Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
U S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA
U S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,718,781 to it, the largest being SMITH RICHARDSON FOUNDATION INC ($1,100,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $517k
- Funders on record
- 11
- Grants received
- $1.7M
- Net assets
- $7k
What U S Committee for Human Rights in North Korea does
Mission
The us committee for human rights in north korea is a bi-partisan, not-for-profit 501(c3) human rights organization. Launched in 2001, the committee was created to generate a broad base of interest about conditions in north korea and to conduct and publish research focusing u.s. And world attention on human rights abuses in that country. The commtitee's work will lay a foundation of current and comprehensive information that will enable it to shine a spotlight on the abuse being perpetrated in north korea, and also to help individuals, ngos and policymakers seek ways to improve the treatment of the north korean people. In particular, the committee will focus on the prison camp system, the questions of access to food, and the plight of north korean refugee populations and the issue of human trafficking.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
To conduct outreach to the united nations, european untion, united kingdom, and other international entities, governments and interested persons about hrnk's objectives, published works, research findings, upcoming events and policy recommendations for improving the human rights situation of north koreans.
$11,000 spent33% of program spendingTo achieve north korean prison reforms that respect human rights by collecting and compiling increased evidence and data of human right violations in north korea's detention system using satellite imagery documentation of atrocities
$22,500 spent67% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $33,500.
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 $41k to $179k (+333%).
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 26% · 2018 16% · 2019 43% · 2020 68% · 2021 43% · 2022 43% · 2023 59% · 2024 0% · 2025 0%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of U S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA’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. 6 of the last 9 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
Greg Scarlatoiu
President/CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income rose $42k → $340k.
5 of 11 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 10% 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 U S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA’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
U S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA leans on a few funders — its largest provides 64% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 100% · 2019 63% · 2020 92% · 2021 87% · 2022 68% · 2023 59% — 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.
How long its funders stay
57% of U S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 45% 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
U S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Washington, D.C., across 5 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $174k 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
U S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,468 international nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like U S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA
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
6% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds U S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA?
- U S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 11 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,718,781 to it, the largest being SMITH RICHARDSON FOUNDATION INC ($1,100,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does U S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA have?
- IRS filings report 11 organizations giving $1,718,781 in grants to U S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of U S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA?
- SMITH RICHARDSON FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,100,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like U S COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN NORTH KOREA 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 11 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