Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC
THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,964,051 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND INC ($4,885,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.3M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $2.8M
What The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Inc does
Mission
To promote the enactment and enforcement of effective civil and human rights legislation and policy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Government affairs, field and policy: the leadership conference has served as the convener and organizer of the nation's leading civil rights organizations for the last 70 years. Throughout this time, the leadership conference has worked to unify and deploy the passions of the civil rights community and ensure engagement in support of our shared values. Together with our sister organization, the education fund, we fight for laws and policies that promote and protect the civil and human rights of every person in the united states.
$686,127 spent28% of program spendingCommunications: an informed public is not only necessary to achieve civil and human rights, but also to make sure those rights endure. Through creating training and tools, we are able to build a country that actively embraces commitment to justice. We do this by disseminating up-to-date information on civil and human rights issues. By activating the power of the coalition, the leadership conference and our partners can share innovative research and information around the country - and ultimately, shift the narrative on civil and human rights.
$620,067 spent25% of program spendingVoting rights: at the leadership conference, we are working to modernize elections and build a 21st century democracy. A democracy where all of our voices are heard. With our coalition partners, we inform the public, decision-makers, and the media about barriers to voting and advocate for policies that expand the right to vote, especially in communities of color. Voting, and the ability to participate in democracy, is a racial justice issue. It is a civil rights issue. And we are overdue for a change.
$489,906 spent20% of program spendingOther programs, including economic security, capacity building, census data equity, fighting hate and bias, and immigrant rights
$272,959 spent11% of program spendingCriminal justice: influence federal legislation and agency policymaking around justice reform and advance federal legislative reforms the following areas: pre-trial justice reform, police accountability and militarization, sentencing and prison reform, and re-entry initiatives
$134,508 spent5% of program spendingEducation equity
$112,435 spent5% of program spendingFair courts
$97,376 spent4% of program spendingMedia & technology
$65,181 spent3% of program spending
The 8 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,478,559.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $1.5M to $4.1M (+175%).
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.
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
Maya Wiley See Sch O
President & CEO
Board chair
Judith L Lichtman
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 8 funders, grant income rose $582k → $870k.
1 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $2.2M from 9 payers (the payer shares this organization's board, largest The Leadership Conference Education Fund Inc). These are real filings, and they are not money THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC raised.
From the IRS filings of THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 funders by total. 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 LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 45% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders 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 THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 57% · 2019 58% · 2020 47% · 2021 46% · 2022 96% · 2023 46% — 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
5% of THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS 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
THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC draws 74% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 11 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND 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 Washington, D.C.
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 39 states
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC?
- THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,964,051 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND INC ($4,885,000). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $10,964,051 in grants to THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC?
- OPEN SOCIETY ACTION FUND INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,885,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS INC 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 34 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