Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$5,260,712

Total expenses

$7,223,173

Contributions and grants received

$5,246,383

Grants paid

$1,256,506

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$14,329

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$12,089,405

Total liabilities, end of year

$6,526,582

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$5,562,823

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$5,937,192

Management and general expenses

$769,470

Fundraising expenses

$516,511

Program service expenses (Part III)

$5,937,192

Program services were 82.2% 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.

Mission and programs · 2024

• HUMAN RIGHTS - VOC ACTIVELY EDUCATES THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN CHINA, CUBA, VENEZUELA, VIETNAM, NORTH KOREA, NICARAGUA, AND ELSEWHERE WHERE COMMUNISM AND SOCIALISM HAVE LED TO WIDESPREAD OPPRESSION. THROUGH IN-DEPTH RESEARCH, PARTNERSHIPS, ART EXHIBITS, AND PUBLIC CAMPAIGNS, VOC SHEDS LIGHT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CARRIED OUT BY THESE REGIMES AND GIVES A VOICE TO CIVIL SOCIETY AND PRO-DEMOCRACY GROUPS AND ACTIVISTS THAT SEEK JUSTICE AND FREEDOM. OUR CHINA STUDIES PROGRAM HAS BEEN RESEARCHING AND UNCOVERING NEW EVIDENCE OF CHINA'S USE OF UYGHUR FORCED LABOR IN XINJIANG, GENERATING VAST GLOBAL MEDIA COVERAGE AND SWIFT ACTION FROM INTERNATIONAL POLICY AND ADVOCACY COMMUNITIES. VOC'S LATIN AMERICA STUDIES PROGRAM HAS BEEN DOCUMENTING VICTIMS TORTURED BY THE COMMUNIST AND SOCIALIST REGIMES IN CUBA AND VENEZUELA. IN CUBA, VOC'S WORK HAS BEEN BRINGING CRITICAL ATTENTION TO THE CUBAN REGIME'S HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND FORCED LABOR SCHEMES THAT EXPLOIT THE CUBAN PEOPLE. FURTHER, VOC'S CAPTIVE NATIONS COALITION PROVIDES A POWERFUL PLATFORM FOR TODAY'S DISSIDENTS BY PARTNERING WITH LIKE-MINDED ADVOCATES AND ORGANIZATIONS TO CONVENE PUBLIC RALLIES, FOSTER DIALOGUE, BRIEF POLICYMAKERS, AND BESTOW VOC'S HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS (TRUMAN-REAGAN MEDAL OF FREEDOM, DISSIDENT HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD).

  Expenses $3,220,011 · Grants $1,256,506

• RESEARCH- VOC MAINTAINS A DEEP BENCH OF AFFILIATED SCHOLARS WHO PRODUCE LEADING RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY OF COMMUNISM AND ITS CONTINUING CRIMES AND THREATS TODAY. VOC'S RESEARCH PROGRAMS ON CHINA AND LATIN AMERICA SUPPORT ORIGINAL ACADEMIC RESEARCH AND PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EVENTS ON HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY QUESTIONS IN THE AREAS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, TRADE AND ECONOMICS, FOREIGN POLICY, AND SECURITY STUDIES. FOR EXAMPLE, VOC'S ANNUAL CHINA FORUM BRINGS TOGETHER EXPERTS, SCHOLARS, AND THE POLICY COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS KEY ISSUES IN U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS. THE WORK OF VOC'S CHINA STUDIES PROGRAM CONTINUES TO GENERATE CRITICAL INSIGHTS INTO UYGHUR FORCED LABOR IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS THAT CONTINUE TO INFORM INTERNATIONAL POLICY AND MAJOR MEDIA COVERAGE ON THIS ISSUE. OUR RESEARCH PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN TWO MAJOR WESTERN CORPORATIONS LEAVING XINJIANG LAST YEAR FOLLOWING REPORTS BY VOC LINKING THESE COMPANIES TO COMPLICITY IN FORCED LABOR PRACTICES AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN XINJIANG. VOC'S LATIN AMERICA PROGRAM HAS BEEN PUBLISHING IN-DEPTH RESEARCH ON LABOR RIGHTS IN VENEZUELA AND THE SYSTEMATIC USE OF TORTURE AND USE OF FORCE BY COMMUNIST AND SOCIALIST REGIMES IN THE REGION. OUR TEAM ALSO SPONSORS EVENTS AND BRIEFINGS TO PRESENT OUR RESEARCH FINDINGS TO INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND WE SUPPORT THE PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS AND PRO-DEMOCRACY GROUPS IN THESE DISCUSSIONS.

  Expenses $629,996

• VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM MUSEUM - THE VOC MUSEUM IS THE WORLD'S FIRST MUSEUM DEDICATED TO MEMORIALIZING THE MORE THAN 100 MILLION PEOPLE KILLED BY COMMUNISM AROUND THE WORLD AND HONORING THOSE INDIVIDUALS STRIVING FOR FREEDOM FROM TOTALITARIAN REGIMES. OPENED IN 2022, THE MUSEUM IS LOCATED TWO BLOCKS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THE VOC MUSEUM FEATURES THREE PERMANENT GALLERIES, TEMPORARY EXHIBITS, INTERACTIVE NARRATIVES, ARTWORK, AND FILMS DESIGNED TO REACH AUDIENCES FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO ADULTS. EXHIBITS, GUEST LECTURES, AND BOOK READINGS TELL THE DEVASTATING HISTORY OF COMMUNIST IDEOLOGY AND PRACTICE, BRINGING WITNESS STORIES TO LIFE AND MAKING THE MUSEUM A VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR STUDENTS AND VISITORS OF ALL AGES. TEMPORARY EXHIBITS HAVE INCLUDED "OPERATION PEDRO PAN," "HOLODOMOR THEN, GENOCIDE NOW, JUSTICE WHEN," "VIETNAM: THE TRUTH," "TIANANMEN 1989," "CUBAN COMMUNIST PRISON," "VACLAV HAVEL: FROM DISSIDENT TO PRESIDENT," "FROM THE SOVIET RED FLAG TO THE LITHUANIAN TRICOLOR, AND "VENEZUELA: THE DEADLY TOLL OF SOCIALISM." SINCE ITS OPENING, THE MUSEUM HAS EDUCATED THOUSANDS OF VISITORS AND HOSTS STUDENT GROUPS, DIPLOMATS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS WEEKLY.

