Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,246,549 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY ($3,086,549). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $6.9M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $4.2M
- Net assets
- $98k
What The International Institute on Race Equality and Human Rights does
Mission
The international institute on race, equality and human rights contributes to the promotion and defense of human rights, through training, technical assistance, advocacy, and strategic litigation conducted at the regional and international levels. Our vision is an equal society built on the universal declaration of human rights, in which human rights are respected without any kind of discrimination.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
North america, central america, and the caribbean: race and equality works in central america and the caribbean to strengthen the capacity of our counterparts to monitor and document human rights violations committed against human rights defenders, women, children, afro-descendants and members of the lgbti+ community, while simultaneously increasing access to information on human rights, including information about the inter-american human rights system as well as the universal system.in nicaragua, race and equality strengthens nicaraguan civil society organizations' capacity for documentation, litigation and advocacy before the inter-american system and the universal human rights system, with the aim of guaranteeing justice, comprehensive reparation, and non-repetition for victims of state repression. We also train women, indigenous, afro-descendant, and lgbti+ leaders to actively participate in key events such as the oas general assembly and the summit of the americas. In mexico, race and equality's work is centered on promoting various processes of training and providing capacity-building to civil society organizations, with the aim of strengthening their actions towards the…
$2,995,575 spentof which $580,185 as grants46% of program spendingSouth america: race and equality works in south america to strengthen the capacity of our counterparts to monitor and document human rights violations committed against human rights defenders, women, children, afro-descendants, indigenous peoples, and members of the lgbti community, while simultaneously increasing access to information on human rights, including information about the inter-american human rights system as well as the universal system.in brazil, race and equality works to strengthen and build alliances between civil society organizations. Our goal is to strengthen grassroots organizations to become autonomous political actors and promote structural change in their countries. Likewise, we work together with partners to develop and implement national, regional, and international strategies for legal action in cases of human rights violations. We act strategically to connect civil society organizations and the groups they defend, observing the highest standards of human rights protection. Finally, race and equality together with its partners seek to prepare reports and dossiers on the situation of the country with strategic recommendations so that they can guide the…
$3,448,972 spentof which $583,459 as grants54% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $6,444,547.
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 $632k to $1.4M (+121%).
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 96% · 2018 90% · 2019 86% · 2020 93% · 2021 88% · 2022 96% · 2023 89% · 2024 98%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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
Carlos Quesada
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $290k → $663k.
From the IRS filings of THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS’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
THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 93%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
81% 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 THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 56% · 2021 100% · 2022 67% · 2023 78% — 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
81% of THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS'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. 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
THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,607 international nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,607 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $5.0M on record.
- Department of State$3.3M
- Agency for International Development$1.6M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
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
88% 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 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: 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 THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS?
- THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,246,549 to it, the largest being NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY ($3,086,549). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $4,246,549 in grants to THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS?
- NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY is the largest funder on record, with $3,086,549 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ON RACE EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS 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.
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 4 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