Rights Action

Analysis

Rights Action is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in January 1984, 42 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 June 2024, Rights Action reported income of $150k and spending of $166k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2024, income fell from $281k to $150k (-47%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Rights Action sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile, and in the 25th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Redeemer United ($150k), Lambi Fund of Haiti ($150k) and Breakfast Revolution ($150k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending June 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $35k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $35k.