Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
NETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
NETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,242,280 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY ($1,427,280). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $2.2M
- Net assets
- $395k
What Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders does
Mission
To promote human rights and empower rights defenders in china provide logistical support and capacity building services to human rights advocates.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Small grant funding to promote human rights in china. Activities include call for proposals, approval of proposals, travel for training, delivering funding, follow-up of services delivered. Provide grants to activists and researchers and offer legal assistance to victims of human rights abuses.
$527,030 spentof which $339,629 as grants42% of program spendingTo provide training and support for human rights defenders in china, provide tools and technical support to grassroots chinese human rights defenders, organize training on international human rights mechanisms and human rights advocacy.
$434,889 spent35% of program spendingInvestigate and monitor human rights situation on the ground to produce statements, research reports, and press releases. Compile, edit, and translate first-hand materials including data and individual accounts. Advocacy efforts include conducting media outreach to educate the public on human rights issues.
$280,586 spent23% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,242,505.
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 2017 to 2018, from $223k to $1.2M (+439%).
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: 2017 55% · 2018 11% · 2019 100% · 2020 78% · 2021 58% · 2022 100% · 2023 99% · 2024 91%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
91% of NETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS’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. 6 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
Xiaorong Li
Treasurer and executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2019: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $412k → $475k.
2 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% 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 NETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS’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
NETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 NETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 60% · 2019 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of NETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS's grant income comes from Washington, D.C. funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $815k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
NETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like NETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
98%
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 NETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS: 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 NETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS?
- NETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,242,280 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY ($1,427,280). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $2,242,280 in grants to NETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS?
- NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY is the largest funder on record, with $1,427,280 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NETWORK OF CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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