Washington, D.C. · Nonprofit
WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM INC
WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,652,455 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE ($1,850,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $6.7M
- Net assets
- $567k
What Worker Rights Consortium Inc does
Mission
Independent labor rights monitoring organization, conducting investigations of working conditions in factories around the globe. Our purpose is to combat sweatshops & protect the rights of workers who make apparel & other products.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Worker rights consortium, inc. ("wrc") was founded in october 2000 for the purpose of enforcing manufacturing codes of conduct adopted by its 151 affiliate colleges and universities in order to promote better working conditions in the production of their licensed apparel and work broadly to promote respect for the rights of workers in global supply chains. Wrc works to protect the rights of workers making apparel and other goods, primarily at factories associated with its affiliate educational institutions and other organizational partners. Wrc assesses code of conduct compliance, identifies violations, and promotes remediation at numerous production facilities around the world, while also working to promote better labor practices throughout the broader apparel industry and in other manufacturing sectors. Wrc's efforts have helped thousands of workers improve their working conditions, wages, and respect for the fundamental workplace rights. Wrc is able to run its programs from revenue generated by affiliate dues, grants and contributions, and programs.
$3,088,142 spentof which $345,741 as grants$131,157 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,088,142.
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 $1.7M to $4.8M (+188%).
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: 2022 10%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
92% of WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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
Scott Nova
Executive director
Board chair
Michael Ferrari Director
Until nov. 2024, then chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 8 funders, grant income rose $236k → $2.4M.
5 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 7% 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 WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM 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
WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% of grant income and the top three 67%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 85% · 2018 95% · 2019 84% · 2020 47% · 2021 43% · 2022 45% · 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
33% of WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM INC draws 91% 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. $477k 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
WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM INC's funding base is broadening — from 2 funders to 8 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 431 civil rights nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM 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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
66%
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 WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM INC: 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 WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM INC?
- WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM INC (Washington, D.C.) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,652,455 to it, the largest being OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE ($1,850,000). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM INC have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $6,652,455 in grants to WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM INC?
- OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE is the largest funder on record, with $1,850,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WORKER RIGHTS CONSORTIUM 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 16 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