Virginia · Nonprofit
PARITYORG INC (FKA OPERATION 50-50 INC)
PARITYORG INC (FKA OPERATION 50-50 INC) (Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,065,034 to it, the largest being Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($1,939,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $70k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $2.1M
- Net assets
- $350k
What Parityorg Inc (Fka Operation 50-50 Inc) does
Mission
To educate the public about, and to advocate for, the presence of women in corporate management and government positions.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Revamped organizational messaging to help combat growing disinformation about dei. The organization's goal was to ensure people understand that dei (and parity.org) has never been about providing unfair advantages to some, but rather about eliminating unfair advantages and creating a more level playing field so that all employees have an equal opportunity to compete and succeed.
$48,529 spent100% of program spendingDeveloped and launched the organization's first annual best companies for equal advancement opportunity program.
Completed the first full year of successful operations as a 100 percent volunteer run organization with zero paid staff members, ensuring sustainability and maximizing the impact of donor dollars.
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $48,529.
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 $208k to $531k (+156%).
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 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of PARITYORG INC (FKA OPERATION 50-50 INC)’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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
Cathrin Stickney
Founder, CEO, CFO, executive chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income fell $100k → $51k.
5 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 PARITYORG INC (FKA OPERATION 50-50 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
PARITYORG INC (FKA OPERATION 50-50 INC) leans on a few funders — its largest provides 94% of grant income and the top three 99%; 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 PARITYORG INC (FKA OPERATION 50-50 INC).
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 94% · 2022 98% · 2023 71% — 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
100% of PARITYORG INC (FKA OPERATION 50-50 INC)'s grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $10k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside Virginia, across 1 state.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.1M 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
PARITYORG INC (FKA OPERATION 50-50 INC) holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,043 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,043 civil rights nonprofits under $100k, FY2024
Organizations like PARITYORG INC (FKA OPERATION 50-50 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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
64% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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 PARITYORG INC (FKA OPERATION 50-50 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 PARITYORG INC (FKA OPERATION 50-50 INC)?
- PARITYORG INC (FKA OPERATION 50-50 INC) (Virginia) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,065,034 to it, the largest being Massachusetts Institute of Technology ($1,939,000). 4 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does PARITYORG INC (FKA OPERATION 50-50 INC) have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $2,065,034 in grants to PARITYORG INC (FKA OPERATION 50-50 INC), 4 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PARITYORG INC (FKA OPERATION 50-50 INC)?
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology is the largest funder on record, with $1,939,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PARITYORG INC (FKA OPERATION 50-50 INC) find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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