Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$26,100,175

Total expenses

$24,037,191

Contributions and grants received

$25,782,510

Grants paid

$3,476,573

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$346,006

Other revenue

-$28,341

Total assets, end of year

$26,992,693

Total liabilities, end of year

$1,765,849

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$25,226,844

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$17,487,537

Management and general expenses

$4,630,195

Fundraising expenses

$1,919,459

Program service expenses (Part III)

$17,487,537

Program services were 72.8% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• SEE SCHEDULE OGLOBAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTIN 2024, AVAAZ MOBILIZED ITS GLOBAL MEMBERSHIP OF NEARLY 70 MILLION INDIVIDUALS TO ENGAGE IN ADVOCACY ON MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED THE ORGANIZATION OF GLOBAL CAMPAIGNS ADDRESSING CRITICAL SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES, FACILITATED BY ACTIONS SUCH AS PETITION SIGNATURES AND DELIVERIES, DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS WITH POLITICAL LEADERS AND POLICYMAKERS, AND FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS IN SUPPORT OF CAMPAIGN EFFORTS.EUROPEAN UNION ELECTIONS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGNIN THE CONTEXT OF THE 2024 EUROPEAN UNION ELECTIONS, AVAAZ CONDUCTED A CONTINENT-WIDE CIVIC ENGAGEMENT AND ADVOCACY INITIATIVE. THE CAMPAIGN INVOLVED TARGETED VOTER OUTREACH COMMUNICATIONS REACHING MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS, THE COORDINATION OF PUBLIC AWARENESS ACTIVITIES IN STRATEGIC URBAN CENTERS, INCLUDING MADRID AND BRUSSELS, AND ADVOCACY EFFORTS INCORPORATING TESTIMONY AND PARTICIPATION FROM SURVIVORS OF ANTI-DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL VIOLENCE.COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE IN MIDDLE EAST THIS INITIATIVE AIMED TO SUPPORT PEACE EFFORTS RELATED TO CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THE PROJECT FOCUSED ON MOBILIZATION CITIZENS VOICES TO PUSH FOR LASTING PEACE IN PALESTINE AND ISRAEL. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED LARGE-SCALE COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION AND ADVOCACY ACTIONS AIMED AT ENDING VIOLENCE, ADDRESSING THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AND CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR LASTING PEACECLIMATE ACCOUNTABILITY AND LEGAL ADVOCACY CAMPAIGNAVAAZ PURSUED ACCOUNTABILITY FROM GOVERNMENTS AND CORPORATIONS FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE THROUGH A MULTI-FACETED ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE CAMPAIGN. KEY ACTIONS INCLUDED THE SUBMISSION OF AN AMICUS BRIEF TO THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON STATE RESPONSIBILITIES IN CLIMATE MATTERS, CAMPAIGNING FOR A MULTINATIONAL OIL COMPANY (BP) TO STOP HARMFUL GAS FLARING AND PAY REPARATIONS TO VICTIMS, AND CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH STRATEGIC CLIMATE LITIGATION BEFORE THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS.ADVANCING INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS AND BIODIVERSITY ADVOCACYIN COLLABORATION WITH LEADING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS OPIAC IN COLOMBIA, AVAAZ SUPPORTED EFFORTS TO ADVANCE THE RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' LAND RIGHTS GLOBALLY. THE WORK FOCUSED ON INFLUENCING POLICY OUTCOMES RELATED TO THE UN CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY (COP16), WITH ACTIVITIES AIMED AT SECURING FURTHER LEGAL RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES AND ADVOCATING FOR DIRECT ACCESS TO INTERNATIONAL BIODIVERSITY FINANCING MECHANISMS.BREAK THE BLACKOUT IN SUDANAVAAZ CONTRIBUTED TO EFFORTS AIMED AT INCREASING INTERNATIONAL MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE ONGOING CONFLICT AND HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN SUDAN, WHERE OVER 12 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED, AND CONDITIONS SUGGEST THE EMERGENCE OF THE WORLD'S MOST SEVERE HUNGER CRISIS. AVAAZ UNDERTOOK STRATEGIC ADVOCACY INITIATIVES TO ENCOURAGE MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS TO EXPAND THEIR REPORTING ON THE CRISIS. ADDITIONALLY, THE ORGANIZATION FACILITATED HIGH-LEVEL BRIEFINGS THAT SUCCEEDED IN DRAWING THE ATTENTION OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL.GLOBAL ADVOCACY FOR SAFE AND RIGHTS-BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GOVERNANCEIN 2024, AVAAZ LED AN ADVOCACY INITIATIVE AIMED AT REDIRECTING THE GLOBAL GOVERNANCE DEBATE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TO PRIORITIZE HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIETAL WELL-BEING OVER THE THEORETICAL RISKS OF LOSS OF CONTROL OF AI. KEY ACTIVITIES INCLUDED COMMISSIONING A UNIQUE DATABASE OF AI HARMS, PRODUCING PUBLICATIONS BASED ON THIS AND USING THEM ALONGSIDE LEGAL ARGUMENT IN SUPPORT OF ADVOCACY EFFORTS FOR A UN-ENDORSED "IPCC FOR AI" EXPERT PANEL, MODELLED ON CLIMATE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES, TO BUILD SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS AND DRIVE THE FORMATION OF A GLOBAL TREATY FRAMEWORK. AVAAZ PARTICIPATED AS AN INVITED SPEAKER TO THE FIRST UN DIALOGUE ON AI GOVERNANCE TO PROMOTE THESE IDEAS. AVAAZ WAS ALSO A LEAD CONTRIBUTOR TO THE DRAFTING OF EUROPEAN UNION'S CODE OF PRACTICE ON GENERAL PURPOSE AI AS A MEMBER OF TWO WORKING GROUPS DRAFTING THE CODE. AVAAZ ALSO CO-LED THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE HUMAN RIGHTS IMPACT ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK FOR USE UNDER THE EU AI ACT. AVAAZ CO-LED COALITIONS ADDRESSING DIGITAL GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AND OTHER SYSTEMIC RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH AI.

  Expenses $17,487,537 · Grants $3,476,573

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

Listed in Part VII

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• KTK BELT INC

  $682,300

  BIODIVERSITY

• SMUG INTERNATIONAL

  $225,000

  HUMAN RIGHTS

• YALE UNIVERSITY

  $211,459

  SUDAN HUMANITARIAN AID

• SYRIAN AMERICAN MEDICAL SOCIETY FDN

  $100,000

  SYRIA HUMANITARIAN AID

• NONVIOLENCE INTERNATIONAL

  $50,000

  PALESTINE HUMANITARIAN AID

• RESOLUTE REPORTS INC

  $50,000

  SUDAN HUMANITARIAN AID

• OUR CHILDREN'S TRUST

  $27,600

  CLIMATE

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

10 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202523149349304227

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