New York · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVOCATES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION INC
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVOCATES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION INC (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $798,613 to it, the largest being GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ($325,052). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $714k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $799k
- Net assets
- $774k
What International Center for Advocates Against Discrimination Inc does
Mission
Icaad combats structural discrimination & promotes human rights norms consistent with public international law. Icaad creates evidence-based programs with organizations, governments, & communities to improve resilience, safety & equity across systems.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Trackgbv : the trackgbv program promotes access to justice for women and girls in pacific island countries and the caribbean by working with the judiciary, law firms, and local non-governmental organizations to improve accountability in courts throughout the region. It also includes impartialai, which automates judicial bias detection in gender-based violence cases using large language models. This collaboration has led to evidence-based changes to laws and policies in multiple countries in both regions. In-kind contributions of: $1,425,736
$136,524 spent53% of program spendingHuman rights education ("hre"): icaad's advocacy academy provides online human rights education and advocacy training to activists, civil society professionals, artists, and emerging leaders worldwide. Through its advocacy essentials certificate program, participants complete courses blending legal strategy, policy advocacy, social science research, and movement-building skills. The program emphasizes practical, action-oriented learning informed by frontline advocates and case studies from underrepresented regions, including the pacific islands and caribbean. Scholarships expand access for those most impacted by injustice, creating a ripple effect of systemic change across communities globally.
$40,386 spent16% of program spendingArtivism: advancing social justice through the arts while supporting emerging human rights advocates around the world. The program offers virtual artist residencies to underrepresented artists working on human rights issues and provides human rights training to develop new collections that are exhibited through public arts projects, both virtually and in person.
$31,364 spent12% of program spendingRight to life with dignity ("rtlwd") : the rtlwd project is centered around addressing the glaring gaps in legal protection for past, present, and future climate-displaced individuals. The organization brought together a multidisciplinary team of climate scientists, lawyers, technologists, local and indigenous activists, and social scientists to model the protection of the rtlwd for those facing climate induced displacement. In-kind contributions of: $434,591countering hate: working to increase access to information on the prevalence of hate crimes in the united states and identify gaps in data collection and reporting. The program advocates for stronger legal protections for minority communities by surfacing evidence of where existing protections fall short.space governance: advocating for the recognition of outer space and celestial bodies as part of the global commons. The program challenges unilateral actions by states and private corporations that assert property rights over celestial resources, and calls for inclusive global conversations, particularly involving marginalized populations, to shape a just and equitable framework for space exploration. In-kind contributions of:…
$51,318 spent$18,551 earned by the program20% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $259,592.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2024 to 2025, from $683k to $1.0M (+53%).
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 2% · 2022 0% · 2023 9% · 2024 8%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVOCATES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 6 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
Courtney Cogburn
Board chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $14k → $124k.
5 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVOCATES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION 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
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVOCATES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
68% 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 INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVOCATES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 69% · 2019 63% · 2020 54% · 2021 32% · 2022 64% · 2023 58% — 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
60% of INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVOCATES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION 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
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVOCATES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside New York, across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $124k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVOCATES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,468 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVOCATES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION 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 New York
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 4 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVOCATES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION INC?
- INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVOCATES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION INC (New York) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $798,613 to it, the largest being GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC ($325,052). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVOCATES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $798,613 in grants to INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVOCATES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVOCATES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION INC?
- GLOBALGIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $325,052 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVOCATES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION 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 2020–2025), and the filings of 12 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