Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
DISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC
DISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,738,467 to it, the largest being WELLSPRING PHILANTHROPIC FUND INC ($1,614,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $5.7M
- Net assets
- $1.1M
What Disability Rights International Inc does
Mission
Disability rights international (dri) is dedicated to promoting human rights and full participation in society of people with disabilities worldwide.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Americas: dri's americas programs bring attention to human rights violations against people with disabilities in the americas, support the development of disability rights advocacy in the region, and engage in policy advocacy on a regional level that includes the rights of people with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities.through the americas programs, dri collaborates with local organizations to:- expose abuses against people with disabilities; - make recommendations for mental health reform; - educate policy makers; - help train and support new organizations run by people with disabilities and their families; - work with established, mainstream human rights organizations to promote the inclusion of disability rights into their core advocacy agendas; - work through the inter-american human rights system of the organization of american states to bring about legal recognition and enforcement of the rights of people with disabilities. Current country projects in latin america:mexico, guatemala, honduras, peru, colombia, and argentina
$494,220 spent62% of program spendingAdvocacy and training: dri is committed to strengthening the worldwide movement of activists, international development organizations, as well as both governmental and private donors seeking to promote the implementation of the united nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (crpd) in their own countries and around the world. Dri uses our human rights documentation to train activists and to inform and advise development organizations and donors. We provide support, training, and technical assistance on the development and implementation of best practices for disability rights enforcement and community inclusion of people with disabilities. We file cases with regional human rights bodies and the united nations to promote human rights oversight and implementation.
$137,833 spent$1,250 earned by the program17% of program spendingEurope: dri's european programs bring attention to human rights violations against people with disabilities in europe, ukraine and republics of the former soviet union, support the development of disability rights advocacy in the region, and engage in policy advocacy on a regional level that includes the rights of people with disabilities.through the european program, dri collaborates with local organizations to:- expose abuses against people with disabilities; - make recommendations for mental health reform; - educate policy makers; - help train and support new organizations run by people with disabilities and their families; - work with established, mainstream human rights organizations to promote the inclusion of disability rights into their core advocacy agendas.current country projects in europe, ukraine, serbia and united kingdom.
$121,304 spent15% of program spendingInform and educate united states government policymakers and international development and disability organizations based in the united states about the urgent need to protect people with disabilities around the world and about steps necessary to bring about effective inclusion in their programs. The u.s. Program also brings attention to human rights violations against people with disabilities in the united states and engages in policy advocacy to ensure compliance with international human rights law.
$44,934 spent6% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $798,291.
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 $862k to $1.8M (+107%).
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.
94% of DISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 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
Eric Rosenthal
Executive director
Board chair
John Heffernan
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 10 funders to 9 funders, grant income fell $865k → $499k.
6 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 DISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL 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
DISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 44% · 2019 39% · 2020 32% · 2021 26% · 2022 32% · 2023 36% — growing more concentrated.
“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
54% of DISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% 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
DISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 9 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $950k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 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
DISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 479 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 479 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like DISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC
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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
78% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
45%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds DISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC?
- DISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,738,467 to it, the largest being WELLSPRING PHILANTHROPIC FUND INC ($1,614,000). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $5,738,467 in grants to DISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC?
- WELLSPRING PHILANTHROPIC FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,614,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DISABILITY RIGHTS INTERNATIONAL INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington, D.C.. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 23 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing