program11% of program spendingClimate and nature bsr's climate and nature team supports company efforts to build business resilience and strengthen long-term value chain stability, while enabling a healthy planet and a just future for all. We help companies to assess their climate and nature risks, to identify and implement strategic nature preservation and climate adaptation efforts, and support the development and implementation of transition plans to pursue new business opportunities and comply with regulatory requirements.
$2,902,551 spent$4,140,248 earned by the program10% of program spendingInclusive business, sustainability management, membership, general program
$20,548,888 spent$16,100,750 earned by the program68% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $30,372,814.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $23M to $32M (+39%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
10% of BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (23% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Aron Cramer
President & CEO
Board chair
Alessandro Carlucci
Board chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 9 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $2.5M → $1.6M.
10 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 33% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
46% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 59% · 2019 47% · 2020 53% · 2021 31% · 2022 27% · 2023 31% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
24% of BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 55% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY draws 94% of its grant income from funders outside California, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $5.9M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY is better cushioned than half of the 4,064 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,064 education nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Organizations like BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
54%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 5 related entities
- Association Business for Social Responsibility · disregarded
- Business for Social Responsibility Nordic Aps · disregarded
- Shanghai Bushui Business Magmt & Cons Co Ltd · disregarded
- Bsr Pte Ltd · disregarded
- Kabushiki Kaisha Bsr Japan · corp_trust
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY?
- BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (California) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $17,863,327 to it, the largest being NEW VENTURE FUND ($3,208,900). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY have?
- IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $17,863,327 in grants to BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY?
- NEW VENTURE FUND is the largest funder on record, with $3,208,900 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 33 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing