U S Committee for Human Rights in North Korea

Analysis

U S Committee for Human Rights in North Korea is a registered charity in United States, based in Washington, DC. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in March 2002, 24 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 September 2023, U S Committee for Human Rights in North Korea reported income of $752k and spending of $818k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $681k to $752k (+10%), an average of +2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2021, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 10,317 United States charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, U S Committee for Human Rights in North Korea sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile, and in the 50th percentile within DC. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of the Ceeli Institute ($751k), The Freedom Story ($753k) and Lost Children of Peru Inc ($750k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $167k (20% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $152k. At year end it held assets of $26k against liabilities of $5,769, net assets of $20k. It reported 3 employees.