  Expenses $1,407,288

• EDUCATION- VOC'S EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES TEACH ALL GENERATIONS ABOUT THE BRUTAL IDEOLOGY, HISTORY, AND LEGACY OF COMMUNISM. VOC HAS DEVELOPED FIVE CURRICULA FOR STUDENTS FROM 4TH GRADE THROUGH COLLEGE. OUR CURRICULUM FOR YOUNGER STUDENTS INTRODUCES THEM TO THE VALUES OF LIBERTY AND DANGERS OF COMMUNISM. RESOURCES FOR OLDER STUDENTS INCLUDE VOC'S 4TH EDITION TEXTBOOK AND A VOLUME OF SPEECHES FROM WINSTON CHURCHILL, RONALD REAGAN, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND OTHERS WITH EXPLANATORY ESSAYS TO SHOW STUDENTS HOW THOUGHT-LEADERS CHALLENGED COMMUNISM BOTH PHILOSOPHICALLY AND POLITICALLY. VOC ALSO HOSTS IN-PERSON AND ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS NATIONWIDE TO TRAIN TEACHERS IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS TO UTILIZE OUR CURRICULAR RESOURCES IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. OUR TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM INCORPORATES LECTURES BY SCHOLARLY EXPERTS AND TESTIMONIALS BY WITNESSES OF COMMUNISM, OFFERING EDUCATORS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN DIRECTLY FROM THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED UNDER COMMUNISM. WE PARTNER WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND A RANGE OF PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND CHARTER SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS WITH IN-PERSON AND WEB-BASED COURSES, CLASSES, AND SEMINARS. VOC HAS OVER 13,200 TEACHER ALUMNI IN 41 STATES WHO HAVE COLLECTIVELY REACHED MORE THAN 1.32 MILLION STUDENTS IN CLASSROOMS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SINCE 2013. AS PART OF VOC'S EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES, VOC'S AWARD-WINNING MINI-DOCUMENTARY SERIES WITNESS PROJECT TELLS THE CAUTIONARY AND INSPIRING STORIES OF MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE WITNESSED COMMUNISM FIRSTHAND, GIVING A HUMAN FACE TO THE STAGGERING NUMBER OF VICTIMS. VOC'S WITNESS PROJECT VIDEOS HAVE RECEIVED OVER 12 MILLION VIEWS ON YOUTUBE AND ARE USED IN CLASSROOMS AROUND THE COUNTRY. VOC'S MESSAGE IN THE CLASSROOM ENSURES THAT THE MORE THAN 100 MILLION PEOPLE MURDERED BY COMMUNIST REGIMES ARE NOT FORGOTTEN, THAT PRESENT-DAY ATROCITIES BEING COMMITTED BY COMMUNIST GOVERNMENTS ARE EXPOSED, AND THAT HISTORY IS NOT REPEATED.

  Expenses $384,696

• MEMORIAL - IN 1993, THE U.S. CONGRESS PASSED LEGISLATION THAT WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON THAT BOTH FOUNDED THE VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION AND AUTHORIZED THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THE STATUE IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, NEW JERSEY AVENUE, AND G STREET, NW, TWO BLOCKS FROM UNION STATION AND WITHIN VIEW OF THE U.S. CAPITOL. THE MEMORIAL'S FRONT PEDESTAL READS, "TO THE MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED MILLION VICTIMS OF COMMUNISM AND TO THOSE WHO LOVE LIBERTY." ITS BACK PEDESTAL READS, "TO THE FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE OF ALL CAPTIVE NATIONS AND PEOPLES." VOC HOSTS COMMEMORATIVE EVENTS AT THE MEMORIAL, SUCH AS THE ANNUAL ROLL CALL OF NATIONS AND TIANANMEN SQUARE REMEMBRANCE VIGIL.

  Expenses $23,587

• EXTERNAL EVENTS

  Expenses $45,683

• CITIZEN ENGAGEMENT

  Expenses $225,931

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

• ASSOCIATION CIVIL AGORA

  $274,988

  SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM

• CAMPAIGN FOR UYGHURS

  $231,701

  SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM

• 1001 IDEAS INC

  $183,958

  SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM

• DEFIENDE VENEZUELA INC

  $153,613

  SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM

• VOCES DE LA MEMORIA INC

  $125,652

  SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM

• UN MUNDO SIN MORDAZA INC

  $110,000

  SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM

• PLAN PAIS INC

  $77,403

  SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM

• OBSERVATORIO DE LA DISPORA VENEZOLANA -ODV

  $41,148

  SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM

• COMPROMISO COMPARTIDO CORPORATION

  $33,936

  SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

14 November 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202543189349313309

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