California · Nonprofit
STRATEGIC ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC
STRATEGIC ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,380 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $315k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $74k
- Net assets
- $47k
What Strategic Advocacy for Human Rights Inc does
Mission
Fueling a worldwide network of women human rights defenders (whrds) to strengthen laws, policies and practices to end sexual and gender-based violence (sgbv).
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Afghanistan - in 2023, sahr entered into a fiscal sponsorship agreement with the women for justice organization (wjo), a non-profit, non-governmental organization registered in kabul, afghanistan. Wjo's mission is to defend women's rights and strengthen institutional accountability, prevention, and response to gender-based violence. Under this agreement, sahr assumes the fiscal and administrative responsibilities of receiving and managing charitable contributions on behalf of wjo. This partnership emerged in response to the humanitarian and governance crisis following the taliban's takeover in august 2021, which made international financial transactions to afghanistan either impossible or severely restricted. To ensure wjo's continued operations, sahr agreed to receive grants on wjo's behalf and to disburse payments to wjo staff based in multiple countries, in accordance with both the terms of the fiscal sponsorship agreement and the requirements set by wjo's donors.
$257,703 spentof which $257,703 as grants$13,170 earned by the program81% of program spendingGeneral program - build capacity and courage through the sahr justice lab, we strengthen the capacity and courage of human rights defenders and lawyers. Our peer-led workshops and practice-based curriculum equip advocates to lead strategic litigation and systemic legal reform at the frontlines of gender justice. Provide legal, protection, and advocacy support we offer urgent legal, protection, and advocacy support to survivors of gender-based violence and human rights defenders. Our team regularly engages in high-level advocacy before the eu, the u.s. State department, and un special rapporteurs and agencies to advance accountability and protection. Communicate to educate through the sahr justice podcast, we reimagine what justice work looks like amid war, polarization, and fundamentalism. We amplify the voices and lived experiences of justice advocates driving change in their communities. Network for impact we connect and collaborate with human rights advocates and institutions worldwide to build collective momentum for legal and policy reform-and to safeguard against the erosion of hard-won rights.
$28,497 spentof which $27,609 as grants9% of program spendingGender justice fellowship - the sahr gender justice accelerator is a 12-month legal development and leadership program that equips lawyers and human rights defenders with the skills, networks, and strategic support to transform laws and policies that perpetuate sexual and gender-based violence (sgbv). The program dismantles barriers to participation in policy-making by fostering a community of practice where advocates gain the legal expertise, political fluency, and international connections needed to drive systemic change. More than a support program, the accelerator cultivates leadership and amplifies voices that are too often excluded from legal and policy spaces. Through our model, participants gain hands-on experience and collaborative opportunities to translate knowledge into impact. Core strategies legal mentorship and capacity building: on-the-job guidance for lawyers and human rights defenders working on strategic litigation, law reform, and policy initiatives advancing gender justice. Peer-to-peer linkages: facilitating connections between gender justice advocates across regions to share strategies, solidarity, and expertise. Joint advocacy: coordinated advocacy and…
$24,229 spentof which $1,508 as grants8% of program spendingOther: justice advocacy
$9,600 spent3% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $320,029.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 $11k to $166k (+1444%).
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.
96% of STRATEGIC ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 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. 4 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
Kelsi Kriitmaa
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $16k → $20.
3 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 75% 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 STRATEGIC ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 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
STRATEGIC ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 67% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
97% 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 STRATEGIC ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 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
75% of STRATEGIC ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 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 $18k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from funders outside California, across 3 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $56k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
STRATEGIC ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,798 civil rights nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like STRATEGIC ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS 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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
37%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Strategic Advocacy for Human Rights Gmbh Germany · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds STRATEGIC ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC?
- STRATEGIC ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC (California) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $74,380 to it, the largest being THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND ($50,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 75% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does STRATEGIC ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $74,380 in grants to STRATEGIC ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STRATEGIC ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC?
- THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND is the largest funder on record, with $50,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STRATEGIC ADVOCACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2019–2024), 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