Human Rights Law Project

Analysis

Human Rights Law Project is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover international, foreign affairs and national security, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Human Rights Law Project reported income of $179k and spending of $217k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $288k to $179k (-38%), an average of -9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 223%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Human Rights Law Project sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile, and in the 28th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Life Restoration Partners International Inc ($179k), New Asia Foundation for Education and Culture ($179k) and Seed of Hope ($179k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $291k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $291k.