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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by TOM LANTOS FOUNDATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,363,610
Total expenses
$1,691,197
Contributions and grants received
$930,089
Grants paid
$90,477
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$383,521
Other revenue
$50,000
Total assets, end of year
$8,546,229
Total liabilities, end of year
$56,659
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$8,489,570
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,440,119
Management and general expenses
$219,283
Fundraising expenses
$31,795
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,440,119

Program services were 85.2% 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

    $930,089

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $194,445 · excluded $194,445

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $1,746,930

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $1,557,854

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $189,076

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $189,076 · related or exempt $189,076

  • 11a · Other revenue: FIDUCIARY FEES

    total $35,000 · related or exempt $35,000

  • 11b · Other revenue: CONSULTING FEES

    total $15,000 · related or exempt $15,000

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $50,000

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $90,477 · program services $90,477

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $152,900 · program services $104,901 · management and general $40,886 · fundraising $7,113

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $314,496 · program services $209,131 · management and general $88,342 · fundraising $17,023

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $35,039 · program services $23,476 · management and general $9,811 · fundraising $1,752

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $57,022 · program services $38,205 · management and general $15,966 · fundraising $2,851

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $46,699 · management and general $46,699

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $15,658 · program services $11,715 · management and general $3,246 · fundraising $697

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $15,026 · program services $9,795 · management and general $4,093 · fundraising $1,138

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $18,674 · program services $12,512 · management and general $5,228 · fundraising $934

  • 17 · Travel

    total $51,633 · program services $51,633

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $3,549 · program services $2,378 · management and general $994 · fundraising $177

  • 24a · Other expenses: SUBCONTRACTED SERVICES

    total $566,978 · program services $566,978

  • 24b · Other expenses: SPECIAL EVENTS

    total $313,310 · program services $313,310

  • 24c · Other expenses: GENERAL OFFICE EXPENSES

    total $9,202 · program services $5,608 · management and general $3,484 · fundraising $110

  • 24d · Other expenses: MEMBERSHIPS/SUBSCRIPTIO

    total $534 · management and general $534

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $587,134 · end of year $84,674

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $5,000 · end of year $5,000

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $7,766,235 · end of year $8,417,063

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $49,268 · end of year $39,492

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $9,413 · end of year $20,705

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $45,730 · end of year $35,954

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,684,608 · end of year $8,489,570

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $667,886 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

WE SEEK TO ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS AND JUSTICE BY ADVOCATING FOR THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER DEMOCRATIC NATIONS TO PRIORITIZE THESE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS FOR ALL GLOBAL CITIZENS, THROUGH CAMPAIGNS AND INITIATIVES DESIGNED TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT KEY HUMAN RIGHTS CHALLENGES, AND BY SUPPORTING AND EMPOWERING THOSE ON THE FRONTLINES OF HUMAN RIGHTS STRUGGLES.

Activities or mission (Part I)

STRENGTHEN THE ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN U.S. FOREIGN POLICY AND PROMOTE GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS.

  • THE LANTOS HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2009 TO DRAW ATTENTION TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE AND TO ALERT THE MEDIA AND GOVERNMENTS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING HUMAN RIGHTS A PRIORITY ON EQUAL FOOTING WITH OTHER POLICY DECISIONS, THE LANTOS HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE IS AWARDED ANNUALLY TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AND THE INDIVIDUALS COMMITTED TO FIGHTING THEM THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

    Expenses $107,899

  • RELIGIOUS FREEDOM - FREEDOM OF RELIGION, CONSCIENCE, AND BELIEF IS A VITAL HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE FROM WHICH OTHER FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS DERIVE, INCLUDING FREEDOM OF SPEECH, ASSOCIATION, AND ASSEMBLY. THIS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT IS UNDER ENORMOUS ASSAULT WITH AN ESTIMATED 70% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION LIVING IN COUNTRIES THAT SIGNIFICANTLY RESTRICT THIS BASIC RIGHT. THROUGH OUR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM PROGRAMMING WHICH INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, OUR SOLIDARITY SABBATH INITIATIVE, INTERNET FREEDOM AND THE PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THIS FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT THROUGH SUPPORT OF AND PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL CONFERENCES AND PANELS WITH WORLD LEADERS AND OTHER STAKE HOLDERS WE SEEK TO EXPAND ACCESS TO THIS FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT ACROSS THE GLOBE.

    Expenses $1,087,594

  • THE LANTOS CONGRESSIONAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM GIVES OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE FELLOWSHIPS AT THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. PARTICIPANTS ARE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ROLE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE PROCESS AND PROVIDE THE U.S. CONGRESS WITH AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND TO ENSURE THAT HUMAN RIGHTS REMAIN AN IMPORTANT FOCUS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATIVE AGENDA.

    Expenses $89,274

  • ENGAGEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES THAT SUPPORT OUR MISSION, WHICH INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: FREEDOM OF RELIGION, CONSCIENCE, AND BELIEF, COMBATTING ANTI-SEMITISM AND HOLOCAUST DENIAL AROUND THE WORLD, RULE OF LAW, ADVANCING THE CAUSE OF INTERNET FREEDOM GLOBALLY, FIGHTING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN RUSSIA AND CHINA, AND SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND MINORITY RIGHTS IN HUNGARY.

    Expenses $155,352 · Grants $90,477

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Richard N Swett

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Robert King

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Philip Friedman

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Danny Ayalon

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • John Paul Schnapper-Casteras

    CHAIRMAN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Tomicah Tillemann

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Eric Wolf

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Katrina Lantos Swett

    PRESIDENT, CEO

    Total calculated
    $71,128
    From this org
    $71,128
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Denise L Perron

    FINANCE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $81,771
    From this org
    $81,771
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    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
2024
Filed
13 May 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.1
Source object
202521359349302272

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