Connecticut · Nonprofit
University Network for International Training and Engagement for Human Rights
University Network for International Training and Engagement for Human Rights (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,358,000 to it, the largest being THE JAY PRITZKER FOUNDATION ($2,150,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $586k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $2.4M
- Net assets
- $1.3M
What University Network for International Training and Engagement for Human Rights does
Mission
The University Network for Human Rights facilitates supervised undergraduate engagement in the practice of human rights at colleges and universities in the United States and across the globe. The University Network partners with advocacy organizations and communities affected or threatened by abusive state, corporate, or private conduct to advance human rights at home and abroad, trains undergraduate students in interdisciplinary human rights protection and advocacy, and collaborates with academics and human rights practitioners in other parts of the world to foster the creation of practical, interdisciplinary programs in human rights.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
REPORTS, DOCUMENTATION AND PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS: Over the course of 2024, the University Network for Human Rights continued its work promoting internationally recognized human rights in a dozen countries across the world. Our research and documentation focused on a broad range of issues and countries. The following summaries are representative of our work. Forced disappearances in Mexico: Our work focused on challenging impunity for government officials and organized criminal groups responsible for grave violations. Our team worked closely with civil society organizations and academics to research and publish several analyses and policy proposals (included in academic and journalistic publications) to enhance the efficacy of investigations and prosecutions of those involved in egregious rights abuse. Forced Displacement in Nagorno-Karabakh: Our researchers, together with civil society groups and academics, documented and published several extensive reports on violations committed during the forced displacement of ethnic Armenians from the disputed territory known as Nagorno-Karabakh (or Artsakh, in Armenian). Our team also worked with colleagues to raise international…
$390,604 spent52% of program spendingUNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS: The organization finalized all elements necessary to create and launch an LL.M. program in Lisbon, Portugal. Students were selected for the program through a competitive process with applicants from nearly twenty countries around the world. The selection process began in 2024 (and continued in 2025). (The course began in August 2025). The organization also trained several dozen students at Wesleyan University and visiting students from Wellesley College, Trinity College and Williams College on campus at Wesleyan University. The organization worked with these students to advance the interests of communities facing rights abuse in countries around the world.
$361,296 spent$454,090 earned by the program48% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $751,900.
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 $2.4M to $2.0M (−18%).
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.
21% of University Network for International Training and Engagement for Human Rights’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $650k → $500k.
4 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 9% 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 University Network for International Training and Engagement for 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
University Network for International Training and Engagement for Human Rights leans on a few funders — its largest provides 91% of grant income and the top three 98%; 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: 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
University Network for International Training and Engagement for Human Rights draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Connecticut, across 1 state in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $208k 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
University Network for International Training and Engagement for Human Rights's revenue fell 79% between 2019 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,798 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like University Network for International Training and Engagement for Human Rights
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In Connecticut
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
51%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for University Network for International Training and Engagement for 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 University Network for International Training and Engagement for Human Rights?
- University Network for International Training and Engagement for Human Rights (Connecticut) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,358,000 to it, the largest being THE JAY PRITZKER FOUNDATION ($2,150,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does University Network for International Training and Engagement for Human Rights have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $2,358,000 in grants to University Network for International Training and Engagement for Human Rights, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of University Network for International Training and Engagement for Human Rights?
- THE JAY PRITZKER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like University Network for International Training and Engagement for Human Rights find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Connecticut. 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 2019–2024), and the filings of 5 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