New York · Nonprofit
HUMANITY IN ACTION INC
HUMANITY IN ACTION INC (New York) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,102,380 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM H DONNER FOUNDATION INC ($710,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $453k
- Funders on record
- 30
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $335k
What Humanity in Action Inc does
Mission
Humanity in action, inc. ("hia or "the organization") is a transnational organization that educates, inspires and connects a network of university students and young professionals committed to promoting human rights, pluralism, liberal democracy and civic engagement. Hia seeks to promote these values through different educational programs focused on and shaped by the specific historical and cultural contexts in which hia operates.* hia educates to encourage critical exploration of liberal democracy, pluralism and human rights, within the specific national historical and present contexts of its fellowship programs.* hia connects an evergrowing transnational community to promote continual learning and collaborations.* hia inspires action for advancing human rights and democracy. Hia is a nonpartisan, notforprofit organization incorporated in delaware, governed by a board of directors comprised of members from both the united states and europe.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
The first annual programs for university students began in denmark and the netherlands in 1999. A program in germany was added in 2002. In 2006, hia launched a program in france and poland. A united states program was added in 2006 and was subsequently relaunched in 2015. In 2015, hia launched a program in bosnia and herzegovina. Working in transnational teams, students study the causes of intolerance, historical examples of resistance, and the resources available to those who advocate more inclusive and participatory democracies in these countries.program expenses generally include lecturers, stipends for students' food and local transportation, international transportation to europe for u.s. Applicants who require needbased support, project directors' fees, and costs of publishing the students' reports. Additionally, hia provides direct cash support to its affiliate organizations in bosnia and herzegovina, denmark, the netherlands, germany and poland, based on program needs. In 2022 and 2021, hia launched the racial equity grant to suppport select projects of fellows and senior fellows who are working to increase racial equity and antiracist work in the united states. In 2021,…
$656,902 spentof which $207,008 as grants$14,227 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $656,902.
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 2019 to 2020, from $656k to $4.6M (+609%).
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 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of HUMANITY IN ACTION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 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.
Board chair
William M Spencer
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 9 funders to 8 funders, grant income fell $145k → $120k.
9 of 30 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 41% 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 HUMANITY IN ACTION 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
HUMANITY IN ACTION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 34% 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
41% 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 HUMANITY IN ACTION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 23% · 2018 61% · 2019 75% · 2020 39% · 2021 59% · 2022 47% · 2023 43% — 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
25% of HUMANITY IN ACTION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% 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
89% of HUMANITY IN ACTION 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. $853k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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
HUMANITY IN ACTION INC's revenue fell 60% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like HUMANITY IN ACTION INC
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In New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
68% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
29%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HUMANITY IN ACTION INC?
- HUMANITY IN ACTION INC (New York) receives grants from 30 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,102,380 to it, the largest being THE WILLIAM H DONNER FOUNDATION INC ($710,000). 15 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HUMANITY IN ACTION INC have?
- IRS filings report 30 organizations giving $2,102,380 in grants to HUMANITY IN ACTION INC, 15 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HUMANITY IN ACTION INC?
- THE WILLIAM H DONNER FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $710,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HUMANITY IN ACTION 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 30 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