New York · Nonprofit
CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS INC
CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,100,020 to it, the largest being WELLSPRING PHILANTHROPIC FUND INC ($2,650,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $4.1M
- Net assets
- $129k
What Center for Economic and Social Rights Inc does
Mission
Research and advocacy to promote economic and social rights
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
In 2024, cesr continued to strengthen our community of practice by linking partners across the globe to strategize and work together in pursuit of a more equitable and rights-based global economy. This includes convening partners to share strategies and learnings on the sidelines of major international advocacy events, including those organized by the united nations (un), group of twenty (g20), and international monetary fund (imf). We have also continued to build alliances and bridge movements throughout latin america through our role as the secretariat of the initiative on fiscal policy and human rights. Cesr continued its advocacy work to challenge unjust tax, debt and budget policies in numerous countries across the globe - including the philippines, nepal, uganda, ghana, zambia and across latin america, while also advocating internationally for fairer fiscal policies to realize human rights and reduce inequalities. For example, we've carried out work on a women's human rights impact assessment of climate finance projects with partners in nepal. We also undertook advocacy in international fora such as the un, the imf, and the g20. For example, we worked with partner…
$798,041 spentof which $56,598 as grants100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $798,041.
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.
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 $1.1M to $576k (−47%).
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: 2021 8% · 2022 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Maria Ron Balsera
Executive director
Board chair
Imad Sabi
Chairperson
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $638k → $475k.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 19% 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 CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 78% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 83% · 2021 77% · 2022 100% · 2023 74% — 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.
Where its funders are
95% of CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $775k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
17%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS INC: 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 CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS INC?
- CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS INC (New York) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,100,020 to it, the largest being WELLSPRING PHILANTHROPIC FUND INC ($2,650,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $4,100,020 in grants to CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS INC?
- WELLSPRING PHILANTHROPIC FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $2,650,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RIGHTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 6 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