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← INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$3,189,448
Total expenses
$2,173,381
Contributions and grants received
$3,189,470
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$54
Other revenue
-$76
Total assets, end of year
$2,724,753
Total liabilities, end of year
$480,576
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$2,244,177
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$2,094,660
Management and general expenses
$76,823
Fundraising expenses
$1,898
Program service expenses (Part III)
$2,094,660

Program services were 96.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $3,189,470

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $54 · excluded $54

  • 11a · Other revenue: GAIN ON FOREIGN EXCHAN

    total -$76 · excluded -$76

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    -$76

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $136,786 · program services $136,786

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $4,415 · management and general $4,415

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $22,300 · management and general $22,300

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $11,905 · program services $600 · management and general $11,305

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $38,771 · program services $36,873 · fundraising $1,898

  • 24a · Other expenses: LEGAL POLICY/ADVOCACY

    total $947,618 · program services $947,618

  • 24b · Other expenses: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL P

    total $579,329 · program services $579,329

  • 24c · Other expenses: RESEARCH AND COMMUNICAT

    total $283,412 · program services $283,412

  • 24d · Other expenses: INSTITUTIONAL STRENGTHE

    total $110,042 · program services $110,042

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $38,803 · management and general $38,803

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $892,275 · end of year $1,431,358

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $99,676 · end of year $129,843

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $395,707 · end of year $1,158,690

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    end of year $4,862

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $126,546 · end of year $480,576

  • 29 · Capital stock, trust principal or current funds

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 30 · Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building or equipment fund

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

  • 31 · Retained earnings, endowment or other funds

    beginning of year $1,261,112 · end of year $2,244,177

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO LEAD AND COORDINATE THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS AND PREVENT CRIMINALIZATION, VIOLENCE, AND IMPUNITY AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLES TOWARDS STRENGTHENING THEIR COLLECTIVES, SOLIDARITY, AND ACTIONS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LEAD AND COORDINATE THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS AND PREVENT CRIMINALIZATION, VIOLENCE, AND IMPUNITY AGAINST INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FOR COLLECTIVE EMPOWERMENT AND ACTION.

  • IN 2025, IPRI CONTINUED TO ESTABLISH ITSELF WITH INCREASED VISIBILITY AS THE INDIGENOUS-LED GLOBAL ORGANIZATION FOCUSING ON CRIMINALIZATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE (1) UNIFICATION OF POSITION AND STRATEGIES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES (IP) IN RELATION TO THE GREEN TRANSITION THROUGH THE IP DECLARATION ON THE JUST TRANSITION DURING THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON JUST TRANSITION AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CONFERENCE CO-ORGANIZED AND LED BY IPRI IN APRIL 2024. (2) ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION ON BIODIVERSITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL WHICH IPRI HAS INITIATED THROUGH OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF COLOMBIA AND THE (3) STRONGER RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS (UNDRIP) WITHIN THE INTERPRETATION OF BINDING HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES BY UN TREATY BODIES (TBS) THROUGH WRITTEN COMMENTS TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION (CERD) AND THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL RIGHTS (CESCR).WITH OUR VARIOUS ENGAGEMENTS, IPRI IS BEING ACKNOWLEDGED AS AN IMPORTANT ACTOR AT THE GLOBAL LEVEL BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ORGANIZATIONS AND NETWORKS, UN BODIES, HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH OUR ACTIVE COLLABORATION AND COOPERATION WITH THEM.AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL, IPRI'S WORK IN THE SIX FOCUS COUNTRIES--THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH INDIGENOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN MEXICO, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, PHILIPPINES, INDIA, DRC AND PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION IN INDONESIA, TANZANIA AND NEPAL--ARE ACHIEVING INCREASING VISIBILITY AND ACTIONS IN ADDRESSING CRIMINALIZATION AND VIOLATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' RIGHTS WITH IMPUNITY. OUR WORK AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL HAS DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PROGRESS, AND SOME SERIOUS CHALLENGES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN RELATION TO THE STRATEGIC POSITIONING OF PARTNERS TO FOCUS IN ADDRESSING THE WORSENING HUMAN RIGHTS CONDITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.

    Expenses $2,094,660

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Sandra Creamer

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Lars-Anders Baer

    VICE CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Naomi Kipuri

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Pavel Vasilievich Sulyandziga

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Wilfredo V Alangui

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Beverly Jacobs Cm Llb Llm P

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Natali Segovia

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rukka Sombolinggi

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Victoria Tauli-Corpuz

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Leonor Zalabata Torres

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Joan Carling

    EX OFFICIO / EXECUTIVE DIR

    Total calculated
    $136,786
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $136,786
    Hours/week
    40

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2025
Filed
24 June 2026
IRS schema version
2025v4.2
Source object
202631769349300138

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